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Up in the Air: SCOTUS Creates New Venue Test for Clean Air Act Cases

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The U.S. Supreme Court issued a pair of decisions in EPA v. Calumet Shreveport Refining and Oklahoma v. EPA on June 18, 2025, resolving two related circuit splits regarding proper venue for challenging certain U.S....more

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EPA Introduces New Email Account for Regulated Community to Request Presidential Exemption

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The Environmental Protection Agency announced March 12 it set up an e-mail account allowing the regulated community to request a presidential exemption under Section 112(i)(4) of the Clean Air Act (“CAA”)....more

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EPA Issues Solicitation for Clean Air Act Section 112 Presidential Exemptions

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EPA’s electronic mailbox is open for requests from stationary sources until March 31. In March 2025, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it has set up an electronic mailbox to allow...more

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Methane Series Part III: Implementation Is Here. EPA Published the Proposed Rule Implementing the First-Ever Direct Tax on Methane...

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We wrote an overview of the methane tax after the Inflation Reduction Act was signed into law in August 2022 and Congress directed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to impose the first-ever direct tax on methane...more

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EPA Reduces Renewable Fuel Standard Targets But Takes a Hard Line on Small Refinery Waivers

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On December 7, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) proposed the long-awaited and much anticipated renewable fuel targets for 2020, 2021, and 2022 under the federal Clean Air Act’s (“CAA”) Renewable Fuel...more

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Patience and Perseverance Paves the Way for Air-izona

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John Quincy Adams is credited with saying: “Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.” This is certainly apropos for Arizona in light of recent federal actions...more

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Air Program Malfunction Exemption Nixed, But Not Agency Discretion

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Virginia’s State Air Pollution Control Board (“Board”) recently amended its regulations to remove the long-standing malfunction exemption available to regulated sources of air pollution for violations of emission limits and...more

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EPA Issues Notice Of Proposed Settlement For Wyoming Refineries

On September 14, 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a Notice of Proposed Settlement Agreement; Request for Public Comment in the Federal Register. The notice is to settle lawsuits filed by Sinclair...more

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EPA Tightens Air Regulations for Emissions During Shutdown, Startup and Malfunction

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Introduction - Of particular concern to electric utilities and other major sources operating under Title V permits, on February 12, 2013, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) initiated steps under the Clean...more

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