EPA Finalizes Biofuel Volume Targets for 2023-2025
Environment + Energy Leader
JUNE 22, 2023
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a final rule establishing the biofuel volume requirements for 2023 to 2025.
Senate Subcommittee Will Hold Hearing on May 1 on EPA’s FY 2025 Budget
Nanotech
APRIL 30, 2024
The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies will hold a hearing on May 1, 2024, to review President Biden’s fiscal year (FY) 2025 budget request for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The Subcommittee will hear from EPA Administrator Michael S.
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House Subcommittee Will Hold Hearing on FY 2025 Budget Request for EPA
Nanotech
APRIL 24, 2024
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies will hold a hearing on April 30, 2024, on the fiscal year (FY) 2025 budget request for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). EPA Administrator Michael S.
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EPA Delays Rescinding Gasoline Volatility Waivers Until 2025
National Law Center
MARCH 7, 2024
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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DEP Extends Current ESCGP-3 Oil & Gas Erosion Control General Permit Without Changes Thru Jan. 2025
PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 11, 2023
The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the August 12 PA Bulletin that it has extended the Erosion and Sediment Control Permit ESCGP-3 for Earth Disturbances related to Oil and Gas Development to January 6, 2025.
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Environmental News Bits
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
SERDP is DoD’s environmental science and technology program, planned and executed in partnership with the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency, with participation by numerous other Federal and non-Federal organizations.
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EPA Sets Final Renewable Fuels Standards for 2023, 2024, and 2025
Brag
AUGUST 9, 2023
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a final rule establishing the applicable volumes and percentage standards for 2023 through 2025 for cellulosic biofuel, biomass-based diesel (BBD), advanced biofuel, and total renewable fuel. Bergeson and Carla N. Hutton On July 12, 2023, the U.S. Advanced biofuel 5.94
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Electric Vehicle Sales Continue to Grow, Despite What Some Automakers Are Saying
Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Second, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is in the process of setting regulations for future passenger vehicles—and casting doubt on EV sales is a tactic to push for weaker regulations. But right now, some potential buyers might be waiting to see new 2024 or 2025 models that have access to Tesla’s Supercharger network.
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DEP Announces How Pennsylvania Will Meet Its 2025 Pollution Reduction Goals in Chesapeake Bay Watershed; All Counties On Board
PA Environment Daily
JANUARY 5, 2022
On January 5, the Department of Environmental Protection announced how the state will fully meet its nutrient and sediment pollution reduction goals in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed by 2025. Environmental Protection Agency to lower its nutrient and sediment pollution levels by 2025. million pounds.
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Chesapeake Bay Executive Council Elects EPA Administrator As Chair, Starts Discussion On Steps Needed For States To Get Closer To Meeting 2025 Pollution Reduction Milestones
PA Environment Daily
OCTOBER 11, 2022
On October 11, members of the Chesapeake Executive Council met for their annual meeting and elected EPA Administrator Michael Regan chair and began the discussion of the steps needed for states to get closer to meeting the 2025 pollution reduction milestones. Not Meeting Milestones On October 4, the U.S.
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Brag
DECEMBER 14, 2022
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a multi-part proposal that will build on the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program and seek to advance the priorities of energy security, less pollution, and consumer protection. Bergeson and Carla N. On December 1, 2022, the U.S.
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EPA Reschedules Webinar on Biogas Regulatory Reform Rule Provisions of RFS Program to April 12, 2024
Nanotech
APRIL 3, 2024
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on April 3, 2024, that it has rescheduled its public webinar to discuss the implementation of the Biogas Regulatory Reform Rule (BRRR) provisions promulgated as part of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) final rule for 2023-2025 (the Set Rule) to April 12, 2024.
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EPA Will Hold Webinar on Biogas Regulatory Reform Rule Provisions of RFS Program on April 4, 2024
Nanotech
MARCH 25, 2024
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will host a public webinar on April 4, 2024, to discuss the implementation of the Biogas Regulatory Reform Rule (BRRR) provisions promulgated as part of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) final rule for 2023-2025 (the “Set Rule”).
