PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The samples had been gathered by two Penn State McKeesport Campus faculty members, and tested at the Allegheny County Testing Lab. Maps, chains of custody and testing methods were included. The rest of us, the body politic, if you will, must give permission and can impose conditions.

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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. All states must submit SIPs, regardless of attainment status.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Public Participation -- DEP Oil & Gas Advisory Board Meets Sept. 5 On Proposed Permit Fee Changes; Well Plugging Financial Assurances To Prevent Abandonments; Environmental Justice Policy; Injection Well Primacy [PaEN] -- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets Sept. 15 [PaEN] -- Williamsport Sun: Loyalsock Twp.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Ned Ketyer Explains The Results Of New Studies Of The Health Impacts Of Natural Gas Development On Children And Adults [PaEN] -- The Center Square: State Dept. Million In Grants To Schools, Businesses, Local Governments To Switch To Zero- Or Low-Emission Vehicles; Next Round Of Applications Due Dec. 15 [PaEN] -- Williamsport Sun: Loyalsock Twp.

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

At a January 31, 2011, appointment the doctor ordered blood tests and chest X-rays, to check for infection. But the fact that the facility exists, Corrigan said, is an indictment of the state’s pollution-control measures. “It’s A week of rest and antibiotics did not subdue the sickness. The X-ray seemed off.

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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. Aftermarket defeat devices undo this progress and pollute the air we breathe.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 8, 2024

million in fines and upgrade pollution controls at its 240,000 b/d Port Arthur, Tex., Issued on: 09/01/2024 - 17:26 2 min Corporation TotalEnergies S.E. Total to pay $2.9 million, upgrade Port Arthur refinery Nick Snow | Oil & Gas Journal | May 2, 2007 Total Petrochemicals USA Inc. agreed to pay $2.9

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

By Karl Blankenship, Chesapeake Bay Journal It has taken more than four years, but leaders in the Chesapeake Bay restoration effort say they’ve found a path forward for dealing with the added pollution stemming from Conowingo Dam. That’s one example of how the Conowingo plan has given impetus for new ideas.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 23, 2024

polluters Stuart McLaughlin | Reuters | June 1, 2021 Exxon Mobil's U.S. oil refineries pump out far more lung-damaging soot than similarly-sized facilities operated by rivals, according to regulatory documents and a Reuters analysis of pollution test results. Environmental Impacts Three Exxon refineries top the list of U.S.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

polluters Stuart McLaughlin | Reuters | June 1, 2021 Exxon Mobil's U.S. oil refineries pump out far more lung-damaging soot than similarly-sized facilities operated by rivals, according to regulatory documents and a Reuters analysis of pollution test results. Environmental Impacts Three Exxon refineries top the list of U.S.

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Vermont Law

APRIL 4, 2016

It could have been, though, a penetration test to see if a small component of our infrastructure could be breached as a precursor to larger, more sophisticated attack. Cyberattacks, too, have implications for the so-called critical infrastructure that we rely upon for our energy, industrial operations and environmental protection. .

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

This Rule continues to use the same time-tested, court-affirmed methodology EPA has long used to identify cost-effective pollution controls and equitably allocate reductions among upwind States. EPA’s latest Rule finalizes federal plan requirements for 23 upwind States.

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

Circuit Court outlined a four part test that helps the court decide whether a rule has the “force and effect of law.”. Looking to the first three parts of the test, the Administrator of the EPA has the ability to create legislative rules to address different types of. To determine whether a rule is substantive or interpretive, the D.C.

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Moreover, Ontario’s wastewater management system would be put to the test. By 2051, the Duffin Creek Water Pollution Control Plant would receive between 20 million and 40 million more liters of wastewater per day, which the facility would clean and dump into Lake Ontario.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Similarly, a study from the Netherlands based on long-term testing also showed the country’s newest facility is emitting much higher levels of dioxin and furans than is allowed by European law. Pollution control is expensive and air pollution regulations are not strict enough.

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Greenbuilding Law

APRIL 25, 2021

Senate Bill 334 / House Bill 76 establish that a person who meets the threshold standing requirements under the federal Clean Water Act has an unconditional right and the authority to intervene in a civil action initiated by the State in State court to require compliance with certain water pollution control measures.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Two techniques are being tested in the Great Lakes region: phosphorus traps and engineered wetlands. . million in grants this year to develop and test three phosphorus traps in Wisconsin’s Fox River watershed. Roughly 10 tons of calcium phosphate was produced and tested with fertilizer companies.

