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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Draft National Recycling Strategy: Solid Waste Association of North America Comments
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The Solid Waste Association of North America (“SWANA”) submitted December 4th comments on the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) draft document titled: National Recycling Strategy (“Strategy”) See Docket No. EPA-HQ-OLEM-2020-0462. SWANA describes itself as: . . . an…
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Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Saline County Sewer Improvement District Enter into Consent Administrative Order
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Pleasant Oaks Sewer Improvement District #31 (“Pleasant Oaks”) entered into a Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”). See LIS No. 20-191. The CAO provides that Pleasant Oaks operates a non-municipal…
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The Benefit of Achieving Tier III Classification for Marijuana and Cannabis Related Businesses
Category: Business
In 2020 the legal segment of the marijuana industry exceeded $10 billion dollars in the United States with California alone generating $3.1 billion in sales in 2019, and Colorado in a close second at $1.6 billion. With the solidified foothold the industry has gained in the marketplace and the sheer…
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Section 401/Clean Water Act: Federal Court Addresses EPA Dismissal Motion Related to Challenge to Certification Rule
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The United States District Court (Eastern District of Pennsylvania) (“Court”) addressed in a December 18th Opinion and Order (collectively “Order”) the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) Motion to Dismiss a Complaint filed by the Delaware Riverkeeper Network (“Riverkeeper”)…
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Citizen Suit Enforcement/West Texas Natural Gas Processing Plant: Sierra Club Notice of Intent to Sue for Alleged Clean Air Act Violations
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The Sierra Club and three other environmental organizations (collectively “Sierra Club”) sent a December 21st Notice of Intent to Sue (“NOI”) to DCP Operating Company, LP (“DCP”) regarding alleged Clean Air Act violations related to the Goldsmith Natural Gas Processing Plant (“Plant”) in Goldsmith…
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