The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed new standards on November 22, 2024, to significantly tighten nitrogen oxides’ (NOx) emission limits from fossil fuel-fired stationary combustion turbines. These proposed...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published an October 4th Federal Register Notice proposing revisions to the Clean Air Act New Source Performance Standards (“NSPS”) for volatile organic liquid (“VOL”)...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) maintains a compendium of written responses to certain Clean air Act inquiries from owners or operators of sources. This compendium is known as an Applicability...more
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Assistant Administrator William L. Wehrum addressed in an April 30th letter to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection the question of whether: . . . emissions...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Administrator E. Scott Pruitt issued a March 13th guidance memorandum titled: Project Emissions Accounting Under the New Source Review Preconstruction Permitting...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) in a March 12 Federal Register notice promulgated a final rule which encompassed revisions to the Clean Air Act New Source Performance Standards (“NSPS”) for the oil...more
On August 18, 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a suite of proposed actions affecting the oil and gas industry. EPA’s proposed Clean Air Act rules address methane emissions from new and modified...more
Draft New Source Performance Standards to Reduce Methane and VOC Emissions - The oil and gas sector is the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) latest target regarding the reduction of GHG emissions. The White House...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued the Clean Power Plan (Plan) in its final form on August 3, 2015. The rule reshapes energy policy nationwide by setting state-by-state greenhouse gas emissions...more