Insight & Commentary for the Business and Legal Community
On December 17th, Ohio EPA re-issued a huge set of rules that impact industry, developers and the farming community. The surface water quality rule package includes interrelated sets of rules dealing with the following areas of regulation:
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The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected an industry request to delay implementation of U.S. EPA’s greenhouse gas permitting requirements. Industry had requested a stay on the effectiveness of the rules while it proceeds with its full legal challenge to the Agency’s Endangerment Finding.
(Prior Post Discussing Lawsuit and Industry Arguments for Blocking the Effectiveness…
Boiler MACT Rules- On December 7th, EPA filed a motion with the Court requesting more time in order to re-propose the Boiler MACT rules and allow for public comment. In EPA’s motion to the Court, EPA sets forth following timetable if its motion is granted to move impending January deadline is moved to April: it will publish…
With prospects dead for federal cap and trade climate change legislation, the focus for market mechanisms to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions shifts to the states. Meanwhile, as discussed in my last post, EPA is left moving forward with its command and control regulations to reduce GHGs under the Clean Air Act.
After the defeat of Proposition 23, California’s…
As Congress failed to pass climate change legislation, U.S. EPA will begin regulating greenhouse gases (GHGs) using its existing authority under the Clean Air Act. Beginning 2011, major sources of GHGs will be required to analyze methods for reducing emissions when seeking federal permits for expansion or construction of new sources.
When is a federal review of GHGs…
