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Industry groups are offering legal defenses for EPA’s proposal to narrow its Clean Water Act (CWA) jurisdiction standard compared to an Obama-era rule on the law’s reach, but they are also urging the agency to restrict jurisdiction even further than planned by placing new limits on regulating “traditional navigable waters” (TNWs).
A federal appellate court is ordering EPA to quickly respond to environmentalists’ objections to former Administrator Scott Pruitt’s reversal of an Obama-era proposed ban on the pesticide chlorpyrifos, an answer that would clear the way for critics of the decision to challenge the agency in courts on the merits of the reversal.
A slew of environmentalists, legal experts and states are citing mounting evidence that carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology is becoming increasingly advanced, arguing that poses a major hurdle to EPA’s attempt to no longer base its greenhouse gas targets for new coal plants on CCS with partial capture.
Draft EPA guidance for implementing its pending fiscal year 2020 budget includes plans from the enforcement and water offices to craft and track an array of new compliance metrics they say will provide more details on the extent of environmental violations and other factors, which will lead to more-specific policy goals for core agency programs.
EPA is developing new standards to address a range of industrial chemicals and other substances across several of its major regulatory authorities, including its revised powers under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), potential first-time use of its Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) authority to set a maximum contaminant level (MCL) and frequently used powers under the Clean Air Act to address air toxics.
Former Bush EPA air chief Jeffrey Holmstead is warning environmentalists and Democratic states that they lack legal standing to challenge the agency’s effort to scrap the “appropriate and necessary” cost-benefit finding underpinning the Obama-era utility air toxics rule, because they cannot show any injury from undoing the finding.
Exclusive news, hot documents, and timely updates on legislation and litigation over EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers' joint Clean Water Act (CWA) jurisdiction rule.
Complete coverage of environmental policy decisions and proposals with the potential to directly affect operations at federal facilities, including military bases, DOE labs and more.
Bringing you the latest breaking news stories on the landmark Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) reform deal and how the Trump EPA will implement it.
Legislation, litigation and agency rulemakings in the coming year on major air, water, waste, toxics and other policies.
