Human Health Benchmarks for Pesticides: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 2021 Update Released
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) updated its Human Health Benchmarks for Pesticides (“HHBPs”). The 2021 update was announced last week. HHBPs have been published by EPA for a number of years to assist water systems, primacy agencies and other water users in analyzing…
Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission Meeting – Friday, August 27th (Zoom Video Conference)
The Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission (“Commission”) is the environmental policy-making body for Arkansas. The Commission, with certain exceptions, meets on a monthly basis. The Commission will meet Friday, August 27th at 9:00 a.m. The meeting will be held via Zoom Video Conference…
Sodium/Groundwater Quality Criteria Exemption Request: Florida Department of Environmental Protection Order Granting Petition
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (“FDEP”) issued a Final Order (“FO”) granting Duke Energy of Florida, Inc.’s (“Duke Energy”) Petition for a Groundwater Quality Criteria Exemption for sodium. See OGC File No. 20-1650. The FO addressed Duke Energy’s Anclote Power Plant (“Facility”)…
Title VI Civil Rights Complaint/Port Arthur, Texas, Petroleum Coke Production Facility: Environmental Integrity Project August 18th Letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Integrity Project and Lone Star Legal Aid (collectively “EIP”) submitted an August 18th Title VI Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VI”) Complaint to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) on behalf of the Port Arthur Community Action Network. The Complaint…
Running Buffalo Clover/Endangered Species Act: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service August 6th Final Rule Announcing Removal of Endangered/Threatened Designation
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) issued a final rule in an August 6th Federal Register Notice removing the Running Buffalo Clover (“Clover”) from the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”) Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Plants. See 86 Fed. Reg. 43102. The Service states…