Clean Water Act, Arkansas

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

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 7/3/2025

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Atkins, Arkansas entered into a May 15th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean...more

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

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 6/13/2025

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Northeast Arkansas Public Water Authority (“Northeast”) entered into a March 10th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”)...more

Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Van Buren Wastewater...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 6/6/2025

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Van Buren Municipal Utilities (“Van Buren”) entered into a February 4th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing...more

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

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 5/9/2025

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Pinewood Wastewater, LLC (“Pinewood”) entered into an April 9th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more

100 Days/U.S. EPA cites 100 Environmental Accomplishments: Approval of Arkansas Water Quality Standards is Listed as Number Four

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 5/9/2025

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a news release titled: 100 Days, 100 Environmental Accomplishments. The news release stated that the Trump Administration has: …wasted no time...more

Clean Water State Revolving Fund PISCES Program/Performance and Innovation in the SRF Creating Environmental Success Program:...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 4/29/2025

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a news release announcing the Clean Water State Revolving Fund’s George F. Ames Performance and Innovation in the SRF Creating Environmental Success (“PISCES”)...more

Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and City of Patterson...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 4/21/2025

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Patterson, Arkansas entered into a March 10th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of the...more

2022 Triennial Review/Arkansas Water Quality Standards: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency March 27th Letter Approving 2022...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 4/8/2025

The Region 6 Office of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) sent a March 27th letter to Stacie Wassell, Associate Director for the Office of Water Quality at the Arkansas Department of Energy and...more

Upper White River Watershed Management Plan: H2Ozarks Announces Extension of Comment Period

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 4/7/2025

H2Ozarks announced that the public comment period has been extended through April 22nd for the Upper White River Watershed Management Plan (“Plan”). The organization states that it is seeking community feedback to “ensure...more

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

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 4/3/2025

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Bauxite, Arkansas entered into a March 10th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of the...more

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

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 4/2/2025

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Northeast Arkansas Public Water Authority (“NAPWA”) entered into a March 10th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) alleging a...more

Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and City of Fort Smith...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 8/30/2024

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

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

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 7/11/2024

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of McRae, Arkansas entered into a June 4th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean...more

Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Carroll County Motel...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 8/21/2023

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Statue Road Inn (“SRI”) entered into a June 21st Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean...more

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

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 8/3/2023

The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Joiner, Arkansas, (“Joiner”) entered into a May 25th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations...more

Citizen Suit Enforcement/Clean Water Act: City of Bentonville, Arkansas, Response to Friends of Little Sugar Creek Notice of...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 6/22/2023

A previous blog post referenced the Friends of Little Sugar Creek (“FOLSC”) transmittal of a Notice of Intent to Sue (“Notice”) to the City of Bentonville, Arkansas (“Bentonville”), alleging violations of the Clean Water Act....more

Clean Water/Drinking Water State Revolving Funds/Arkansas: Council of Infrastructure Financing Authorities Position Paper on...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 5/10/2023

The Council of Infrastructure Financing Authorities (“CIFA”) issued a position paper addressing its concerns about the impacts of congressional earmarks on Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds (“SRFs”). ...more

Stormwater Enforcement/Clean Water Act: United States Department of Justice and Fort Smith, Arkansas, Based National Freight...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 3/23/2023

The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and ABF Freight System, Inc. (“ABF”) entered into a March 20th Consent Decree (“CD”) addressing alleged violations of Clean Water Act Industrial Stormwater Permits. See United...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

94th Arkansas General Assembly/NPDES Permits: Property/Homeowner Associations Exemptions

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 12/7/2022

Representatives Lanny Fite and Richard McGrew have pre-filed House Bill 1015 which would amend Arkansas Code § 8-4-203(b)(1)(C). This statutory provision provides certain exemptions from the Clean Water Act National...more

West Fork White River Water Quality Improvement: Arkansas Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Division Notes U.S....

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 9/12/2022

The Arkansas Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Division (“NRD”) issued an August 30th news release noting the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) recognition of the water quality improvement on the...more

Hot Springs/Little Rock Recreational Trail Project/Clean Water Act: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Little Rock District) Public...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 8/26/2022

The United States Army Corps of Engineers (Little Rock District)(“Corps”) issued an August 24th Public Notice referencing Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 and Section 404 of the Clean Water Act permit...more

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

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 8/16/2022

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ’) and the Arkansas Department of Corrections (“ADC”) entered into a July 22nd Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more

Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: U.S. District Court Sets Briefing Schedules...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 8/5/2022

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 in the United States District Court...more

Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Hermitage Commercial...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 7/15/2022

The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Clanton Transport LLC (“Clanton”) entered into a June 9th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation of...more

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