Category — EPA News

On July 6, 2010, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) proposed its long-expected rule replacing the Clean Air Interstate Rule (“CAIR”).  [Read more →]

On June 28, 2010, Environmental Protection Agency (”EPA”) Administrator Lisa Jackson signed the final rule for Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases from Underground Coal Mines.  This rule amends the mandatory greenhouse gas reporting regulations that EPA issued last year (see September 24, 2009 issue of the WER).  [Read more →]

On June 15, 2010, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released its analysis of the American Power Act of 2010, sponsored but not yet formally introduced by Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and Joe Lieberman (I-CT).  [Read more →]

On June 2, 2010, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) finalized a new primary National Ambient Air Quality Standard (“NAAQS”) for sulfur dioxide (“SO2”), after finding that the existing standards are inadequate to protect public health.  [Read more →]

Numerous industry groups, business associations, environmental advocacy groups and public interest organizations have petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to review EPA’s reconsideration of the so-called “Johnson Memorandum.”  In its reconsideration, EPA determined that greenhouse gases (“GHGs”) would be subject to regulation under the Prevention of Significant Deterioration (“PSD”) and Title V permit programs as of January 2, 2011.  In the related tailoring rule, which was published in the Federal Register on Thursday, EPA established a process for phasing in PSD and Title V requirements, including the requirement to do Best Available Control Technology for GHGs, beginning on January 2, 2011. [Read more →]