The Truck Industry’s Decades-long War on Stronger Pollution Controls
Union of Concerned Scientists
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
The EPA is under extreme pressure from industry to propose an absurdly ineffective standard for trucks.
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Minnesota Shows Progress Towards Climate Targets Despite Rise in Methane Emissions
Environment + Energy Leader
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
A new report released by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) shows that the state is moving toward its climate targets, although agriculture remains a large contributor of greenhouse gas emissions.
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Minnesota Needs Environmental Protections for Cumulative Impacts. Your State Does Too.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 16, 2023
Should it become statute, this bill would give additional regulatory authority to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (the state regulatory agency) to limit or deny an environmental permit if the proposal would result in significant additions to the cumulative environmental and public health stressors around the facility.
National Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Program – Basic Training
Environmental News Bits
NOVEMBER 10, 2021
The Section 319 program is an essential source of support for state, territorial and tribal efforts to control NPS pollution, the prevailing cause of… Read more → This training module, developed by U.S.
Understanding the dynamics of microplastics transport in urban stormwater runoff: Implications for pollution control and management
Environmental News Bits
JULY 17, 2024
Understanding the dynamics of microplastics transport in urban stormwater runoff: Implications for pollution control and management. Environmental Pollution, 356, 124302. Beheshtimaal, A., Alamdari, N., Kamali, M., & Salehi, M.
What’s Been Killing U.S. Coal?
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Regulation may have made a difference, since coal requires more extensive pollution controls than competing fuels. Coal began to really plunge in 2012, three years before Obama’s Clean Power Plan was issued. But this could only have a contributing factor. Probably the most obvious cause was fracking.
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Eleven Chemical Plants in China and One in the U.S. Emit a Climate Super-Pollutant Called Nitrous Oxide That’s 273 Times More Potent Than Carbon Dioxide
Inside Climate News
MAY 1, 2023
Proven, low-cost pollution controls could quickly curb those emissions, but neither China nor the U.S. require abatement measures used by other plants around the world.
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Minnesota Study Uncovers Staggering Costs of PFAS Water Cleanup
Environment + Energy Leader
JUNE 9, 2023
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency MPCA estimates that removal of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from wastewater streams in Minnesota would cost between $14 billion and $28 billion over the span of 20 years.
DOJ Gets Off Its Moral High Horse: Ameren Missouri Will Close Early
Law and Environment
MARCH 8, 2022
Ameren Missouri submitted to the Court a proposal to shut Rush Island early rather than install expensive pollution control equipment. . In January, I noted that Ameren Missouri had surrendered in its defense of the NSR enforcement action brought by DOJ with respect to the Rush Island generating facility. None of this was really news.
Help Wanted: Armstrong Conservation District Erosion & Sediment Pollution Control Technician
PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 5, 2021
The Armstrong County Conservation District is seeking qualified candidates to fill the position of Erosion and Sediment Pollution Control Technician. The person in this position will have an array of technical duties related to administration of the Chapter 102-Erosion and Sediment Pollution Control program.
PennEnvironment, Clean Air Council Win Record $42 Million Air Pollution Settlement Covering 3 US Steel Facilities In The Mon Valley, Pittsburgh
PA Environment Daily
JANUARY 26, 2024
This historic announcement shows that we will not sit by while illegal air pollution rains down on nearby communities and the Pennsylvanians who live in them." The settlement also includes approximately $37 million worth of pollution control and plant reliability upgrades to prevent future breakdowns of essential pollution control systems.
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NEPA in the Supreme Court (Part II)
Legal Planet
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
Or suppose BLM is deciding whether to approve a private project on its land that will produce a lot of air pollution. The emissions may require a permit from EPA as a major source, but EPA has authority over the facility’s pollution control system rather than whether it should be built.
