On January 16, 2019, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) announced its approval of a proposal of the El Paso Redesignation Request and Maintenance Plan State Implementation (SIP) Revision for the One-Hour Ozone NAAQS. The proposed SIP revision would include a request that the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) redesignate the El Paso […]

Kevin McIntyre, a member of the five-person Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), died January 2, 2019 at the age of 57, according to a January 2, 2019 report from The Hill. McIntyre, a Republican who had chaired the commission between his Senate confirmation in December 2017 and October 2018, had suffered from brain cancer. He […]

On December 28, 2018, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a pre-publication version of a proposal revising the cost analysis underlying the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS Rule) for coal and oil fired electric generating units (EGUs) and conducting the residual risk and technology review required by the Clean Air Act according to […]

In December 2018, the Wyoming Air Quality Division (AQD) published revisions to their Oil and Gas Production Facilities Permitting Guidance, which will apply to facilities with associated wells that begin production or are modified on or after February 1, 2019. The changes range from clarifying in nature to more significant revisions for pneumatic controllers, modified […]

On December 17, 2018, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) published two rule proposals to facilitate the state’s re-entry into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) program: the CO2 Budget Trading Rule and the Global Warming Solutions Fund Rule according to a January 25, 2019 Trinity Consultants report. RGGI is a market-based initiative […]