Yesterday, the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality ("ADEQ") hosted a meeting and public hearing regarding Arkansas's draft 303(d) list. The 303(d) list, prepared bi-annually pursuant to the Clean Water Act, catalogues streams and lakes which do not meet water quality criteria for pollutants, such as minerals or nutrients, or do not meet conditions such as temperature or dissolved oxygen content. Public comment and questions to ADEQ staff focused on two issues: the av

Next fall, Ross will teach an environmental law course at Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas. The course, which will focus on the history and development of environmental regulations, will give Hendrix students an opportunity to examine the roots of American environmental laws. Through teaching environmental law courses at both the undergraduate and law school level, Ross Noland has become a leader in providing environmental law education in Arkansas. He is training the next

On January 4, 2016, Ross presented a CLE entitled "Rulemaking to Prohibit Swine CAFOs in the Buffalo River Watershed: Recent Changes in Legislative Oversight of Agency Rulemakings." Members of the Washington County Bar Association learned about the third-party rulemaking brought by the Arkansas Public Policy Panel and the Ozark Society which, as of August 29, 2015, prohibits the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality from considering permits for medium and large swine

Ross Noland recently reprised his role as Professor Noland at the University of Arkansas School of Law at Fayetteville, teaching an intercession course on Environmental Torts. This course, which he has taught before, covers many of his specialized areas of practice, including environmental property damage due to negligence, tresspass, or nuissance. Ross is a leading educator in the field of Arkansas Environmental Law, teaching future attorneys about the complex web of common

The Arkansas Bar Association awarded Ross Noland the CLE Award of Excellence for 2015. The award recognizes his contributions to the Environmental Law Section of the Arkansas Bar Association, especially his work and dedication in providing environmental law education to other practitioners in the state. Ross has been instrumental in putting on the annual environmental law CLE programs each year, which provide Arkansas attorneys with up-to-date legal information about this eve