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EQB Adopts Final-Omitted Reg. Limiting Methane Emissions From Conventional Oil & Gas Facilities; And A First-Ever State MCL For PFOS/PFOA

PA Environment Daily

On October 12, the Environmental Quality Board vot ed 15 to 3 to approve Part II of the final-omitted regulation limiting volatile organic compounds and methane from conventional oil and gas facilities. The regulation would affect 4,719 conventional well owners of approximately 27,260 facilities. Read more here. Read more here.

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ESA Policy News: May 15, 2023

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Courts Supreme Court decision about California’s pork regulations could impact state climate regulations. States A report from Chesapeake Bay Program science advisors questions long-standing approach to Chesapeake Bay clean up. Chellie Pingree (D-ME)’s Coastal Communities Ocean Acidification Act ( H.R.

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Maryland Adopts 42 New Environmental Laws in 2021

Greenbuilding Law

Maryland has been described as having more pages of environmental statutes and regulations on a per capita basis than any other state. A person who violates the prohibition against knowingly and intentionally releasing, or causing to be released, a balloon into the atmosphere must watch a re-educational video and/or perform community service.

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Policy News: November 22, 2021

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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration gets $1.5 The bill includes the Senate’s drinking water infrastructure reauthorization bill ( S. The Biden administration moved Thursday to formally repeal the Trump administration’s controversial rule that vastly restricted the scope of Clean Water Act protections.

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ESA Policy News: November 8, 2021

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Biden administration proposed repealing Trump administration Endangered Species Act regulations. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration gets $1.5 The bill includes the Senate’s drinking water infrastructure reauthorization bill ( S. The Biden administration seeks to replace the Trump regulations.

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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The court said the trade group had satisfied the stringent requirements for a stay pending judicial review and stayed the rule “insofar as it purports to regulate trailers.” Army Corps of Engineers had violated the Clean Water Act. The plaintiffs contended that the U.S.

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