EPA is on the cusp of proposing a new rule that will likely tighten national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for fine particulate matter (PM2.5), sources say, a measure that will float tougher annual and possibly daily limits for the pollutant which are expected to drive tougher regulatory standards in many parts of the country.
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Progressive Democratic lawmakers are expressing confidence that they can block any effort by Democratic leadership to attach an energy project permit streamlining plan to must-pass defense policy legislation, adding that they and environmental justice (EJ) advocates will continue opposing similar measures should they come up in the new Congress.
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EPA has issued new guidance that generally urges states to include site-specific technology-based effluent limits to address PFAS in Clean Water Act (CWA) discharge permits, while also saying the permits should contain water quality-based limits if necessary to attain state standards.
California hydropower operators are preparing to ask the Supreme Court to reverse an appellate ruling that rejected their attempt to broadly apply a landmark Clean Water Act (CWA) section 401 decision limiting state water quality reviews.
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit will hear oral argument Dec. 7 in litigation brought by Texas and a Colorado county against EPA’s wider determinations of “nonattainment” with federal ozone limits for El Paso and Denver, with Texas alleging EPA’s decision is “retroactive” and therefore unlawful.
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