This fall Ohio EPA Division of Surface Water (DSW) has been releasing a series of intertwined rule packages that govern streams and discharges to waterways. Some business groups have said that the packages represent the most significant overhaul of water regulations in thirty years.
To date, 3 out of 4 packages have been released:
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It is hard to believe but there are those who think regulating greenhouse gases under the current framework
I mentioned in my post discussing LADCO air quality meeting that I would put up the most relevant slides or graphics from all the presentation over the two days in Chicago. I think I can pretty much boil it down to two slides.
This slide was put together by U.S. EPA when meeting to discuss their
Recently, there has been quite a buzz around the issue of using the existing authority in the Clean Air Act to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. In July, U.S. EPA issued its Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) responding to the Supreme Court’s decision in Massachusetts v. EPA and soliciting comment on use of the Clean Air Act to regulate greenhouse gases
As reported by the Associated Press last week, U.S. EPA has adopted a new airborne lead standard. U.S. EPA selected a standard at the lower range of those being considered. The new standard is ten times more stringent than the old standard. As was reported:
The new limit – 0.15 micrograms per cubic
I participated today in a Midwest Air Quality Workshop in Chicago. At the workshop, Bill Harnett from U.S. EPA’s Office of Air Quality Planning and Strategy (OAQPS) gave an interesting presentation regarding U.S. EPA’s reaction to the vacatur of CAIR by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. Here are a couple of the key issues
Lets get everyone up to speed with events on regulation of greenhouse gases (GHGs) including CO2:
1. Supreme Court says CO2 is a pollutant under the Clean Air Act. In Massachusetts v. EPA decided in April of 2007, the Supreme Court held that GHGs are pollutants that may be regulated under the Clean Air Act. But
U.S. EPA is encouraging the development of renewable energy by identifying currently and formerly contaminated lands and mining sites that present opportunities for renewable energy development. The federal agency has prepared state by state maps and incentives fact sheets to provide easy access to information about development opportunities.
The attached map is a clip from
The creativity of those opposed to new coal plants seems to have no bounds. The most recent effort is to place a referendum on the ballot to allow citizens to vote whether a permit should be issued for a new coal plant in Utah. The referendum would amend the county’s conditional-use permit ordinance to require voter approval prior
Sustainable purchasing– is defined by the Sustainable Purchasing Network as "a management process for acquiring goods and services in a way that gives preference to suppliers that generate positive social and environmental outcomes, and that integrates sustainability considerations into product selection so that impacts on society and the environment are minimized throughout the full life