Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Conway Crematory Incinerator Operator Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Denver Roller, Inc. (“DRI”) entered into a December 13th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a General Air Permit. See LIS No. 21-130. The CAO provides that DRI owns and…
Clean Air Act Title V Fees: U.S. EPA Office of Inspector General Report
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Inspector of General (“OIG”) issued a January 12th report titled: EPA’s Title V Program Needs to Address Ongoing Fee Issues and Improve Oversight (“Report”) See Report No. 22-E-0017. Congress in 1990 added Title V to the Clean…
Arkansas Natural Resources Commission: January 19th Meeting Scheduled
The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission(“ANRC”) has scheduled its next meeting for January 19th 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: Reimbursement Options – April Harris…
NESHAP/Clean Air Act: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Proposes Copper Smelting Residual Risk/Technology Review
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a January 11th Federal Register Notice promulgating a proposed rule addressing Clean Air Act National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (“NESHAP”) for copper smelting. See 87 Fed. Reg. 1616. The proposed rule provides a…
Opportunities/Challenges for Maintaining Existing Hydropower Capacity/Expanding Hydropower at Non-Powered Dams/Increasing Pumped Storage Hydropower: U.S. Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources Hearing
The United States Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources held a January 11th hearing titled: The Opportunities and Challenges for Maintaining Existing Hydropower Capacity, Expanding Hydropower at Non-Powered Dams, and Increasing Pumped Storage Hydropower (“Hearing”) The Full Committee…