By Trevor Fugita | April 26, 2024 Yesterday, April 25th, the EPA unveiled their final carbon pollution standards for power plants. At a high level, the regulations will require existing coal-fired power plants that run more than 40% of the time and new natural gas-fired power plants that ...
Updatedasbestos regulationsmay help reduce exposure risks. Asbestos exposure can lead to cancers like mesothelioma andlung cancer. Protecting the health of U.S. citizens is one of the EPA’s top functions. *Image Attribution:Environmental Protection Agencybydave_7from Lethbridge, Canada,CC BY-SA 2....
On March 29, 2024, EPA announced new emission standards for heavy-duty vehicles for model years 2027 through 2032. The rule,Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Heavy-Duty Vehicles – Phase 3, regulates heavy-duty vocational vehicles such as delivery trucks, refuse haulers, and public uti...
In addition to the power plant regulations, the agency announced tighter mercury and air toxics standards, limits on the contaminants in wastewater discharge fromcoal-fired power plants, and regulations on coal ash, a byproduct of burning coal. "By finalizing these standards on the same day, we...
Over the next couple of decades, seven new and pending U.S. EPAnclean air, water and other regulations could saddle the power sectornwith more than $200 billion in new costs, according to projections inna new report by NERA Economic Consulting.Jonathan CrawfordSNL Energy Coal Report...
Under the new regulations, annual exposure to fine particulate pollution must be limited to 9 μg/m3 (micrograms per cubic meter of air), down from the current limit of 12. According to the EPA, the new limit, when fully implemented, could prevent up to 4,500 premature deaths and 290,...
美国环境保护署 (EPA) 已经敲定了对联邦空气质量细烟尘标准的关键更新,这是朝着减少致命的空气污染迈出的一步,该污染已经酝酿了十多年。 The standards, announced Wednesday, are one of several important finalized regulations coming from EPA this year focused on both improving air quality and cutting down ...
New EPA hazardous substances regulations expands requirements for facilities storing hazardous substances to prepare a Facility Response Plan
FOX BUSINESS: EPA TO RESCIND METHANE REGULATIONS FOR OIL AND GAS The amended rules would exempt oil and gas wells -- drilled since 2016 -- that are producing less than 15 barrels a day from quarterly reporting requirements and put a stop to aggregating emissions from wells, compressor stations...
of the Final Rule’s publication, (2) have fired any coal in the five years prior to the Final Rule’s publication, or (3) will fire any coal between the Final Rule’s publication and January 1, 2030. State plans are due to EPA within two years of th...