PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

DEP has received $3 million in Federal grants to fund the creation of a Priority Climate Action Plan (PCAP) by March 1, 2024, and a Comprehensive Climate Action Plan (CCAP) by July 1, 2025. The PCAP will include ways to reduce GHG emissions that could be put into effect quickly.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 24, 2024

Vehicles produce 47 percent of nitrogen oxides in the air, leading to the formation of ground-level ozone. Replacing heavy diesel vehicles with new low- to zero-emissions equipment technology will help mitigate air pollution from transportation sources.”

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

28 Public Info Sessions [PaEN] -- Reading Eagle: Contaminated Land Around Berks Battery Plant Site Proposed For Federal Superfund List -- AP: EPA Delays New Ozone Pollution Standards Until After 2024 Election -- PA Capital-Star: PA Cong. 24 Features Headliner Bands [Posted: September 10, 2023]

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

. -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the February 24 PA Bulletin inviting comments on its determination that 57 major industrial facilities across the state meet Air Quality RACT II and RACT III requirements and the 2015 national ozone pollution standard.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

It incorporates the provisions and requirements contained in the RACT III approval for the facility, which are intended to satisfy the requirements for the 2015 National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for ozone. Questions should be directed to Mark Wejkszner, Air Quality Program Manager, 570-826-2528.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 2, 2024

The funding process for awarded projects is on a quick timeline, set to be released in late 2024. In addition to focusing on currently available technology, CPP is focused on projects that can begin near-term. The amount of funding for zero-emission equipment ranges by port size and type.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2024

VOCs are a precursor to ozone, which is known to cause adverse health effects. The 106 tons of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted represent the highest recorded VOC emissions from any facility in the oil and gas sector in Pennsylvania in 2022, based on DEP’s inventory of self-reported emissions data.

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Vorys Law

JANUARY 26, 2021

This post focuses on Ohio EPA’s anticipated regulatory changes to address non-attainment of the 2015 Ozone NAAQS. On January 20, 2021, the Ohio EPA’s Division of Air Pollution Control (DAPC) hosted a “Program Advisory Group” (PAG) meeting via Microsoft Teams to inform interested stakeholders of recent and upcoming DAPC activities.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

For example, EPA rules limiting ozone pollution or carbon from power plants move the first lever, while the combined $1.25 billion funding from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law are clear examples of the latter.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 19, 2023

These parts have three high-level impacts: Increasing electric truck purchase requirements for large commercial, federal, state, and municipal fleets, beginning as early as 2024 and ramping up to a 100-percent zero-emission fleet requirement in 2042, based on vehicle category. A full transition to electric drayage truck operations in 2035.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 13, 2022

These fleets, those with more than 10 tractor trucks, are responsible for the lion’s share of emissions: about 85 percent of fine particulate and ozone-forming nitrogen oxide emissions and just under 90 percent of greenhouse gas emissions from all California tractors (see the pie charts below).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 1, 2023

You can compare this to ozone which has a half-life on the order of minutes, and some PFAS chemicals that have a half-life in air on the order of several years. We expect the draft rule to be published in the coming months, with a final rule expected in 2024. You can also write your own letter and use UCS’s handy guide to help.

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HumanNature

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Guest Post by MJ Riches , 2023-2024 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Chemistry at Colorado State University Wildfire smoke billowing from the Rocky Mountains or clouds at sunset? Photo credit Jienan Li, Colorado State University Do Orange Skies Spell Demise?

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Acoel

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Posted on February 8, 2024 by Eugene M. EPA regulations under the Clean Air Act for controlling mercury, sulfur dioxide, ozone and other pollutants have contributed to the employment decline. Source: US DOE/EIA. The federal Clean Air Act (CAA) was enacted in 1970 and amended in 1977 and 1990.

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Capaccio

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) were developed and introduced in the late 1980s to serve as replacements for ozone-depleting substances (ODS) primarily used in the air conditioning, refrigeration, aerosols, fire suppression, and foam blowing industries.

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Law and Environment

APRIL 3, 2023

Last week, Inside EPA (subscription required) reported that the Clean Air Science Advisory Committee has pretty much agreed that the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for ozone must be made more stringent. What Will Happen If EPA Ignores CASAC Regarding the Ozone NAAQS? The post Deja Vu One More Time?

