Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 1, 2024
This doctrine has played a crucial role in enabling agencies to enforce regulations on complex issues such as environmental protection, public health, and consumer safety. Slower Regulatory Process : The decision introduces a new level of difficulty into the regulatory process.
Legal Planet
MARCH 28, 2025
This is the second in a series of posts on the reasons we might have environmental review. Why might we have an environmental review statute such as NEPA when we already have a range of other environmental protection statutes such as the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and more?
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Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 18, 2024
Last week, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized updated regulations for certain facilities that emit ethylene oxide (EtO), a colorless, cancer-causing gas. Under the Clean Air Act, EPA is required to review and revise standards for “hazardous air pollutants” (including ethylene oxide), every eight years.
PA Environment Daily
MARCH 28, 2025
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. Click Here for the EPA announcement [ PDF of page ].
Legal Planet
JULY 2, 2024
As an example of a statutory delegation of authority, the Court cites a provision in the Clean Water Act, 33 U. The Court summarizes that section as saying: “Whenever, in the judgment of the [Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)] Administrator. discharges of pollutants from a point source or group of point sources.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 1, 2022
Environmental Protection Agency. EPA did not revoke EPA’s underlying authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. This term, alongside a number of cases with the potential for seismic implications, the Supreme Court also took up West Virginia v. ” Justice Kagan, dissenting.
Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 1, 2022
California has a longstanding leadership role on transportation pollution, and the Clean Air Act grants the state the right to set strong vehicle emissions standards. While the waiver addresses California’s ability to enforce its rules, the Clean Air Act also allows other states the ability to adopt California’s policies.
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