Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson issued an official call to legislators for an Extraordinary Session of the 91st General Assembly which convenes today at 9:00 a.m.
Call item number 6 is described as...more
The Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) published a report titled:
Ability to Pay – Policy Template and Forms (January 2018) (“Report”)
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The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Blue Ridge Solvents & Coatings, Inc. (“Blue Ridge”) entered into a February 9th Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing alleged violations of Resource Conservation and...more
The Beaver Watershed Alliance (“BWA”) announced that it has been awarded a grant totaling $37,710.56 from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (“Foundation”).
BWA states that the award is being granted in response to...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) in a February 7th Federal Register notice issued a final rule amending the Non-Hazardous Secondary Material Rule (“NHSMR”) to add certain treated railroad ties...more
The Arkansas Agricultural Department (“AAD”) issued a February 1st news release noting that Governor Hutchinson and Arkansas Agriculture Secretary Wes Ward met with State Agricultural Leaders to discuss the Regulation 5...more
C&H Hog Farms, Inc. (“C&H”) filed a January 18th Request for Adjudicatory Hearing and Commission Review (“Request”) challenging the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) denial of an application for a...more
1/30/2018
/ Agricultural Land ,
Agricultural Sector ,
Cattle ,
Department of Environmental Quality ,
Environmental Policies ,
Farm Animals ,
Farms ,
Land-Use Permits ,
Livestock Protocol ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Waste Management
The Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) issued a December 2017 report titled:
Waste Generation and Disposal: Awareness, Management, and Disposal Guidance for Solid Waste...more
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (“ISRI”) announced that China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection issued final scrap import standards.
The standards are denominated the Environmental Protection Control...more
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) public noticed the denial of an application for an Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission Regulation 5 permit by C&H Hog Farms, Inc. (“C&H”).
Regulation...more
The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission (“ANRC”) issued a 622-page draft document titled:
Buffalo River Watershed-Based Management Plan (“Management Plan”)
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The Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) issued a December 2017 report titled:
Summary of State Programs and Data on Abandoned Underground Storage Tanks and Facilities...more
The Arkansas Economic Developers & Chamber Executives (“AEDCE”) is presenting an Environmental Permitting Workshop (“Workshop”) on January 18th in North Little Rock, Arkansas.
The subtitle of the Workshop...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published a final rule in the January 3rd Federal Register establishing the methodology it will utilize to determine and revise the user fees applicable to the...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a December 26th Federal Register notice adopting a final rule addressing Section 313 of the Emergency Plan and Community Right-To-Know Act (“EPCRA”) Toxics...more
The Trump Administration released the Fall edition of the semi-annual Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions and the Regulatory Plan (“Plan”).
Federal agencies twice a year produce in combination a...more
12/19/2017
/ Air Quality Standards ,
Coal Industry ,
Drinking Water ,
Energy Policy ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Title V ,
Trump Administration ,
Waste Management ,
Waters of the United States
The Solid Waste Association of North America (“SWANA”) submitted December 15th comments addressing China’s restrictions on waste imports....more
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and Aluma-Weld, Inc. (“AWI”) entered a Consent Administrative Order addressing alleged violations of Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission (“APC&EC”)...more
The Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) has released a November 2017 report titled:
Beneficial Use of Drill Cuttings, Produced Water and Fluids in the U.S. (“Supplemental...more
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Hyche Landfill, LLC (“HL”) entered into a Special Order by Consent (“Special Order”) addressing alleged violations of Alabama regulations related to landfill...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Gastroenterology Consultants of San Antonio, P.A. (“GCS”) entered into a Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CA”) addressing alleged Resource Conservation and...more
11/9/2017
/ Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Consent Agreements ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Hazardous Waste ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Hospitals ,
Large Generators ,
Notification Requirements ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
RCRA ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Small Generators ,
Standard Operating Procedures ,
Waste Management