Legal Planet
AUGUST 22, 2023
States and local air quality regulators have the legal authority to set particulate matter (PM), ozone, and nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions standards and adopt regulations for these pollutants when they are already in attainment of the national ambient air quality standards ( NAAQS ) set by the U.S.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 1, 2023
While the agency has failed to update the rule as required under the Clean Air Act, last year, EPA identified 23 “elevated cancer risk” commercial sterilizers and is currently working to inform communities and work with state regulators and the facilities to decrease emissions. But much more is needed. And what about cumulative impacts?
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PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 15, 2022
Portable hydrogen sulfide monitors were deployed around the impacted areas to provide important data. -- Added a new section to the county’s Air Pollution Control Regulations, the Mon Valley Air Pollution Episode Rule. Posted: August 15, 2022] PA Environment Digest
Capaccio
FEBRUARY 11, 2021
On December 20, 2020, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) promulgated amendment 310 CMR 7.76 under the Air Pollution Control regulations 310 CMR 7.00. The ultimate goal of this regulation is to achieve greenhouse gas emissions reductions in the state of Massachusetts.
Circle of Blue
JULY 12, 2022
The Ohio EPA spars with federal agencies over pollution control in Lake Erie. Ohio regulators insist that the stricter standards would have no meaningful impact on the lake and would hike costs for ratepayers, calling the proposed rule a “concerning precedent” for similar cases across the state.
Union of Concerned Scientists
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
A couple years ago , I detailed how an industry designed to increase and sell devices tampering with pollution controls was trying to use the extremely small slice of its business targeted at racing as a Trojan horse to hinder EPA enforcement and let loose a bevy of tampering devices on the American public. Jack Reed ( March 2020 ).
PA Environment Daily
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
DEP should create criteria specifying that it will only allocate this funding to companies that receive minimal violations, for example those that did not result in environmental degradation, and have operated in accordance with state and federal regulations. Allegheny County Forces People Out Of Their Homes -- PennLive Guest Essay: Gov.
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