Department of Environmental Quality, Air Pollution, State Implementation Plans (SIPs)

EPA's Proposed Air Quality Standards Will Cause Permitting Gridlock Across Our Economy: U.S. Chamber of Commerce Report Addressing...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 12/7/2023

The United States Chamber of Commerce (“Chamber”) issued a November 2023 report titled: EPA’s Proposed Air Quality Standards Will Cause Permitting Gridlock Across Our Economy (“Report”)...more

EPA Good Neighbor Rule/Healthier Air for Downwind States: U.S. Senate Environment & Public Works Committee Hearing

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 3/31/2023

The United States Senate Environment & Public Works Committee (“Committee”) held a March 29th hearing titled: The EPA Good Neighbor Rule: Healthier Air for Downwind States (“Hearing”)...more

Arkansas Regional Haze/Visibility Transport State Implementation Plan: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Federal Notice...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 3/19/2020

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published a March 16th Federal Register Notice proposing to approve a revision to the Arkansas State Implementation Plan (“SIP”) submitted by the State of Arkansas...more

Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment- Department of Environmental Quality State of the Air: 2019 Report Issued

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 3/5/2020

The Office of Air Quality (“OAQ”) of the Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment (“ADEE”), Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) released its annual State of the Air Report (“Report”) on February 29th. Prior to...more

Intervention Status Update: Sierra Club Challenge to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Approval of Arkansas Haze Plan

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 1/13/2020

The Sierra Club and National Parks Conservation Association (collectively “Sierra Club”) filed a Petition for Review (“Petition”) on November 25, 2019 in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit challenging...more

Ozone Season Summary: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment (Division of Environmental Quality) Announces 2019 Results

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 12/5/2019

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) issued a draft report titled: Ozone Season Summary 2019 (“Report”) - The Report provides the results of DEQ sampling during...more

Good Neighbor Provision/SO2 National Ambient Air Quality Standard: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Proposal to Approve...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 8/9/2019

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published an August 8th Federal Register Notice proposing to approve an Arkansas State Implementation Plan (“SIP”) submittal. See 84 Fed. Reg. 38895. The Arkansas...more

Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality Office of Air Quality: Quarterly Newsletter/Fall 2018

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 10/25/2018

The Office of Air Quality (“OAQ”) of the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality publishes a quarterly newsletter (“Newsletter”). OAQ recently published the Fall 2018 edition....more

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

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 8/8/2018

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

Arkansas Air Regulations: Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality Seeks Input on Pre-Proposal for Streamlining (Update)

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 7/16/2018

As noted in a May 30th post, the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) has prepared a pre-proposal draft regulation which is described as Streamlining Arkansas Air Quality Regulations. The pre-proposal...more

Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality Office of Air Quality Quarterly Newsletter: Winter 2018

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 3/19/2018

The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) Office of Air Quality published the Winter 2018 edition of its quarterly newsletter. The newsletter addresses a variety of issues that come within the scope of the...more

Arkansas State Implementation Plan (Infrastructure)/Clean Air Act: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 Announces...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 2/9/2018

The Region 6 Office of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) in a February 8th news release announced approval of the State of Arkansas’s State Implementation Plan (“SIP”) for administering programs...more

Regional Haze: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Announces Approval of Arkansas State Implementation Plan

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 1/31/2018

United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a January 29th news release announcing approval of the State of Arkansas’s Clean Air Act Regional Haze State Implementation Plan (“SIP”). The approval was...more

Arkansas Regional Haze State Implementation Plan Revision: Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality Notice of Data...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 1/2/2018

The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) recently announced three items in regards to its previously proposed (October 31st) revision to the Arkansas Regional Haze State Implementation Plan (“SIP”)...more

Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality Office of Air Quality Newsletter: Fall 2017 Edition

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 11/22/2017

The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) Office of Air Quality publishes a quarterly newsletter (“Newsletter). The Fall 2017 edition was recently published....more

Regional Haze: Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality Proposed State Implementation Plan Revision

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 11/3/2017

The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) announced on October 31st proposed revisions to the State’s Regional Haze State Implementation Plan (“SIP”)....more

Arkansas' 1-hr SO2 Saga!!: Stuart Spencer (Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality) Association of Air Pollution Control...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 10/25/2017

Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) Associate Director, Office of Air Quality, Stuart Spencer, undertook a presentation at the 2017 Fall Business Meeting of the Association of Air Pollution Control Agencies...more

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