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March 20, 2023

EPA Finalizes “Good Neighbor Plan” Targeting Ozone-Creating NOx Emissions in 23 States

On March 15, 2023, EPA finalized its Good Neighbor Plan under the Clean Air Act (“CAA”), a rule designed to reduce smog-forming nitrogen oxide pollution from power plants and other industrial facilities in 23 upwind states that impact compliance with ambient air quality standards in downwind states. Continue reading

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August 22, 2017

EPA Withdraws Delay on Ozone NAAQS Designations

On August 1, 2017, 15 states and Washington D.C. filed a petition in the D.C. Circuit Court challenging EPA’s one-year delay of the ozone NAAQS deadline. Then, on August 2, 2017, EPA changed course and withdrew the extension. Continue reading

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August 8, 2017

D.C. Circuit Rejects U.S. EPA Efforts to Ban Hydrofluorocarbons

On August 8, 2017, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia issued a decision concluding that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) did not have statutory authority to issue a 2015 rule that restricted manufacturers from making certain products that contained hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). HFCs are used in a variety of products,… Continue reading

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June 7, 2017

EPA Extends Deadline for 2015 Ozone Air Quality Area Designations

On June 6, 2017, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt sent a letter to the nation’s governors, informing them that EPA is extending the deadline for promulgating initial area designations, by one year, for the 2015 ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (“NAAQS”). Continue reading

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April 12, 2017

Litigation in D.C. Circuit Court Put on Hold While EPA Reconsiders 2015 Ozone Air Quality Standards

On Tuesday, April 11th, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit granted EPA’s motion to continue oral argument and indefinitely delay any decision on challenges to the agency’s 2015 National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ozone in the case of Murray Energy Corp. v. EPA, Case No. 15-1385. Continue reading

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EPA Finalizes “Good Neighbor Plan” Targeting Ozone-Creating NOx Emissions in 23 States

EPA Withdraws Delay on Ozone NAAQS Designations

D.C. Circuit Rejects U.S. EPA Efforts to Ban Hydrofluorocarbons

EPA Extends Deadline for 2015 Ozone Air Quality Area Designations

Litigation in D.C. Circuit Court Put on Hold While EPA Reconsiders 2015 Ozone Air Quality Standards