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Arkansas energy and environment secretary outlines bills including plan to seek state authority over Clean Water Act §404 permits
Summary
Secretary Becky Keogh told the Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee the consolidated Department of Energy and Environment plans six bills to streamline permitting and agency alignment, including legislation to authorize the state to administer Section 404 of the Clean Water Act and shift federal wetland permitting to Arkansas.
Becky Keogh, cabinet secretary of the Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment, told the Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee that her consolidated department will seek a package of bills this session to align and streamline environmental and energy programs. Keogh said the lead proposal would provide legislative authority “to administer section 404 of the Clean Water Act,” a change she described as “a landmark piece of legislation” that would move permitting from multiple U.S. Army Corps/EPA district offices to a single state permitting authority.
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