Arkansas Environmental Personnel Moves: City of Little Rock Sustainability Officer Melinda Glasgow Retires
The City of Little Rock, Arkansas, (“City”) Sustainability Officer Melinda Glasgow retired on May 28th. Melinda had served as Sustainability Officer for the City since 2012. The Little Rock Sustainability Officer is responsible for developing and coordinating various ongoing programs and events…
Proposed Clean Water Act Effluent Limitations Guidelines/PFAS: Joint State Environmental Organizations Submit Comments to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
The Association of Clean Water Administrators, the Association of State Drinking Water Administrators, the Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials, and the Environmental Council of the States (collectively “Associations”) submitted comments to the United States…
Stormwater/Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Dewitt Landfill Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Eaton-Moery Environmental Services, Inc. (“Eaton”) entered into a May 20th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged stormwater/wastewater violations. See LIS No. 21-046. The CAO provides…
Texas Department of Insurance Adopts Changes to Prompt Pay Reporting Requirements
The Texas Department of Insurance (the “Department”) announced earlier today that it has formally adopted its proposed changes to 28 Tex. Admin. Code § 21.2821, which lays out the prompt pay reporting requirements for managed care carriers (“MCC”). As detailed below, the amendment expands the scope…
Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices/FHWA Proposed Amendments: NESCAUM Comments Addressing Impact on Electric Vehicles
The Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (“NESCAUM”) submitted May 14th comments addressing the Federal Highway Administration’s (“FHWA”) proposed amendments to the National Standards for Traffic Control Devices: Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (“MUTCD”). See 85 Fed. Reg…