The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced it is initiating a new review of the Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (“NAAQS”).
EPA states it is taking this action based on advice provided...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released a somewhat delayed Spring 2023 Semi-Annual Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (“Agenda”).
The Agenda includes information addressing:
EPA...more
The Northwest Environmental Advocates and Center for Biological Diversity (collectively “NEA”) submitted a July 31st document to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) styled:
Petition for Rulemaking...more
The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board (“Board”) issued a June 21st proposed Technical Secretary’s Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Order”) to JSP International LLC (“JSP”) addressing violation of a Tennessee Air...more
The National Association of Clean Water Agencies (“NACWA”) submitted comments on proposed Safe Drinking Water Act (“SDWA”) National Primary Drinking Water Standards for six PFAS which include:
Perfluorooctanoic acid...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published a July 21st Federal Register Notice proposing to approve two revisions to the Clean Air Act Arkansas State Implementation Plan (“SIP”). See 88 Fed. Reg....more
The Environmental Defense Fund and Farmers Business Network (collectively, “EDF”) issued on July 19th a report titled:
Regenerative Agriculture Financing Program
Results of the 2022 Pilot (“Report”)
The Regenerative...more
Three Requests for Hearing and Adjudicatory Review (“Requests”) have been filed before the Arkansas Pollution Control & Ecology Commission (“APC&EC”) challenging a nonmunicipal domestic wastewater treatment facility discharge...more
The Battery Council International (“BCI”) released a report addressing the recycling rate of United States lead batteries.
The document is titled:
National Recycling Rate Study Publication Date: July 2023 (study years...more
The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) filed a Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief (“Complaint”) in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona against the United States Fish and Wildlife...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency and the United States Department of the Army Corps of Engineers (collectively “EPA”) announced that they are developing a rule to amend the final “revised definition of waters...more
The Association of State Drinking Water Administrators (“ASDWA”) announced the release of a document titled:
PFAS Cost of State Transactions Study (“PCoSTS”)
The PCoSTS is a model adapted from the organization’s...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a May 2023 document titled: Report on the Second Five-Year Review of EPA’s Recreational Water Quality Criteria (“Report”) EPA states that the Report constitutes...more
The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (“MCEQ”) and Town of Wesson, Mississippi (“Wesson”) entered into a May 5th Agreed Order (“AO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean Water Act National Pollutant...more
As previously noted in April 18th and April 19th blog posts, the Mayor of Tontitown and certain individuals filed separate (two) Requests for Adjudicatory Hearing and Commission Review (collectively, “Petitions”) before the...more
A combined 82 Senators and Members of the United States House of Representatives sent a May 22nd letter to United States Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan addressing certain aspects of EPA’s proposed...more
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) issued a prepublication notice of a policy titled:
Mitigation Policy and Endangered Species Act Compensatory Mitigation Policy (“Revised Policy”)...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA” issued an April 2023 report titled:
Draft National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution (“Report”) -
The Report was prepared by EPA’s Office of Resource...more
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 Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) issued a prepublication notice designating critical habitat for the Pearl darter under the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”).
The Service is designating approximately...more
The Environmental Crimes Section (“ECS”) of the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) Environment and Natural Resources Division (“NRD”) issued revisions to its Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy which was issued in 1991...more
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As noted in a February 20th post several Requests for Hearings were filed before the Arkansas Pollution Control & Ecology Commission (“Commission”) addressing an application seeking to modify a permit for an open-cut mining...more
The Region 6 Office of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued in a January 25th news release its:
2022 Year in Review (“Review”)...more
The United States Climate Alliance (“Alliance”) has published a December 22 document titled:
Enabling Industrial Decarbonization – A Policy Guidebook for U.S. States (“Guidebook”)...more
The City of Baltimore, Maryland, filed a November 21st Complaint in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City against five cigarette manufacturers and a distributor in regard to alleged losses/costs associated with tobacco product...more