89 FR 23916
SIP Approval: Nevada (second ten-year plan for maintaining the 1997 eight-hour ozone NAAQS in Clark County).
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89 FR 24090
EPA finalized the residual risk and technology review conducted for the Commercial Sterilization Facilities source category regulated under NESHAPs; took final action to correct and clarify regulatory provisions related to emissions during periods of startup, shutdown, and malfunction; and took final action to require owners and operators to demonstrate compliance through ethylene oxide continuous emissions monitoring systems.
89 FR 23526
EPA gave notice that it has responded to petitions for reconsideration and administrative stay of a final action under the “good neighbor” or “interstate transport” provision of the CAA published in the Federal Register on June 5, 2023, titled "Federal 'Good Neighbor Plan' for the 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards."
89 FR 23523
SIP Approval: Pennsylvania (revisions to particulate matter emission mitigation requirements for industry operating in the portion of Allegheny County known as the “Mon Valley” during weather-related pollution episodes, and revisions to open burning regulation in Allegheny County).
89 FR 23521
SIP Approval: Arizona (revisions concerning definitions for the Maricopa County Air Quality Department).
89 FR 23840
EPA finalized proposed amendments to remove the force majeure exemption for pressure relief devices and emergency flaring, incorporate clarifications for the degassing requirements for floating roof storage vessels, and address other corrections and clarifications for various NESHAPs.
89 FR 22963
SIP Approval: Arizona (stationary source permits).
89 FR 23294
EPA finalized amendments to NESHAPs for integrated iron and steel manufacturing facilities.
Climate Justice Litigation in the United States—A Primer
Over the last three decades, numerous studies have concluded that African American, Hispanic, Native American, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and working-class White communities are disproportionately exposed to environmental harms and risks. More recent studies have concluded that although the adverse effects of climate change are being felt throughout the United States, they are not evenly distributed. This Article explores how several states have initiated climate justice litigation to address this issue.
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On October 7, 2023, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the most far-reaching corporate climate disclosure (CCD) requirements in the United States. This so-called California Climate Accountability Package consists of the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act (Senate Bill (SB) 253), which requires certain companies to disclose greenhouse gas emission data, and the Climate-Related Financial Risk Act (SB 261), which requires certain companies to disclose climate-related financial risks.