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…
Arkansas Environmental Personnel Moves: Bailey Taylor Named Interim Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality Associate Administrator Office of Air Quality
Bailey Taylor has been named the Interim Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) Office of Air Quality Associate Administrator. Ms. Taylor replaces Will Montgomery who has recently joined Wal-Mart Corporate as Director, Strategic Initiatives –…
Modernizing Public Notice for RCRA Hazardous Waste Permitting/Other Actions : Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials Comments
The Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) submitted February 11th comments to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) on a notice EPA had published in the December 16th Federal Register titled: Modernizing Public Notice for RCRA…
Endangered Species Act/Southeastern Mussels, Snails and a Reptile: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Direct Final Rule Revising Taxonomy/Nomenclature
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) published a Direct Final Rule (“DFR”) in the February 17th Federal Register announcing the revised taxonomy of 16 wildlife species under the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”). See 87 Fed. Reg. 8960. The 16 wildlife species include southeastern…