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What Agricultural Landowners Need to Know Now About Leases to Minimize Future Risk
Category: Agriculture
According to the USDA – Economic Research Service, there are approximately 911 million acres of farmland in the lower 48 states, with roughly 60% of this farmland owner-operated and 40% of it leased. For tillable cropland acres specifically, the percentage of rented ground is higher, approximately…
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2025 Arkansas Insurance Legislation Summary: Life
Category: Insurance Regulatory, Legislative Updates
This is the fourth and final article in a series of summaries of Insurance legislation from the 95th Arkansas General Assembly. The 95th Arkansas General Assembly convened on January 13, 2025, and entered into an extended recess on April 16, 2025. The resolution authorizing the extended recess…
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State Air Trends & Successes: Association of Air Pollution Control Agencies Issues 2025 Report
The Association of Air Pollution Control Agencies ("AAPCA") issued the 2025 edition of its annual report titled: State Air Trends & Successes ("Report"). AAPCA describes itself as a: ...National Small Land, non-profit consensus-driven organization focused on assisting state and local air…
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2025 Arkansas Insurance Legislation Summary: Health
Category: Insurance Regulatory, Legislative Updates
This is the third article in a series of summaries of insurance legislation from the 95th Arkansas General Assembly. The 95th Arkansas General Assembly convened on January 13, 2025, and entered into an extended recess on April 16, 2025. The resolution authorizing the extended recess provides for…
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2025 Arkansas Insurance Legislation Summary: P&C
Category: Insurance Regulatory, Legislative Updates
This is the second article in a series of summaries of insurance legislation from the 95th Arkansas General Assembly. The 95th Arkansas General Assembly convened on January 13, 2025, and entered into an extended recess on April 16, 2025. The resolution authorizing the extended recess provides for…
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Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law Blog

Continuing Authorities Programs/U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Congressional Research Service Explanatory Memorandum
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The Congressional Research Service (“CRS” has issued an August 6th Explanatory Memorandum titled: Continuing Authorities Programs (CAPs) of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (“Memorandum”). The Memorandum provides an overview of the United States Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) Continuing…
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RCRA Land-Ban Exemption: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Notice of Decision Addressing Vickery, Ohio Injection Wells
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published a Notice of Final Decision in the July 31st Federal Register addressing a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) land-ban exemption. See 90 Fed. Reg. 36041. The Notice provides EPA’s Final Decision to reissue an exemption…
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Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Saline County Waterworks 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 Saline County Waterworks and Sanitary Sewer PFB/Saline County Waterworks and Sewer WWTP (“SCW”) entered into an April 30th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean…
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Oregon Plastic Pollution and Recycling Modernization Act: National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors Files Judicial Challenge
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors (“NAWD”) filed a Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief (“Complaint”) on July 30th in the United States District Court for the District of Oregon against the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and Oregon Environmental Commission…
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Machine Learning as a Tool to Predict Lithium in Brines/An Example from the Smackover Formation of Southern Arkansas: Arkansas Water Resources Center Water Webinar - August 21st
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The Arkansas Water Resources Center (“AWRC”) announced the scheduling of an Arkansas Water Webinar titled: Machine Learning as a Tool to Predict Lithium in Brines: An Example from the Smackover Formation of Southern Arkansas (“Webinar”). The Webinar will be held from 12:00 to 1:00 PM on…
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