Arkansas Department of Agriculture/Arkansas State Plant Board Bureau of Standards Committee: May 14th Little Rock Meeting Scheduled
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture announced that the Arkansas State Plant Board Bureau of Standards Committee will meet on May 14th. The Meeting with be held at the Arkansas Department of Agriculture, 1 Natural Resources Drive, Little Rock, at 9:30 A.M. The Bureau of Standards’ primary mission…
Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)/RCRA: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Addresses Center for Biological Diversity Petition to List
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) in an April 26th Federal Register Notice issued a final decision in response to a rulemaking Petition from the Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) requesting that discarded polyvinyl chloride (“PVC”) be listed as hazardous waste under…
Citizen Suit Enforcement/ Endangered Species Act: Center for Biological Diversity Alleges Violations by Arizona Mining Operations
The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) sent a April 15th notice pursuant to section 11(g) of the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”) stating that mining operations by one of more of certain entities were in violation of section 9 of that statute. The entities receiving the notice include: Sino…
Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Waldo Lumber/Chip Mill Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and PotlatchDeltic Manufacturing, LLC (“PotlatchDeltic”) entered into a March 19th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of an air permit. See LIS No. 24-057. The CAO provides…
United States Department of Energy/National Environmental Policy Act: Categorical Exclusions Promulgated for Energy Storage/Transmission/Solar Projects
The United States Department of Energy (“DOE”) published a final rule in the April 30th Federal Register adopting or amending certain National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”) categorical exclusions (“CEs”). See 89 Fed. Reg. 34074. They either add or revise CEs for certain: Energy storage…