The US Supreme Court issued on June 27, 2024 an opinion in Ohio v. EPA staying enforcement of the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Federal Implementation Plan (FIP). The FIP sought to impose more stringent...more
The Environmental Protection Agency, under the Clean Air Act, requires states to work with the EPA to address the interstate transport of air pollution. Under the “Good Neighbor Plan,” the EPA requires each state to implement...more
The United States Senate Environment & Public Works Committee (“Committee”) held a March 29th hearing titled: The EPA Good Neighbor Rule: Healthier Air for Downwind States (“Hearing”)...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a March 15th prepublication final rule imposing a Federal Implementation Plan (“FIP”) regarding interstate transport for the 2015 8-hour National Ambient Air...more
EPA is poised to publish a final Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) for emissions from oil and natural gas sources on Indian country lands within the Uintah and Ouray Indian reservation in northeast Utah. EPA recently released...more
The Sierra Club sent a Notice of Intent to file suit to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) for failure to undertake a nondiscretionary duty under the Clean Air Act....more
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) submitted on June 21st comprehensive comments on the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) proposed rule: ...more
EPA proposed a transformative rule to address the obligations of 26 states for the 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (2015 Ozone NAAQS). The rule is a federal implementation plan (FIP) rooted in the Clean Air...more
EPA took major steps on August 18, 2015 to curtail methane emissions from the oil and gas industry by simultaneously releasing four new proposed rules. These actions are part of the Obama Administration’s larger climate...more