As part of a discretionary reconsideration of a final 2020 decision regarding the fine particulate (PM_(2.5)) National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS), EPA has lowered the current standard from 12.0 ug/m3 to 9.0 ug/m3. The final rule was published in the Federal Register on March 6,...
On January 15, 2013, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a final rule in theFederal Registerto strengthen the National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for particulate matter (PM).1The standards, set pursuant to the Clean Air Act (CAA),2address potential health effects (incl...
EPA is asking a federal appellate court to extend until the end of January its pause on litigation challenging Trump-era national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for particulate matter (PM), saying it will need until then to issue its final rule expected to strengthen the standards due t...
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could push a final standard until the end of August or later."EPA believes that this inter-agency review will be completed shortly, after which EPA expects expeditiously to sign the final action that will complete its rulemaking reconsidering the ozone NAAQS rule," the agency said in an Aug....
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A. Legislative Requirements Affecting This Rule 1. The Primary Standards Two sections of the Act govern the establishment and revision of the NAAQS. Section 108 (42 U.S.C. 7408) directs the Administrator to identify pollutants which "may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or we...
NAAQSreviewdocumentproducedbyEPA staffscientistswithapolicydocumentwhich “reflects the agency’s views.” CASAC is removed from their traditional advisory role and can only comment in the public record after the proposed rule has been published. These ...
31A coalition of 14 states is urging a federal appeals court to require EPA to make a decision by Dec. 31 on the agency's proposal to tighten the Bush-era ozone national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) or, alternatively, to allow litigation over the standard to proceed if EPA fails ...
Chad Whiteman, Vice President, Environment and Regulatory Affairs at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, testified at a February 23 hearing regarding EPA’s proposed PM NAAQS standards. His full testimony is below.