08
October
2019
Sidley Environmental Trends
Topics discussed this week:
- California-EPA feud over air and water programs escalates
- States sue Trump administration over Endangered Species Act rule changes
- D.C. Circuit acts on EPA “good neighbor” regulation governing 2008 ozone standard
- Sierra Club sues EPA alleging agency has failed to enforce “good neighbor” requirements for 2015 ozone standard
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26
August
2019
Sidley Environmental Trends
Topics discussed this week include
- DOJ limits use of supplemental environmental projects in settlements with state and local governments
- D.C. Circuit limits EPA’s ability to roll back or freeze ozone national ambient air quality standards
- Trump administration updates Endangered Species Act regulations
- Citizen suit alleging a permit was issued or extended in violation of state and federal regulations cannot be brought against the holder of a valid permit
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14
August
2019
Sidley Environmental Trends
Topics discussed this week include:
- EPA issues first of three revisions to coal ash regulations
- EPA supports request to formally end Clean Power Plan litigation
- States sue NHTSA over rule reducing CAFE penalties
- EPA proposes to revise New Source Review standards
- EPA moves to dismiss claim seeking asbestos rulemaking under APA
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29
July
2019
Sidley Environmental Trends
Topics discussed this week include:
- Interest groups kick off challenges to EPA’s Affordable Clean Energy rule
- D.C. Circuit upholds EPA decision not to impose new financial assurance requirements on hardrock mining operators
- Fourth Circuit vacates Atlantic Coast Pipeline permit
- EPA declines to ban the pesticide chlorpyrifos
- Maryland high court holds that state agency supersedes county zoning boards on solar zoning
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17
July
2019
Sidley Environmental Trends
Topics discussed this week include:
- EPA proposes to decline to set CERCLA financial assurance rule for electric power industry.
- D.C. Circuit upholds RCRA transfer-based exclusion.
- EPA proposes renewable volume obligations for 2020.
- EPA issues final enforcement policy on coordination with and delegation to states.
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03
July
2019
Sidley Environmental Trends
Topics discussed this week:
- EPA finalizes Clean Power Plan repeal and promulgates Affordable Clean Energy rule
- U.S. Senate passes defense bill with PFAS requirements
- Council on Environmental Quality issues draft guidance on considering GHGs in environmental impact reviews
- Solicitor General asks for Supreme Court review of Atlantic Coast Pipeline decision
- EPA air chief steps down
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18
June
2019
Sidley Environmental Trends
Topics discussed this week include
- Trump executive order directs agencies to reduce federal advisory committees
- D.C. Circuit dismisses Clean Air Act Title V challenge
- Michigan AG office drops pending Flint water crisis criminal charges
- EPA updates FY2020-23 National Compliance Initiatives
- Department of the Interior restores federal mineral lease fees to Obama-era levels
- TVA agrees to close coal ash pit at Gallatin Fossil Plant
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03
June
2019
Sidley Environmental Trends
Topics discussed this week include:
- EPA to allow sales of higher ethanol fuel in the summer
- EPA finalizes guidance on PM2.5 requirements
- Clean Water Rule remanded by one federal court, held in effect by another
- EPA Administrator issues memo on cost-benefit analysis in rulemakings
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30
May
2019
Sidley Environmental Trends
Topics discussed this week include:
- U.S. House and Senate hold hearings on per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)
- D.C. Circuit issued two decisions related to small refinery exemptions to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)
- California Department of Pesticide Regulation moves to ban chlorpyrifos in California
- Carbon capture and storage technology receives greater political support with new bill in the U.S. Senate
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08
May
2019
Sidley Environmental Trends
Topics discussed this week include:
- Clean Water Act groundwater case settlement proposed, potentially ending Supreme Court review
- EPA issues draft interim cleanup guidelines for PFAS in groundwater
- EPA reaffirms its stance that glyphosate does not pose risk to human health and is not carcinogenic
- Virginia will not join Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issues certificate for natural gas pipeline expansion in Northeast
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