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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 Northern District of California complaint, filed by the Center for Biological Diversity and the...

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 to address visibility in mandatory Class I areas in which an impairment results from manmade air poll...

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 necessary—any agency actions that conflict with the new administration’s “important national objec...

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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 and terminology corrections, and update reference dates. Ohio EPA does not intend to change any add...