New EPA guidance on tenant liability under superfund *

USA - January 18 2013
On December 5, 2012, EPA issued revised enforcement guidance to assist agency personnel in exercising enforcement discretion regarding the treatment…

Co-authors: Carie McKinney, Mary Mendoza.

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TCEQ announces ability for regulated entities to register to review their compliance history ratings prior to release to the public *

USA - July 26 2012
Pursuant to statutory changes enacted in its 2011 Sunset Review, the TCEQ has created a website that allows companies and persons subject to its regulations to review the agency’s proposed compliance history rating, for a 30-day period prior to that rating being made available to the public.

Co-authors: James Braddock.

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Oil and gas operations, including fracing, subject to new air quality regulation - EPA issues final rules under the New Source Performance Standards and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants programs *

USA - April 20 2012
In order to comply with a court-ordered schedule, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson on April 17, signed final rules that subject additional oil and gas operations, including fracing, to air quality regulation under the New Source Performance Standards and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants programs, and impose new and amended requirements under both programs.

Co-authors: James Braddock, Mary Mendoza.

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EPA proposes greenhouse gas emission standards for new electric generating units *

USA - April 2 2012
In response to a court order, EPA has announced its proposed rules that would establish new source performance standards (“NSPS”) applicable to greenhouse gas emissions from new, fossil fuel-fired power plants (“power plants”).

Co-authors: James Braddock, Mary Mendoza.

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Court strikes down EPA disapproval of Texas air quality standard permit for pollution control projects *

USA - March 30 2012
On March 26, 2012, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals (“the Court”) vacated and remanded EPA’s disapproval of Texas’s request for approval of the minor source standard permit for pollution control projects (“PCP”) as part of its air quality state implementation plan (“SIP”).

Co-authors: James Braddock, Mary Mendoza.

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