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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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April 23, 2021

Earth Day 2021: CERCLA and RCRA in The Biden Administration: Elevating Climate Change and Environmental Justice in Addressing Hazardous Wastes

We close out the Corporate Environmental Lawyer Blog’s weeklong celebration of Earth Day with the two federal programs aimed at cleaning up existing toxic waste sites and preventing the creation of new ones, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (“CERCLA”) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”). Continue reading

CERCLA, Climate Change, Emerging Contaminants, RCRA, Sustainability

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October 30, 2017

EPA Publishes Proposed Rule on Reporting Requirements for the TSCA Mercury Inventory

On October 26, 2017, EPA published a proposed rule requiring manufacturers and importers of mercury and mercury-added products or any other person who intentionally uses mercury in a manufacturing process to provide EPA with both quantitative and qualitative information about the elemental mercury and mercury compounds involved in their activities. 82 FR 49564 (October 26,… Continue reading

Climate Change, Consumer Law and Environment, Hazmat, Sustainability, Toxic Tort, TSCA

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