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EPA fights back on Cross State Air Pollution Rule.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has fired back in a dispute with energy industry groups and states over its cross-state air pollution rule (CSAPR), rejecting arguments that the agency unlawfully “over-controls” upwind states according to a January 20, 2015 report from Law 360. The D.C. Circuit nixed the EPA’s cross-state air pollution rule in ... |
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EPA revises Clean Air Act “High Priority Violation” policy for stationary sources.
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EPA recently revised its Enforcement Response Policy for High Priority Violations of the Clean Air Act: (the “HPV Policy”) according to a December 23, 2014 report from Mondaq Newsletters. Although EPA’s new Policy is dated August 25, 2014, it was only recently released to the public. In addition to EPA, the HPV Policy also applies ... |
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EPA proposes to regulate oil and gas methane emissions.
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On January 14, 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) unveiled plans to regulate methane emissions from the nation’s oil and natural-gas industry for the first time, a move aimed at meeting climate-change goals while not hampering the nation’s energy boom according to a Wall Street Journal report. The Environmental Protection Agency plans to propose ... |
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California fines four marine shipping companies for fuel switch failures.
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On January 19, 2015 the California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced it has fined four shipping companies a combined $146,719 for failing to switch from bunker fuel to cleaner, low-sulfur marine distillate fuel upon entering Regulated California Waters – within 24 nautical miles of the California coast. Adopted in 2008, the Ocean-Going Vessels Fuel Rule ... |
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EPA ‘Model Rule’ coming to the state level.
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On January 7, 2015 the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it will force states to comply with a federal “model rule” to cut their carbon emissions if the states do not submit customized plans under the Obama administration’s new climate change regulations, a senior official said. Janet McCabe, the agency’s top climate change official, said ... |
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Arkansas is delegated authority to implement some MACT NESHAP regulations.
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EPA recently published a notice in the Federal Register that it has officially delegated authority to the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) to implement and enforce some (but not all) Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) regulations (found in 40 CFR Part 63, National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants) according to a Trinity Consultants ... |
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