House Bill 1277 has been filed which proposes two revisions to the Arkansas Petroleum Storage Tank Trust Fund. The Bill is sponsored by Representative Zack Gramlich of Fort Smith and Senator Justin Boyd of Fort Smith....more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Darren Libby (“Owner”) entered into a July 19 Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of Arkansas...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Allowey Ahmed (“Ahmed”) entered into a May 24th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) to address alleged violations of the...more
Mena Short Stop, LLC (“Mena Short Stop”) filed a pleading before the Arkansas Pollution Control & Ecology Commission (“Commission”) addressing an issue arising under the Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Terry Price, DBA TLP Enterprises (“TLP”) entered into a January 19th Consent Administrative Oder (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Hebron of AR, LLC (“Hebron”) entered into an October 27th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of...more
A group of Polk County, Arkansas, property owners filed on October 17th a Complaint in the Circuit Court of Polk County, Arkansas, against Mena Short Stop, LLC (“Mena Short Stop”) alleging injury to personal and real property...more
Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) Charles Moulton addressed in an August 16th Amended Recommended Decision (“ARD”) an issue arising out of the administrative litigation associated with Mena Short Stop, LLC (“Mena Short Stop”)....more
Mena Short Stop, LLC (“Mena Short Stop”) filed on June 23rd a Request for Hearing (“Request”) before the Arkansas Pollution Control & Ecology Commission (“APC&EC”) of an Emergency Order issued by the Chief Administrator of...more
Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) Chief Administrator Julie Linck executed an Emergency Order (“EO”) dated June 14th to Mena Short Stop, LLC (“Mena Short Stop”). See LIS...more
The Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation (“TDEC”) issued a May 9th Proposed Order and Assessment (“Order”) to TForce Freight, Inc. (“TFI”) related to alleged violations of the Tennessee underground storage tank...more
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) issued a November 10th proposed Order and Assessment (“Order”) related to 795 Airways (“Airways”) for alleged violation of the Tennessee Underground Storage...more
The Arkansas Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) issued an October 10th Default Administrative Order (“DAO”) to Donald Patterson addressing alleged violations of the Petroleum Underground Storage Tank (“UST”)...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment, Department of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) filed an October 7th Complaint against Routh Wrecker Service, Inc. (“Routh”) stating it was seeking injunctive relief and to...more
The Arkansas Oil Marketers Association held their annual environmental workshop on August 29th in Little Rock, Arkansas. The workshop addressed and variety of environmental issues associated with the utilization, storage,...more
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (“TDEC”) issued a July 30th Order and Assessment (“Order”) addressing a Portland, Tennessee facility (“Swifty No. 286” [“Swifty”])....more
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) filed on June 18th a Complaint for Injunctive Relief (“Complaint”) against Edward Motor Company, Inc. (“EMCI”) seeking proper closure of two underground storage tanks...more
Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) staff authored an article in Issue 4 of the Arkansas Oil Marketers Association (“AOMA”) publication The Canopy titled: Annual Release Detection Equipment Testing...more
As noted in previous blog posts, Arkansas operates a petroleum storage tank trust fund that provides reimbursement for eligible storage tanks for certain corrective actions and third party damage claims due to a release of...more
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) Office of Land Resources undertook presentations at the October 18th Arkansas Oil Marketers Association (“AOMA”) Workshop in Little Rock, Arkansas, titled: ...more
The Arkansas Oil Marketers Association (“AOMA”) is once again hosting its Annual Environmental Workshop (“Workshop”). The Workshop will be held on October 18th at the Holiday Inn Airport in Little Rock, Arkansas....more
The Arkansas Oil Marketers Association (“AOMA”) is once again hosting its Annual Environmental Workshop (“Workshop”). The Workshop will be held on October 18th at the Holiday Inn Airport in Little Rock, Arkansas. The...more
The 2018 Regular Session of the Mississippi Legislature undertook certain revisions to the Mississippi Underground Storage Tank Act of 1988 (“Act”). The legislation was enacted on March 19th after being approved by the...more