Arkansas Environmental Personnel Moves: Illinois River Watershed Partnership Names Lief Kindberg as Executive Director
The Illinois River Watershed Partnership (“IRWP”) announced Leif Kindberg is the organization’s new Executive Director. Mr. Kindberg is described as having: . . . more than 12 years of management experience in the private sector and with non-profit organizations in the United States and abroad. …
Aerosol Coatings/VOC Emission Standards: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to Initiate Rulemaking
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) stated that it will initiate rulemaking in 2021 to amend the national volatile organic compound (“VOC”) emission standards for the Aerosol Coatings category under Section 183(e) of the Clean Air Act. The term aerosol coatings in this context…
Scrap Metal Recycling/Scrapped Vehicles: Federal Appellate Court Addresses Antitrust Challenge to City of Milwaukee Contract
The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (“Seventh Circuit”) addressed in a June 24th Opinion issues arising out of a federal antitrust lawsuit involving the scrap metal recycling business. An antitrust Complaint challenged a contract the City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, entered into…
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…