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The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (“ODEQ”) issued a June 25th Notice of Civil Penalty Assessment and Order (“Order”) to Crash Champions, LLC (“CC”) addressing an alleged violation of certain Oregon air...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a pre-publication version of a proposed rule that would remove affirmative defense provisions from certain Clean Air Act New Source Performance Standards...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (“Goodyear”) entered into a May 13th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a final denial of a petition requesting removal of the Stationary Combustion Turbines source categories from the list of categories of major sources of Clean...more
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") finalized the strictest-ever emission standards for heavy-duty vehicles. On March 29, 2024, EPA announced new emission standards for heavy-duty vehicles for model years 2027...more
Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced new regulations to reduce ethylene oxide emissions. According to the EPA’s press release, the new regulations are “the strongest measures in U.S. history to...more
The Chairman of the United States House of Representatives Committee on Small Business (“Committee”) sent a February 14th letter to United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Administrator Michael S. Reagan...more
The United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (“Court”) addressed in a March 1st Opinion an issue addressing start up, shut down and malfunction (“SSM”) provisions. See Environmental Committee of the Florida...more
The United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit (“Fifth Circuit”) in a February 16th Order considered the Port Arthur Community Action Network (“PACAN”) Petition for a review of a decision by the Texas Commission on...more
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) intends to require power plants and other stationary sources in five additional states to comply with the Good Neighbor Plan to ensure that these states do not unlawfully contribute...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality and Jet Asphalt & Rock Company, Inc. (“Jet Asphalt”) entered into an October 12th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more
In a recent report, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) describes steps the EPA should take to increase air monitoring at marine ports and neighboring communities. While not agreeing to...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published in the September 13th Federal Register a proposed rule that would amend the general provisions for Clean Air Act National Emission Standards for Hazardous...more
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (“NRECA”) submitted June 23rd comments to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) in its docket addressing Proposed National Emission Standards for...more
On February 10, 2023, the Sixth Circuit issued an opinion in Sierra Club, et al. v. U.S. EPA, et al., (Case No. 21-3057). The case involved a petition for review filed by the Sierra Club, the Ohio Environmental Council, and...more
Por medio de la Resolución 00308, la Secretaría Distrital de Ambiente de Bogotá declara Alerta Fase 1 por contaminación atmosférica, la cual se ha monitoreado desde el distrito para identificar las afectaciones que se están...more
On December 20, 2022, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) finalized new emission standards for heavy-duty highway vehicles and engines, including heavy-duty trucks and other vocational vehicles such as fire...more
The Tel Aviv District Court recently allowed a motion to certify a class action against the Volkswagen Group and its importer in Israel, Champion Motors Ltd. The class action focuses on the Dieselgate scandal, after an...more
For air emission sources in New Haven County, Middlesex County, and Shelton, Connecticut, the regulatory landscape will change on November 7, 2022. Per a regulation published on October 7, 2022, EPA is reclassifying the...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) is proposing revisions to the Clean Air Act’s New Source Review (“NSR”) permitting regulations. The proposed rule would require that owners and operators of...more
Food and Water Watch and 21 other environmental organizations (collectively, "FWW") filed an August 17th document with the Oregon Environmental Quality Commission (“EQC”) titled: Petition to Adopt a Dairy Emissions...more
The Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (“NESCAUM”) submitted August 9th comments to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) addressing: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air...more
The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board (“Board”) issued a June 14th proposed Technical Secretary’s Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Order”) to Cooper’s Steel Fabricators, Inc. (“Cooper’s”) addressing an alleged...more
Congressman Rochester (Delaware) and Senator Duckworth (Illinois) have introduced S.4510 which is denominated the Public Health Air Quality Act of 2022 (“S.4510”). The legislation addresses Clean Air Act monitoring...more
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Circle K Scrap Metal, LLC (“Circle K”) entered into an April 12th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing an alleged violation of the Alabama air regulations. See...more