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EPA Delays Rescinding Gasoline Volatility Waivers Until 2025

National Law Center

The post EPA Delays Rescinding Gasoline Volatility Waivers Until 2025 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center. In 2023, approximately forty percent of corn produced in the United States (“U.S.”) was used for ethanol production. The top three.

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The D.C. Circuit Affirms EPA’s Reinstatement of California’s Authority to Set Auto Emissions Limits; Don’t Get Too Excited About It

Law and Environment

Circuit Court of Appeals denied several challenges to EPA’s decision to restore California’s authority under § 209(b) of the Clean Air Act to regulate emissions from motor vehicles. It’s important to remember that this litigation only challenged California’s ability to set standards through model year 2025.

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It’s Time to Repeal the Clean Power Plan

Legal Planet

So if the plan were upheld by the Supreme Court next Spring, it would be 2025 before the state plans went into effect, and the 2030 target would be postponed until 2037. The architects of the Clean Power Plan failed to anticipate just how fast the power system would change due to other economic and regulatory forces.

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Improving EPA’s Latest Ozone Transport Rule

Acoel

The agency’s air quality modeling indicates that most areas would receive an ozone reduction of less than 0.1 ppb by 2025. These air quality impacts are minimal compared with the major ozone reductions resulting from the 1998 SIP Call, which resulted in more than 80,000 megawatts of coal capacity being retrofitted with SCRs.

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DEP Suspends Enforcement Of California Heavy-Duty Diesel Emissions Control Program; Federal Standards Will Still Apply

PA Environment Daily

The Program became effective May 11, 2002, and provided the necessary 2 year lead time to manufacturers as required under the federal Clean Air Act. The Program's emission standards first applied to MY 2005 HDD vehicles and engines.

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EPA Announces Its Final National Enforcement and Compliance Initiatives

E2 Law Blog

The EPA noted that its efforts will focus on protecting drinking water supplies and that it anticipates enforcement actions under this NECI to begin in FY 2025. (3) 3) Coal Ash.

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The U.S. Supreme Court & Environmental Law in 2024

Legal Planet

” The Supreme Court itself announced it in a landmark 1984 Clean Air Act decision that over the past 40 years has become a cornerstone principle of modern administrative law. However, the underlying and far more important feature of these cases is the companies’ challenge to the so-called “Chevron Doctrine.”

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