State AG Pulse | Bless Your Heart, Arkansas
The Arkansas Governor’s Office issued a news release titled: Arkansas Water Plan Update Moves Forward After First Phase Completion (“AWP”). The news release states that the Arkansas Department of Agriculture and...more
House Bill 1515 (“HB 1515”) has been introduced which would amend certain statutory oversight requirements for retail water providers. The legislation was introduced by Representative Maddox....more
House Bill 1022 (“HB1022”) has been introduced which would repeal certain oversight requirements for retail water providers. The legislation was introduced by Representatives Maddox and Vaught....more
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
The Arkansas Water Resources Center (“AWRC”) announced in a September 13th notice it is inviting: . . . pre-proposals for research projects that address critical water needs in Arkansas. ...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the City of Melbourne, Arkansas, (“Melbourne”) entered into a March 31st Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an...more
The Arkansas Court of Appeals (“ACA”) addressed in a February 2nd Opinion an issue arising out of a municipality’s use of statutory condemnation authorities to construct a treated-water transmission line....more
The Arkansas Court of Appeals (“Court”) addressed in a March 18th Opinion a challenge to the application of Arkansas Code Annotated Section 20-7-136 (Act 197). See 2020 Ark. App. 180. Act 197 provides that: “[t]he...more