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Environmental Perspectives

Environmental Science

In general, environmental data are organized according to media, such as air or groundwater, analytical fraction, such as VOCs, and sampling round, such as 2014 data. Clean Water Act. The stated goal of the Clean Water Act is “zero discharge.” The Clean Air Act.

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

In a joint memorandum of law, these companies argued that New York City’s claims arise under federal common law and that the Clean Air Act has displaced the federal common law or, alternatively, that the plaintiffs’ “expansive derivative theory of liability” fails to state a claim that complies with federal common law standards.

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The Chemical Compound—August 2021

Arnold Porter

In the second complaint, the Center alleged that a chemical importer, also headquartered in Akron, failed to report at least seven chemical substances that it imported during 2013–2014. EPA Sought Information to Inform Regulation of 1-Bromopropane as Hazardous Air Pollutant. The House bill ( H.R.

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The Chemical Compound—February 2021

Arnold Porter

The four substances, two of which are PBT chemicals, are used as fragrance ingredients in consumer products and were included in the 2014 Update to the TSCA Work Plan. 8, 2020).]] N:The pre-publication version of the notice is available here.]]

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The Trump Watch: What Does the New Administration Portend for the Environment?

Vermont Law

2, 2014). [8]. as a pollutant at all to the Clean Power Plan, which has no chance of clemency before its swift execution at some point in 2017. [14]. that it should “Amend the Clean Air Act to clarify that it never delegated to the EPA the authority to enact climate policies through the Act.”. [18].

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Policy News: May 6, 2021

ESA

He served as NOAA’s chief scientist from 2014 and 2016 and has also led both NOAA’s Office of Atmospheric Research and the National Ocean Service. EPA – Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit. EPA – Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit. Justice Dept. Justice Dept.

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