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Improving EPA’s Latest Ozone Transport Rule

Acoel

This level of forced retirements is far in excess of any prior EPA projections of plant shutdowns resulting from implementation of a Clean Air Act rulemaking. For example, EPA projected a total of just 4,700 MW of coal capacity retirements under the 2012 Mercury and Air Toxics Standards rule.

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EPA’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule Will Have A Dramatic Impact on Texas and Louisiana

The Energy Law Blog

By: Lesley Foxhall Pietras On August 8, 2011, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a far-reaching Clean Air Act rule intended to address the interstate transport of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) from upwind to downwind states. See 76 Fed. 48208 (Aug. Tribune, Sept.

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EPA Denied Extension to Promulgate Boiler MACT Rule

The Energy Law Blog

However, these standards were vacated by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit after the Court found EPA’s definition of “commercial or industrial waste” conflicted with the language of the Clean Air Act in NRDC v. 01-1537, 2011 U.S. 20, 2011). EPA , 489 F. 3d 1250 (D.C.

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D.C. Circuit Vacates EPA’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule

The Energy Law Blog

Wiegand On August 21, 2012, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit vacated EPA’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR). EPA issued CSAPR in August 2011 pursuant to Sec. By Stephen W.

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New Air Standards for Oil & Gas Industry May Force HAP Area Sources into Major Source Status

The Energy Law Blog

Moreno On August 16, 2012, EPA published a new rule that revises the NESHAP Subpart HH standards for the oil and gas industry. The Final Rule wassigned on April 17, 2012, but publication in the Federal Register did not occur until August 16, 2012, making the rule effective on October 15, 2012. 16, 2012.

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The Chemical Compound—May 2021

Arnold Porter

OSHA Proposed First Updates to Hazard Communication Standard Since 2012. The rule will impose a one-time reporting requirement on persons who have manufactured PFAS in any year since January 1, 2011. OSHA Proposed First Updates to Hazard Communication Standard Since 2012. EPA Takes Steps to Set PFAS Agenda.

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Environmental Health Project: PA’s Natural Gas Boom - What Went Wrong? Why Does It Matter? What Can We Do Better To Protect Public Health?

PA Environment Daily

So starting in Act 13, passed in 2012, which I know lots of people are familiar with, that was really an act of deference to the oil and gas industry. He created the Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission in 2011. Read more here.] Much of it was reduced by, reversed by the courts, but some of it remained. Note: Dr.