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EPA Permitting Regulations Vacated—Project Delays Expected

by Darlene Marsh | Burr & Forman on 3/29/2013

The recent decision in Sierra Club v. EPA, 705 F.3d 458 (D.C. Cir. 2013) vacated all of EPA’s rules on Significant Monitoring Concentrations (“SMCs”), as well as some (the Prevention of Significant Deterioration (“PSD”)...more

DC Circuit Remands PM2.5 Implementation Rules to EPA

by Cozen O'Connor on 1/24/2013

On January 4, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit held in Natural Resources Defense Council v. EPA, No. 08-1250, that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had improperly promulgated...more

More Than Four Years Later, the Bush EPA Is Still Losing Court Decisions

by Seth Jaffe | Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law on 1/8/2013

On Friday, the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected EPA’s approach to implementation of the PM2.5 NAAQS. The fine particulate NAAQS was first published in 1997, and EPA issued implementation rules...more

EPA Tightens Air Quality Standards for Fine Particles

by Jeffrey N. Hurwitz | Morgan Lewis on 12/29/2012

Revised ambient air quality standard could require more stringent control of fine particulate matter emissions. On December 14, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized its rule tightening the National...more

Yawn: EPA Promulgates New Fine Particulate Standard

by Seth Jaffe | Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law on 12/17/2012

On Friday, EPA announced promulgation of its revised fine particulate, or PM2.5, NAAQS. Why am I yawning? Let me count the ways...more

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EPA Permitting Regulations Vacated—Project Delays Expected

DC Circuit Remands PM2.5 Implementation Rules to EPA

More Than Four Years Later, the Bush EPA Is Still Losing Court Decisions

EPA Tightens Air Quality Standards for Fine Particles

Yawn: EPA Promulgates New Fine Particulate Standard

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