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The Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA’s”) guidance, issued Sept. 30, 2021, revoking the Trump-era Startup, Shutdown, and Malfunction (“SSM”) guidance signals difficult permitting...

that would pollute eastern Ohio For more than four years, Thailand-based PTT Global has strung Ohio along with promises to build an ethane cracker plant — which produces feedstock for mostly single-use plastic — next to the Ohio River in Dilles Bottom in Belmont County. Without even a final investment decision, JobsOhio spent $70 million for site preparation for this project. People were forced from their homes in Dilles Bottom, and houses were leveled to make way for the $10 billion plant...

The United States Department of Justice and the State of Indiana (collectively “DOJ”) entered into a June 3rd Consent Decree (“CD”) with Lone Star Industries, Inc., (“LSI”) addressing...

The Cache County area is officially in attainment of Clean Air Act standards for PM2.5 pollution, the EPA announced Wednesday.

 Monitoring for Compliance with the Fluoride Secondary Maximum Contaminant Level The Public Notice is available here. The Business Impact Analysis (BIA) Form is available here. The comment deadline is  April 26, 2021. Early Stakeholder Outreach – OAC Chapter 3745-79 – Small Business Technical Assistance Rules Requesting Stakeholder Input:  Ohio EPA, Division of Air Pollution Control (DAPC), is seeking stakeholder input on the rules in OAC 3745-79. The rules in OAC Chapter 3745-79 establ...

Agriculture your username 10 hours ago On Wednesday, two environmental advocacy groups filed a lawsuit against the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan, for his alleged failure to timely review two states’ ozone compliance plans and determine whether they meet Clean Air Act (CAA) requirements. The filing argued that as a result of the agency’s lapse, the defendant has failed to protect people, ecosystems, and wildlife from ozone pollution....

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced the availability of prepublication documents which: Approves revisions to the State of Arkansas’s Clean Air Plan for Regional Haze (and withdrawing the Federal Implementation Plan) Approves Arkansas’s Interstate Visibility Transport Provisions Both prepublication documents will be published in an upcoming Federal Register volume. The Federal Regional Haze Program is driven by 169A of the Clean Air Act. Congress sought t...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Late last week, the Justice Department withdrew nine Trump-era policy and guidance documents that shaped how the Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD) enforced environmental law during the past several years. The memo, issued by Deputy Assistant Attorney General Jean Williams, 1 follows President Biden’s Day One executive order that directs federal agencies to immediately review—and take action, as nece...

Kevin and Marlene Young built their house in the country, so they had space for horses. “I was raised around horses, and that’s my love,” Marlene said.

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Early Stakeholder Outreach- CRO 2022 Rules: Ohio EPA, Division of Environmental Response and Revitalization (DERR), is seeking stakeholder input on amendments to rules in the Cessation of Regulated Activities Program. The changes under consideration include changes based on the rules’ 5-year review required under Ohio Revised Code (ORC) 106.03. At this time, Ohio EPA intends to amend rule 3745-352-01 for non-substantive punctuation...