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As with too many other airpollutants, people of color face a disproportionate impact from sterilizers that pose greater cancer risks, co-located facilities, and those violating the CleanAirAct. To be clear: EPA is not proposing that these facilities cease operations or suddenly banning the use of EtO.
million penalty and make extensive improvements at its steel production facility in Braddock, Pennsylvania, as part of a settlement covering longstanding airpollution violations. Steel is required to make numerous improvements in training, monitoring and work practices to increase compliance and timely response to airpollution.
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. The agency’s air quality modeling indicates that most areas would receive an ozone reduction of less than 0.1 ppb by 2025.
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 CleanAirAct. Fourth Circuit Said West Virginia District Court Lacked Jurisdiction to Consider Coal Companies’ CleanAirAct Jobs Study Lawsuit. DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS.
million for airpollution in 2007, and then $8.75 million fine for violating a 2007 airpollution settlement over emissions at its Port Arthur refinery, the Justice Department said Friday. million in fines and upgrade pollution controls at its 240,000 b/d Port Arthur, Tex., million in 2013. Total settles U.S.
million for airpollution in 2007, and then $8.75 million fine for violating a 2007 airpollution settlement over emissions at its Port Arthur refinery, the Justice Department said Friday. million in fines and upgrade pollution controls at its 240,000 b/d Port Arthur, Tex., million in 2013. Total settles U.S.
million for airpollution in 2007, and then $8.75 million fine for violating a 2007 airpollution settlement over emissions at its Port Arthur refinery, the Justice Department said Friday. million in fines and upgrade pollution controls at its 240,000 b/d Port Arthur, Tex., million in 2013. Total settles U.S.
million for airpollution in 2007, and then $8.75 million fine for violating a 2007 airpollution settlement over emissions at its Port Arthur refinery, the Justice Department said Friday. million in fines and upgrade pollution controls at its 240,000 b/d Port Arthur, Tex., million in 2013. Total settles U.S.
million for airpollution in 2007, and then $8.75 million fine for violating a 2007 airpollution settlement over emissions at its Port Arthur refinery, the Justice Department said Friday. million in fines and upgrade pollution controls at its 240,000 b/d Port Arthur, Tex., million in 2013. Total settles U.S.
million for airpollution in 2007, and then $8.75 million fine for violating a 2007 airpollution settlement over emissions at its Port Arthur refinery, the Justice Department said Friday. million in fines and upgrade pollution controls at its 240,000 b/d Port Arthur, Tex., million in 2013. Total settles U.S.
million for airpollution in 2007, and then $8.75 million fine for violating a 2007 airpollution settlement over emissions at its Port Arthur refinery, the Justice Department said Friday. million in fines and upgrade pollution controls at its 240,000 b/d Port Arthur, Tex., million in 2013. Total settles U.S.
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In 2012, the company became infamous again when it unsuccessfully sued Ben-Jei Tsuang, a professor at the Department of Environmental Engineering in National Chun Hsing University, who published a paper linking high cancer rates in Mailiao, Taiwan, to toxic dioxin and heavy metals airpollution from the Six Naphtha Cracking plant.
penalty and $5 million restitution from the Shell Petrochemical Plant in Beaver County for airpollution violations; -- $1.4 million penalty against Halliburton Energy Services for 255 violations of the state Solid Waste Management Act; -- $1.5 DEP Announce $5.275 Million In Penalties [Shared Equally], Plus $1.4
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Environmental Groups Sue Shell Oil for CleanAirAct Violations at Deer Park Refinery and Chemical Plant Mike Metzger | Environment Texas | January 7, 2008 Sierra Club and Environment Texas filed a lawsuit today in federal district court against Shell Oil Company and several affiliates.
Environmental Groups Sue Shell Oil for CleanAirAct Violations at Deer Park Refinery and Chemical Plant Mike Metzger | Environment Texas | January 7, 2008 Sierra Club and Environment Texas filed a lawsuit today in federal district court against Shell Oil Company and several affiliates.
Environmental Groups Sue Shell Oil for CleanAirAct Violations at Deer Park Refinery and Chemical Plant Mike Metzger | Environment Texas | January 7, 2008 Sierra Club and Environment Texas filed a lawsuit today in federal district court against Shell Oil Company and several affiliates.
