March 16, 2018
By:
Walter G. Wright
Category:
Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
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The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) Office of Air Quality published the Winter 2018 edition of its quarterly newsletter.
The newsletter addresses a variety of issues that come within the scope of the Office of Air Quality’s jurisdiction such as the Clean Air Act and asbestos.
Topics addressed in the newsletter include:
- ADEQ Associate Director for Air Stuart Spencer’s Testimony before the United States House Energy and Commerce Committee on Clean Air Act New Source Review Reform (advocating meaningful New Source Review reform)
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Approval of Arkansas’s Clean Air Act National Ambient Air Quality Standards State Implementation Plan Revision (infrastructure SIP)
- EPA Approval of Clean Air Act Regional Haze State Implementation Plan Revision for NOx Emissions
- ADEQ Lean Event (evaluating process for issuing new permits, significant modifications, and Title V renewals)
- Listing Quantitative Goals
- Listing Qualitative Goals
- Restructuring of Office of Air Quality Compliance Branch (including listing of area inspectors)
- Asbestos Enforcement Process
- Description of Formal Enforcement Actions
- Response to Formal Enforcement Actions
- Receipt of Proposed Consent Administrative Order
- Settlement Negotiations
- Settlement Issues
- ADEQ’s Position Regarding the Treatment of Sheetrock/Wallboard and Joint Compound
A copy of the newsletter can be downloaded here.
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