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Arkansas Advisory Committee on Petroleum Storage Tanks: January 26th Meeting (Via Teleconference)
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
As noted in a previous blog post, Arkansas operates a petroleum storage tank trust fund that provides reimbursement for eligible storage tanks that suffer corrective action requirements and third party damage claims due to a release of petroleum. The Advisory Committee on Petroleum Storage Tanks…
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Implications of Electric Vehicle Investments for Agriculture/Rural America: U.S. House of Representatives Agriculture Committee Hearing
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The United States House of Representatives Agriculture Committee held a January 12th hearing titled: Implications of Electric Vehicle Investments for Agriculture and Rural America (“Hearing”) This was a Full Committee Hearing. The witnesses testifying included: Mr. Geoff Cooper President and CEO…
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Startup, Shutdown, and Malfunction/Clean Air Act: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Federal Register Notice Addressing Arkansas State Implementation Plan
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) undertook final action published in the January 12th Federal Register finding that 12 states and local air pollution control agencies failed to submit Clean Air Act State Implementation Plan (“SIP”) revisions in a timely manner. See 87 Fed…
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Environmental Justice: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Announces Acceptance of Administrative Complaint Addressing North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Title VI Violation
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) transmitted a January 13th letter to the Southern Environmental Law Center stating it was accepting for investigation an administrative complaint filed against the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”). See EPA Complaint…
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OSHA Enforcement: Alleged Violations Identified at Amarillo, Texas, U.S. Bureau of Land Management Chemical Producing Plant
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued a January 13th news release stating that the Untied States Department of Interior’s Bureau of Land Management: . . . violated procedures for safe handling of chemical materials at its Cliffside Helium Enrichment Unit in Amarillo, a…
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