April 2, 2013
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Just-Cleared EPA Radiation Guide Seen Aiding McCarthy's Nomination
After nearly two years of review, the White House has cleared EPA to issue a controversial draft guide for protecting humans from nuclear power plant meltdowns and other radiological incidents, a move that environmentalists say could be timed to win support from Republicans for Gina McCarthy's nomination to lead EPA because the guide, which she oversaw as head of the air office, opens the door to weakening Superfund cleanup levels.
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Industry Wages Legal, Administrative Bids To Further Weaken Boiler MACT
A coalition of major industry groups is waging legal and administrative bids trying to force EPA to further weaken its boiler air toxics rule and related combustion emissions standards that the agency already softened at industry's request, prolonging uncertainty over the rules that have endured years of legal challenges and revisions.
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DOJ's Bid For High Court To Hear CSAPR Suit Faults 'Proportional' Ruling
The Department of Justice (DOJ) on EPA's behalf is asking the Supreme Court to hear its appeal of a federal appeals court ruling vacating the agency's Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) utility emissions trading program, saying the court's decision establishing a “proportional” method for interstate air rules is “unrealistic” under the Clean Air Act.
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EPA Grapples With Methods For Assessing Contamination From Fracking
EPA is struggling to develop methods for analyzing potential contamination due to hydraulic fracturing for its pending study on the practice's impacts on drinking water and in some cases of alleged contamination, though some stakeholders are urging officials to craft monitoring criteria to ease their ability to assess suspected contamination.
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Industry Pushes Back On 'Zero Discharge' Option For Power Plant ELG
Fearing EPA may pursue a strict, zero liquid discharge (ZLD) limit in its pending effluent limitation guidelines (ELG) for steam- and coal-fired power plants, industry is urging the agency to consider industry-collected data showing that the ZLD option would not remove enough toxic pollutants to meet the Clean Water Act's (CWA) requirement that the rule be cost effective.
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Facing Budget Limits, EPA Federal Cleanup Office Weighs Future Priorities
EPA's Federal Facilities Restoration & Reuse Office (FFRRO) is weighing what goals it will set to guide the office over the next several years, particularly in recognition of budgetary constraints through sequestration and other measures hitting the agency that could constrain the scope of the office's work, EPA sources say.
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