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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. XTO is a natural gas extraction and production company that is a directly held, wholly owned subsidiary of ExxonMobil.

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EPA Announces $1.35 Million Penalty, Settlement With Genesee & Wyoming Railroad Over Clean Air Act Violations

PA Environment Daily

NOx is a contributor to the formation of summer ozone, and particulate matter smaller than 2.5 Today’s settlement requires GWRSI to bring its fleet of locomotives into compliance with Clean Air Act pollution control requirements,” said Acting Assistant Administrator Larry Starfield of EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance.

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September 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

In an unpublished judgment, the court rejected the petitioners’ other NEPA arguments regarding project design and capacity and cumulative ozone impacts. Vecinos para el Bienestar de la Comunidad Costera v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission , No. 20-1045 (D.C. 3, 2021); Vecinos para el Bienestar de la Comunidad Costera v. Rhode Island v.

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Policy News: November 22, 2021

ESA

Department of Agriculture undersecretary for farm production and conservation, overseeing the Natural Resources Conservation Service, the Farm Service Agency and the Risk Management Agency. He served as the USDA undersecretary for nature resources and the environment in the Obama administration. 5345 ), sponsored by Rep.

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Policy News: January 31, 2022

ESA

Conservation: The House Natural Resources Committee approved the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (H.R. Lawmakers voted down amendments from Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-AR) that would have designated funding sources for the bill. This bill provides a combined $1.4 Bill sponsor Rep.

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ESA Policy News: May 15, 2023

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NOAA and EPA – Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program: Proposal To Find That Michigan Has Satisfied Conditions on Earlier Approval. NRCS – Proposed Revisions to the National Handbook of Conservation Practices for the Natural Resources Conservation Service. Comments are due by June 12, 2023.

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