SSO Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and City of Hot Springs Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the City of Hot Springs entered into a January 24th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of the Clean Water Act. See LIS No. 22-007. The CAO provides that Hot Springs…
Environmental Justice/U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 6: Environmental/Public Interest Organizations Letter to Administrator Nance
Seven environmental and public interest organizations sent a February 28th joint letter to Dr. Earthea Nance, Regional Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Region 6 identifying what they consider “important environmental justice issues that exist in the backyard of EPA’s…
Transportation/Hazardous Materials: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Addresses UN Specification Markings for Non-Bulk Packagings
The United States Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) clarified in a January 18th letter the Hazardous Materials Regulations (“HMRs”) applicable to UN specification markings for non-bulk packagings when transported by air. PHMSA was responding to a July 2, 2021…
Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the United States Army Corps of Engineers (Memphis District) (“Corps”) entered into a January 24th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act National…
Licenses and the Law Series, Part I: An Overview of the Process
March 1, 2022
by Stuart P. Miller
In addition, this article was co-authored by former Attorneys Lindsey Vechik and Peyton Hildebrand. Arkansas is one of the highest licensing states, meaning it licenses more occupations than most other states. Accordingly, Arkansas has numerous licensing boards. From the obvious, i.e., the Arkansas…