The week of June 23, 2024, in Ohio v. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Supreme Court clarified in a 5-4 decision that if a federal agency fails to provide a reasoned response to comments raised during the rulemaking...more
In a proposed rule signed on February 28, but not yet published in the Federal Register, EPA proposed to significantly expand its current approach to regulating the interstate transport of ozone. Under the so-called “good...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 Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) announced that the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission (“APC&EC”) will hold a public hearing to receive comments on proposed amendments to emergency...more
Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) Associate Director (Office of Air Quality) Stuart Spencer undertook a January 24th presentation to my University of Arkansas Law School Environmental Law class titled: ...more
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) recently announced three items in regards to its previously proposed (October 31st) revision to the Arkansas Regional Haze State Implementation Plan (“SIP”)...more
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) announced on October 31st proposed revisions to the State’s Regional Haze State Implementation Plan (“SIP”)....more