A Clean Water Utility's Guide to Considering Source Identification, Pretreatment, and Sampling Protocols for PFAS: National Association of Clean Water Agencies Issues Guidance
December 31, 2019
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The National Association of Clean Water Agencies (“NACWA”) published a guidance document titled: A Clean Water Utility's Guide to Considering Source Identification, Pretreatment, and Sampling Protocols for PFAS (“Guide”) The Guide states that considerations related to PFAS were compiled by NACWA…
El Dorado, Arkansas Hazardous Waste Injection Wells: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency RCRA Land Disposal Restriction Exemption Reissuance
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published a December 30th Federal Register Notice reissuing a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Land Disposal Restriction exemption to Great Lakes Chemical Corporation (“Great Lakes”) for two hazardous waste injection wells…
School Not Required to Pay Attorneys' Fees Even Where IDEA Violation Found
December 30, 2019
by Devin R. Bates
A hearing officer with the Arkansas Department of Education (“ADE”) finds that a school violated the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (“IDEA”) by failing to evaluate and develop a behavior intervention plan (“BIP”) to address a student’s behavior deficits. Under the IDEA, this…
Analysis of State Recycling Definitions: Environmental Research & Educational Foundation Report
December 30, 2019
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Environmental Research & Educational Foundation (“Foundation”) issued a 2019 report titled: Analysis of State Recycling Definitions (“Report”) The Report represents an effort by the Foundation to “document the various ways recycling may be defined” by the 49 state agencies that use that term…
Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment Division of Environmental Quality and Van Buren County, Arkansas, Natural Gas Compression Station Operator Enter into Consent Administrative Order
December 30, 2019
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and XTO Energy, Inc., (“XTO”) entered into a November 27th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of an air permit. See LIS No. 19-108. The CAO provides that XTO owns and operates…