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Drinking water utilities are pressing White House and EPA officials to ensure pending Clean Water Act (CWA) effluent limits for power plants contain stringent controls on discharges of bromide, a chemical which can increase the creation of carcinogenic compounds in treated drinking water.
The Sierra Club is seeking to avoid a fight with the Justice Department (DOJ) over the scope of relief that can be negotiated in citizen enforcement suits, urging a federal court to either enter its agreement in a Clean Air Act suit over DOJ’s objections or to dismiss the group’s motion to enter the pact and allow it to proceed as a private settlement.
As legal experts are debating the implications of a major court ruling upending the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) use of “tolling orders” to delay administration rehearing of gas infrastructure approvals, the commission secured more time to decide whether to appeal the decision to the Supreme Court.
The Defense Department (DOD) is defending its decision to use a categorical exclusion from environmental review requirements for a contract to dispose of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) through incineration, disputing environmentalists’ lawsuit citing extra-record material and trying to apply defense law limits on such burning.
Major industry trade associations are sparring with state attorneys general (AGs) and others who favor strict EPA rules over the agency’s planned overhaul of cost-benefit reviews for Clean Air Act policies, in particular a fight over the weight EPA should give to “co-benefits” of reduced pollution not directly targeted by a rule.
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The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) is launching a new initiative to create incentives for forest managers and farmers to use their land for greenhouse gas cuts and carbon sequestration, tapping into a growing interest in the two sectors as key contributors to achieving worldwide net-zero GHG emissions by 2050.
Clean energy firms and investment companies are opposing the Labor Department’s (DOL) proposal that would raise new procedural hurdles to investing retirement accounts in environmental, social and governance (ESG)-focused funds, arguing the plan would hamstring sustainable investments with no clear benefits to retirees.
Environmentalists are downplaying the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit’s recent decision that said they must demonstrate harm from each alleged Clean Air Act violation in a multi-pronged air suit, saying the decision merely sets out a roadmap for litigating complex cases rather than tightening the court’s overall standing test.
Top EPA officials including its acting air chief are set to speak this week at the Texas Environmental Superconference, which will be online-only due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, the agency has reopened public comments on its proposed nationwide coal-ash permit program for one week.
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Battles are heating up over attempts by the Trump administration and Republican lawmakers to ease environmental permitting for various projects, including a split among states about whether EPA should require new species reviews for key Clean Water Act (CWA) permits.
States are split over whether EPA should reconsider its position that Endangered Species Act (ESA) consultations are not required before allowing states to assume Clean Water Act (CWA) wetlands permitting, with the divide appearing to relate to whether states are exploring assumption or are already issuing dredge-and-fill permits.
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