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Arkansas Ambient Air Monitoring Network: Annual Network Plan for 2025-2026

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) submitted on August 6th to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) a document titled: ARKANSAS AMBIENT AIR...more

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Two Pivotal Montana Supreme Court Decisions Impact Industry

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On Friday, January 3, 2025, the Montana Supreme Court issued a decision in MEIC v. DEQ (Laurel Generating Station), its second major decision on the Montana Environmental Policy Act (MEPA) in the last few weeks that affects...more

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Title V/Clean Air Act: Louisiana Bucket Brigade Petition to Object to Convent, Louisiana Direct Iron Ore Facility

Three individuals and the Louisiana Bucket Brigade and Inclusive Louisiana (collectively “LBB”) filed a December 12th Petition to Object (“Petition”) to a Clean Air Act Title V permit issued by the Louisiana Department of...more

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US EPA’s Environmental Justice Objectives on Trial

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As the objectives gain traction, they are meeting state resistance in court. The US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) strategic plan for 2022–26, released in March 2022, added a new foundational principle to the...more

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Environmental Justice 2022 Year-End Review

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Environmental Justice (“EJ”) continued to prove a major focus of the Biden administration in 2022. With wide-ranging initiatives across several federal agencies, the administration worked to strengthen enforcement, release...more

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Top Five Potential Air Permitting Reforms: How Air Permitting in Virginia Is Poised for Change

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The Virginia State Air Pollution Control Board (Air Board) took its first measurable step toward a change in air permitting by creating a Subcommittee on Public Participation Processes (the Subcommittee) on June 21, 2019. The...more

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Virginia Breaking Blue: Spotlight on Air Issues

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In November, Democrats won control of the House of Delegates and kept control over the Commonwealth’s Senate. Now, Democrats control both the Executive and Legislative branches of government in the Commonwealth of Virginia....more

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Environmental Notes - February 2020

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It’s well-known that the Trump administration has sought policies of deregulation over the past several years. The administration places emphasis on proper enforcement of existing rules and regulations as a means of achieving...more

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

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

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Arkansas Air Regulations: Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality Proposed Streamlining/Listening Session

The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) has scheduled a listening session for August 13th on a pre-proposal draft regulation which is described as streamlining Arkansas Air Quality Regulations. The...more

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