Congress to control pollutants discharged into the air, water, and land. To implement these regulations, EPA develops test procedures (analytical methods) to measure regulated pollutants. These methods are cont
EPA is nearing release of its proposed rule establishing a method for the agency to add new substances to its list of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) regulated by the Clean Air Act, after the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) completed review of the plan ahead of its upcomi...
This initiative will tackle the serious threat to communities from illicit exposure to regulated hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) from nearby industry. Many of these pollutants, such as benzene, ethylene oxide and formaldehyde, are known or suspected to cause cancer or other serious neurological, re...
mercury, and other air toxics; (ii) wastewater at coal-fired steam energy generating units; and (iii) coal combustion residual landfills. While coal-fired power plants that have planned retirement dates are exempted from many of the new regulations, plants without such plans may nee...
the enforcement memorandum removes the Biden EPA’s particular focus on reducing air toxics in specified communities. Rather, enforcement and compliance assurance work will be focused on “the worst pollution from [hazardous air pollutants] affecting human health” without the prio...
Stationary sources are considered “major” if they have the potential to emit regulated pollutants above a regulatory threshold level. Stack emissions are counted toward that threshold. But fugitive emissions count toward the threshold only for certain listed categories of sources. These can be...
, and lead are directly regulated, as are "hazardous" air pollutants that the EPA determines are likely to cause death or serious physical injuries. Congress listed some 189 hazardous air pollutants in its 1990 amendments to the original law. Many of these hazardous air pollutants are fairly ...
“Enforcing emissions standards for hazardous air pollutants is critical to protecting the air we breathe and ensuring companies play by the rules,” said Ethan Knight, Chief of the Economic Crimes Unit for the U.S. Attorney’s Office. “We will vigorously prosecute any company that risk...
systems, graywater systems, hulls and associated niche areas, and seawater piping, vessel owners and operators should look to how they can ensure their operation of this equipment and these systems are using the best technology available to avoid discharges of the pollutants regulated by...
The National Association Of Clean Air Agencies, representing 41 states’ air regulators, is pressing EPA to ramp up its regulation of and research into air toxics as concerns grow about certain high-profile pollutants such as ethylene oxide (EtO), per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), ...