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EPA Significantly Lowers the National Ambient Air Quality Standard for Fine Particulate Matter

On Feb. 7, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency published an update to the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for fine particulate matter, commonly referred to as PM 2.5. The EPA announced that the annual...more

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Sixth Circuit Ruling on Ohio’s Air Nuisance Rule

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On February 10, 2023, the Sixth Circuit issued an opinion in Sierra Club, et al. v. U.S. EPA, et al., (Case No. 21-3057). The case involved a petition for review filed by the Sierra Club, the Ohio Environmental Council, and...more

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EPA Proposed Rule: Fugitive Emissions Count Toward PSD Significant Emissions Increase Thresholds

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EPA is proposing revisions to the new source review (“NSR”) permit program (“2022 Proposed Fugitive Emissions Rule”) under the federal Clean Air Act (“CAA”), which will codify the requirement that modifications account for...more

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Reactivation/New Source Review: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Determination That Refinery Must Obtain PSD Permit

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) stated in a November16th letter that an oil refinery on St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands may not resume operations without going through New Source Review (“NSR”)....more

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Top Five Potential Air Permitting Reforms: How Air Permitting in Virginia Is Poised for Change

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The Virginia State Air Pollution Control Board (Air Board) took its first measurable step toward a change in air permitting by creating a Subcommittee on Public Participation Processes (the Subcommittee) on June 21, 2019. The...more

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Determining Disparate Impacts in Environmental Justice Communities: Does Friends of Buckingham v. State Air Pollution Control...

It has long been recognized that minority and disadvantaged communities are subject to higher levels of pollution than more affluent non-minority areas. This fact is the basis of the need for Environmental Justice to ensure...more

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Project Emissions Accounting/New Source Review: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Proposed Clean Air Act Rule

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published an August 9th Federal Register Notice proposing to revise certain New Source Review (“NSR”) regulations associated with the Clean Air Act Prevention of...more

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U.S. EPA Environmental Appeals Board: Petition Filed Challenging Uintah County, Utah Natural Gas Compression Facilities' Clean Air...

WildEarth Guardians (“WildEarth”) filed a July 7th Petition for Review (“Petition”) before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board (“EAB”) challenging Clean Air Act permits for...more

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Administration's Infrastructure Plan Supports Reuse of Brownfields and Superfund Sites

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• The Trump Administration released an ambitious $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan on Feb. 12, 2018 – a plan that includes many provisions focused upon encouraging the reuse of contaminated brownfields and Superfund sites. ...more

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EPA Tightens Air Quality Standards for Fine Particles

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Revised ambient air quality standard could require more stringent control of fine particulate matter emissions. On December 14, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized its rule tightening the National...more

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