Government Law Ozone Pollution Control 
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.
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. There are two ways that government agencies can work to reduce toxic air emissions, through regulations or through voluntary pollution reduction measures. Here’s how.
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Environmental Science
JULY 30, 2018
I named the Priority Pollutants a moment ago, which are 129 chemicals of interest under the Clean Water Act, RCRA, one of two federal laws governing hazardous wastes has several hundred “Appendix IX” groundwater monitoring compounds. I will organize my discussion by key laws. Each law has thousands of regulations.
Law Columbia
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. In an unpublished judgment, the court rejected the petitioners’ other NEPA arguments regarding project design and capacity and cumulative ozone impacts. and non-U.S.
Law Columbia
MARCH 13, 2023
municipalities face from climate change, the special role that federal vehicle emissions regulations play in protecting municipal public health, and the threat that Petitioners’ radical interpretation of the major questions doctrine poses to the day-to-day operations of state and local governments. Last year, local governments in the U.S.
ESA
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
An analysis of Army Corps of Engineers data conducted by the Southern Environmental Law Center found that 91 percent of streams and wetlands adjudicated under the Trump definition fell outside of federal regulations. But when the Trump administration took office, it repealed that rule and issued its own, far narrower definition.
ESA
JANUARY 31, 2022
3531 ) that requires the federal government to develop a National Climate Adaptation and Resilience Strategy and authorizes a chief resilience officer position in the White House. This body will review the EPA’s scientific review of current ozone pollution standards. Legislative updates: Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) and Rep.
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