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.
Legal Planet
AUGUST 2, 2023
As my colleagues and I have explained , generation shifting is an ordinary consequence of pollution-control rules and is the easiest, cheapest, and best way to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel-powered plants. Among already submitted comments are valuable ways the EPA can increase the stringency of the regulation.
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Environment, Law, and History
AUGUST 27, 2023
Dan Farber at Legal Planet recently posted on "Cars, Smog, and EPA" An excerpt: For the first 20 years of federal regulation, Congress set the NOx [nitrogen oxides] standards for new cars itself. That’s quite different from the standards for industrial pollution sources, which Congress has always delegated to EPA.
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 11, 2024
Just a year later, however, the industry encountered a potentially major obstacle: A study conducted by the government’s National Air Pollution Control Administration found a link between outdoor NO2 exposure and childhood respiratory problems. Where did the gas industry pick up the finer points of PR disinformation?
PA Environment Daily
JANUARY 24, 2023
and numerous affiliated companies (collectively, GWRSI) for violation of Clean Air Act (CAA) locomotive regulations. The locomotives at issue in this settlement burn diesel fuel which produces significant emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) and fine particulate matter. microns has been shown to cause lung damage and cancer.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 14, 2023
EPA US Supreme Court decision in 2007 and the EPA’s follow-on Endangerment Finding and Cause or Contribute Finding in 2009, which ultimately set the stage for the agency to not only have the authority—but also the obligation—to regulate power plant carbon emissions. EPA Supreme Court decision in 2022. EPA’s 6-3 majority opinion. billion.
PA Environment Daily
DECEMBER 14, 2022
This exceedance is a violation of Shell’s plan approvals ( PA-04-00740A , PA-04-00740B , and PA-04-00740C ) and the Pennsylvania Air Pollution Control Act and regulations. DEP is authorized under the Air Pollution Control Act to order compliance where appropriate.
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