On April 15, 2020, an order from the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana vacated a key general permit pipeline and utility project owners have used for decades to address Clean Water Act requirements, including...more
Two years ago, the EPA adopted the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) Subpart OOOOa (commonly known as the Methane Rule), which allowed the EPA – for the first time – to regulate directly the emissions of methane gas...more
9/14/2018
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Methane ,
Moratorium ,
New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) ,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) ,
Oil & Gas ,
Oil Wells ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Public Comment ,
Reversal ,
Stays ,
Vacated
On April 11, 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D. C. Circuit vacated a 2008 EPA rule, which had exempted certain agricultural operations from federal air emission reporting requirements...more
5/11/2017
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Air Pollution ,
Appeals ,
CERCLA ,
Chevron Deference ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
EPCRA ,
Exemptions ,
Farms ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Vacated