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A new water modeling tool could aid states and others in the quest to quantify the number of waterbodies that would be subject to EPA’s proposed narrower Clean Water Act (CWA) jurisdiction rule, a goal that the agency has downplayed as impractical or even impossible to quantify given its tight timeline for finalizing the more-limited rule.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in a new order says it must consider the direct greenhouse gas emissions from liquified natural gas (LNG) export projects under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), but that it need not assess broader upstream and downstream GHG emissions as it must do for certain gas pipelines.
Environmentalists are charging that the Trump administration’s process for approving new chemicals under the recently revised toxics law without restrictions fails to adequately address risks to workers, building on long-standing opposition to the new chemicals review process as Acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler has pledged revisions.
States, environmentalists and other critics say that the Energy Department's (DOE) plan to revise its definition of high-level radioactive waste (HLW) is unlawful and would allow the department to bypass cleanup mandates at major contaminated sites, though local officials are welcoming the plan, saying it will lower disposal costs and speed cleanups.
The White House's decision to break off talks with California on a potential deal over vehicle greenhouse gas and fuel economy rules is laying the groundwork for an aggressive final rollback of Obama-era limits followed by a high-profile, protracted legal battle with backers of strong rules.
EPA and the Sierra Club have reached a draft partial consent decree that sets a March 2020 deadline for the agency to complete a long-overdue study to determine if its renewable fuel standard (RFS) has harmed the environment, in a case seen as an important test of former Administrator Scott Pruitt’s bar against so-called “sue-and-settle” practices.
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The studies “will serve as a foundation for future studies evaluating the impact of PFAS exposure on human health,” ATSDR says.
In her first public remarks since being sworn in as EPA’s toxics chief, Alexandra Dunn sought to respond to both industry and environmentalist critics of the Trump administration’s implementation of the revised toxics law, saying her primary goal in implementing the law is “increasing public confidence in the work that we do.”
EPA is arguing that California and other states lack standing to sue over its delay in implementing an Obama-era landfill methane rule and thus their suit must be dismissed, disputing that the states in the case are entitled to the “special solicitude” the Supreme Court granted states on climate change in its landmark Massachusetts v. EPA decision.
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