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BP refinery hit with $40 million fine, agrees to spend $200 million on pollution control
Environmental News Bits
MAY 19, 2023
BP agreed to pay a $40 million penalty and spend almost $200 million on environmental controls to settle government allegations that the company released excessive toxic chemicals at its Whiting, Indiana, oil refinery on Lake Michigan.
(Mis)Estimating Regulatory Costs
Legal Planet
MARCH 21, 2022
Second, the agency needs information about the costs of facility-by-facility changes, such as shifts in how often facilities are used, their fuel consumption, and how pollution controls were actually operated.
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EPA and DOJ Claim eBay Unlawfully Sold Pesticides, Banned Chemical Products, and Devices That Defeat Pollution Controls on Motor Vehicles
Nanotech
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
(eBay) “for unlawfully selling, offering for sale, causing the sale of, and distributing hundreds of thousands of products” in violation of the Clean Air Act (CAA), the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), and the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).
EPA’s Power Plant Carbon Rules Are Critical—and Complex. Here’s What to Know, and What to Watch.
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 20, 2023
Specifically, while the Court did not ultimately rule out all possible interventions beyond direct pollution controls at individual sources, it did make clear that direct pollution controls were the clearest course, meaning that moving forward, EPA is likely to devise BSER based on things that can be applied “at or to” a polluting facility.
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Ohio EPA Division of Air Pollution Control hosts Program Advisory Group Meeting
Vorys Law
JANUARY 26, 2021
On January 20, 2021, the Ohio EPA’s Division of Air Pollution Control (DAPC) hosted a “Program Advisory Group” (PAG) meeting via Microsoft Teams to inform interested stakeholders of recent and upcoming DAPC activities.
Danger Season Underscores Need for Strong EPA Power Plant Carbon Standards
Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 31, 2023
The agency is constrained in the approaches it can use to set these standards due to a 2022 Supreme Court ruling, West Virginia vs. EPA , which largely limited the EPA to pollution controls that can be directly incorporated at power plants.
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Cost-Benefit Analysis: FAQs
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 25, 2021
For instance, EPA has required pollution controls that dramatically slash emissions of carbon monoxide from vehicles. This has become controversial recently. A regulation may have side-benefits that don’t directly relate to the purpose of the regulation.
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DOJ Doesn’t Know How to Declare Victory
Law and Environment
JANUARY 13, 2022
According to Inside EPA (subscription required), the Department of Justice (and the Sierra Club) have opposed Ameren’s Missouri’s motion to allow it to close its Rush Island generating facility early, rather than install otherwise required pollution control equipment. Like Tevye in A Fiddler on the Roof, I’ll tell you. . I don’t know.
Environmental Groups File Notice Of Intent To Sue The Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County For Air Pollution Violations: Similar Action In 2023 Resulted In $10 Million Settlement
PA Environment Daily
OCTOBER 31, 2024
and nitrogen oxides in violation of the federal Clean Air Act, the state Air Pollution Control Act and the plant's permit. "As On October 23, 2024, the Clean Air Council and the Environment Integrity Project filed a notice of intent to sue the Shell Petrochemical Plant in Beaver County for emitting particulate matter (PM 2.5)
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Center For Coalfield Justice, Donora Historical Society & Smog Museum Host Oct. 11 Webinar On 75th Anniversary Of Donora Smog Disaster
PA Environment Daily
SEPTEMBER 17, 2023
The Center for Coalfield Justice is partnering with the Donora Historical Society and Smog Museum to host an October 11 webinar to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Donora smog, an event that led to the creation of the state Air Pollution Control Act and the federal Clean Air Act.
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Ongoing Battle to Keep Toxic Chemicals at Bay
Circle of Blue
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
The Clean Water Act, a landmark federal pollution control law passed in 1972, cleaned up American waterways once fouled by industrial waste. That means establishing pollution control limits on chemicals as soon as they’re approved for use. It’s frustrating,” he said. But you know, like, this is the world we live in.”
