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Improving EPA’s Latest Ozone Transport Rule

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The downwind air quality benefits are minimal. The proposed rule would provide de minimus air quality benefits in downwind areas with extremely high costs – estimated by EPA at $22 billion discounted 2016 dollars for the 2023-2042 period. enjoyed ozone reductions of 3 to 5 ppb or more. ppb by 2025. EPA estimated that: .

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Air District Targets Southern California Logistics Industry

Clean Energy Law

The South Coast Air Basin includes portions of Los Angeles, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties and all of Orange County, covering 6,745 square miles. The SCAQMD is the local agency responsible for attaining these clean air standards in the Basin.

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EPA’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule Will Have A Dramatic Impact on Texas and Louisiana

The Energy Law Blog

By: Lesley Foxhall Pietras On August 8, 2011, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a far-reaching Clean Air Act rule intended to address the interstate transport of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) from upwind to downwind states. See 76 Fed. 48208 (Aug.

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D.C. Circuit Vacates EPA’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule

The Energy Law Blog

Wiegand On August 21, 2012, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit vacated EPA’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR). CSAPR would have required many states, including Louisiana and Texas, to reduce power plant emissions of SO 2 and NO x , particularly during the summer ozone season.

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Federal Courts Need to Allow the EPA to Clear the Air

Vermont Law

Every year, about 200,000 Americans die from smog, which is a mix of ozone and fine particulates (PM. The Clean Air Act (CAA) regulates smog, setting National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ozone and PM. Many cities in the Northeast fail ozone and PM. In 2012, in. Under the NO.

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Circuit also rejected EPA’s argument that the court did not have authority to review stays issued under Section 307(d)(7)(D) of the Clean Air Act. Fourth Circuit Said West Virginia District Court Lacked Jurisdiction to Consider Coal Companies’ Clean Air Act Jobs Study Lawsuit. DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS.

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The Rise and Decline of Coal Mining Jobs, 1970-2022

Acoel

The federal Clean Air Act (CAA) was enacted in 1970 and amended in 1977 and 1990. EPA regulations under the Clean Air Act for controlling mercury, sulfur dioxide, ozone and other pollutants have contributed to the employment decline. Source: US DOE/EIA.

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