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Technology Assessment for Air Quality Management Act: Congressional Legislation Proposed to Expand Best-Available Monitoring Technologies
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
Several Senators introduced legislation on January 14th titled: Technology Assessment for Air Quality Management Act of 2022 (“Bill”) The Bill would authorize $55 million for over four years for the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) to: Annually update/expand its online air…
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Wastewater Enforcement: Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation Order Addressing Knoxville Gasoline Convenience Store
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation (“TDEC”) issued a January 11th Director’s Order and Assessment (“Order”) to Pilot Travel Centers LLC (“Pilot”) addressing alleged violations of the Tennessee Water Quality Control Act. See Director’s Order No. WPC21-0152. The Order provides…
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Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and City of Piggott Enter into Consent Administrative Order
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Piggott, Arkansas, (“Piggott”) entered into a January 3rd Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act National Pollution Discharge Elimination System…
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Southern Bog Turtle/Endangered Species Act: Center for Biological Diversity Petition Submitted to Fish and Wildlife Service Requesting Listing
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) submitted a Petition to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) requesting that the southern bog turtle be designated as an endangered or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”). The Petition also requests that the…
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Arkansas Advisory Committee on Petroleum Storage Tanks: January 26th Meeting (Via Teleconference)
Category: Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
As noted in a previous blog post, Arkansas operates a petroleum storage tank trust fund that provides reimbursement for eligible storage tanks that suffer corrective action requirements and third party damage claims due to a release of petroleum. The Advisory Committee on Petroleum Storage Tanks…
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