Environmental News Bits

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

The Section 319 program is an essential source of support for state, territorial and tribal efforts to control NPS pollution, the prevailing cause of… Read more → This training module, developed by U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

The company’s actions allegedly violated the Clean Air Act’s prohibition on the sale of so-called “defeat devices,” which are designed to “bypass, defeat or render inoperative” a motor vehicle engine’s air pollution control equipment or systems. The Keystone settlement, at $2.5

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Law and Environment

MARCH 8, 2022

Ameren Missouri submitted to the Court a proposal to shut Rush Island early rather than install expensive pollution control equipment. . In January, I noted that Ameren Missouri had surrendered in its defense of the NSR enforcement action brought by DOJ with respect to the Rush Island generating facility. None of this was really news.

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Vorys Law

JANUARY 26, 2021

On January 20, 2021, the Ohio EPA’s Division of Air Pollution Control (DAPC) hosted a “Program Advisory Group” (PAG) meeting via Microsoft Teams to inform interested stakeholders of recent and upcoming DAPC activities.

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Acoel

MAY 7, 2021

State Air Pollution Control Board , is one example of how this process may evolve. That case involved a review of a minor source air permit issued by the Virginia State Air Pollution Control Board for construction of a compressor station as part of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline project. appeared first on ACOEL.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 20, 2023

Specifically, while the Court did not ultimately rule out all possible interventions beyond direct pollution controls at individual sources, it did make clear that direct pollution controls were the clearest course, meaning that moving forward, EPA is likely to devise BSER based on things that can be applied “at or to” a polluting facility.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 18, 2022

That’s primarily due to two key features of the CWA: first, a nationwide permit system designed to mandate aggressive application of pollution control technology to limit pollution from “point sources” such as factories and power plants.

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Law and Environment

JANUARY 13, 2022

According to Inside EPA (subscription required), the Department of Justice (and the Sierra Club) have opposed Ameren’s Missouri’s motion to allow it to close its Rush Island generating facility early, rather than install otherwise required pollution control equipment. Like Tevye in A Fiddler on the Roof, I’ll tell you. . I don’t know.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The second keynote address will feature current U.S.E.P.A. Region IX Administrator Martha Guzman, who will discuss current challenges and opportunities under the CWA.

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Law and Environment

MARCH 22, 2022

The Boston Air Pollution Control Commission has formally adopted its “Building Emissions Reduction and Disclosure Ordinance Phase 1 Regulations.” The Phase 1 regulations are really all about the “disclosure” side of BERDO.

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Environmental News Bits

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Read the full story from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) today announced the purchase of new, state-of-the art technology to remove and destroy bulk concentrations of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from contaminated water in the environment.

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Cleannovate

JUNE 28, 2021

Among the pollutants of concern, metals and dissolved industrial chemicals are significant. Though several treatment strategies have been used before, efficiency of pollutant removal still has a long way to go. Desalination involves the removal of dissolved pollutants from water. CONCLUSION.

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Environmental News Bits

APRIL 12, 2022

The agency’s External Civil Rights Compliance Office will investigate both the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality’s handling of its air pollution control program and whether the Louisiana … Continue reading EPA launches civil rights inquiry into Louisiana agencies.

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Law and Environment

DECEMBER 23, 2021

The Air Pollution Control Commission will later hold a “formal” public comment period at a time TBD. The rationale for this narrow focus is that the City wants these regulations in place promptly, in time for reporting in Q2 2022. The “informal” public comment period on the draft regulations will remain open until January 14.

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Environment, Law, and History

JANUARY 12, 2023

Wolfe, Los Angeles County Air Pollution Control District vehicle, Burbank, 1947-1950? " Even allowing for methodological nationalism and the focus on the unrepresentative Supreme Court, this is all rather strange. Read more ».

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Circle of Blue

MAY 2, 2023

In releasing this wastewater the facility violated a national permit, though according to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, the majority of the release was “clear storm water” and the threat to public health is “slim.” Louis River, which flows into Lake Superior.

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Law and Environment

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The Air Pollution Control Commission has authority to suspend some or all of the requirements of BERDO 2.0 Use of Renewable Energy Certificates as a compliance mechanism. An alternative compliance payment provision – the initial cost will be set at $234/ton of CO2!

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Environmental News Bits

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Code) Part 620 to the Illinois Pollution Control Board (Board). Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Director John J. Kim announced the Agency has submitted amendments to 35 Illinois Administrative Code (Ill.

