Endangered Species Act/Ozark Shiner: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Publishes Decision Not to List as Endangered/Threatened
September 8, 2025
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) published a September 4th “Notification of Findings” in the Federal Register identifying five species it has determined are not warranted for listing as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”). See 90 Fed. Reg. 42725…
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Grant Program/Pipeline Safety: Arkansas Awarded $729,929
September 8, 2025
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) issued a news release announcing $86 million in grants to: …enhance states’ pipeline safety programs. PHMSA states that the grants will help its “state partners” inspect more than 85 percent of the nation’s 3.3-million-mile…
Pretreatment Enforcement/Clean Water Act: Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality and Yazoo City Nitrous Oxide Manufacturing Facility Enter into Agreed Order
September 8, 2025
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Mississippi Commission of Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and Nitrous Oxide Corporation (“NOC”) entered into an August 5th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing alleged violations of the Mississippi Administrative Code concerning discharges into a POTW. See Agreed Order No. 7541 25. The AO provides…
NPDES Program/Clean Water Act: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Withdraws Objection to Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality Issuance of Northwest Arkansas Permit
September 5, 2025
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) had filed a complaint in 2022 for declaratory and injunctive relief (“Complaint”) in the United States District Court (Eastern District – Arkansas) and a Petition for Review (“Petition”) in the United…
Southern Hognose Snake/Endangered Species Act: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Federal Register Notice Proposing Listing
September 5, 2025
by Walter G. Wright, Jr.
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) published a proposed rule in the August 29th Federal Register addressing a petition requesting the listing of the Southern Hognose Snake. See 90 Fed. Reg. 42151. The Service grants the petition and proposes to list the Southern Hognose Snake…
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