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EPA: Clean Air Act Presidential Exemption Request Information; Send Requests To: airaction@epa.gov

PA Environment Daily

On March 24, the US Environmental Protection Agency posted information on how industries regulated under a variety of federal Clean Air Act programs could obtain Presidential Exemptions from those requirements. Please: Use Presidential Exemption: [Name of Regulation]: [Facility(ies) Name] as the subject of the request.

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Criminal Convictions; Record Penalties, Restitution Of Over $158.3 Million Highlight Big Shale Gas, Related Petrochemical Industry Compliance History In Pennsylvania

PA Environment Daily

penalty and $5 million restitution from the Shell Petrochemical Plant in Beaver County for air pollution 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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Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 3.28.25

PA Environment Daily

Of Health & Human Services Will Cut 10,000 Jobs As Part Of Major Restructuring Plan [10,000 Already Took Early Retirements] Click Here for latest PA Environmental News Like PA Environment Digest on Facebook Follow PA Environment Digest on Twitter Read Weekly PA Environment Digest [Posted: March 28, 2025] PA Environment Digest

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111 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

.] -- The Allegheny Front: Advice From A Youth Climate Organizer; Preview Of Pittsburgh Youth Climate Summit -- StateCollege.com Guest Essay: Youth Know The Direction America Should Take - Im Listening - By Peter Buck, Director of Education At Penn State Sustainability -- Criminal Convictions; Record Penalties, Restitution Of Over $158.3

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EPA Announces Its Final National Enforcement and Compliance Initiatives

E2 Law Blog

The EPA noted that its efforts will focus on protecting drinking water supplies and that it anticipates enforcement actions under this NECI to begin in FY 2025. (3) 4) Air Toxics. 3) Coal Ash. Importantly, EPA stated that “[a]ll of the initiatives incorporate environmental justice considerations[.]” 5) Drinking Water.

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Improving EPA’s Latest Ozone Transport Rule

Acoel

The agency’s air quality modeling indicates that most areas would receive an ozone reduction of less than 0.1 ppb by 2025. These air quality impacts are minimal compared with the major ozone reductions resulting from the 1998 SIP Call, which resulted in more than 80,000 megawatts of coal capacity being retrofitted with SCRs.

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EPA, Justice Dept., DEP Announce $5.275 Million In Penalties, Plus $1.4 Million In Abandoned Well Plugging Funding Against Shale Gas Drilling Companies-- XTO Energy, Inc., Hilcorp Energy Company For Federal, State Clean Air Act Violations

PA Environment Daily

XTO) [ExxonMobil] and Hilcorp Energy Company (Hilcorp) , agreed to resolve alleged Clean Air Act and Pennsylvania Air Pollution Control Act violations involving their oil and gas production operations in Pennsylvania. In separate agreements, XTO Energy Inc. DEP Announce $5.275 Million In Penalties, Plus $1.4