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Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The project was started in 2019 and supported by the California Climate Investments (CCI) initiative, in conjunction with the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control … Continue reading Frito-Lay transforms California facility into showcase for sustainability

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Environment, Law, and History

OCTOBER 18, 2022

That’s primarily due to two key features of the CWA: first, a nationwide permit system designed to mandate aggressive application of pollution control technology to limit pollution from “point sources” such as factories and power plants.

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Environment, Law, and History

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Highlights include "a stimulating conversation between two water quality experts who were instrumental in drafting the Clean Water Act in 1972 and California’s landmark Porter-Cologne Act, the state’s comprehensive water pollution control statute that both predated and influenced the CWA." Davis School of Law.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 21, 2022

Second, the agency needs information about the costs of facility-by-facility changes, such as shifts in how often facilities are used, their fuel consumption, and how pollution controls were actually operated.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 10, 2023

Pending Guidance Examples of the pending technical guidance include-- -- Environmental Justice Mapping and Screening Tool -- Oil & Gas Program Civil Penalty Assessments -- Erosion & Sedimentation Management for Oil & Gas Operations -- Prioritization Review Of E&S Permits for Oil & Gas Operations -- Guidance on Integrated Emergency (..)

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The Clean Water Act, a landmark federal pollution control law passed in 1972, cleaned up American waterways once fouled by industrial waste. That means establishing pollution control limits on chemicals as soon as they’re approved for use. It’s frustrating,” he said. But you know, like, this is the world we live in.”

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 7, 2022

DESCRIPTION: Virginia risks backsliding on its climate goals, forfeiting valuable funding, and harming vulnerable communities if it exits the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, said Ceres Senior Director of State Policy Alli Gold Roberts.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 8, 2022

The 2022 National Ambient Air Monitoring Conference , sponsored by EPA in conjunction with the Association of Air Pollution Control Agencies and the National Association of Clean Air Agencies will be held in Pittsburgh August 22-25.

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Circle of Blue

JULY 28, 2021

The Hindustan Times reports that the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board identified six major drains as the main sources of the pollution. As the Pavana River in Pune, India, overflows due to monsoon rains, drainage lines are leaking sewage into the water. TODAY’S TOP WATER STORIES, TOLD IN NUMBERS. $2

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 15, 2023

Beginning in the 2026 ozone season, EPA is setting enforceable NOX emissions control requirements for certain sources at existing and new industrial facilities that have significant impacts on downwind air quality and the ability to install cost-effective pollution controls.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 28, 2022

Nevertheless, there’s every reason to think this climate change “co=benefit” of tougher pollutions standards would be substantial. The post Pollution Control as Climate Policy appeared first on Legal Planet. I couldn’t find even rough estimates of how much tightening these standard would impact climate change. Download as PDF.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 26, 2022

In fact, the pollution is so severe and persistent that this year the California Legislature passed a bill , AB 2550, that would have required the California Air Resources Board (CARB), the state’s air regulator, to conduct outreach to under-resourced communities and coordinate with community-based organizations in the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air (..)

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Greenbuilding Law

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

Rare earth metals are not only used in automobile pollution control devices (and not just in the U.S. because the gasoline engine does not run fulltime so the metals in the pollution control device last longer, but also because it is easy to separate from the vehicle. Gold is about $1,900), a 20% increase since January.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Wisconsin faces difficulty enforcing pollution control from small farms. October 18, 2022: EPA’s Debra Shore at the Great Lakes Conference — register. October 28, 2022: Great Lakes Water Conference — register. Other News. Michigan may soon begin restoring the Grand River Rapids.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 16, 2023

Steel for Article XXI Air Pollution Control violations (and as calculated in accordance with the 2019 Settlement Agreement and Order) that occurred at the Clairton Coke (Coal) Works during the second quarter of 2022. On March 15, the Allegheny County Health Department issued $ 307,800 in stipulated penalties against U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

That weekend of horrific air quality killed 20 people and sickened thousands more, but it also galvanized residents to take environmental action - a movement that culminated in the creation of the state Air Pollution Control Act and later the federal Clean Air Act.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

The Clean Air Council and the Environmental Integrity Project asked DEP to temporarily halt operations of the Shell Polymers Monaca plant in Beaver County until the company can demonstrate it can operate in compliance with pollution control laws.

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Law and Environment

AUGUST 17, 2022

The Administrator is also authorized to make grants to air pollution control agencies, public or nonprofit private agencies, institutions and individuals for the purpose of conducting research on the causes and prevention of air pollution in these communities.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 3, 2022

The agency said the state failed to provide adequate details about actions and timelines that would demonstrate ramped-up implementation of pollution control practices.

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