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Environmental Science

JULY 30, 2018

How the environment is tested. What we think about as “chemical contamination” today, was typically measured with a wet chemistry test for “phenols” and for “oil and grease.” As you might guess, such measurements led to a fairly primitive definition of pollution. Testing is according to EPA methods in EPA certified labs.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 31, 2023

- By Bruce Ledewitz, Duquesne School Of Law -- AP: Municipalities Say An Adverse Ruling On A Case Now Before PA Supreme Court On Stormwater Fees Could Drain Them Financially -- Reading Eagle: $260,000 In Grants Awarded To 4 Schuylkill River Watershed Improvement Projects In Berks County -- Schuylkill River Greenways Hosts Sept.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 4, 2022

PaEN] -- DCNR: Laurel Run Dam Removal Underway In Plains Twp.,

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Ohio Environmental Law

MAY 8, 2020

United States , Justice Kennedy’s “significant nexus” test was used to determine which waters were jurisdictional (i.e., Under the “significant nexus” test, any waters that, if impacted, could have a chemical or biological impact on navigable waters were deemed federally protected under the Clean Water Act. Supreme Court in Rapanos v.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 4, 2022

In their brief, they argue for a two-step test: “Step one: is the wetland inseparably bound up with a “water”—i.e., As the government’s brief points out, under this test a wetland would lose federal protection if someone builds a road or levee across it, or even if a flood leaves a natural berm of soil between the two.

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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Challenge to Denial of PFAS Testing Petition Stayed After EPA Granted Administrative Reconsideration. EPA Released PFAS Roadmap and National PFAS Testing Strategy. Challenge to Denial of PFAS Testing Petition Stayed After EPA Granted Administrative Reconsideration. Safety & Pollution Prevention (Oct. Regan, No.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 26, 2023

By mandating pollution controls on wastewater treatment plants and industrial facilities, it marked a new era of environmental stewardship — an era in which rivers and lakes were viewed not as dumping grounds but as civic assets that fostered recreation, ecological rebirth, and economic development.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2024

What I didn’t know is that my health was still at risk—from indoor pollution. 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.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

13, 14, 15 -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events TODAY 11:00: House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 2075 (Knowles-R- Schuylkill) abrogating DEP’s air pollution control regulations covering heavy-duty trucks [Note: DEP already suspended enforcement of these regulations November 6 - Read more here.];

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

We Tested It -- PA Cap-Star: PA Supreme Court Picks National Democratic Map For New Congressional Voting Districts -- Gov. 2020 election results] -- LancasterOnline Editorial: Being Subpoenaed By U.S.

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Pollution Control Air Pollution Politics Natural Gas 64

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 3, 2022

2 [PaEN] -- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment [PaEN] -- LehighValleyLive: DEP Requiring Allentown Company To Submit Cleanup Plan For 6,000 Gallon Fuel Spill In Bethlehem -- Group Against Smog & Pollution: Allegheny County Health Dept. 26 To Dec. 10 -- Depts.

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ESA

MAY 31, 2023

The Biden administration this year finalized a rule to cement broad protections for wetlands, which trap pollution, provide wildlife habitat, and act as sponges that soak up flood waters. NOAA and EPA – Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program: Proposal To Find That Michigan Has Satisfied Conditions on Earlier Approval.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 22, 2021

Here are a few: First, the Biden team needs to continue to move fast to lock in rules that require investments in infrastructure or pollution control equipment that will be difficult to undo. There is much more to be said about building climate rules that will stand the test of time.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

Expect EPA to Expand Efforts to Use TSCA to Test and Regulate PFAS. TSCA authorizes EPA not only to restrict new and existing uses of chemical substances but to issue regulations calling in existing studies and to order chemical manufacturers and processors to perform new testing on chemical substances.

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ESA

JANUARY 31, 2022

According to Venable law firm, in “Justice Kennedy’s “significant nexus” test from Rapanos , the courts concluded that the wetlands on the Sacketts’ property have a significant nexus to a nearby lake and are therefore waters of the United States. At question is the ruling made over 15 years ago in Rapanos v. United States. . 28, 2022.

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