PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2024

On April 9, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it has assessed significant civil penalties totaling $1,114,000 from Equitrans, L.P. Since November 2022, DEP has been working around the clock to keep Pennsylvanians safe and hold Equitrans accountable for the uncontrolled release of natural gas at Rager Mountain.

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Natural Gas Carbon Dioxide Pollution Control Air Pollution 90

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.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 14, 2022

On December 14, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it issued a notice of violation (NOV) to Shell Chemicals Appalachia, LLC (Shell) for exceeding its rolling 12-month total emission limitations of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) during commissioning of its petrochemical facility in Potter Township, Beaver County.

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Air Pollution Nitrogen Oxides Carbon Monoxide Pollution Control 52

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 20, 2023

One critical tool for forcing that reckoning comes from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Through the Clean Air Act , and as affirmed—and reaffirmed—through multiple legal sagas, EPA is statutorily obligated to address carbon pollution from fossil fuel-fired power plants. EPA decision, but it did not ground EPA.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency announced Keystone Automotive , a vehicle parts distributor with headquarters in Exeter, Luzerne will pay a $2.5 million penalty for allegedly selling aftermarket devices that were designed to defeat the emissions control systems on cars and trucks. On September 1, the U.S.

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Pollution Control Nitrogen Oxides Ozone Air Pollution 40

Law Columbia

MARCH 13, 2023

EPA , the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has regulated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from motor vehicles under the Clean Air Act. In 2022, Texas, along with several other states and industry groups representing fuel manufacturers (together, Petitioners), challenged EPA’s new emissions standards in court.

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