Citizens for Clean Air & Clean Water in Brazoria County v. United States Department of Transportation
The Fifth Circuit denied environmental groups' petition to review DOT's approval of a license to construct and operate a large deepwater oil facility off the Texas coast. The groups argued the final EIS applied a "flawed" alternatives analysis and "grossly underestimated" the facility's environmenta...
Sierra Club v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
The D.C. Circuit denied an environmental group's petitions to review FERC's decision to grant time extensions for two developers to complete natural gas pipeline projects. The group argued FERC was too permissive in finding "good cause" to grant the extensions. The court found FERC followed its reas...
Ohio v. Environmental Protection Agency
The D.C. Circuit upheld EPA's 2022 decision to reinstate a prior waiver of federal preemption of two California regulations concerning automobile emissions under the CAA. States and fossil fuel groups challenged the regulations—a standard limiting greenhouse gas emissions and a requirement that a ...
89 FR 25810
SIP Approval: Virginia (second maintenance plan for the 1997 eight-hour ozone NAAQS in the Fredericksburg area).
89 FR 25841
SIP Proposal: New Jersey (partial approval and partial disapproval of revisions to 2015 ozone infrastructure requirements).
89 FR 25838
SIP Proposal: Georgia (removal of requirement for enhanced Stage I gasoline vapor recovery systems at existing gasoline dispensing facilities in Catoosa, Richmond, and Walker Counties).
89 FR 25849
SIP Proposal: North Carolina (revision to approved motor vehicle emissions budgets).
89 FR 25555
SIP Proposal: Kentucky (updates to geographical boundary description and attainment status designation for the Henderson-Webster nonattainment area for the 2010 sulfur dioxide primary NAAQS).
89 FR 25497
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration amended and updated its regulations for implementing NEPA, and incorporated updates to its categorical exclusions.