EPA Wins Support From Canada For Controversial V2O5 Assessment
Canada's health agency is backing EPA's recently released draft assessment of vanadium pentoxide (V2O5), which is used as a metal strengthener and other purposes, pushing back against industry concerns that the agency's assessment is too stringent and may hurt American processors of the substance.
EPA Air Official Rebuts Industry Predictions On Costs, Scope Of Fuel Rule
A top EPA air official is criticizing an industry-backed study predicting gas price increases and other significant costs from potential agency revisions to its existing fuel and vehicle emission rule, saying the study assesses regulatory options EPA is either not considering or that would be far more stringent than it plans to propose.
Senators Cite Cost Concerns In Push For EPA To Halt Fuel, Vehicle Rules
EPA Minimizes Hiring
In response to fiscal year 2012 budget cuts, EPA is trying to “minimize” hiring of new employees, prompting outcry from the agency's union officials who say they were not consulted on the policy. . .
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California Car Rules Include Novel PM Limits, Besting EPA's Tier III Plans
Over the objections of the auto industry, California's Air Resources Board (CARB) Jan. 27 approved landmark new auto emissions standards that include a first-time limit on particulate matter (PM) that goes beyond what is expected in EPA's increasingly controversial “Tier III” fuel and vehicle rule, which is slated for release later this Spring.
EPA Takes Steps To Resolve Civil Rights Concerns But Hurdles Remain
EPA is taking some significant steps to resolve long-running concerns about its Office of Civil Rights' (OCR) delays and handling of discrimination complaints by drafting plans to dramatically overhaul its civil rights program, but sources say EPA still faces major hurdles to addressing the concerns, including its apparent reluctance to issue a finding of discrimination.
EPA Chemical Manufacturing Air Rule Changes Fall Short Of Industry Hopes
EPA's proposal to revise its emission rules for smaller “area” source chemical manufacturers to address industry concerns falls short of resolving all of the sector's criticisms of the rule, sources say, raising questions over whether the revisions will help quell a stayed lawsuit that industry filed challenging the original version of the rule.
EPA, NAS Weigh Options For Congressionally Mandated IRIS Reviews
Draft Indiana GHG Permit Includes First-Ever Limit For Carbon Capture
New Documents
- CRS Report Points To Uncertainty In EPA Draft Wyoming Fracking Study
- President Obama Touts Clean Energy In 2011 State Of The Union Speech
- Appellate Court Vacates EPA's SIP Approval Due To Outdated Data
- Court Upholds EPA's Modeling, Flaring Mandates For Montana's SO2 SIP
- Agencies Find 'Measurable Improvements' In Air Quality From Acid Rain Rules
- Obama Memo Outlines Reasons For Rejecting Keystone XL Pipeline
- White House Jobs Panel Details New Steps For Stricter Regulatory Reviews
Other News
- EPA To 'Minimize' New Employee Hiring In Response To FY12 Budget Cuts
- States Urge EPA To Fight Future Grant Cuts By Defending Unspent Funds
- Agencies Slated To Soon Release Study On Controversial Italian Cancer Data
- Appellate Ruling Casts Doubt On State Air Plans Relying On Old Data
- Court Appears To Back EPA In Suit Over Designating PM Attainment Areas
- Energy Sector Urges Obama To Increase Coordination Of Fracking Oversight
- Activists Ramp Up Push Urging EPA To Quickly Release Dioxin Assessment
Toxics
- Agencies Slated To Soon Release Study On Controversial Italian Cancer Data
- Activists Ramp Up Push Urging EPA To Quickly Release Dioxin Assessment
- EPA Advice On Nuclear Cleanup In Japan Prompts Concerns Of Precedent
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New BRAC May Trigger Stricter Cleanups
The Defense Department (DOD) Jan. 26 announced plans to seek base closures and realignments (BRAC) in fiscal years 2013 and 2015 as part of broad cost-cutting measures across the Pentagon, which may trigger calls for . . .
EPA Floats Changes To Cooling Water Rule
EPA is preparing to float revisions to its controversial proposed rule governing fish kill mitigation requirements for power plants' cooling water intake structures -- a plan that many utilities fear could be among the most . . .
EPA Seeks Gas Price Data For ELG
EPA is gathering data on current and forecasted natural gas prices and production from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) and others to inform its pending effluent limitation guidelines (ELG) for the coalbed methane (CBM) sector . . .
AEP Criticizes EPA Rules' Timing
Ohio-based coal-fired utility American Electric Power (AEP) says it has “significant concerns” over upcoming compliance deadlines for EPA's power plant emission rules, saying the timelines are a major hurdle for the company in transitioning to . . .