Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and City of Keo Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the City of Keo, Arkansas, (“Keo”) entered into a February 10th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation of a Clean Water Act National Pollution Discharge Elimination…
Supplemental Environmental Projects Settlement Option Terminated: March 12th U.S. Department of Justice Environmental and Natural Resources Division Memorandum
Mr. Jeffrey Bossert Clark, Assistant Attorney General of the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) published a March 12th memorandum titled: Supplemental Environmental Projects (“SEPs”) in Civil Settlements with Private Defendants…
Arkansas Regional Haze/Visibility Transport State Implementation Plan: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Federal Notice Proposing Approval of Revisions
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published a March 16th Federal Register Notice proposing to approve a revision to the Arkansas State Implementation Plan (“SIP”) submitted by the State of Arkansas through the Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of…
Arkansas Environmental Federation Water/Land and Sustainability/Air Spring Seminars: Postponement/Rescheduling Announced Due to the Coronavirus
The Arkansas Environmental Federation (“AEF”) has announced the postponement of its Annual Spring Seminars. The AEF sponsors separate annual seminars each Spring addressing the following topics: Water (Clean Water Act and related programs and issues) Land and Sustainability (Solid waste…
COVID-19 in the Workplace: How Employers Should Respond
March 16, 2020
by Nathan A. Read
The spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus) in Arkansas requires employers of all sizes to take proactive measures to mitigate the risk to their employees and businesses. When doing so, however, employers must be bear in mind how their responses interact with their obligations under various employment…