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HOUSTON — Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee advocated for residents and voiced concerns about Texas's noncompliance with ozone standards at a virtual public hearing with the Environmental Protection Agency regarding Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), a press release states.

A coal-burning unit at the Jim Bridger power plant will be allowed to remain in operation pending a second revision of the state’s regional haze

What does failing to stop regional haze mean for Colorado, a state that’s long used its natural beauty as a selling point?

A collection of environmental advocacy groups including the Sierra Club is targeting Wyoming for a perceived lack of enforcement of federal Clean Air Act rules as they pertain to a Sweetwater County power plant.

In its recent decision in Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment (UPHE) v. Diesel Power Gear, LLC, et al., a matter involving the hosts of Discovery Channel’s popular show “Diesel...

EPA to step up that enforcement, industry should be prepared for an uptick in Clean Air Act Section 114 information requests. CAA 114 broadly authorizes EPA to require a company to provide information it may reasonably require for developing a State Implementation Plan.

The agreement between the State of Wyoming at PacifiCorp will keep a unit of the Jim Bridger Power Plant online past the previous closure deadline of Apr. 30, which has been signed by Gordon. Carbon capture technologies may also lengthen the lifespan of the facility, which has been operating for over 50 years.

These groups say that allowing units of the Jim Bridger Power Plant to remain open without having installed pollution control measures violates the latest round of the EPA's Regional Haze Program. Earlier this month, they notified the EPA of their intent to sue if the program's rules aren't enforced.

Governor Mark Gordon has reached a deal with Pacificorp to keep two units open at the Jim Bridger Power Plant, but are still waiting on approval from the EPA.

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