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The Environmental Council of the States and the EnvironmentalProtection Network reported this week the President's Budget Request issued on May 2 would cut over $1 billion going to states to administer federal pollutioncontrol and permitting programs, eliminating 16 of the 19 categorial state grants.
the EnvironmentalProtection Agency In the recent Supreme Court case , San Francisco was disputing permit language for its Oceanside wastewater treatment facility, which has an outfall pipe that discharges 4.5 Panoramic of Ocean Beach in San Francisco, downwind of the Oceanside Water PollutionControl Plant.
The rules would regulate hazardous waste PPRW as a universal waste. This rulemaking was initiated by the Illinois EnvironmentalProtection Agency (IEPA) to comply with Public Act 103-887, which took effect on January 1, 2025.
That’s primarily due to two key features of the CWA: first, a nationwide permit system designed to mandate aggressive application of pollutioncontrol technology to limit pollution from “point sources” such as factories and power plants. EnvironmentalProtection Agency.).
Indiana regulates the underground storage of carbon dioxide. Wisconsin ’s environment agency once again begins drafting rules to limit PFAS pollution. . The company is seeking powers of eminent domain from state regulators. EnvironmentalProtection Agency. billion annually. CO2 STORAGE: Indiana Gov. Looking Ahead.
Multiple lines of analysis make clear that regardless of how cheap wind and solar power get, without directly addressing pollution from coal and gas plants, the country’s clean energy transition will not happen fast enough. One critical tool for forcing that reckoning comes from the EnvironmentalProtection Agency (EPA).
The letter notes that funding cuts below fiscal year 2024 levels will undermine environmentalprotections that promote prosperity and human health of people across the country. State and local agencies have to invest significantly more funds beyond the statutory match requirements to meet their delegation commitments.
Click Here for copies of the Plans. -- The Department of EnvironmentalProtection published notice in the May 18 PA Bulletin announcing it is extending the NPDES General Permit for Stormwater Discharges from Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (PAG-13) until a new PAG-13 is reissued. The deadline for comments is June 17.
EnvironmentalProtection Agency (City and County of San Francisco), the Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision that the U. EnvironmentalProtection Agency (EPA) acted without statutory authority for the regulation of water pollution under the Clean Water Act (CWA or the Act).
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Illinois EnvironmentalProtection Agency (EPA) Director John J. Code) Part 620 to the Illinois PollutionControl Board (Board). Kim announced the Agency has submitted amendments to 35 Illinois Administrative Code (Ill.
Many of the notices offer the opportunity for public comments. -- DEP published notice in the February 8 PA Bulletin it has scheduled a March 11 hearing on a proposed Air Quality Plan Approval permit covering new air pollutioncontrol equipment to be installed at the Harmon Creek Natural Gas Processing Plant in Smith Township, Washington County. (
On March 24, the US EnvironmentalProtection 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.
On March 11, the Department of EnvironmentalProtection posted an updated to its Non-Regulatory Agenda showing the status of technical guidance in development. Click Here for up-to-date versions of both the Regulatory and Non-Regulatory Agendas.
On October 12, the Environmental Quality Board vot ed 15 to 3 to approve Part II of the final-omitted regulation limiting volatile organic compounds and methane from conventional oil and gas facilities. The unconventional shale gas industry accounts for 20 percent because they have implemented some controls. Read more here.
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EnvironmentalProtection Agency announced a record 45 states , plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and dozens of Metropolitan Statistical Areas have now developed priority climate action plans through investments made possible by the federal Inflation Reduction Act’s Investing in America program. On March 11, the U.S.
The Governors Office published an updated agency-by-agency Regulatory Agenda in the February 15 PA Bulletin that lists regulations in development, an estimated schedule of consideration and opportunities for public comments. The draft schedule has these regulations going to the EQB in the fourth quarter of 2025. Read more here.
EnvironmentalProtection Agency and the Department of Justice announced a settlement with Genesee & Wyoming Railroad Services Inc. and numerous affiliated companies (collectively, GWRSI) for violation of Clean Air Act (CAA) locomotive regulations. On January 24, the U.S.
EnvironmentalProtection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Energy (DOE) to plug small, conventionally drilled oil and gas wells with known owners. This federal funding could significantly reduce climate-changing methane pollution as well as smog-causing volatile organic compounds (VOC) and carcinogens like benzene.
On May 6, Laura Legere of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported the Department of EnvironmentalProtection is re-evaluating the final regulation to reduce methane emissions from oil and gas operations over a 2016 law requiring separate regulations for conventional oil and gas operations. Read more here.
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Pennsylvanians have a constitutional right to clean air and pure water, and my Administration will hold all companies – no matter how big or small – accountable when they violate the laws and regulationsprotecting our air and water,” said Gov. Josh Shapiro. Shell recognizes that as a company, it must do better, and this $6.2
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In Shirley, individual Republican legislators and various entities associated with two coal-fired power plants challenged a Department of EnvironmentalProtection (DEP) greenhouse gas controlregulation. The regulation would enable the state to participate in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI).
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This money will be used to fund projects which substantially improve, protect, restore, or remediate the environment, or improve, protect, or reduce risks to the public health or safety. Keystone must make those deposits within 30 days.
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Read More » Tags: Air , Climate Change , Commonwealth Court , Pennsylvania , Pennsylvania Department of EnvironmentalProtection , Taxes Bowfin KeyCon Holdings, LLC vs. Pa. Dep’t of Env’t Prot.
Many of the notices offer the opportunity for public comments. -- The Department of EnvironmentalProtection published notice in the January 6 PA Bulletin announcing it has disapproved an Act 2 Land Recycling Risk Assessment December 21 on remediation of soil and groundwater contamination at the American Refining Group, Inc.
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Supreme Court has issued a decision significantly limiting federal Clean Water Act regulation of wetlands just as the N.C. General Assembly has been moving legislation to limit state water quality protection for wetlands. Historically, states had the primary responsibility for protecting state waters from pollution.
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On May 17, the EnvironmentalProtection Agency and the Allegheny County Health Department announced the U.S. million penalty and make extensive improvements at its steel production facility in Braddock, Pennsylvania, as part of a settlement covering longstanding air pollution violations. Steel Corporation will pay a $1.5
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