Environmental Groups Sue Shell Oil for CleanAirAct Violations at Deer Park Refinery and Chemical Plant Mike Metzger | Environment Texas | January 7, 2008 Sierra Club and Environment Texas filed a lawsuit today in federal district court against Shell Oil Company and several affiliates.
Environmental Groups Sue Shell Oil for CleanAirAct Violations at Deer Park Refinery and Chemical Plant Mike Metzger | Environment Texas | January 7, 2008 Sierra Club and Environment Texas filed a lawsuit today in federal district court against Shell Oil Company and several affiliates.
Environmental Groups Sue Shell Oil for CleanAirAct Violations at Deer Park Refinery and Chemical Plant Mike Metzger | Environment Texas | January 7, 2008 Sierra Club and Environment Texas filed a lawsuit today in federal district court against Shell Oil Company and several affiliates.
Anti-pollution activists stage protest at Volkswagen's UK headquarters Matthew Taylor | The Guardian | August 20, 2018 Doctors and anti-pollution activists have blockaded the UK headquarters of Volkswagen as the campaign to highlight the country’s airpollution crisis gathers pace. assembly plant in Tennessee.
Anti-pollution activists stage protest at Volkswagen's UK headquarters Matthew Taylor | The Guardian | August 20, 2018 Doctors and anti-pollution activists have blockaded the UK headquarters of Volkswagen as the campaign to highlight the country’s airpollution crisis gathers pace. assembly plant in Tennessee.
Anti-pollution activists stage protest at Volkswagen's UK headquarters Matthew Taylor | The Guardian | August 20, 2018 Doctors and anti-pollution activists have blockaded the UK headquarters of Volkswagen as the campaign to highlight the country’s airpollution crisis gathers pace. assembly plant in Tennessee.
Anti-pollution activists stage protest at Volkswagen's UK headquarters Matthew Taylor | The Guardian | August 20, 2018 Doctors and anti-pollution activists have blockaded the UK headquarters of Volkswagen as the campaign to highlight the country’s airpollution crisis gathers pace. assembly plant in Tennessee.
Anti-pollution activists stage protest at Volkswagen's UK headquarters Matthew Taylor | The Guardian | August 20, 2018 Doctors and anti-pollution activists have blockaded the UK headquarters of Volkswagen as the campaign to highlight the country’s airpollution crisis gathers pace. assembly plant in Tennessee.
Anti-pollution activists stage protest at Volkswagen's UK headquarters Matthew Taylor | The Guardian | August 20, 2018 Doctors and anti-pollution activists have blockaded the UK headquarters of Volkswagen as the campaign to highlight the country’s airpollution crisis gathers pace. assembly plant in Tennessee.
Anti-pollution activists stage protest at Volkswagen's UK headquarters Matthew Taylor | The Guardian | August 20, 2018 Doctors and anti-pollution activists have blockaded the UK headquarters of Volkswagen as the campaign to highlight the country’s airpollution crisis gathers pace. assembly plant in Tennessee.
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The IRRC had earlier expressed concern there were not separate final regulations for unconventional and conventional oil and gas facilities as required by a 2016 state law (Act 52). Because these regulations are required under the CleanAirAct, failure to submit them in final form to U.S. Read more here.
Anti-pollution activists stage protest at Volkswagen's UK headquarters Matthew Taylor | The Guardian | August 20, 2018 Doctors and anti-pollution activists have blockaded the UK headquarters of Volkswagen as the campaign to highlight the country’s airpollution crisis gathers pace. assembly plant in Tennessee.
Anti-pollution activists stage protest at Volkswagen's UK headquarters Matthew Taylor | The Guardian | August 20, 2018 Doctors and anti-pollution activists have blockaded the UK headquarters of Volkswagen as the campaign to highlight the country’s airpollution crisis gathers pace. assembly plant in Tennessee.
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EPA in defense of EPA’s authority to effectively regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the CleanAirAct. Our client is Tom Jorling, a former Senate staffer and EPA official who was directly involved in drafting the Act in 1970. (We The Clean Power Plan never went into effect.
Juris Doctor Candidate (VLGS '23) and Staff Editor for the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law April 8, 2022 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) establishes air quality standards under the CleanAirAct. (1) Turner, Jr. 2) Therefore, various state agencies administer their jurisdiction’s “methane gas” policy. (3)
EPA , the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has regulated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from motor vehicles under the CleanAirAct. While the CleanAirAct (CAA) has been amended multiple times since 1970, this basic requirement has remained untouched. EPA , 549 U.S.
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