2024 Biennial ERIS Survey on State Environmental Agency Research Needs: Environmental Research Institute of the States Report
The Environmental Research Institute of the States (“ERIS”) released a report titled: Findings of the 2024 Biennial ERIS Survey on State Environmental Agency Research Needs (“Report”). The Report is a result of a biennial survey of state and territorial (collectively, “State”) environmental…
95th Arkansas General Assembly/Water Permits: Legislation Introduced Tying Permitting to Prior Noncompliance
Senate Bill 557 has been introduced which would provide the Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) the authority to deny a: …permit relating to wastewater if the applicant has a history of noncompliance with environmental regulations, whether at…
Air Enforcement: Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality and Meridian Rail Services Company Enter into Agreed Order
The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and CF Rail Services, LLC (“CF”) entered into a March 4th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing an alleged violation of an Air Permit. See Order No. 7458 25. The AO states that CF was issued a Synthetic Minor Operating Permit for its rail…
Scaling for Growth/Meeting the Demand for Reliable, Affordable Electricity: U.S. House of Representatives Energy Subcommittee Hearing
The United States House of Representatives Subcommittee on Energy and Commerce held a March 5th hearing entitled: Scaling for Growth: Meeting the Demand for Reliable, Affordable Electricity (“Hearing”). The Subcommittee Chairman (Latta) described the purpose of the Hearing as to discuss: …the…
Arkansas Water Webinar Series: Removing Trash from Our Waterways/April 17th
The Arkansas Water Resources Center announced an upcoming Webinar that will be held on April 17th titled: Removing Trash from our Waterways: Panel Discussion. The Webinar will be held on April 17th from 12:00 – 1:00 PM. The host for the Webinar is the Arkansas Forests & Drinking Water…