The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a Draft Revision for Public Comment of the following document:
Nonpoint Source Program and Grants Guidelines for States and Territories (“Draft Document”)...more
The Natural Resources Division (“NRD”) of the Arkansas Department of Agriculture issued a press release referencing what it describes as its Updated Arkansas Nutrient Reduction Strategy (“ANRS”)....more
The International Capital Market Association (“ICMA”) submitted June 15th comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) in response to a request for public input on current potential regulation of climate change...more
6/25/2021
/ Asset Management ,
Banks ,
Broker-Dealer ,
Climate Change ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Financial Institutions ,
Insurance Industry ,
International Capital Markets Association (ICMA) ,
Pension Funds ,
Public Comment ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
The United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (“Court”) addressed whether a guidance document issued by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) constituted final agency action for purposes of...more
4/14/2020
/ Barack Obama ,
Carbon Emissions ,
Clean Air Act ,
Climate Action Plan ,
Energy Policy ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Oil & Gas ,
Ozone ,
Power Plants ,
Public Comment ,
Renewable Energy ,
RGGI
As noted in a previous post (see previous post here), the Council on Environmental Quality (“CEQ”) on January 10th published a Federal Register Notice promulgating for the first time in 40 years revisions to the regulations...more
The Association of State Drinking Water Administrators (“ASDWA”) submitted October 31st comments to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) on its:
Notice of Intent to Develop a Policy on the...more
The Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) has issued for public input on the Conceptual Closure Plan for the C & H Hog Farm waste storage ponds.
DEQ States that the waste storage pond closure activities will be...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published a final rule in the October 1st Federal Register approving the State of Arkansas’s Regional Haze Five-Year Progress Report. See 84 Fed. Reg. 51986.
EPA...more
The National Association of Clean Water Agencies (“NACWA”) submitted September 13th comments on the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) document titled:
Draft Technical Support Document: Implementing the...more
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“USFWS”) announced in a September 9th Federal Register Notice that it was reopening the public comment period for its proposal to reclassify the American Burying Beetle (“ABB”)....more
The United States Department of Transportation (“DOT”) published an August 23rd Federal Register Notice announcing the availability of two interim policies for public comment. See 84 Fed. Reg. 44351.
...more
The National Association of Clean Water Agencies and the WateReuse Association (collectively “NACWA”) submitted June 7th comments to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) on its:
Interpretive Statement...more
6/17/2019
/ Certiorari ,
Clean Water Act ,
Discharge of Pollutants ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Groundwater ,
Interpretive Opinions ,
NACWA ,
NPDES ,
Permits ,
Public Comment ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
SCOTUS
The Tanks Subcommittee of the Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) submitted April 25 comments to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) on the:
Proposed Rule...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has received thousands of comments in the Administrative Docket for the proposed revisions to the Clean Water Act definition of Waters of the United States (“WOTUS”)....more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has received thousands of comments in the Administrative Docket for the proposed revisions to the Clean Water Act definition of Waters of the United States (“WOTUS”)....more
4/30/2019
/ Audubon Society ,
Clean Water Act ,
Clean Water Rule ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Hazardous Waste ,
Navigable Waters ,
Notice and Comment ,
Proposed Rules ,
Public Comment ,
Rescission ,
Trump Administration ,
US Army Corps of Engineers ,
Waters of the United States ,
Wetlands
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published a February 8th Federal Register Notice addressing the federal agency’s plan to submit an Information Collection Request (“ICR”) addressing:
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C & H Hog Farms, Inc. (“C & H”) filed a “Request for Adjudicatory Hearing and Commission Review and Stay” (“Request”) related to the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) denial of its application for an...more
12/20/2018
/ Adjudicatory Process ,
Administrative Hearings ,
Department of Environmental Quality ,
Farm Animals ,
Farms ,
FOIA ,
Land-Use Permits ,
Pollution Control ,
Public Comment ,
Waste Management ,
Water Quality
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) submitted October 31st comments to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) on its proposed rule:
Emission Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions...more
11/7/2018
/ Carbon Emissions ,
Clean Air Act ,
Clean Power Plan ,
Comment Period ,
Department of Environmental Quality ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Oil & Gas ,
Power Plants ,
Proposed Rules ,
Public Comment
The Association of State Wetland Managers, Inc. (“ASWM”) submitted August 17th comments to the Council on Environmental Quality (“CEQ”) addressing an Advanced Notice Of Proposed Rulemaking (“ANPR”) titled:
Update to the...more
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) issued an August 14th Federal Register Notice asking for public comment on federally listed American burying-beetle incidental take permit applications. See 83 Fed. Reg....more
The Arkansas-Oklahoma Arkansas River Compact Commission (“ARK-OKL Commission”) has scheduled its 2018 annual meeting.
The meeting will be held on September 27th at John Brown University in Siloam Springs, Arkansas....more
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (“9th Circuit”) addressed issues associated with two United States Forest Service (“Forest Service”) fire salvage and restoration projects. See Alliance for the Wild Rockies v. Mary...more
The Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission, after a lengthy discussion, today upheld Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) Charles Moulton’s prior Recommended Decision in the matter of C & H Hog Farms, Inc.
The ALJ...more
Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission (“Commission”) Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) Charles Moulton issued a July 10th Recommended Decision (“RD”) in administrative proceedings involving C & H Hog Farms, Inc....more
The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission (“ANRC”) has scheduled its next meeting for May 16th.
The meeting will be held at 9:30 a.m. at the agency headquarters at 101 East Capitol Avenue, Suite 350 in Little Rock,...more