Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and City of Sparkman Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the City of Sparkman, Arkansas (“Sparkman”) entered into a January 11th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act National Pollution Discharge Elimination…
America's Power: The Coal Fleet In A Transitioning Electric Grid
America’s Power recently released a three-minute video to highlight the importance of the nation’s coal fleet and its role in maintaining reliability, resilience, and fuel security. The video can be viewed here. The America’s Power video emphasizes the importance of a technology-based approach to…
Arkansas Regional Haze Plan/Interstate Visibility Transport Revisions: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Announces Approval
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced the availability of prepublication documents which: Approves revisions to the State of Arkansas’s Clean Air Plan for Regional Haze (and withdrawing the Federal Implementation Plan) Approves Arkansas’s Interstate Visibility…
Brownfield Voluntary Agreement: Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation and Memphis Site Owner Execute Agreement
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Division of Remediation (“TDEC”) and the Montgomery Partnership (“Montgomery”) executed a February 26th Brownfield Voluntary Agreement (“BVA”) addressing a Memphis, Tennessee, site. See Site No. 79-943. The property is described in the BVA as…
Missouri Distinct Population of the Eastern Hellbender Salamander/Endangered Species Act: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces Endangered Species Designation
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) published a March 9th Federal Register Notice designating a Missouri distinct population of the eastern hellbender salamander (“Missouri DPS”) as endangered under the federal Endangered Species Act (“ESA”). See 86 Fed. Reg. 13465. The Missouri DPS…