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Concrete Batch Plants: Harris County Challenges Amended Air Quality Standard Permit Issued by Texas Commission on Environmental...

Harris County, Texas, and a number of other organizations filed a February 22nd Petition for Judicial Review (“Petition”) in the District Court of Travis County, Texas, against the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality...more

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EPA Significantly Lowers the National Ambient Air Quality Standard for Fine Particulate Matter

On Feb. 7, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency published an update to the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for fine particulate matter, commonly referred to as PM 2.5. The EPA announced that the annual...more

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Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Hot Springs Aircraft...

The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Triumph Airborne Structures, LLC, (“Triumph) entered into an August 14th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more

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Title V/Clean Air Act: Sierra Club Petition to Object to Berkley County, South Carolina, Aluminum Reduction Minor Permit...

The Sierra Club and Environmental Integrity Project (collectively, “Sierra Club”) submitted a June 9th Clean Air Act Title V objection styled: Petition Requesting that the Administrator Object to the Minor Permit...more

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Major Source Operating Permit/Coal Mine: Colorado District Court Addresses Alleged Violation of State Agency Permit Review...

A Colorado District Court (“Court”) (Gunnison County) Judge addressed motions filed by Wildearth Guardians and other environmental organizations alleging a violation of the Colorado Air Quality Control Act and C.R.S....more

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Reactivation/New Source Review: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Determination That Refinery Must Obtain PSD Permit

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) stated in a November16th letter that an oil refinery on St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands may not resume operations without going through New Source Review (“NSR”)....more

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Title V/Clean Air Act: Sierra Club Petition for Objection to Permit Revision for Pinal County, Arizona, Generating Station

The Sierra Club filed an objection to a Clean Air Act Title V Revised Operating Permit before the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) through a document styled: PETITION FOR OBJECTION...more

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Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and City of Wynne Enter into...

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and City of Wynne, Arkansas (“Wynne”), entered into a November 4th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged...more

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Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Mercy Health System of NWA (“Mercy”) entered into a July 7th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged...more

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Environmental Notes - July 2021

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Can you still build a bulkhead along the shoreline in coastal Virginia to protect your property? Well, it depends, but now the answer is more likely to be “no.” Major changes to how Virginia tidal waterfront property owners...more

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Office of Air Quality Introductory Guide/Frequently Asked Questions: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of...

The Office of Air Quality (“OAQ”) issued two guidance documents addressing Arkansas air permitting issues titled: Arkansas Air Quality Permitting – Introductory Guide (“ Introductory Guide”) Arkansas Air Permitting...more

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Air Enforcement: Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality and Warren County Petroleum Terminal Enter into Agreed Order

The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“Commission”) and Hunt Southland Refining Company, LLC (“Hunt”) entered into a June 16th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing alleged violations of an air permit. See Order No....more

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Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and North Little Rock...

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Jason International, Inc. (“JII”) entered into an April 4th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations...more

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Arizona Natural Resources, Environment & Water Legislation Transmitted to the Governor

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The Arizona’s First Regular Session of the 55th Legislature has been moving along at a pretty fast and steady pace. A total of 40 bills have already been sent to the Governor’s desk; and 32 of those have been signed into law...more

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U.S. EPA Addresses Key Questions on Plantwide Applicability Limit (PAL) Permits

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In a piece of good news for regulated sources, on August 4, 2020, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) issued guidance clarifying the flexibility and reduced permitting burden available to sources...more

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Title V/Clean Air Act: Federal Appellate Court Addresses Challenge Based on Alleged Invalidity of Preconstruction Permit

The United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit (“Court”) addressed in a May 29th decision a challenge to a Clean Air Act (“Act”) Title V Permit issued to an ExxonMobil Baytown, Texas Olefin plant (“Plant”). See...more

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Manufacturer Alert - The Environmental Impact of a Suspension or Shut Down in Operations

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If you are operating in a state where your governor has issued a stay at home order (NY, NJ, CT, CA, PA, IL, OH, MI, LA, DE, KY, WI) and you have been forced to suspend or shutdown some or all of your operations, it is...more

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Air Permitting/Emissions: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality Announces On-Track...

The Office of Air Quality (“OAQ”) of the Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Air Quality issued a news release announcing a new assistance program (“Program”) for facilities subject to permitting for...more

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Arkansas Air Program: Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment/Division of Environmental Quality Notes Leadership in Air...

The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environmental Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) issued a news release citing what it describes as a continuation of its leadership among state regulatory agencies in permitting...more

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Project Emissions Accounting/New Source Review: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Proposed Clean Air Act Rule

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published an August 9th Federal Register Notice proposing to revise certain New Source Review (“NSR”) regulations associated with the Clean Air Act Prevention of...more

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U.S. EPA Environmental Appeals Board: Petition Filed Challenging Uintah County, Utah Natural Gas Compression Facilities' Clean Air...

WildEarth Guardians (“WildEarth”) filed a July 7th Petition for Review (“Petition”) before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board (“EAB”) challenging Clean Air Act permits for...more

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Air Quality Permitting: Trinity Arkansas Class - Little Rock, Arkansas (August 9th)

Trinity Consultants announced it is holding an Arkansas Air Quality Permitting class (“Class”) August 9th. The Class will be held in Little Rock, Arkansas....more

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Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality Office of Air Quality: Quarterly Newsletter (Spring 2018)

The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) published the Spring 2018 edition of its quarterly newsletter (“Newsletter”). The Newsletter identifies and summarizes a variety of issues and developments related...more

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State of the Air: Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality Releases 2017 Report

The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) Office of Air Quality has released a document titled: State of the Air – 2017 (“Report”) ...more

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Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and Pulaski County, Arkansas Plastic Piping Systems Manufacturer...

The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and Tubo-FGS, L.L.C., d/b/a Fiber Glass Systems (“Tubo”) entered into a November 15th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of an air...more

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