The National Association of Clean Air Agencies (“NACAA”) submitted March 28th comments to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) addressing its proposed rule to strengthen the National Ambient Air Quality...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a March 15th prepublication final rule imposing a Federal Implementation Plan (“FIP”) regarding interstate transport for the 2015 8-hour National Ambient Air...more
Last week, D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected challenges to EPA’s “Revised Cross-State Air Pollution Update Rule”. The Court found that the Rule was “an appropriate exercise of EPA’s statutory authority”....more
The Environmental Protection Agency recently published a Cumulative Impacts Addendum (“Addendum”) to its Legal Tools to Advance Environmental Justice (“EJ Legal Tools”), issued in May 2022....more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced on January 6th a proposed rule which will strengthen the National Ambient Air Quality Standard (“NAAQS”) for fine particulate matter.. EPA had...more
EPA is poised to publish a final Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) for emissions from oil and natural gas sources on Indian country lands within the Uintah and Ouray Indian reservation in northeast Utah. EPA recently released...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) submitted on June 21st comprehensive comments on the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) proposed rule: ...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve portions of Arkansas’ state implementation plan (SIP) addressing the 2015 ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). The SIP...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced it is proposing to retain the current Clean Air Act National Ambient Air Quality Standard (“NAAQS”) for particulate matter (“PM”). The PM standard includes...more
The Office of Air Quality (“OAQ”) of the Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment (“ADEE”), Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) released its annual State of the Air Report (“Report”) on February 29th. Prior to...more
The Conservation Law Foundation (“CLF”) filed a Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief and Civil Penalties (“Complaint”) in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts against Wynn Resorts,...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Halloween published a draft policy assessment recommending that the current National Ambient Air Quality Standards (“NAAQS”) of 70 parts per billion (ppb) be...more
The Association of Air Pollution Control Agencies (“AAPCA”) submitted October 31st comments on the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) Draft FY 2018 – 2022 Strategic Plan (“Plan”). EPA states the Plan...more
On December 11, a D.C. Circuit panel (Tatel, Brown, Griffith) granted in part environmental and state petitions for rehearing in Mississippi v. EPA (Nos. 08-1200 et al.), revising key language describing the court’s review of...more