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This proclamation addresses the EPA’s April 5, 2024 final rule, National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Ethylene Oxide Emissions Standards for Sterilization Facilities Residual Risk and Technology Review, 89...more
The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) filed a June 6th Petition to Object addressing the Bonanza Explorations’, Inc. Clean Air Act Title V Permit renewal.’ The Petition objects to the renewal of a Title V Operating...more
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has officially extended key compliance deadlines for air toxics standards affecting steel-sector coke oven operations, reflecting industry concerns about the feasibility of...more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Merit Energy Company, LLC (“Merit”) entered into a May 15th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged...more
On June 10, 2025, Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo signed into law Senate Bill 260, which seeks to keep employees who are working outdoors safe from the hazards associated with exposure to wildfire smoke. The law directs the...more
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources (“MDNR”) and Quickrete Companies, LLC (“QC”) entered into a May 12th Administrative Order on Consent (“AOC”) addressing an alleged violation of an Air Permit. See No APCP-2025-026....more
On June 17, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published a proposed rule to repeal the amendments to the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (“MATS”) adopted by the Biden administration in 2024. These...more
The Environmental Integrity Project and Kentucky Resources Council (collectively, “EIP”) filed a June 9th Title V Petition to Object (“Petition”) before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) related to...more
On May 29, 2025, the Supreme Court held that the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) — which requires federal agencies to analyze the environmental impacts of projects that they perform, fund, or approve — does not...more
The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) filed a May 8th Clean Air Act Title V Petition to Object (“Petition”) before the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) relating to Bargath, LLC for the Hyrup...more
The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (“LDEQ”) issued an April 28th news release announcing the release of the Final Report on the Community Air Monitoring and Notification System Task Force (“Task Force”)....more
One hundred environmental organizations transmitted an April 21st letter to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Administrator asking that the federal agency: …maintain and promptly implement a vital,...more
The National Association of Clean Air Agencies (“NACAA”) issued a document titled: Recommendations for FY 2026 Federal Grant Funding for State and Local Clean Air Agencies (“Recommendations”)....more
In a significant development for Arizona’s business community and environmental policymakers, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has paused its planned reclassification of Maricopa County from “Moderate” to...more
States and cities are increasingly using their using their police power to regulate mobile source emissions. Warehouses – and the trucks that serve them – are already subject to an “indirect source rule” (ISR) in southern...more
Effective May 2024, EPA tightened the annual health-based National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for fine particulate matter (PM2.5) from 12.0 µg/m3 to 9.0 µg/m3. This change was made after a review of the available...more
Under the Clean Air Act, sources frequently must undergo “New Source Review” (NSR) permitting, which is a pre-construction permitting program. NSR establishes requirements for new or modified sources prior to initiating...more
Every law student learns that the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) outlines the default rules for how federal agencies propose and finalize regulations and how courts review them. But for many significant actions under the...more
In an unprecedented move, the Trump administration established an electronic mailbox to allow the regulated community to request a Presidential Exemption to certain requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA). Under Section...more
The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board (“Board”) issued a February 28th Proposed Technical Secretary’s Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Order”) to Clear Development, LLC (“CD”) alleging violations of an air permit....more
The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment - Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Abide Farms, LLC (“Abide”) entered into a February 12th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing an alleged violation of...more
The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board issued a February 24th Technical Secretary’s Proposed Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Order”) to Bonnell Aluminum, Inc. (“Bonnell”) addressing an alleged Air Permit violation....more
Port Arthur Community Action Network (PACAN) v. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality et al. (Tex. Feb. 14, 2025) presented the Texas Supreme Court with a unique opportunity to provide defined guideposts to understand...more
The Clean Air Council and two other environmental organizations filed a February 11th submission with the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) styled: PETITION TO PROHIBIT...more