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DEP Posted 72 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In May 18 PA Bulletin
PA Environment Daily
MAY 17, 2024
Click Here for copies of the Plans. -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the May 18 PA Bulletin announcing it is extending the NPDES General Permit for Stormwater Discharges from Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (PAG-13) until a new PAG-13 is reissued. The deadline for comments is June 17.
DEP Posted 81 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In March 30 PA Bulletin
PA Environment Daily
MARCH 29, 2024
PA Bulletin, page 1717 ) -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the March 30 PA Bulletin it has issued a revised Air Quality RACT 2 permit for the Keystone-Conemaugh Projects, LLC Keystone Station Power Plant in Plumcreek Twp., Lehigh County. ( Lehigh County. (
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EPA Announces Automatic Addition of Seven Additional PFAS to TRI List of Chemicals
Nanotech
JANUARY 18, 2024
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on January 9, 2024, the automatic addition of seven per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to the list of chemicals covered by the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI).
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Bay Journal: With 2025 Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Goal Out Of Reach, Region Plans For What's Next At Oct. 11 Executive Council Meeting
PA Environment Daily
OCTOBER 7, 2022
By Karl Blankenship, Chesapeake Bay Journal With its 2025 deadline a little more than three years away, environmental leaders are publicly acknowledging what’s been increasingly obvious for years — that the Chesapeake Bay region will for the third time miss a self-imposed cleanup deadline.
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DEP Posted 62 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In August 26 PA Bulletin
PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 25, 2023
On its tentative agenda is consideration of its FY 2025 budget, a climate change resolution and water withdrawal requests, including eight shale gas drilling operations-- 1 in Exceptional Value Loyalsock Creek. Grants -- The Department of Environmental Protection announced it is now accepting applications for $2.6
DEP, Local Partners To Hold 5 Outreach Sessions For Input Into Priority Climate Action Plan Initiatives Starting Dec. 4
PA Environment Daily
NOVEMBER 28, 2023
The Department of Environmental Protection, Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, Lehigh Valley Planning Commission and Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission will host a series of five public outreach sessions inviting comments on Priority Climate Action Plan initiatives.
Proposed DEP Regulation Would Require 22% Of Passenger, Light Duty Vehicle Fleet Offered For Sale In PA Be Zero Emission Vehicles Starting In 2025
PA Environment Daily
OCTOBER 14, 2021
On October 14, the Department of Environmental Protection presented a proposed regulation that would adopt California’s existing Zero Emission Vehicle Program that requires 22 percent of the new passenger and light duty vehicle fleets offered for sale in the state be zero emission vehicles starting in model year 2025.
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Federal Water Tap, April 24: Pennsylvania’s Pollution Failures Targeted in Proposed Chesapeake Bay Settlement
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APRIL 24, 2023
We definitely recognize that we’re not going to meet that 2025 deadline…We need to recalibrate.” — Michael Regan, the EPA administrator, addressing the House Agriculture Committee about how the Chesapeake Bay watershed will not meet water-pollution targets that were set for two years from now.
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DEP Posted 58 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In August 12 PA Bulletin
PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 11, 2023
Read more here. -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the August 12 PA Bulletin inviting comments on draft Stream Evaluation Reports for Aquashicola Creek (Monroe and Carbon counties); Jones Creek (Susquehanna County) and Hosensack Creek (Berks, Lehigh and Montgomery counties). PA Bulletin, page 5052 ).
Penn State Extension Hosts April 25 Webinar On PA Countywide Clean Water Action Plan Public Engagement Strategies
PA Environment Daily
MARCH 21, 2024
In the 2019 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan, the Department of Environmental Protection rolled out a “local and specific” strategy to reduce its pollution burden on the Chesapeake Bay by 2025.
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Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority Reports Nearly 48,000 Pounds Of Household Hazardous Waste Collected
PA Environment Daily
APRIL 30, 2024
The event was co-sponsored by Centre County Recycling and Refuse Authority, the Department of Environmental Protection and the Department of Agriculture. The Centre County Recycling and Refuse Authority will be holding another Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event in the spring of 2025.
