Arkansas regulator asks Tulsa permit challenge be thrown out

Arkansas regulator asks Tulsa permit challenge be thrown out

The Decatur, Arkansas, wastewater treatment plan on a mist-shrouded morning in early June 2025. (Photo by Arshia Khan for Arkansas Advocate)Arkansas regulators have asked that an Oklahoma city’s appeal of a wastewater permit get tossed, saying lawyers who filed the appeal are ineligible because they are not licensed in the state. The challenge to Decatur’s wastewater permit was filed last month by the city of Tulsa. Tulsa argued a permit modific…