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Transportation/Hazardous Materials Regulations: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Letter of Interpretation Addressing Transportation of Live Fish Tanks
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) issued a May 2, 2025, Letter of Interpretation (“LOI”) addressing the application of the federal Hazardous Materials Regulations (“HMR”) to the use of liquified cryogenic oxygen to oxygenate live fish tanks in transportation. The…
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Recommendations for Superfund Cleanup Program Improvements: Association of State And Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials Position Paper
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The Association of State And Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) released a position paper titled: RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SUPERFUND CLEANUP PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS (“Position Paper”). The Position Paper identifies areas that ASTSWMO membership has designated as priority topics for…
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Repurposing EV Batteries for Second-Life Stationary Storage/Market Landscape and Key Policy Challenges: ACEEE Policy Brief
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (“ACEEE”) released a policy brief titled: Repurposing EV Batteries for Second-Life Stationary Storage: Market Landscape and Key Challenges (“Policy Brief”). The Policy Brief is authored by Peter Huether, ACEEE Senior Research Associate for…
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Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Searcy Compression Station Operator 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 Merit Energy Company, LLC (“Merit”) entered into a May 15th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation of an Air Permit. See LIS No. 25-041. The CAO provides that Merit owns…
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Microplastics/California Department of Toxic Substances Control: Proposed Addition to the Candidate Chemical List
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The California Department of Toxic Substances Control (“DTSC”) is proposing a definition of microplastics, and the addition of microplastics to the Candidate Chemicals List under California’s Safer Consumer Products regulations (“Regulations”). See DTSC Reference Number: R-2023-05R. The Regulations…
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