Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Pollution Control

EPA Proposes Widespread Ban on Methylene Chloride Under TSCA: Will Your Operations Be Impacted?

Holland & Hart LLP on 5/15/2023

EPA has issued a proposed rule under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to ban most uses of methylene chloride, also known as dichloromethane or DCM. Methylene chloride is a chemical with a wide range of industrial and...more

Unmanned Aerial Systems/Solar Arrays: Utilization by PMI for Design/Development

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 9/15/2022

The ability of unmanned aerial vehicle systems (i.e., drones) to assist in a variety of activities in the environmental and energy areas has been and is continuing to expand rapidly. A number of environmental service...more

Prepared for Takeoff: EPA Finalizes First-Ever Domestic Greenhouse Gas Standards for Aircraft

Beveridge & Diamond PC on 1/7/2021

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has adopted the first-ever Clean Air Act (CAA) aircraft emission standards for greenhouse gases (GHGs), assuring the worldwide acceptance of U.S. manufactured airplanes and airplane...more

Use of Drones in Environmental/Engineering Services: Pollution Management, Inc., (Little Rock, Arkansas) Personnel Achieve FAA...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 4/1/2020

The use and functions of unmanned aerial vehicles (i.e, drones) in service industries is rapidly evolving. Environmental services and/or environmental monitoring/enforcement is an example of an area in which the usefulness...more

Up in the Air - Will EPA rulemaking on carbon emission design standards for aircraft be the next Obama climate initiative on the...

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 6/28/2017

Trump Administration officials followed up on the President’s June 1 announcement of U.S. withdrawal from the Paris climate accord by announcing that the Administration was reviewing U.S. participation in ICAO’s global...more

EPA Determines that Aircraft Emissions Contribute to Air Pollution and Climate Change

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 8/8/2016

Synopsis: EPA’s recent finding paves the way for the Agency to develop standards regulating greenhouse gas emissions from aircraft. Businesses in the commercial jet manufacturing and aviation transportation industry should...more