🏗️EDA Amends Environmental Regulation Affecting Grant Compliance
Through this final rule, the Economic Development Administration (EDA), U.S. Department of Commerce, is amending its environmental regulation. Amending this regulation is necessary to remove references to the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)'s National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) implementing regulations, which CEQ has rescinded, and to clarify EDA internal staffing of Environmental Officers.
Learn More🌍Notice of Availability for Environmental Impact Statements
The Environmental Protection Agency announces the availability of Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) involving projects that may influence federal and state environmental regulations. The notice includes details about specific EIS documents, comment periods, and agency contacts, serving as a resource for stakeholders engaged in relevant projects.
Learn More🌍EPA Regulates Emissions Timelines for Iron and Steel Production
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking interim final action on the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Integrated Iron and Steel Manufacturing Facilities to revise certain compliance deadlines for standards finalized in 2024. Specifically, the EPA is revising certain compliance deadlines in the 2024 rule to April 3, 2027, in light of serious concerns that facilities will be unable to comply with the relevant requirements by the existing deadlines.
Learn More🏭EPA Revises Compliance Deadline for Aerosol Coatings Emission Standards
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking interim final action to revise the compliance deadline in recent amendments to the National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards for Aerosol Coatings under Clean Air Act (CAA) section 183(e). Specifically, the EPA is revising the compliance date for requirements amended in January 17, 2025, from July 17, 2025, to January 17, 2027. The EPA seeks comments on this targeted revision to the compliance date and will respond and update this interim final action as appropriate.
Learn More♻️Final OSWI Emission Standards and Compliance Guidelines by EPA
This action finalizes the periodic review by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of the emissions standards and other requirements for Other Solid Waste Incineration (OSWI) units in the OSWI New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) and Emission Guidelines (EG). The EPA is finalizing applicability-related and definitional changes; changes to OSWI subcategories and the standards for the new subcategories; changes to the startup, shutdown, and malfunction (SSM) provisions; and changes to testing, monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements. We are also making other miscellaneous technical and editorial changes to the regulatory text.
Learn More🌎Notice of Scoping for Appalachia to Market III Environmental Review
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) announces the scoping process for the Appalachia to Market III Project, inviting public comments on environmental impacts. The project aims to enhance transportation capacity and reliability in Pennsylvania, involving substantial construction activities and potential easement negotiations with landowners.
Learn More📋Technical Amendment to OMB Approvals Under Paperwork Reduction Act
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), this technical amendment updates the table that lists the control numbers issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the PRA for information collection activities contained in certain EPA regulations that are promulgated in title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). This technical amendment adds or amends the OMB Control Numbers for existing approved collection activities and removes the OMB Control Numbers that have expired and/or have been discontinued.
Learn More🌿Environmental Impact Statements and Their Business Implications
The Environmental Protection Agency issued a notice regarding the availability of Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) for various projects. The notice details review and comment periods for several EISs, emphasizing the agency's role in public comments on federal projects. This information is crucial for businesses engaged in development projects that require environmental clearances.
Learn More🌬️EPA Proposes Revisions to Missouri Air Quality Standards
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve revisions to the Missouri State Implementation Plan (SIP) related to Definitions and Common Reference Tables used in Missouri rules. EPA has also previously approved this rule as part of the air planning and permitting program. Some of the definitions are associated with those programs, even though many of the definitions pertain only to the SIP. These revisions do not impact the stringency of the SIP or have an adverse effect on air quality. The EPA's proposed approval of this rule revision is being done in accordance with the requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA).
Learn More🌫️Proposed Missouri Rule for Sulfur Dioxide Emissions Compliance
The EPA is proposing to approve revisions to the Missouri State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted by the State of Missouri. Missouri requests that EPA approve replacing the previous statewide sulfur dioxide (SO<INF>2</INF>) rule in the SIP with the latest version of a newer SO<INF>2</INF> rule (10 CSR 10-6.261). This action would result in a number of changes to the SIP, including removing outdated requirements as a result of facilities that have historically closed or switched from coal to lower sulfur fuels, as well as those that have become subject to more stringent SO<INF>2</INF> requirements elsewhere in the Missouri SIP. Other revisions include reinstating SO<INF>2</INF> emission limits for the Ameren-Labadie and Evergy-Hawthorn power plants that had been previously removed. The revisions do not impact the stringency of the SIP, nor do they impact the state's ability to attain or maintain the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). In conjunction with proposing approval of revisions to the Missouri SIP, the EPA is proposing to approve Missouri's negative declaration of sources subject to sulfuric acid production requirements submitted by the MoDNR to the EPA on May 4, 2022.
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