Since 1996, federal agencies have been required to review and adjust their statutory civil monetary penalties for inflation under the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act. Initially, these adjustments were made...more
Under newly finalized rule, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would be required to uniformly document the benefit-cost analysis (BCA) for all significant rulemakings under the Clean Air Act (CAA). The final rule,...more
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