2025 Arkansas Insurance Legislation Summary: Health
This is the third article in a series of summaries of insurance legislation from the 95th Arkansas General Assembly. The 95th Arkansas General Assembly convened on January 13, 2025, and entered into an extended recess on April 16, 2025. The resolution authorizing the extended recess provides for…
Crater Lake Newt/Endangered Species Act: Center for Biological Diversity Sixty-day Notice of Intent to Sue U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for Alleged Violation
The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) has transmitted a sixty-day notice of intent to sue (“Notice”) to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) for alleged violations of the Endangered Species Act ("ESA"). CBD alleges that the Service has failed to issue a required…
Wastewater Enforcement: Oregon Department of Environmental Quality Proposed Notice of Civil Penalty and Assessment/Order Addressing Mulino Manufacturing Facility
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (“ODEQ”) issued a March 18th Notice of Civil Penalty Assessment and Order (“Notice”) to ASC Sunstone Circuits, LLC (“ASC”) addressing an alleged violation of the Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) Permit. See Case…
PFAS/Biosolids: Washington State Legislature Mandates Testing
The State of Washington enacted legislation (Senate Bill 5033) mandating certain testing requirements for biosolids utilized in agriculture. The testing requirements addresses per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”). Domestic sewage that is transported and conveyed to a wastewater treatment…
Fiscal Year 2026 U.S. EPA Funding/Association of State Drinking Water Administrators: Testimony to U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, & Related Agencies Appropriations
The Association of State Drinking Water Administrators (“ASDWA”) submitted testimony to the United States House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, & Related Agencies. The testimony addressed Fiscal Year 2026 funding for the United States Environmental…