On November 20, 2018 the Ohio EPA announced it is requesting early stakeholder input until December 19, 2018 on potential rules that would cover air pollution emissions from existing non-conventional oil and gas facilities that are not currently covered by Ohio EPA’s most recent general permit. The rules would cover similar equipment and requirements that […]

In a November 14, 2018 Federal Register Notice the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed three actions related to the attainment date for 11 areas classified as ‘‘Moderate’’ for the 2008 ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). First, the agency is proposing to determine that two areas—the Baltimore, Maryland, and Mariposa County, California, nonattainment […]

On November 8, 2015 EPA posted its final implementation rule for the 2015 ozone standard on its website the day after it was signed by Andrew Wheeler according to a November 15, 2018 Mondaq report. The final rule, like the proposed rule published in November 2016, retains many of the provisions from the implementation rule […]

In a unanimous vote on November 15, 2018, the Oregon Environmental Quality Commission (EQC) approved the Cleaner Air Oregon (CAO) Rules codified in Oregon Administrative Rules 340-245 according to a November Trinity Consultants report. The Oregon rulemaking process and program overhaul began in April 2016, with the first draft rule published in October 2017. The […]

On November 16, 2018 President Donald Trump said he plans to nominate Andrew Wheeler, currently acting head of the Environmental Protection Agency, to be the EPA’s Senate-confirmed administrator according to a report from The Hill. Trump made the announcement during a White House ceremony for Medal of Freedom recipients. He said Wheeler “is going to […]