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EPA Publishes Letters On RICE NESHAP Emergency Engine Compliance Reconsideration Actions
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On 28 June 2013 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) responded to three petitioners requesting administrative reconsideration of its final National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines (RICE); New Source Performance Standards for Stationary Internal Combustion Engines. In a 28 June letter to petitioners EPA said it intended to ... |
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North Carolina Fires Environmental Management Commission
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On 24 July 2013 North Carolina passed a budget that, among other things, will fire all members of the state's Environmental Management Commission (EMC), a rule-making body established in 1973 during the administration of Republican Governor James B. Holshouser, Jr. according to a report from the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). The new budget decreases the ... |
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Federal Appeals Court Rejects Texas’ Challenge To EPA Greenhouse Gas Permitting
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On 26 July 2013 a federal appeals court sided with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in its ongoing dispute with Texas and Wyoming over reducing greenhouse gas emissions according to a report from the Austin American Statesman. The decision amounts to a defense of the federal Clean Air Act, which has faced repeated challenges from ... |
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Gina McCarthy, EPA Administrator, Exhorts Staff To “Act Now” On Climate Change
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In a 22 July 2013 video message to her staff, newly confirmed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator, Gina McCarthy, said "The EPA has a clear responsibility to act now on climate change," according to a report from The Hill's E2 Wire. McCarthy, who was confirmed to replace Lisa Jackson, said the EPA has reached a ... |
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