PA Environment Daily

MARCH 21, 2022

In challenging the air quality permit extension last August, the environmental groups objected on the grounds that BCREP had not commenced construction at the Wyalusing facility as required by law, making DEP’s extension unjustified. O’Neill, PennFuture Senior Attorney.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Responsible for implementing the authorities of the PA Conservation District Law of May 15,1945, Paul credits the vision and foresight of the individuals responsible for the enactment of this statue and with enabling and guiding him throughout his soil and water conservation career. In 1969 Ralph W.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2024

DEP said it has the statutory authority in the 1995 law that created the agency, the state Air Pollution Control Act and other laws to establish grant and funding programs to implement the Plan. PA Utility Law Project Webinar On Impacts Of LNG Gas Exports On Energy Costs For Pennsylvania Families. Noon to 1:00 p.m.

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Environment, Law, and History

OCTOBER 18, 2022

An excerpt: The CWA as enacted a half-century ago was enormously ambitious and, with the benefit of hindsight, quite naive: in the law’s legislative findings, Congress declared that “it is the national goal that the discharge of pollutants into the navigable waters be eliminated by 1985.” That obviously did not, and will not, happen.

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CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

It was undisputed that CARB could lawfully set emissions limits based on technologies that do not currently exist referred to as technology-forcing standards so long as those technologies are reasonably anticipated to exist by the compliance deadline. Citation omitted.) Resources Code, 21080.5(c);

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Vermont Law

MAY 20, 2021

Much of the technology for this sustainable development already exists, but is covered by exclusive patent rights. Because of this, there have been many attempts to develop programs that can facilitate the dissemination and use of existing patented technology for developing and less developed countries. implementation. together.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 15, 2022

Bogen wrote this introduction to the report-- In 2021, ACHD expanded and implemented new technology and programs and completed some long-term studies that will inform our future. On August 15, the Allegheny County Health Department released an Air Quality Annual Review covering accomplishments in 2021. Dr. Debra L.

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Vermont Law

MARCH 30, 2020

On September 12, 2018, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued a judgment that added another untenable wrinkle in the fabric of groundwater pollution regulation. At first blush, groundwater appears distinct from the federally regulated category of navigable waters.

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

EPA also cannot require electricity generation to be shifted from coal-burning units to units that use other energy sources as a pollution control technology. The Clean Power Plan usurps authority given to States by the U.S. Constitution and the Clean Air Act.

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Acoel

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

The Des Moines Water Works alleged the agricultural drains were point sources that required NPDES permits, and the water works sought monetary damages to recoup the costs of treating the river water to remove excess nitrates due to the agricultural pollution. environmental law when it comes to agricultural water pollution.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 25, 2024

Is EPA’s new climate rule a sneaky effort to eliminate coal or a valid pollution standard? Some new arguments made by EPA convince me that it’s pursuing a time-tested approach to pollution control. It’s not that EPA is trying to grind down the industry.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

EPA standards do not reflect “safe” levels of exposure to harmful pollutants. Instead, they are agreed-upon measures that attempt to balance the protection of as many people as possible, the limits of pollution detection and control technology, and industry’s opportunities to reduce costs. 27 Released 1.1 27 Released 1.1

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 14, 2022

Ramamurthy also said the final regulation does not change the substance of how Reasonably Available Control Technology requirements are set for unconventional and conventional oil and gas facilities. It is applied equally to both, not making it a substantively different rulemaking. Read more here.

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Acoel

JUNE 29, 2022

Units with existing advanced NOx controls must optimize their utilization by 2023. The history of the Clean Act clearly shows that Congress intended state-of-the-art controls such as SCRs to be applied to new sources through New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) and Best Available Control Technology (BACT) reviews in clean air areas.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 21, 2022

Ramamurthy also said the final regulation does not change the substance of how Reasonably Available Control Technology requirements are set for unconventional and conventional oil and gas facilities. It is applied equally to both, not making it a substantively different rulemaking. Read more here.

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The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Moreover, in light of the substantial capital that power plants will need to spend on pollution control technology to comply with CSAPR, the rule will significantly increase the cost of electricity for all consumers, including businesses and individuals. Numerous parties are considering challenges to CSAPR.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2024

Gas stoves, which are in 38 percent of US households, not only emit methane, but also toxic pollutants besides NO2 that are associated with respiratory ailments and cancer. A 2022 study in Environmental Science and Technology detected more than 20 volatile organic compounds, including hexane, toluene and benzene, in unburned stove gas.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2025

Oil and gas standards promulgated by EPA must be rooted in the rule of law, not be used as a weapon to shut down development and manufacturing in the United States. Pennsylvania has independent authority to adopt its own methane limits under state law, if it so chooses. Read more here. EPA promulgated the Subpart E regulations in 1979.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 22, 2022

billion for a competitive grant and rebate program for the purpose of “purchas[ing] or install[ing] zero-emissions port equipment or technology” at ports. Funds from this appropriation may also be awarded for planning and permitting relating to such zero-emission equipment and technology, and for a port’s climate action planning.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 26, 2023

