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PA Environment Daily
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
On February 12, environmental groups announced the US Environmental Protection Agency formally objected to an air quality permit for the US Steel Edgar Thomson Plant issued by the Allegheny County Health Department in August 2023 saying it was not in compliance with the Clean Air Act. Steel Edgar Thomson by ACHD.
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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Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 1, 2022
Truck traffic has been on the rise , even during the COVID-19 pandemic, and that increase means even more air pollution in communities already disproportionately impacted by the public health emergency. Extensive testing by EPA and suppliers like Eaton and Achates shows that diesels can achieve a 20 mg NO X /bhp-hr standard.
PA Environment Daily
APRIL 26, 2023
On April 25, the Eyes On Shell citizens initiative reported fenceline air pollution monitoring data at Shell's Petrochemical Plant in Beaver County reported benzene levels of over 185 µg/m3 and 89 µg/m3 they said was above the 29 µg/m3 minimum risk level established by the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
Law Columbia
APRIL 18, 2023
This approach should not be preempted by EPCA; EPCA pertains to energy standards, while New York City’s standard is an air emissions standard. Air pollution is governed at the federal, state, and sometimes local levels, and the relevant federal statute is the U.S. Clean Air Act, not EPCA. Berkeley decision.)
Corp Watch
MARCH 8, 2024
million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75 million fine for violating a 2007 air pollution settlement over emissions at its Port Arthur refinery, the Justice Department said Friday. million in fines and upgrade pollution controls at its 240,000 b/d Port Arthur, Tex., million in 2013. Total settles U.S.
Acoel
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
Croix and in South Carolina, EPA invoked Section 303 of the Clean Air Act, which provides for the issuance of an emergency order in response to an imminent and substantial endangerment to public health or welfare, to require immediate actions to either pause operations or reduce emissions from the facilities. In actions in St.
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