The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has recently proposed a new rule and the U.S. Congress has recently enacted a new law affecting the global renewable fuel industry....more
Republicans have swept the 2024 elections, returning Donald Trump to the White House as the 47th President and flipping the Senate to a Republican majority. Having narrowly maintained control of the House of Representatives,...more
12/11/2024
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On September 11, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) approved under the Clean Air Act (“CAA”) an indirect source rule that is intended to reduce emissions associated with warehouses located within the South...more
Section 40B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”) enacted by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IRA”) provides credits for each gallon of sustainable aviation fuel (“SAF”) sold or used by a taxpayer before...more
12/27/2023
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On January 11, 2023, EPA’s Office of the General Counsel released a Cumulative Impacts Addendum (“Addendum”) to its May 2022 publication Legal Tools To Advance Environmental Justice, continuing to signal its focus on...more
On December 1, 2022, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced its proposed rule under the Renewable Fuel Standard (“RFS”) program. For the first time, EPA establishes renewable fuel volumes and percentage...more
After a two-year delay, on June 3, 2022, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) signed and submitted for publication in the Federal Register its final rule for setting renewable fuel percentage standards under the...more
On January 25, 2022, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) reaffirmed its interpretation of ethylene oxide (“EtO”) requirements which may signal EPA’s increased scrutiny of chemical emissions generally and the...more
On December 7, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) signed and submitted for publication in the Federal Register its proposed rule for setting renewable fuel percentage standards. The proposed rule sets the...more
On November 24, 2021, the EPA added natural gas processing (“NGP”) facilities to its list of facilities required to report information for inclusion in the Toxics Release Inventory (“TRI”). Created in 1986, the TRI is an...more
On November 2, 2021, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) proposing sweeping regulations on emissions from methane, what the Biden administration considers a “super...more
Near- and Longer-Term Objectives Expected to Impact Wide Range of Industries -
On October 18, 2021, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its PFAS Strategic Roadmap: EPA’s Commitments to Action 2021-2024. For...more
10/22/2021
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The EPA's draft Strategic Plan provides the key to understanding the agency's priority goals and initiatives, including Climate Change and Environmental Justice...more
10/21/2021
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Recently, EPA’s Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued a notice of its audit of the agency’s oversight of the Renewable Fuel Standards Renewable Identification Number (“RIN”) market. This is the latest in a string of...more
Proposed Rule Concerning Additional Extensions Forthcoming -
Companies across a wide range of economic sectors have been waiting for a decision from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on whether to extend the...more
On August 26, 2021, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) sent its proposed rule for setting renewable fuel percentage standards to the Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) for review. The proposed rule is expected...more
On May 6, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) published the results of an audit examining EPA’s response to updated cancer risk values for two chemicals: ethylene oxide...more
Guidance Provides Roadmap for Companies Seeking Expedited Review of Products Aimed at Combatting SARS CoV-2 -
In August, EPA issued a narrowly tailored approval under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide...more
In a just-released air toxics rule for miscellaneous organic chemical manufacturing (“MON”) sources, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) retains its controversial risk value for ethylene oxide (“EtO”). In doing...more
California' Policy Is Less Specific and Stricter than the EPA Policy -
California has issued a new policy providing limited relief for regulated parties from their environmental compliance and reporting obligations...more
Ethylene oxide (“EtO”), one of the most widely used and effective substances for sterilizing medical products and devices, has come under intense scrutiny by the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”), the Food and Drug...more
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and the U.S. Coast Guard (“USCG”) continue to signal interest in addressing air pollution from large ships and ocean-going vessels. Since statements made by EPA personnel in...more
1/14/2020
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On December 19, 2019, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued its final rule for renewable fuel volume requirements for 2020 under the Renewable Fuel Standard (“RFS”) program. The rule establishes the amount of...more
The IMO and the Price of Gas or The Impact of the International Maritime Organisation’s Sulphur 2020 Limit for Marine Fuel Oil on the Price of Gas -
The main bunker fuel for ships is High Sulphur Fuel Oil (HSFO, with...more
11/20/2019
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On Tuesday, October 22, 2019, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers published a final rule repealing the Obama Administration’s 2015 “WOTUS” rule, which set new and more expansive...more