Pollution Control, Clean Water Act, Department of Environmental Quality

Stormwater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Atkins Chicken...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 7/30/2024

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Twin Rivers Foods, Inc. (“Twin Rivers”) entered into a July 18th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged...more

Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and City of De Queen Enter...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 7/3/2024

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of De Queen, Arkansas entered into a June 17th Consent Administrative Order addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water...more

Stormwater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Farmington...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 5/10/2024

The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and M&S Properties, LLC (“M&S”) entered into an April 15th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of...more

Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and City of Hardy Enter...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 2/27/2023

The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the City of Hardy, Arkansas (“Hardy”) entered into a February 6th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more

NPDES Permitting/Clean Water Act: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Motion to Dismiss Arkansas Department of Energy &...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 5/25/2022

As noted in an April 27th blog post, the Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) filed a Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief (“Complaint”) in the United States...more

NPDES Permitting/Clean Water Act: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality Seeks Judicial...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 4/28/2022

The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) filed a Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief (“Complaint”) in the United States District Court (“Eastern District –...more

2023 Triennial Review/Arkansas Water Quality Standards: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 3/9/2022

The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) announced it is initiating its 2023 Triennial Review of Arkansas’s Water Quality Standards (“WQS”). The WQS are found in...more

Stormwater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Crittenden/Crawford...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 12/14/2020

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and USA Truck, Inc. (“USA”) entered into a November 24th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violation of an...more

Stormwater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Independence County,...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 3/12/2020

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and JM Trucking & Trailer Leasing, LLC, (“JM”) entered into a February 12th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an...more

Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Department of Environmental Quality and Phillips County...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 1/20/2020

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Department of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Southland Improvement District (“SID”) entered into a December 19th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an...more

Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and Faulkner County, Arkansas Wastewater Treatment Facility...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 6/24/2019

The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and Flushing Meadows Utility Operating Company, LLC (“FMUOC”) entered into a May 29th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing a Clean Water Act National...more

Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality Overview/Air Quality Update: Stuart Spencer (Associate Director Office of Air...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 2/8/2019

Stuart Spencer undertook a February 4th presentation to my University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law Environmental Law class titled: Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality Overview and Air Quality Update...more

Section 401/Clean Water Act: Association of Clean Water Administrators' June 15th Letter to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 7/3/2018

The Association of Clean Water Administrators (“ACWA”) sent a June 15th letter to Mr. James C. Dalton, P.E., Director of Civil Works of the United States Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) addressing the state’s use of Section...more

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