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In Response to Environmental Groups’ Lawsuit, EPA Promptly Issues New Policy on Start Up, Shut Down, Malfunction SIP Call

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On Sept. 30, 2021, the Biden Administration made the latest move in the startup, shutdown, and malfunction (SSM) saga when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a guidance policy repealing a Trump...more

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EPA Relaxes Policy on Startup, Shutdown, and Malfunction Emissions Standards

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In 2015, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) took the policy position that state implementation plans, or SIPs, cannot provide for relaxed air emission standards during Startup, Shutdown, and Malfunction...more

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Court to Consider EPA Rule Eliminating Exemption for Excess Emissions During SSM

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A 2015 EPA rulemaking required 36 states to revise their State Implementation Plans (“SIPs”) to eliminate provisions exempting air emission exceedances during periods of startup, shutdown, or malfunction (the “SSM SIP Call...more

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Environmental Notes - August 2016

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Time to Pay More: EPA Increases Maximum Civil Penalties - Remember the days when the maximum civil penalty EPA could assess for a violation of environmental law was $25,000 per day? Those days disappeared 26 years ago...more

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Air Program Malfunction Exemption Nixed, But Not Agency Discretion

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Virginia’s State Air Pollution Control Board (“Board”) recently amended its regulations to remove the long-standing malfunction exemption available to regulated sources of air pollution for violations of emission limits and...more

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Environmental Notes - May 2016

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The news has been full of stories and articles concerning Coal Combustion Residuals (CCR), also referred to as coal ash. CCR became a hot topic in 2008 when a coal ash pond at a utility plant in Tennessee spilled more than 5...more

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EPA nixes state exemptions on excess CAA emissions

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Affirmative defenses commonly relied upon by facility operators to avoid civil and administrative penalties for violations of air emissions limitations during periods of facility startup, shutdown or malfunction (“SSM”) may...more

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EPA Issues SIP Call to Eliminate SSM Defense

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EPA has issued a final rule that requires 36 states to revise their State Implementation Plans to eliminate a well-known and often-used Clean Air Act defense for excess emissions. While specific elements of the defense...more

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Nothing but Nonsense in New EPA Rule on Emissions

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In response to a petition for final rule-making filed by the Sierra Club, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued on May 22, 2015, its final action requiring 36 states to revise their state implementation plans...more

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Startup, Shutdown, and Malfunction — No Longer Any Automatic Exemptions or Affirmative Defenses

Last week, EPA finally responded to the Sierra Club’s petition requesting that it eliminate exemptions and defenses for excess emissions resulting from startup, shutdown, or malfunction events. EPA concluded that it needed to...more

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EPA Requires States to Revise and Tighten Startup, Shutdown, and Malfunction Regulations

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Action Item: In response to pressure from environmental groups, EPA has removed Clean Air Act affirmative defenses previously available to the regulated community for startups, shutdowns, or malfunctions (SSM Rule). The...more

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EPA Reverses Course on Malfunctions

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EPA proposes eliminating all startup, shutdown and malfunction affirmative defense provisions from SIPS. On September 17, 2014, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a supplemental notice of...more

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EPA Tightens Air Regulations for Emissions During Shutdown, Startup and Malfunction

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Introduction - Of particular concern to electric utilities and other major sources operating under Title V permits, on February 12, 2013, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) initiated steps under the Clean...more

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