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EPA: Most States, Including Pennsylvania, Did Not Meet 2-Year Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Milestones
PA Environment Daily
OCTOBER 4, 2022
Environmental Protection Agency released its evaluations of how the seven jurisdictions in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed did in meeting the 2020-21 and 2022-2023 cleanup milestones. On October 4, the U.S. Although the results are mixed overall, there are more positive developments in the mix than ever.
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A Cap on Vegetable Oil-Based Fuels Will Stabilize and Strengthen California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard
Union of Concerned Scientists
JANUARY 30, 2024
Analysis by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the most recent RFS rulemaking finds that more than 90 percent of the costs of complying with the RFS, $7 to $8 billion a year, are associated with bio-based diesel fuels [i]. In the ISOR CARB projects that bio-based diesel will peak at 2 billion gallons in 2025, fall below 1.8
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Groups Send Letter To Congress Seeking Critical Investments In Appalachian Flood Recovery And Resilience Program
PA Environment Daily
MARCH 22, 2024
These organizations collectively represent a broad cross-section of interests and expertise in the region, ranging from environmental protection to community development and economic progress. Their united voice underscores the immediacy and critical importance of the issues at hand.
DEP 2022 Water Quality Report Shows 27,886 Miles Of Streams With Impaired Water Quality In PA (33%) - An Increase From 25,468 In 2020
PA Environment Daily
JANUARY 15, 2022
On January 15, the Department of Environmental Protection released the draft 2022 Integrated Water Quality Monitoring Report for public comment showing one-third of Pennsylvania’s streams-- 27,886 miles-- have impaired water quality.
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DEP To Increase Monitoring, Develop Surface Water Standard For PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' After Study Shows 76% Of Streams, Rivers Contained At Least One Of These Chemicals
PA Environment Daily
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
On September 19, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it is ramping up monitoring and plans to develop a surface water standard for PFAS 'forever chemicals' after a DEP/U.S. The MCLs are effective immediately but most systems will conduct initial monitoring in 2024 and 2025.
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Bay Journal: Pennsylvania Counties Take The Lead In Water Quality Cleanup Plans
PA Environment Daily
SEPTEMBER 15, 2021
By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal In a major shift in strategy as the Chesapeake region nears its 2025 Bay cleanup deadline, Pennsylvania has switched to an approach that gives the reins and money to counties as they try to reduce large amounts of pollution from agriculture and stormwater runoff.
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Two Bipartisan Bills Just Sitting In Senate Waiting To Address Record Number Of Water Quality Impaired Streams Reported In 2022
PA Environment Daily
JANUARY 16, 2022
Just sitting in the Senate Appropriations Committee waiting for action are two bipartisan bills that would offer significant help in dealing with the record 27,886 miles of streams with impaired water quality reported by the Department of Environmental Protection on January 15. Read more here.]
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DEP Posted 57 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Sept. 24 PA Bulletin
PA Environment Daily
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
Sign Up For DEP’s eNotice: Did you know DEP can send you email notices of permit applications submitted in your community?
Burger King announces global ban on toxic PFAS chemicals in food packaging
Enviromental Defense
MARCH 24, 2022
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE AND TOXIC-FREE FUTURE’S MIND THE STORE PROGRAM. Restaurant Brands International commits to eliminating PFAS in food packaging by 2025 in all stores worldwide, including Burger King, Tim Hortons, and Popeyes.
