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Trump EPA proposes repealing Obama Clean Power Plan.
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On October 16, 2017 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency published in the Federal Register a proposal to repeal the Clean Power Plan ' the Obama administration’s centerpiece regulation to fight climate change according to an October 4, 2017 Reuters report. EPA’s proposal to repeal has a comment period that ends December 15, 2017. The decision ... |
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Federal Court blocks BLM ‘unlawful’ delay of Obama methane leak rule.
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On October 4, 2017 a federal court ruled that the Trump administration broke the law when it tried this summer to delay an Obama administration rule related to methane released through oil and natural gas drilling according to a report from The Hill. Judge Elizabeth Laporte of the District Court for the Northern District of ... |
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EPA plans to streamline New Source Review and NAAQS air pollution permitting.
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On October 25, 2017, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published its Final Report on Review of Agency Actions that Potentially Burden the Safe, Efficient Development of Domestic Energy Resources. The 15-page report said it would reassess the way it issues Clean Air Act pollution permits for new facilities, as a way to reduce regulatory burdens ... |
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EPA missed legal deadline for 70 ppb ozone implementation.
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) missed a legal deadline to start implementing its regulation limiting ground-level ozone to 70 parts per billion, from the previous 75 parts per billion according to an October 3, 2017 report from The Hill. Under the Clean Air Act, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt should have published his initial determinations on ... |
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EPA Action on a Texas rule indicates a reversal in regional haze policy.
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The battle over regional haze in Texas continued in October, as EPA published a final rule for the state to address visibility degradation in its national parks. The rule itself appears relatively plain on its face—it simply approves for Texas a regional haze policy that is similar to what EPA has approved for many other ... |
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Utah proposes oil and gas sources “permit by rule.”
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In a September 6, 2017, board meeting the Utah Air Quality Board (AQB) proposed several new rules and amendments to existing rules that regulate oil and gas sources. The intent of the proposed rules and amendments are to streamline the permitting, compliance and emission inventory processes, according to a September 28, 2017 Trinity Consultants report. ... |
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