Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Hazen Solid Waste Landfill Enter into Consent Administrative Order
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Waste Corporation of Arkansas, LLC (“WC”) entered into a September 11th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation of an Air Permit. See LIS No. 24-139. The CAO provides that…
Harmful Products/Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act: U.S. District Judge Dismisses U.S. Department of Justice Environmental Enforcement Action Against eBay
WebProNews reported in an October 1st article that United States District Judge Orelia E. Merchant dismissed a United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) environmental enforcement action that had been filed against eBay, Inc. (“eBay”). Judge Merchant cited Section 230 of the Communications Decency…
Interagency Water Workforce Working Group Report to Congress: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Water Report
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Water issued an August 2024 report tilted: Interagency Water Workforce Working Group Report to Congress (“Report”). See EPA 810-R-24-004. Via America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (“AWIA”) Section 4304, as amended by…
Arkansas Water Resources Center Stream Surveying Course: Springdale October 10-11
The Arkansas Water Resources Center (“AWRC”) is holding a Stream Surveying Course on October 10th and 11th. The Course will be held at 3400 N. 40th Street in Springdale, Arkansas. AWRC describes the event as a field-oriented course that will: … teach basic surveying skills needed to characterize…
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Enforcement Alert: Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Monitoring and Maintenance Requirements
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued an Enforcement Alert (“EA”) titled: EPA Finds MSW Landfills are Violating Monitoring and Maintenance Requirements. The EA states that EPA investigations have found municipal solid waste landfill (“MSW”) operators failing to: …