Activists See EPA Rule As Litmus Test Of Industry Support For TSCA Reform
Environmentalists say EPA's new proposal for industry to report more data on the volumes and uses of chemicals in commerce is a "litmus test" for industry's commitment to reforming the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).
States Seek EPA Help To Overcome Nonpoint Source Regulatory Hurdles
WHITEFIELD, NH -- State environmental regulators are urging EPA to work with them as “full partners” to develop new measures to regulate nonpoint sources of water pollution, saying there is no comprehensive approach for regulating nonpoint pollution even though it is the biggest water quality problem facing states.
State-EPA Group To Push For Stricter Federal Rules To Ease SIP Burden
California Offers Model For Easing EPA Takeover Of GHG Permits
Regulatory Costs
State environment officials are criticizing an EPA effort to assess the costs of implementing federal environmental requirements...
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EPA Weighs Stricter Reviews To Consider Risks From New 'Systemic' Pesticides
EPA is considering new methods to ensure its pesticide assessments account for the chronic exposure risks posed by newer and more widely used class of "systemic" pesticides, which some fear may be contributing to the collapse of bee colonies, alarming an agriculture industry that relies on them to pollinate crops.
CRS Suggests New Waste Law Subtitle For EPA Regulation Of Coal Ash
The Congressional Research Service (CRS) is suggesting that Congress add a new subtitle to federal waste law to give EPA enforcement authority over coal waste rules without declaring the waste hazardous and to regulate beneficial reuse of coal ash, a move that could resolve a fight over how EPA should regulate the waste.
Industry Warns EPA Emissions Transport Rule May Punish Cleaner Utilities
EPA's proposed cap-and-trade rule to cut power plant emissions will in some states unfairly disadvantage power companies that have already invested in pollution controls by awarding more emission credits to those utilities that have not installed controls, creating an inequity that may form the basis for a lawsuit over the rule, industry says.
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Columbia River Toxics Reduction Plan Eyed As Model For Other Watersheds
New Documents
- EPA Disapproves New Source Review Provisions Of Texas Air Quality Plan
- ECOS Approves Range Of Key Environmental Resolutions At Annual Meeting
- Groups Testify At EPA Hearing On Proposed Interstate Air Pollution Transport Rule
- Environmentalists Urge DOJ To Include Spilled Gas In CWA Penalties
- Court Dismisses Industry Challenge To EPA Designation Of 'Navigable' Water
- EPA, Bayer Agree To Phase-Out Uses For Widely Used Pesticide
- Advisers Urge EPA To Revise Performance Measures For Hudson River Cleanup
Other News
- EPA Weighs Stricter Reviews To Consider Risks From New 'Systemic' Pesticides
- Activists See EPA Rule As Litmus Test Of Industry Support For TSCA Reform
- CRS Suggests New Waste Law Subtitle For EPA Regulation Of Coal Ash
- States Seek EPA Help To Overcome Nonpoint Source Regulatory Hurdles
- Air Particulate Assessment Policy Reignites Mortality Risk Debate
- Settlement Ties Toxics Water Quality Standards To Endangered Species
- Environmentalists Eye New Court Fight With EPA On Utility GHG Limits
Air
- Air Particulate Assessment Policy Reignites Mortality Risk Debate
- Environmentalists Eye New Court Fight With EPA On Utility GHG Limits
- Court Overturns EPA Emissions Rule Feared To Harm GHG Trading
Waste
- CRS Suggests New Waste Law Subtitle For EPA Regulation Of Coal Ash
- PEER Urges EPA To Regulate Coal Ash Reuse In Early Comments On Rule
- States Fear EPA Coal Ash Plan Conflicts With State ‘Special Waste’ Laws
EPA Region IV Gets An Administrator
President Obama has appointed an administrator for EPA Region IV -- the last agency region to get a permanent top official -- a move that could help address concerns that the lack of a regional . . .
EPA Warns Of Fracking Risk
EPA Region VIII officials and the Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry (ATSDR) have issued dire warnings to Wyoming residents about drinking water risks resulting from nearby natural gas hydraulic fracturing activities, citing recent . . .
States Back California Air Waiver
WHITEFIELD, NH -- The Environmental Council of the States (ECOS) has voiced its support for California’s Clean Air Act waiver to set strict limits on greenhouse gases (GHGs) and other air pollutants from vehicles, while urging Congress not to take any steps to limit that authority.
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