Funded by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, the collaborative’s four newsrooms — Bridge Michigan, Circle of Blue, Great Lakes Now, and Michigan Radio — will report on overlooked pollutants as well as legal and institutional barriers preventing achievement of the Clean Water Act’s aspirational goals. During a storm?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 12, 2024

In 1963, a typical car—which ran on leaded gasoline without pollution control devices— emitted 520 pounds of hydrocarbons, 1,700 pounds of carbon monoxide, and 90 pounds of nitrogen oxide every 10,000 miles traveled. Will the law help transit agencies deal with their looming budget crises?

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Implementation of these new laws will be the true test of that statement, but they provide an exciting starting point. Prior to this new law, the state was required by law to ensure that statewide greenhouse gas emissions be reduced to at least 40% below the 1990 level by 2030. Climate Change Mitigation.

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Copper and nickel are crucial minerals for clean energy technologies. The plan — importing millions of liters of drinking water from Lake Simcoe to York Region, and exporting the area’s wastewater to treatment facilities on Lake Ontario — is seen as both environmentally risky, and in breach of international law.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

That theme continues throughout, from the Prevention of Significant Deterioration program , which helps protect attainment areas from pollution caused by new sources, to ongoing monitoring requirements for attainment areas. Thus, the CAA sets a floor for regulation of air pollution, not a ceiling. and Sierra Club v.

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Environment, Law, and History

AUGUST 27, 2023

Achieving that standard was thought to be nearly impossible when Congress created this mandate, but the mandate forced the car companies to make technological breakthroughs with catalytic converters. Note that the standard is set in terms of pollution per mile rather than pollution per gallon. gpm, effective in 1994.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Remedies for Harmful Algal Blooms Are Available in Law and Practice They are expensive, in many cases experimental, and take a long time to work. a potential solution is chemical technology to scrub harmful algal blooms from lakes. But the Platte Lake advocates did not rely on federal law. By Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 8, 2024

Civil society believes that this decision is contrary to the spirit of this law and harmful to its implementation. million fine for violating a 2007 air pollution settlement over emissions at its Port Arthur refinery, the Justice Department said Friday. Issued on: 09/01/2024 - 17:26 2 min Corporation TotalEnergies S.E. Total to pay $2.9

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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.

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Greenbuilding Law

APRIL 25, 2021

The new laws compiled below add to that already very green environmental regulatory scheme. Savvy players in the environmental industrial complex and associated industries will find business opportunities to lead and profit in environmental matters, including opportunities advantaged by these newly enacted laws. to 100%.

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ESA

MAY 31, 2023

EPA creates a far narrower test than what has been used for more than half a century to determine when bogs and marshes fall under the scope of the 1972 law. United States, should no longer determine the scope of the law. The 5-4 ruling in Sackett v. Alex Guillén contributed to this report. Comments are due by June 12, 2023.

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Legal Planet

MAY 2, 2025

Thats a huge opportunity to rapidly advance the zero and near-zero technologies that Congress invested in in the Inflation Reduction Act, and that we urgently need to meet ever-more-pressing air quality challenges, especially as attacks from the Trump administration mount. Theyve made some real progress.

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Acoel

MARCH 20, 2025

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality , the Texas Supreme Court clarified the statutory definition of Best Available Control Technology(BACT) under the Texas Clean Air Act in response to a certified question from the Fifth Circuit. It instead required that the technology be presently operable.

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Smith Enviorment

JULY 12, 2022

In 2015, EPA proposed CO2 emission limits for new power plants based on a combination of the use of high efficiency processes and carbon capture technology. The Court noted EPA’s past practice of setting emission limits based on pollution reduction technologies or operating conditions that could be implemented at an individual plant.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 21, 2021

However, he thought that this particular law did clearly preclude consideration of cost, partly in the interest of forcing industry to innovate new pollution control technologies. He found that approach reasonable. The majority thought the lower court had wrongly intervened.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 26, 2022

Given Justice Breyer’s announced retirement, it seems like a good time to assess his contribution to environmental law. However, he thought that this particular law did clearly preclude consideration of cost, partly in the interest of forcing industry to innovate new pollution control technologies.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 10, 2025

This week saw a flurry of stories at the intersection of federal actions, tariff policy, and rule of law concerns How Trumps on-again, off-again tariff threats will raise the costs of building renewable energy projects in the U.S. Energy stories that caught my eye Puerto Rico has the least reliable energy system of any place in the U.S.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 10, 2025

It also said that states would have to make a plant-by-plant determination of what combination of technologies was feasible. It expressly left open whether EPA is strictly limited pollution control measures within the fence-line of individual sources. Those position will be harder to maintain.

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