RECLAIMING POLLUTED WATER: CAPACITIVE DESALINATION
Cleannovate
JUNE 28, 2021
Among the pollutants of concern, metals and dissolved industrial chemicals are significant. Though several treatment strategies have been used before, efficiency of pollutant removal still has a long way to go. Desalination involves the removal of dissolved pollutants from water. CONCLUSION.
Boston Promulgates BERDO “Phase I” Regulations: Emissions Standards For Buildings Are Coming Soon
Law and Environment
MARCH 22, 2022
The Boston Air Pollution Control Commission has formally adopted its “Building Emissions Reduction and Disclosure Ordinance Phase 1 Regulations.” The Phase 1 regulations are really all about the “disclosure” side of BERDO.
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EPA Imposes $2.5 Million Penalty On PA Company For Selling Auto Parts That Avoid Vehicle Pollution Controls
PA Environment Daily
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
The company’s actions allegedly violated the Clean Air Act’s prohibition on the sale of so-called “defeat devices,” which are designed to “bypass, defeat or render inoperative” a motor vehicle engine’s air pollution control equipment or systems. The Keystone settlement, at $2.5
Shell Petrochemical Plant Asks DEP To Classify Chemical Makeup, Flow Rate Of Gases Going To Be Burned Off By Flares, Air Pollution Sources, Control Equipment Operating At The Plant Confidential Business Information
PA Environment Daily
JULY 24, 2024
On April 12, 2024, the Shell Petrochemical Plant requested the Department of Environmental Protection to classify the composition and flow rate of gases going to be burned off at flares and the air pollution sources and pollution control equipment operating at the Beaver County facility confidential business information.
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BERDO Implementation Picks Up Speed — Better Get Ready
Law and Environment
DECEMBER 23, 2021
The Air Pollution Control Commission will later hold a “formal” public comment period at a time TBD. The rationale for this narrow focus is that the City wants these regulations in place promptly, in time for reporting in Q2 2022. The “informal” public comment period on the draft regulations will remain open until January 14.
Boston Regulates Building GHG Emissions: The Next Few Years Will Be Very Interesting
Law and Environment
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
The Air Pollution Control Commission has authority to suspend some or all of the requirements of BERDO 2.0 Use of Renewable Energy Certificates as a compliance mechanism. An alternative compliance payment provision – the initial cost will be set at $234/ton of CO2!
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Formosa Plastics Corp., Texas, and Formosa Plastics Corp., Louisiana, will spend more than $10 million on pollution controls to address air, water, and hazardous waste violations at two petrochemical plants in Point Comfort, Texas, and Baton Rouge, La.
Corp Watch
OCTOBER 25, 2023
Louisiana, will spend more than $10 million on pollution controls to address air, water, and hazardous waste violations at two petrochemical plants in Point Comfort, Texas, and Baton Rouge, La. Formosa Plastics Corp., Texas, and Formosa Plastics Corp., Texas, and Formosa Plastics Corp., Texas, and Formosa Plastics Corp.,
Fresh, May 2, 2023: Mississippi River Flooding Reaches Historic Levels Along Illinois-Iowa Border
Circle of Blue
MAY 2, 2023
In releasing this wastewater the facility violated a national permit, though according to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, the majority of the release was “clear storm water” and the threat to public health is “slim.” Louis River, which flows into Lake Superior.
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U.C. Davis Law School to Host “Clean Water Act at 50” Conference
Legal Planet
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
The second keynote address will feature current U.S.E.P.A. Region IX Administrator Martha Guzman, who will discuss current challenges and opportunities under the CWA.
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The Stream, July 28, 2021: Argentina Declares ‘Water Emergency’ On Parana River
Circle of Blue
JULY 28, 2021
The Hindustan Times reports that the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board identified six major drains as the main sources of the pollution. As the Pavana River in Pune, India, overflows due to monsoon rains, drainage lines are leaking sewage into the water. TODAY’S TOP WATER STORIES, TOLD IN NUMBERS. $2
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Desperate Tampering Industry Trying to Pass RPM Act to Continue Polluting
Union of Concerned Scientists
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
A couple years ago , I detailed how an industry designed to increase and sell devices tampering with pollution controls was trying to use the extremely small slice of its business targeted at racing as a Trojan horse to hinder EPA enforcement and let loose a bevy of tampering devices on the American public.
