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A bipartisan pair of House lawmakers has reintroduced comprehensive, bipartisan legislation that would mandate EPA to develop waste and water regulations for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), eyeing potentially improved prospects for the bill under the Biden administration and Democratic-controlled Congress.
Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) is seeking review by the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit of a three-judge D.C. Circuit panel ruling that vacated a key easement for the pipeline and requires the Army Corps of Engineers to conduct a detailed National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) analysis for the project.
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit at April 13 oral argument doubted the legality of the Trump EPA’s waiver allowing year-round sales of previously restricted 15-percent ethanol fuel (E15), faulting the agency’s revised interpretation of its Clean Air Act authority to justify the decision.
Multiple environmental and industry groups are urging EPA to ban the use of select climate-warming hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in various air conditioning and refrigeration applications, marking the first use of such petition authority under a new statute Congress authorized late last year.
President Joe Biden’s fiscal year 2022 budget proposal includes what the administration says is the largest-ever funding request for environmental justice (EJ) efforts at the Department of Justice (DOJ) and EPA, including $5 million extra for DOJ to tackle equity through enforcement and funding hikes for many EJ programs at EPA.
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Food waste recycling proponents are urging states and the federal government to significantly increase funding for the effort, with one bioenergy advocate saying such spending could help to reduce emissions of the greenhouse gas methane in the short-term pending longer-term cuts in fossil fuel sector methane emissions.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit will hear oral argument this week in consolidated litigation over the Trump EPA’s approval of year-round 15-percent ethanol fuel (E15) sales. Meanwhile, the Ozone Transport Commission (OTC) of Eastern state air regulators is holding a meeting to discuss emissions reductions policies and how to improve visibility.
EPA is indicating that it will likely regulate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) under the Clean Water Act (CWA) and might develop drinking water standards for dozens of PFAS chemicals, but technology challenges and unanswered scientific questions make it hard to predict when that regulation is likely to happen.
Environmentalists and state air regulators are offering early praise for opportunities to reduce conventional air pollution and greenhouse gases through President Joe Biden’s $2.2 trillion infrastructure plan, including measures to cut emissions from mobile sources, reduce pollution in equity areas, and improve air quality at ports.
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