The California State Water Resources Control Board (“Board”) is proposing to adopt a definition for microplastics.
The definition would be applicable to the Board’s drinking water program....more
The United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama (“Court”) in a February 21st Order addressed a dispute involving a waste disposal contract. See WM Mobile Bay Envtl. Ctr., Inc. v. City of Mobile, No. CV...more
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued a March 25th Notification of Evaluation titled:
Status of Clean Air Act State Implementation Plan Submittals and Approvals...more
4/7/2020
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The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Solfuels USA., Inc. (“Solfuels”) entered into a March 5th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of...more
4/7/2020
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The Petroleum Marketers Association (“PMAA”) publication Weekly Review published a March 26th article addressing a new ASTM Standard for spill bucket and sump testing.
Spill bucket and sump testing is required by 40 C.F.R. §...more
4/6/2020
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The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued on March 25th a draft guidance memorandum addressing:
Interpretation of “Begin Actual Construction” Under the New Source Review Preconstruction Permitting...more
The use and functions of unmanned aerial vehicles (i.e, drones) in service industries is rapidly evolving.
Environmental services and/or environmental monitoring/enforcement is an example of an area in which the usefulness...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued a March 23rd Project Notification titled:
Post-Closure at Hazardous Waste Units Closed with Waste in Place (“Notification”)...more
Secretary Dr. Chuck Carr Brown of the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (“LDEQ”) issued a March 20th Amended Declaration of Emergency Administrative Order (“Order”). See In the Matter of Public Health Emergency...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) has updated its actions in regards to the coronavirus (COVID-19).
DEQ announced that Secretary Keogh directed that DEQ staff...more
The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) issued a report titled:
Robbing the Wild: How 10 States’ Refusal to Ban Trapping is Hurting American’s Wild Turtles (“Report”)...more
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 Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) filed a February 24th Complaint for Declaratory Injunctive Relief (“Complaint”) against the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) involving the Endangered Species Act...more
The National Waste & Recycling Association’s (“NWRA”) Healthcare Waste Institute published a March 9th document titled:
Frequently Asked Questions, 2019 Novel Coronavirus (“FAQ”)...more
The Arkansas Water Resources Center (“AWRC”) has issued a Call for Presentations for its annual conference on July 28th and 29th in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
AWRC is inviting abstract submission for oral and poster...more
The Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce (“Subcommittee”) held a March 4th hearing titled:
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Reform: Addressing...more
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (“ISRI”) issued its 2019 Recycling Industry Yearbook (“Yearbook”).
The 2019 edition is the eighth year that ISRI has published a Yearbook on this topic....more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released on February 27th a document titled:
National Water Reuse Action Plan: Collaborative Implementation (Version 1) (“Action Plan”)...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Riggins Commercial Construction, LLC, (“Riggins”) entered into a February 12th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) has issued a new edition (January 2020) of its quarterly newsletter.
DEQ describes the newsletter as providing...more
2/28/2020
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The United States Environmental Protection Agency announced the issuance of a draft risk evaluation (“Draft”) for trichloroethylene (“TCE”).
See EPA Document #740R18008 (Feb. 21, 2020).
The Draft was prepared by the EPA...more
The United States Surface Transportation Board (“STB”) instituted a Declaratory Order proceeding on February 19th that will address whether 49 U.S.C. 10501(b):
. . . preempts the Clean Water Act’s (CWA) discharge...more
The Office of Air Quality (“OAQ”) of the Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Air Quality issued a news release announcing a new assistance program (“Program”) for facilities subject to permitting for...more
The Illinois Pollution Control Board (“Board”) has proposed air monitoring rules intended to determine ambient levels of ethylene oxide (EtO). See 35 Ill. Adm. Code 249.
The Board cites provisions of the Illinois...more
The National Association of Clean Water Agencies (“NACWA”) submitted February 2nd comments to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) addressing its Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“ANPR”) to add...more