Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality v. Oil Producers of Arkansas

ROBERT L. BROWN, Justice.

h The appellant, the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”), appeals from an order of the Union County Circuit Court denying the ADEQ’s motion to dismiss on grounds of sovereign immunity.

On December 27, 2007, appellees Oil Producers of Arkansas; Betsy Production Company, Inc.; Jerry Langley Oil Company, LLC; Shuler Drilling Co., Inc.; Mike A. Davis; James Langley; Robert Reynolds; and Gary Sewell (collectively “OPA”), filed a complaint against the ADEQ, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief which stemmed from the |2ADEQ’s issuance of two general…