cross-state air pollution News
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11:30 AM EST: EPA to Hold Media Call on Proposed Updates to the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule
Today at 11:30 a.m. EST, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold a media call about an update to the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule. EPA is committed to protecting the lives and health of Americans by addressing the problem of air pollution that is transported across state lines. WHO: Janet McCabe, acting assistant administrator for EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation WHAT: ...
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Here’s what they’re saying about the cross-state air pollution rule
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized Clean Air Act protections that will slash hundreds of thousands of tons of smokestack emissions that travel long distances through the air and threaten the health of hundreds of millions of Americans living downwind. The Cross-State Air Pollution Rule will protect communities that are home to 240 million Americans from smog and soot ...
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EPA – Revised Cross-State Air Pollution Rule Update for the 2008 Ozone NAAQS
This proposed action is taken in response to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit’s (D.C. Circuit) remand of the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) Update in Wisconsin v. EPA on September 13, 2019. The CSAPR Update finalized Federal Implementation Plans (FIPs) for 22 states to address their interstate pollution-transport obligations under the Clean Air ...
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ICAC Releases Updated Regulatory Tracker, Spring 2020
ICAC has developed the Spring 2020 Regulatory Tracker: an up-to-date list of key EPA regulations that have had recent activity. Additionally, the tracker highlights opportunities for engagement and, when applicable, instances where ICAC has submitted comments, technical briefings or presentations. View the Regulatory Tracker Regulations Included in Spring 2020 Regulatory Tracker: Coal Ash ...
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EPA reduces smokestack pollution, protecting Americans’ health from soot and smog/clean air act protections will cut dangerous pollution in communities that are home to 240 million Americans
Building on the Obama Administration’s strong record of protecting the public’s health through common-sense clean air standards – including proposed standards to reduce emissions of mercury and other air toxics, as well as air quality standards for sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide – the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today finalized additional Clean Air Act ...
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EPA opens public comment on secondary air standards for nitrogen and sulfur oxides/ agency announces pilot field study on environmental impacts
After a careful review of the best available science, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing secondary air quality standards to protect the environment from nitrogen oxides (NOx) and sulfur oxides (SOx). Today’s proposal builds on EPA efforts already underway to reduce NOx and SOx emissions. EPA has made significant progress in developing a multi-pollutant standard ...
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EPA Proposes to Reduce Smog-Forming Pollution Transported Across State Lines
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing updates to the agency’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) to address interstate air quality impacts for the 2008 ozone air quality standards. The proposed updates would reduce summertime emissions of oxides of nitrogen (NOx) from power plants that contribute to downwind ozone problems in the eastern half of the U.S. ...
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Court orders EPA to redo air pollution limits in 13 states
A federal appeals court on Tuesday ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to relax some limits it set on smokestack emissions that cross state lines and taint downwind areas with air pollution from power plants. At the same time, the court upheld the EPA's right to impose the clean-air standards, rejecting an argument by states and industry groups that the rule was overly burdensome. The ...
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As summer smog season starts, free resources help protect people
Next week is Air Quality Awareness week – a cooperative effort amongst EPA, state environmental agencies, and the National Weather Service, to remind everyone to protect their health by paying attention to local air quality. With the onset of warmer weather, EPA urges New Englanders to be aware of the increased risk of ground-level ozone and fine particle pollution (when combined, often ...
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EPA announces court ordered schedule for action on state-led efforts to reduce harmful haze-forming pollutants
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a court ordered schedule to review and act on more than 40 state pollution reduction plans that will improve visibility in national parks and wilderness areas and protect public health from the damaging effects of the pollutants that cause regional haze. Haze-forming pollution, including nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide and particles, ...
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Fuel Tech Awarded Air Pollution Control Orders Totaling $3.0M
Fuel Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ: FTEK), a world leader in advanced engineering solutions for combustion and emissions control systems for utility and industrial applications, today announced receipt of multiple air pollution control orders totaling $3.0 million. The largest of these orders, placed by a major utility and an existing customer, was an award of two ULTRA™ ...
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Bidder Information Session Planned for FirstEnergy Solutions Emission Allowance Auction
FirstEnergy Solutions, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE), will host a bidder information session on Monday, November 7, 2011, at 11 a.m. for those interested in participating in a competitive bidding auction process for Cross State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOX) emission allowances for 2012 and 2013. The bidder application deadline for the ...
By FirstEnergy
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EIP Files FOIA Suit To Obtain Details On 65 Clean Air Act Meetings With White House
The Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) filed suit late Tuesday under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to obtain records of 65 meetings that the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) held with interest groups to discuss four major Clean Air Act rules under consideration by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The scope of the EIP lawsuit includes 51 ...
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ADA-ES Completes Successful Tests of its ADAir™ Mixer Technology for Optimized Emissions Compliance
Advanced Emissions Solutions, Inc. (OTC PINK: ADES) (the “Company” or “ADES”) today announced that its subsidiary, ADA-ES, Inc. (“ADA”) has successfully completed a commercial installation of its ADAir™ Mixer Technology on a Utility Power Plant and concluded performance tests. These performance tests yielded positive results and validate the benefits of ...
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EPA grants clean air act petition to improve air quality in New Jersey/action protects public health and cuts harmful emissions from pennsylvania power plant
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today granted a petition submitted by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to limit sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions from a Pennsylvania power plant that are adversely impacting air quality in Warren, Sussex, Morris and Hunterdon counties in New Jersey. This is the first single-source petition the agency has granted and it will require ...
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Fuel Tech Awarded Air Pollution Control Orders Totaling $10.5M
Fuel Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ: FTEK), a world leader in advanced engineering solutions for combustion and emissions control systems for utility and industrial applications, today announced receipt of multiple air pollution control orders totaling $10.5 million. In the U.S., orders were received for three Selective Non-Catalytic Reduction (SNCR) systems. One award, placed by ...
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Fuel Tech Awarded Air Pollution Control Orders Totaling $4.3M
Fuel Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ: FTEK), a world leader in advanced engineering solutions for the optimization of combustion systems and emissions control in utility and industrial applications, today announced receipt of air pollution control (APC) orders totaling $4.3 million. The largest of these orders is from a Midwest utility for a nitrogen oxide (NOx) reduction project on a coal-fired boiler. This ...
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Voters Overwhelmingly Support EPA Air Pollution Rules
A new, nationwide poll shows that by a wide margin, voters of both political parties and in all regions of the U.S. disagree with Congress' anti-Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) agenda and support the EPA's new rules to limit air pollution from coal-fired power plants. Two-thirds of the respondents – 67 percent – oppose Congress delaying implementation of the air pollution ...
By Ceres
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Fuel Tech Awarded Air Pollution Control Orders Totaling $4.4M
Fuel Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ: FTEK), a world leader in advanced engineering solutions for the optimization of combustion systems and emissions control in utility and industrial applications, today announced receipt of air pollution control (APC) orders totaling $4.4 million. The largest of these orders, placed by a Midwest utility, represent nitrogen oxide (NOx) reduction projects on two coal-fired ...
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Fuel Tech Awarded Air Pollution Control Orders Totaling $5.1M
Fuel Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ: FTEK), a world leader in advanced engineering solutions for combustion and emissions control systems for utility and industrial applications, today announced receipt of multiple air pollution control orders totaling $5.1 million. The largest of these orders, placed by a major utility and an existing customer, was an award of a Selective ...
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