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(Mis)Estimating Regulatory Costs

Legal Planet

But this seemingly simple calculation turns out to be riddled with uncertainties, particularly when you’re talking about regulating the energy industry. Those uncertainties need more attention in designing regulations. In 2011, EPA had estimated that the compliance cost would work out to $9.6 billion per year.

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Catch 22 at the Supreme Court

Legal Planet

In 2011, in AEP v. Massachusetts made plain that emissions of carbon dioxide qualify as air pollution subject to regulation under the Act. And, most relevant here, §7411(d) then requires regulation of existing sources within the same category. 410 (2011). Regulating power plant emissions is a complex undertaking.

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What The Shale Gas Industry Is Leaving Behind: DEP Signs Consent Order With Roulette Oil & Gas To Plug Shale Gas Well Abandoned For 8 Years In Hebron Twp., Potter County

PA Environment Daily

The Guardian Pad B 6H shale gas well was drilled in February 2011 and then granted inactive status on September 7, 2012 that expired on September 7, 2017, according to the order. On January 21, the Department of Environmental Protection and Roulette Oil & Gas Co.,

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DEP Signs Consent Order Including $10 Million In Penalties, Local Payments With Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County To Resolve Air Quality Violations; Plant To Restart May 24

PA Environment Daily

Under the COA, Shell will pay a civil penalty of $4,935,023 – and as required by Act 57 of 2011, 25 percent of this penalty will be directed to local communities. The COA resolves air quality violations during commissioning of Shell’s petrochemical facility in Potter and Center Townships, Beaver County. Josh Shapiro.

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China’s Waste Ban Exposes Missing Links in Recycling

Vermont Law

However, most of the world’s recycling is exported to lower-income countries, where recycling is cheaper to process due to weak law enforcement and informal sector recycling with no pollution controls. Since 2011, the Chinese government has provided. Eighty-six percent of China’s e-waste goes to. informal sector recycling.

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Improving EPA’s Latest Ozone Transport Rule

Acoel

EPA MATS Regulatory Impact Analysis, 2011. The 2028 deadline proposed in the less stringent alternative is more realistic, and is consistent with timelines under other federal regulations. Greater compliance flexibility, and smaller adverse job impacts, could be achieved by an incremental approach to pollution control upgrades.

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Nebraska Agrochemical Contamination Throws Families, Communities, Water Providers into Turmoil

Circle of Blue

The evening of January 14, 2011, Jacob, then a 16-year-old sophomore at Aurora High School, entered a basketball game against Central City. At a January 31, 2011, appointment the doctor ordered blood tests and chest X-rays, to check for infection. Everything is going according to plan,” Gary wrote in his journal on February 25, 2011.

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