PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 29, 2023

Long-story-short, DEP went through the entire regulatory process-- proposed and final-- and then in December 2022 withdrew the regulation from consideration after the Independent Regulatory Review Commission disapproved the regulation. Click Here to read the entire article. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

On November 12, the Environmental Quality Board approved for public comment a proposed regulation on notification of spills and corrections to Air Quality regulations on RACT requirements for nitrogen oxide and volatile organic compounds. Also approved was a final-omitted regulations on noncoal mine blasting.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 9, 2022

On August 9, the Environmental Quality Board voted 16 to 3 to approve a final regulation setting a science-based manganese standard of 0.3mg/L as a Water Quality Criteria for Toxic Substances to protect public health and environment and make the point of compliance for the standard at the point of discharge into a river or stream.

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Clean Energy Law

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

The Basin does not meet the state or federal ambient air quality standards for ozone and particulate matter, and existing regulations have to date proved insufficient to bring the Basin into compliance. In other words, if an action was required for compliance with a regulation, then WAIRE Points cannot be generated.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The authors of the study based their results on industry-disclosed Hazardous Air Pollutants data submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission as part of natural gas infrastructure applications between 2017-2020. This includes new regulations in Pennsylvania. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 28, 2024

-- DEP Invites Comments On Renewal Of Waste Permit For Keystone Landfill In Lackawanna County [PaEN] -- Comments Invited By DEP On Stronghold Digital Mining Panther Creek Power Plant Title V Air Quality Permit Renewal [PaEN] -- DEP Sets May 16 Public Conference To Accept Comments On Rosebud Mining Permit For Cherry Tree Mine In Clearfield, Indiana (..)

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Breezometer

JUNE 21, 2021

A 2017 study attributed an annual €20 billion spent on healthcare in France to six different types of indoor air pollutants like radon, CO, and secondhand smoke. Rising IAQ Standards & Regulation. Indoor air pollution is expensive in terms of associated healthcare costs. particles contributed to about 75% of these costs.

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Vermont Law

APRIL 8, 2022

1) The EPA permits states to draft and execute regulations to satisfy national standards in most circumstances. (2) Along with Carbon dioxide and Methane, particle pollution such as particulate matter and nitrogen oxides are examples of pollutants discharged into the atmosphere from flaring. (26) Turner, Jr. 2021), [link] Id.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

This fine particulate often comprises a toxic brew of carbon, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide created by several sources, including combustion in fossil fuel power plants, factories, and from car and truck emissions. Tens of thousands of lives have been lost over the years because regulations for PM 2.5 micrometers or smaller.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 17, 2023

Unlike other major air pollutants, ground-level ozone is not emitted directly into the air but is created by chemical reactions between nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds, meaning that ozone pollution is tied to sources that emit these precursor chemicals, such as heavy duty vehicles.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 21, 2025

In other words, if a regulation mentions electric vehicles, its probably on the target list. Trump is targeting both federal and CA vehicle standards in his recent executive order standards that not only reduce climate emissions but also slash air pollutants like nitrogen oxides and particulate matter.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

For example, should costs imposed by US regulation of greenhouse gases be justified by including in the benefits the reduction of climate change impacts outside of the United States? First, the SCC will be used to benchmark the benefits of agency regulations. 2017); [link].]] Energy Regul. FERC , 867 F.3d 3d 1373 (D.C.

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