89 FR 42410
SIP Proposal: Florida (removal of obsolete, duplicative, or unnecessary rules from general provisions).
SIP Proposal: Florida (removal of obsolete, duplicative, or unnecessary rules from general provisions).
EPA amended requirements that apply to the petroleum and natural gas systems source category of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule.
The Third Circuit denied power companies' petition to review EPA's issuance of a federal implementation plan (FIP) establishing nitrogen oxide (NOx) emission limits for selective catalytic reduction-equipped coal-fired electric generating units in Pennsylvania to address reasonably available control...
The D.C. Circuit affirmed summary judgment for the Army Corps of Engineers and NMFS in a challenge to approval of a dredging project in Puerto Rico's San Juan Bay. Environmental groups argued the agencies failed to take the necessary "hard look" at the project's environmental effect. The district co...
EPA finalized the residual risk and technology review conducted for NESHAPs for the primary copper smelting major source category.
SIP Approval: Kentucky (updates to definitions rule and certain incorporation by reference dates for the Louisville Metro Air Pollution Control District).
SIP Approval: Tennessee (revisions to continuous opacity monitoring system requirements).
EPA finalized multiple actions under §111 of the CAA addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from fossil fuel-fired electric generating units (EGUs), including the repeal of the Affordable Clean Energy Rule, emission guidelines for GHG emissions from existing fossil fuel-fired steam generating EGUs, and revisions to the new source performance standards for GHG emissions from new and reconstructed fossil fuel-fired stationary combustion turbine EGUs.
EPA updated the regulatory framework governing the management and protection of environmental, fish and wildlife, other surface resources, and special areas in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.
EPA finalized technology reviews conducted for NESHAPs for gasoline distribution facilities and the review of new source performance standards for bulk gasoline terminals.