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DEP Awards $19.3 Million In 2024 County Clean Water Action Plan Chesapeake Bay Implementation Grants
PA Environment Daily
DECEMBER 1, 2023
On December 1, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it has awarded $19.3 Environmental Protection Agency to lower its nutrient and sediment pollution levels by 2025. Like the other jurisdictions in the watershed, Pennsylvania is mandated by the U.S. Pennsylvania is required to reduce nitrogen by 34.13
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DEP Begins Accepting Applications For $103.4 Million In Abandoned Mine Reclamation Grants Starting Oct. 24
PA Environment Daily
OCTOBER 12, 2022
The Department of Environmental Protection will begin accepting applications for abandoned mine reclamation and mine drainage treatment project grants on October 24. The deadline for applications is January 13. DEP's Bureau of Abandoned Mine Reclamation has a total of $103.4
PA Watershed Advocates List Top 5 Water Priorities For State Legislators In 2024
PA Environment Daily
MAY 7, 2024
Over one-third of Pennsylvania's 86,000 stream miles are degraded and considered "impaired" by the Department of Environmental Protection. . -- Legislators need to identify and advocate for a sustainable, annual source of future funding. Read more here.]
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Register Now For Ohio River Basin Alliance Summit Nov. 17-18 At Marshall University, WV
PA Environment Daily
OCTOBER 3, 2022
Hear about the progress made toward implementation of the Plan for the Ohio River Basin 2020 - 2025 and next steps where your help is critical. Environmental Protection Agency and US Fish & Wildlife Service are also invited. Representatives from the U.S.
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April 29 Weekly PA Environment Digest Now Available
PA Environment Daily
APRIL 29, 2024
18-20 In WV Registration Open For Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council Level 1 Certification Training Beginning July 30 Join Master Watershed Stewards In Lancaster County For June 13 Waterways On Wheels Bike Tour A Dozen Nonprofit, Agency, Municipal Environmental Experts Team Up To Tackle Stormwater Runoff In The Lake Erie Watershed Dept.
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Bay Journal: Chesapeake Bay Program Figures Show PA Led Region In 2020 Cleanup Progress
PA Environment Daily
DECEMBER 17, 2021
Still, the recently released figures show that the region as a whole remains far behind the pace needed to meet its 2025 pollution reduction goals for nitrogen, a key nutrient affecting Bay water quality. million pounds to meet its 2025 goal. million pounds by 2025. That’s far off track from what’s needed by 2025.
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Bay Journal: EPA Says PA’s Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Plan Falls Short, Again
PA Environment Daily
DECEMBER 3, 2022
Environmental Protection Agency is concerned. After the state submitted a plan in 2019 that failed to meet 2025 cleanup goals, Maryland, Virginia and Delaware, along with the District of Columbia, Chesapeake Bay Foundation and others filed suit against the EPA for failing to press the state to make greater progress.
Bay Journal: States/EPA Agree To New Plan For More Nutrient, Sediment Reductions In Chesapeake Bay Watershed To Make Up For Conowingo Dam
PA Environment Daily
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
The plan is not fully funded and will not achieve its pollution reduction goals by the 2025 Bay cleanup deadline. It does bring a level of priority to these types of innovative solutions,” said Jill Whitcomb of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and co-chair of a committee overseeing the Conowingo work. “I
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Bay Journal: PA Contends Its New Cleanup Plan Will Meet Chesapeake Bay Goals
PA Environment Daily
JANUARY 14, 2022
Environmental Protection Agency on Dec. 31 that state officials say will meet its 2025 pollution reduction goals. The states are to have all necessary practices in place by 2025 to meet those goals. million pounds short of meeting its 2025 nitrogen goals and identified an annual $324 million funding shortfall.
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Greenhouse Gas Data Must be Collected Beginning January 1 in Maryland
Greenbuilding Law
DECEMBER 3, 2023
Among the requirements in that statute is that Maryland implements BEPS mandating covered buildings achieve a 20% reduction in net direct GHG emissions on or before January 1, 2030, as compared with 2025 levels for average buildings of similar construction; and, ultimately attain net zero direct GHG emissions on or before January 1, 2040 (.
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DEP Awards $12.2 Million In Grants To Support 34 County Clean Water Action Plans In Chesapeake Bay Watershed
PA Environment Daily
DECEMBER 14, 2022
On December 14, the Department of Environmental Protection awarded $12.2 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to lower its nutrient (nitrogen and phosphorus) and sediment pollution levels by 2025. Pennsylvania is required to reduce nitrogen by 32.5 million pounds and phosphorus by 850,000 pounds.
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