Wastewater, 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 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

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

Sanitary Sewer Overflow/Alleged Damages: Circuit Court of Carrol County, Arkansas Complaint Filed Against Eureka Springs

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 4/9/2025

James McEvoy (“McEvoy”) filed an April 2nd Complaint in the Circuit Court of Carroll County, Arkansas against Eureka Springs, Arkansas alleging damages due to a sanitary sewer overflow (“SSO”). See Case No. 08WCV-25-39....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

95th Arkansas General Assembly: Legislation Introduced Prohibiting Discharges into Waterbodies Utilized by A Public Water System

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 4/1/2025

Senate Bill 556 has been introduced which would amend Arkansas Code Title 8, Chapter 3, Subchapter 1 to add an additional Section titled: 8-3-104. Watershed Discharge Prohibition...more

95th Arkansas General Assembly/Water Permits: Legislation Introduced Tying Permitting to Prior Noncompliance

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 3/31/2025

Senate Bill 557 has been introduced which would provide the Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) the authority to deny a: …permit relating to wastewater if the...more

Sixth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule/Safe Drinking Water Act: Food and Water Watch Petition Seeking Inclusion of...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 12/12/2024

Food and Water Watch and dozens of other environmental organizations submitted a November 25th petition to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) requesting that microplastics be included in the Sixth...more

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

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 11/1/2024

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and City of Highfill, Arkansas entered into an October 14 Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation of 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 Greenbriar Rock...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 7/23/2024

Part III Section D, Condition 10 of the RGI NPDES permit requires the submission of a complete permit renewal application at least 180 days prior to the expiration date of the permit if the activity regulated by the permit is...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

Stormwater/Drinking Water/ Wastewater Infrastructure: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Announces $53,099,000 funding for...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 2/26/2024

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a February 22nd news release stating it is providing $53,099,000 to Arkansas for its Clean and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds (collectively, “SRF”). ...more

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

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 2/22/2024

The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Runyan Sewer Improvement District No. 221 (“Runyan”) entered into a January 30th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing...more

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

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 9/11/2023

The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Riceland Foods, Inc. (“Riceland”) entered into a May 19th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a...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

Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality and City of Swifton Enter into Consent...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 3/13/2023

The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the City of Swifton, Arkansas, (“Swifton”) entered into a January 19th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...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/Environmental Licensing/Permitting Fees: Legislation Introduced Proposing Amendments

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 2/22/2023

Senator Irvin introduced Senate Bill 288 which would make certain revisions to sections of the Arkansas statute addressing environmental licensing and permitting fees. The legislation also amends the statutory provision...more

Arkansas Environmental Service Firms: Alliance Technical Group Acquires GBMc & Associates

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

Alliance Technical Group, LLC, (“ATG”) issued a December 6th news release stating that it had acquired GBMc & Associates (“GBMc”). ATG states that the acquisition was backed by investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley...more

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

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 11/7/2022

The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism (“Department”) entered into a September 29th Consent Administrative Order...more

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