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PM 2.5/Clean Air Act: Environmental Organizations Joint Letter to U.S. EPA Opposing Revisiting NAAQS

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One hundred environmental organizations transmitted an April 21st letter to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Administrator asking that the federal agency: …maintain and promptly implement a vital,...more

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Exceptional Events Part of North Carolina Particulate Air Quality Attainment Designation

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Effective May 2024, EPA tightened the annual health-based National Ambient Air Quality  Standard (NAAQS) for fine particulate matter (PM2.5) from 12.0 µg/m3 to 9.0 µg/m3. This change was made after a review of the available...more

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Clean Air Act Rulemakings Don't Follow the Normal Rules – Just Ask the Supreme Court

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Every law student learns that the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) outlines the default rules for how federal agencies propose and finalize regulations and how courts review them. But for many significant actions under the...more

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EPA Introduces New Email Account for Regulated Community to Request Presidential Exemption

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The Environmental Protection Agency announced March 12 it set up an e-mail account allowing the regulated community to request a presidential exemption under Section 112(i)(4) of the Clean Air Act (“CAA”)....more

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Emerging Regulation, Enforcement, and Litigation Involving Ethylene Oxide, a Critical Substance for Sterilizing Medical Products...

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Ethylene oxide (“EtO”), one of the most widely used and effective substances for sterilizing medical products and devices, has come under intense scrutiny by the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”), the Food and Drug...more

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Don’t Just Investigate; Promulgate! Court Orders Chemical Safety Board to Produce Chemical Reporting Requirements

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• A federal court recently ordered the CSB to promulgate final accidental chemical release reporting regulations within 12 months. • The Clean Air Act requires that those regulations be binding on all entities subject to...more

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NHTSA and EPA propose roll back of Obama-era car rules

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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a joint notice of proposed rulemaking today, called the "Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles...more

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