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Environmental Notes - March 2021

Arguably, the Social Cost of Carbon (SCC) is one of our society’s most important numbers. The SCC is used in all climate decisions and will now be considered in all significant governmental decisions and federal actions. How...more

EPA Issues Final Rule for Civil Compliance Inspection Procedures

EPA recently issued a final rule governing how EPA personnel are to conduct certain inspections at regulated facilities. The rule was developed in response to an Executive Order issued by President Trump, and it sets forth...more

A New Pill to Swallow: EPA’s Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals Rule

Certain pharmaceuticals are regulated under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) as “hazardous waste” when they are discarded.  EPA recently finalized new management standards for hazardous waste pharmaceuticals...more

EPA Publishes Guidance for State CCR Permitting Programs

In April, 2015, EPA published in the Federal Register a final rule regulating the management and disposal of coal combustion residuals (CCR), commonly known as coal ash, from coal-fired power plants. Among other things, the...more

EPA Stays Landfill Methane Rules

EPA recently announced a 90-day stay for reconsideration of rules governing performance standards and emissions from Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Landfills. The final rules issued in July 2016 established new source...more

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

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

EPA Finalizes Amendments to the Boiler MACT; Definitions of “Startup” and “Shutdown” are Revised

EPA recently issued a final rule that amends the Boiler MACT, the regulation that addresses emissions of HAPs from industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers and process heaters located at major sources of HAPs. The...more

EPA Tightens Wastewater Discharge Limits for Power Plants

EPA recently issued a final rule setting new Effluent Limitation Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category. According to EPA, while the electric power industry has made...more

Environmental Notes - June 2015

In this Issue: - EPA Issues SIP Call to Eliminate SSM Defense - EPA and Corps Define “Waters of The United States” - Frequent Questions: EPCRA 313 - Generators Need to be Vigilant About TCLP Sampling...more

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