The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the City of Magazine, Arkansas, (“Magazine”) entered into a February 10th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) permit. See LIS No. 21-016.
The CAO provides that Magazine operates a wastewater treatment plant (“Facility”) in Logan County, Arkansas.
The Facility is stated to discharge treated wastewater to an unnamed tributary that eventually flows to the Arkansas River. Such discharge is regulated pursuant to an NPDES permit.
DEQ is stated to have sent Magazine on June 14, 2017, correspondence referencing repeated violations of the permitted effluent limits for total ammonia nitrogen. The letter requested a Corrective Action Plan (“CAP”) for such alleged violations. The CAP is stated to have required a milestone schedule, final date of compliance, and c
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and A & B Timber, Inc. (“A & B”) entered into a February 1st Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of certain Arkansas solid waste and water pollution provisions. See LIS No. 21-017.
The CAO provides that DEQ investigated complaints alleging that A & B:
. . . improperly disposed of solid waste and caused pollution of waters of the state at a site located northwest of the intersection of Calhoun 53 and Calhoun 235, Hampton, Calhoun County, Arkansas ( Site 1 ) and at another site located at 5865 Calhoun 40, Hampton, Calhoun County, Arkansas ( Site 2 ).
A & B is stated to own Site 1 which is referenced as containing a disused mining pit. Site 1 is stated to not constitute a permitted Solid Waste Disposal Facility. Further, Site 2 is stated to not constitute a Solid Waste Disposal Facility.