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April 1, 2013
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EPA Defends Weaker Emission Limits In Revised MACT For New Utilities
EPA's final revised maximum achievable control technology (MACT) air toxics rule for newly constructed power plants weakens emissions limits for several pollutants at industry's request and over environmentalists' objections, with the agency defending the changes by saying they will not affect the rule's air quality and health benefits.
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Industry Wins Delay, Exemptions In EPA Drilling Storage Tank NSPS Update
EPA is proposing to amend parts of its recent final new source performance standards (NSPS) for oil and natural gas drilling to extend compliance deadlines and allow potential exemptions for some storage tank emission controls, a win for industry, which argued that the agency vastly underestimated the amount of sources covered in the rule.
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Environmentalists Seek High Court Review Of Decision Rejecting CSAPR
Environmentalists are urging the Supreme Court to review a federal appellate court decision rejecting EPA's Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) utility emissions trading program, warning that the ruling leaves Clean Air Act interstate air policy in “disarray” and that the judges violated limits on judicial review in rejecting the regulation.
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EPA Construction ELG Pulls Turbidity Standard, Keeps Path For New Limit
EPA is proposing to formally withdraw its landmark numeric limit for turbidity from its effluent limitation guidelines (ELG) for curbing stormwater runoff from the construction sector following industry litigation, but is seeking to preserve a possible path for issuing a new turbidity standard.
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EPA, Industry Near Siloxanes Monitoring Deal Ahead Of Risk Assessment
EPA and the chemical industry are nearing an agreement on an environmental monitoring program for a siloxane chemical commonly found in consumer products, aiming to complete negotiations over the plan within roughly the next month so that the agency can then move forward with a pending risk assessment of the chemical.
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EPA 'Tier III' Rule Offers Regulatory Justification, Flexibilities For Refiners
EPA in its long-awaited proposed “Tier III” fuel and vehicle emission rule is offering a broad regulatory justification for the policy that could help rebut refiners' claims that the agency lacks any reason for pursuing the rule, while also offering the refining sector flexibilities that could ease refiners' costs and compliance with the proposal.
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Fearing Overlap With EPA, Private Group Urged To Ease TCE Risk Advice
The Alliance for Risk Assessment (ARA), a private sector risk group, is being urged to soften its proposed screening level for assessing health risks from short-term exposures to the solvent trichloroethylene (TCE) because it is too close to EPA's risk value that many in industry fear will drive overly stringent cleanups.
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EPA Official Backs Use Of Chronic TCE Value To Assess Short-Term Risks
A top EPA waste official is backing the use of the agency's chronic risk value to protect against cardiac birth defects from short-term exposures to the solvent trichloroethylene (TCE) when crafting cleanups, despite industry concerns that the risk value does not allow for consideration of site-specific factors that could attenuate hazards.
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Unions Praise EPA Vow To Limit Staff Furloughs Absent Formal Bargaining
An EPA union is praising agency Acting Administrator Bob Perciasepe's vow to try and reduce staff furloughs by focusing 80 percent of budget cuts on non-payroll items such as grants and contracts, with the union saying the promise is their best hope of avoiding furloughs after EPA rejected requests to initiate formal staff bargaining talks.
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EPA Finalizes Revisions To Air Toxics Rule For New Power Plants
EPA Proposes To Scrap Novel Turbidity Limit In Construction ELG
EPA Proposes Stricter Fuel, Vehicle Emission Limits In 'Tier III' Rule
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