Fiscal Year 2022/Top Management Challenges: U.S. EPA Office of Inspector General Report
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued an annual report titled: Fiscal Year 2022 – Top Management Challenges (“Report”) The Congressional Reports Consolidation Act of 2000 requires that each federal agency’s inspector general prepare an…
Underground Storage Tank Releases: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Announces the Federal Agency and States Have Conducted More Than 500,000 Cleanups
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a December 1st news release stating that the federal agency and its state partners have: . . . reached a milestone of cleaning up more than 500,000 petroleum releases from UST systems across the nation. EPA characterizes these…
Arkansas Natural Resources Commission: December 15, 2021 Meeting Scheduled
The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission(“ANRC”) has scheduled its next meeting for December 15th at 9:30 a.m. The meeting will be held at the Arkansas Department of Agriculture, 1 Natural Resources Drive in Little Rock. The agenda includes the following: Administration Director’s Report – Chris…
Citizen Suit Enforcement/Clean Water Act: Black Warrior Riverkeeper Notice of Intent to Sue Quinton, Alabama, Mine Owner
Black Warrior Riverkeeper (“Riverkeeper”) sent an October 17th document to the Drummond Company (“Drummond”) styled: Notice of Intent to File Citizen Suit Under Clean Water Act for Unpermitted Discharges at Drummond Company, Inc. Property along Cook Ford Road (Jefferson County, Alabama) (“Notice”)…
Section 401/Clean Water Act: U.S. Senator Boozman (Arkansas) and Colleagues Introduce Legislation Addressing Water Quality Certification
United States Senator John Boozman (Arkansas) and several of his colleagues from the Environment and Public Works Committee introduced legislation that would reinstate and codify the Trump administration’s 2020 Clean Water Act Section 401 Certification Rule. The United States Environmental…