EPA has also issued several new guidance documents on a variety of topics. These include: 1. "Five-Year Review Process in the Super-fund Program," EPA-540-F-02-004, OSWER 9355.7-08FS, April 2003; 2. "Transfer of Long-Term Response Action (LTRA) Projects to States," EPA-540-F-01-...
starting as a Legislative Analyst in 2015. He has served since 2019 as the Chief Strategy Officer, helping create and manage the strategic implementation of both North Carolina’s Clean Energy Plan and Risk and Resiliency Plan. He also provided guidance to the Department on significant State ...
Last year, the Supreme Court held that the Obama-era Clean Power Plan went too far by establishing a GHG emission cap premised on the nation’s systemwide shift to renewable electric generation. Specifically, the Court found that Congress had failed to provide the Agency with clear authorization...
Going forward, EPA expects to initiate prioritization on five chemicals every year, which will create a sustainable and effective pace for risk evaluations. Prioritization is the first step under EPA’s authority to regulate existing chemicals currently on the market and in use – to evaluate ...
Effective January 1, 2022, the hazardous waste generation and handling fee is imposed as a flat rate per ton or fraction of a ton on generators of hazardous waste for each generator site that generates five or more tons of hazardous waste at a site in California within a calendar year. The...
Under the CAA, EPA must ensure the ambient standards for both pollutants are established at a level “requisite to protect the public health” with “an adequate margin of safety,” and EPA must review the NAAQS every five years to determine whether the standards should be retained or revised...
agencies consider the environmental impacts of their actions and decisions, but it is the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), which serves as the White House’s environmental policy arm, that provides guidance as to how those agencies should evaluate the projects subject to their review. Energy...
Paragraph (7) of CAA section 112® grants the EPA the authority to issue accidental release prevention, detection, and correction requirements and guidance that has manufacturers prevent and manage those accidental risks through manufacturers’ risk management program (RMP) plans. The EPA originally ...
“We were able to review a copy of the draft guidance document over the weekend and were able to provide some initial feedback to several staff this morning about possible ways to strengthen the document,” Trautner continued. “… We believe our experiences on the ground can inform and ...
Amemorandumfor OSHA regional administrators and state plan designees outlines instructions and guidance to federal OSHA area offices regarding the initiative. According to Doug Parker, assistant secretary of labor for OSHA, the agency is “using available tools” while it works to finalize a standard...