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Keep Your Cool: EPA Expands Requirements to Address Leaks of Climate Super Pollutant Hydrofluorocarbons from...

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On October 11, 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published its latest rule in a suite of measures to address hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) under the American Innovation and Manufacturing (AIM) Act....more

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EPA’s Newest Emission Reduction and Reclamation Program Breaks Refrigerants and Cooling Status Quo

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized regulations impacting a large swath of refrigeration and cooling equipment industries. The new regulations are the most recent EPA action addressing the use of...more

Mayer Brown

Lawsuit Challenges Recent California Climate Disclosure Laws

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As discussed in our earlier Client Alerts, California recently passed several laws requiring certain climate-related corporate disclosures, including, for example, regarding emissions and climate-related financial risk. As...more

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EPA Proposes Including 'Fugitive' Air Emissions for Major Source Permitting

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The US Environmental Protection Agency recently proposed a rule change that would formally repeal a 2008 rule and require all existing major industrial facilities to include “fugitive” emissions in preconstruction evaluations...more

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EPA’s Newest Target for Clean Air Act Enforcement: Stationary Engines

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has announced its latest priority for Clean Air Act enforcement: stationary engines. In an enforcement alert, EPA states that it has been finding numerous violations of Clean...more

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DC Circuit Denies Standing to Aftermarket Parts Manufacturers Challenging EPA Tampering Rules

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Citing a lack of standing and no final agency action, the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit dismissed the petition of an association representing businesses that make and sell aftermarket racing parts seeking review of a...more

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The Pendulum Swings Back Again on Clean Air

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In June 1989, then-President George H. W. Bush proposed revisions to the Clean Air Act designed to reduce what were perceived as three of the largest threats to the environment at the time: toxic air emissions, acid rain, and...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Next Steps for Federal Energy Policy After Supreme Court's EPA Ruling

​​​​​​​On the last day of its 2022 term, the Supreme Court curtailed the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to cut carbon emissions from the nation’s power plants. The court held that the “generation shifting”...more

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Seventeen States Challenge Reinstatement of California Emissions Waiver

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The lawsuit challenges California’s authority to implement climate change–related vehicle emission standards and zero-emissions goals. Seventeen states filed a lawsuit in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia...more

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Tenth Circuit Grants Standing to NonProfit Seeking to Enforce Clean Air Act Tampering Provisions

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A unanimous three-judge panel in the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit affirmed on December 28, 2021 that private citizens and environmental groups have the right to seek enforcement of the Clean Air Act’s...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

EPA Reverses Trump Era Clean Air Act SSM Policy

The Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA’s”) guidance, issued Sept. 30, 2021, revoking the Trump-era Startup, Shutdown, and Malfunction (“SSM”) guidance signals difficult permitting decisions ahead for emitters across...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Clean Air Act in Court: Shaping Non-Attainment State Implementation Plans

As states continue to revise state implementation plans (SIP) to meet the requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA), two recent decisions out of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals are likely to affect how contingency measures...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Key Takeaways from the Climate Leaders Summit

Biden Promises to Cut U.S. Emissions in Half from 2005 Levels - The Biden administration kicked off their two-day Climate Leaders’ Summit on Earth Day, April 22, 2021, and concluded the event on April 23, 2021. The intent...more

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South Coast Air Quality Management District to Regulate Distribution Warehouses, Part 2

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The South Coast Air Quality Management District (“SCAQMD”) is pursuing a new rule to regulate distribution warehouses. The SCAQMD’s focus is not on emissions generated by the warehouses or their equipment. Rather, its focus...more

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Prepared for Takeoff: EPA Finalizes First-Ever Domestic Greenhouse Gas Standards for Aircraft

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has adopted the first-ever Clean Air Act (CAA) aircraft emission standards for greenhouse gases (GHGs), assuring the worldwide acceptance of U.S. manufactured airplanes and airplane...more

Allen Matkins

California Environmental Law & Policy Update - December 2020 #2

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New EPA rule aims to limit tough clean air measures under Biden - The New York Times – December 9 - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) this Wednesday completed a rule that could weaken federal authority to...more

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EPA Issues New Air Guidance on Plantwide Applicability Limits

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On August 4, 2020, the EPA issued new guidance addressing the issue of Plantwide Applicability Limits (PAL) under the New Source Review (NSR) program of the Clean Air Act. The PAL guidance is intended to expedite facility...more

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Hazardous Waste Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Russellville...

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Mahle Engine Components USA, Inc. (“Mahle”) entered into a March 20th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged...more

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Particulate Matter NAAQS/Clean Air Act: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Retains Current Standard

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced it is proposing to retain the current Clean Air Act National Ambient Air Quality Standard (“NAAQS”) for particulate matter (“PM”). The PM standard includes...more

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Wastewater Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and West Memphis Enter...

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and the City of West Memphis (“City”) entered into a Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of a Clean...more

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Air Enforcement: Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board Proposed Order/Civil Penalty Addressing Ashland City, Tennessee Water...

The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board (“TACB”) issued a March 4th Technical Secretary’s Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Order”) addressing an alleged air permit violation by State Industries, LLC (“State”). See...more

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Status of Clean Air Act State Implementation Plan Submittals/Approvals: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued a March 25th Notification of Evaluation titled: Status of Clean Air Act State Implementation Plan Submittals and Approvals...more

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Air Enforcement: Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality and Phillips County Biodiesel...

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Solfuels USA., Inc. (“Solfuels”) entered into a March 5th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of...more

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U.S. EPA Indicates that Air Pollution Trends Show Cleaner Air, Growing Economy

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Seyfarth Synopsis: The EPA has posted an interesting flyer on “Our Nation’s Air,” the Status and Trends Through 2018....more

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The Greatest Story Seldom Told – Profiles and Success Stories in Air Pollution Control: Association of Air Pollution Control...

The Association of Air Pollution Control Agencies (“AAPCA”) announced in a July 2nd news release the 2018 edition of its report titled: The Greatest Story Seldom Told – Profiles and Success Stories in Air Pollution Control...more

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