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ESA

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Antarctic ozone hole shrinks slightly – The Hill. CNSF – FY 2024 Letter to White House OMB and OSTP (Oct. ESC – Letter of Support for the DOE Foundation for FY 2024 (Sept. ESC – FY 2024 Funding Request (Aug. More News: Readout: OSTP, CEQ, and CPO Host Roundtables on Nature-based Solutions – White House.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Despite clear recommendations from its own science advisors, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced over the summer that it will delay its scheduled process to consider strengthening public health standards for ground-level ozone pollution. The stakes over ground-level ozone standard are high.

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ESA

OCTOBER 24, 2022

ESC – Letter of Support for the DOE Foundation for FY 2024 (Sept. ESC – FY 2024 Funding Request (Aug. EPA – Public Meeting of the Chartered Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) and CASAC Ozone Review Panel (Nov. ESA Correspondence to Policymakers. CNSF – Statement on Passage of the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 (Aug.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

15 To Celebrate America Recycles Day [PaEN] -- CleanScapes Hosts Nov. Of Education Now Accepting Applications For Green Ribbon Schools Recognition [PaEN] -- Nov.

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Law and Environment

AUGUST 1, 2023

and ozone are important EJ issues. and ozone disproportionately impact EJ communities. and ozone NAAQS will thus be an important test of the political power of the EJ community. Specifically, with respect to PM 2.5 , WHEJAC recommended that the annual primary standard be lowered to 8.0 As WHEJAC notes in its letter, both PM 2.5

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ESA

MAY 4, 2023

The visits came as Congressional appropriations committees are starting work on the FY 2024 budget. 8, 2022) CNSF – FY 2024 Letter to White House OMB and OSTP (Oct. 17, 2022) ESC – Letter of Support for the DOE Foundation for FY 2024 (Sept. 20, 2022) ESC – FY 2024 Funding Request (Aug.

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ESA

MAY 9, 2022

EPA : A draft policy assessment for the reconsideration of current Ozone air quality standards finds that there is insufficient scientific evidence that there would be a public health benefit to stricter ozone regulations. NOAA NMFS – NOAA Fisheries Draft Climate Science Regional Action Plans (2022-2024).

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 1, 2023

15 Webinar: A Walk In The Woods - A Look Into Private Forests In PA And Beyond [PaEN] -- Penn State Extension: PA Forest Webinar Series Schedule [Late 2023 and 2024] -- Delaware Highlands Conservancy: Women And Their Woods Plant Identification Workshop Oct. 18 -- PA Forestry Assn. . -- Penn State College Of Agricultural Sciences Hosts Nov.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

7 General Election -- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: ERIC Interstate Voter Verification Service Is Partisan, Expensive And Ineffective, PA Should Leave It - By Sen.

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ESA

OCTOBER 11, 2022

ESC – Letter of Support for the DOE Foundation for FY 2024 (Sept. ESC – FY 2024 Funding Request (Aug. EPA – Public Meeting of the Chartered Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) and CASAC Ozone Review Panel (Nov. Visit your state board of elections website or Vote.org for deadlines and to request a ballot.

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ESA

MAY 23, 2022

EPA – Release of Draft Policy Assessment for the Reconsideration of the Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards. NOAA NMFS – NOAA Fisheries Draft Climate Science Regional Action Plans (2022-2024). Comments on issues may be submitted in writing until June 1, 2022. Comments must be received on or before May 31, 2022.

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ESA

JUNE 14, 2021

PFAS: EPA stuck with its statutory deadlines for proposing and finalizing a drinking water regulation for the chemicals PFOA and PFOS — March 2023 and September 2024, respectively. EPA – 2021 Annual Joint Meeting of the Ozone Transport Commission and the Mid-Atlantic Northeast Visibility Union (June 15).

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ESA

MAY 15, 2023

8, 2022) CNSF – FY 2024 Letter to White House OMB and OSTP (Oct. 17, 2022) ESC – Letter of Support for the DOE Foundation for FY 2024 (Sept. 20, 2022) ESC – FY 2024 Funding Request (Aug. 8, 2022) CNSF – FY 2024 Letter to White House OMB and OSTP (Oct. 20, 2022) ESC – FY 2024 Funding Request (Aug.

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ESA

APRIL 5, 2021

This total funding amount is less than the amount proposed in Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) authorizing Endless Frontiers Act, from the last Congress, and soon to be reintroduced in the current Congress, that proposes creating a technology directorate within NSF, which would be funded at $34 billion by FY 2024.

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