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EPA launches civil rights inquiry into Louisiana agencies
Environmental News Bits
APRIL 12, 2022
The agency’s External Civil Rights Compliance Office will investigate both the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality’s handling of its air pollution control program and whether the Louisiana … Continue reading EPA launches civil rights inquiry into Louisiana agencies.
The Serious Risks Around Treatment of Biomethane in 45V
Union of Concerned Scientists
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
If the regulations fail to account for methane leakage at the source of these alternative methane feedstocks and/or along the pipelines used to transport it, it could credit many sources as beneficial to the climate when, in reality, they are net climate burdens.
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Illinois EPA files administrative rules to create statewide groundwater quality standards for PFAS chemicals
Environmental News Bits
DECEMBER 14, 2021
Code) Part 620 to the Illinois Pollution Control Board (Board). Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Director John J. Kim announced the Agency has submitted amendments to 35 Illinois Administrative Code (Ill.
DEP Issues $1.1 Million Civil Penalty To Equitrans For Violations Related To The Uncontrolled Venting Of 1.1 Billion Cubic Feet Of Gas From The Rager Mountain Gas Storage Area In Cambria County
PA Environment Daily
APRIL 9, 2024
The total civil penalty assessments include $350,000 for air quality violations, which is the maximum civil penalty assessment allowable under the Pennsylvania Air Pollution Control Act, and $764,000 pursuant to Pennsylvania’s oil and gas and solid waste laws.
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"Environmental law" - a response to Farber
Environment, Law, and History
JANUARY 12, 2023
Wolfe, Los Angeles County Air Pollution Control District vehicle, Burbank, 1947-1950? " Even allowing for methodological nationalism and the focus on the unrepresentative Supreme Court, this is all rather strange. Read more ».
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Minnesota Publishes New Information Concerning PFAS in Products
Nanotech
MARCH 28, 2024
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) announced on March 26, 2024, that it has published new information concerning per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in products. This information includes: MPCA will publish details on other product categories in response to questions it has received.
EPA Issues Final Rule On Reducing Emissions Of Harmful Ethylene Oxide Found At 5 Facilities In PA
PA Environment Daily
MARCH 14, 2024
Through the installation of proven and achievable air pollution controls, commercial sterilizers will reduce emissions by more than 90%. The final amendments to the air toxics standards for ethylene oxide commercial sterilization facilities put in place the strongest measures in U.S.
DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets Oct. 19 To Hear Report On Radiation Decontamination Of Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Facilities, Reactors, Waste Sites
PA Environment Daily
OCTOBER 8, 2021
Several wastewater treatment plants require decontamination, including the Kiski Valley Water Pollution Control Authority, Royersford Wastewater Treatment Facility and oil and gas wastewater treatment facilities. Click Here for a copy of his presentation.
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Minnesota Can Do More to Protect People from Ethylene Oxide Emissions
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 1, 2023
If you live in Minnesota, you can help make sure the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) writes a comment letter supporting adequate protection in the EPA’s upcoming update to its rules covering emissions of ethylene oxide at commercial sterilizer facilities.
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Shell Falcon Pipeline LP Pleads No Contest To Criminal Charges For Violating The State Clean Streams Law In Allegheny, Beaver, Washington Counties; Will Pay $300,000 In Penalties
PA Environment Daily
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
and nitrogen oxides in violation of the federal Clean Air Act, the state Air Pollution Control Act and the plant's permit. On October 2024, the Clean Air Council and the Environment Integrity Project filed a notice of intent to sue the Shell Petrochemical Plant in Beaver County for emitting particulate matter (PM 2.5) Read more here.
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