Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Mountain Home Hot Mix Asphalt Facility Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and North Central Arkansas Quarry, Inc., (“North Central”) entered into a May 13th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of an air permit. See LIS No. 21-040. The CAO provides…
2021 Arkansas Insurance Legislation Summary: Act 925 Prohibits Life Insurance/Annuity Beneficiary Change through Will
June 29, 2021
by Derrick W. Smith
This is the sixth and final article in a series of summaries of Insurance legislation from the 93rd Arkansas General Assembly. In a surprising move, the Arkansas General Assembly overrode long-standing Arkansas common law that permits an insured to change a beneficiary of an insurance policy via…
Water Sector Chemical Shortages/Public Water Systems - Public Owned Treatment Works: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Addresses Safe Drinking Water Act Option
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a document referencing supply chain issues for water treatment chemicals that public water systems (“PWSs”) and public owned treatment works (“POTWs”) may be experiencing for water treatment chemicals. The EPA document discusses…
Poteau River: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality Issues Harmful Algal Bloom Advisory
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) issued a June 25th news release referencing a Harmful Algal Bloom (“HAB”) advisory. The advisory is for the Poteau River between Highway 71 and Highway 80 West. HABs are overgrowths of algae in water. Such…
Plastic Waste Reduction and Recycling Research: U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space and Technology Hearing
The Subcommittee on Research and Technology of the United States House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space and Technology held a June 24th hearing titled: Plastic Waste Reduction and Recycling Research: Moving from Staggering Statistics to Sustainable Systems (“Hearing”) The focus of…