February 01, 2023
By:
Walter G. Wright
Category:
Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
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The Region 6 Office of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued in a January 25th news release its:
2022 Year in Review (“Review”)
The Review states that it outlines Region 6:
. . . major accomplishments and environmental progress over the past fiscal year.
Region 6 is based in Dallas. Further, Region 6 encompasses the following states:
- Arkansas
- Louisiana
- Texas
- New Mexico
- Oklahoma
The Region also includes 66 tribal nations.
The Review states that it focused on three priorities for fiscal year 2022:
- Priority 1 – Embed the Administration’s Policy Priorities, which are stated to include:
- Distributing federal resources to Region 6
- Embedding climate change and environmental justice
- Implementing follow-up actions for Region 6 Journey to Justice Tour
- Producing an environmental action plan and/or producing a climate adaptation report
- Priority 2 – Make Environment Justice and Climate Change Top Priorities for All Region 6 Programs, which are stated to include:
- Hiring crucial staff
- Training employees on environmental justice and climate change
- Positively protecting public health and the environment
- Identifying environmental justice and climate impact areas in Region 6
- Evaluating environmental impacts of the energy transition
- Improving communication with communities
- Enhancing relationships with states and tribes
- Improving staff morale
- Priority 3 – Use Local Action to Impact National Policy, which is stated to include:
- Improving air monitoring
- Understanding Superfund site risk
- Communicating risk
- Evaluation process for Class VI wells
Activities associated with each of these priorities were discussed in the Review.
A copy of the news release which contains a link to the Review can be found here.
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