Environmental Trends Contributors

Topics discussed this week include

• EPA proposes rescinding Obama-era leak repair provisions for appliances using substitute refrigerants.
• BLM releases revised 2016 Methane and Waste Prevention Rule.
• EPA denies petitions by Delaware and Connecticut on cross-state emissions.
• D.C. Circuit upholds decision to vacate 2008 ozone NAAQS implementation rule.

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Topics discussed this week include:

• EPA proposes Clean Power Plan replacement rule
• Court issues nationwide injunction enjoining EPA delay of effective date of Obama administration’s “Waters of the United States” Rule effectively reinstating the Rule in 26 states
• D.C. Circuit invalidates EPA’s delay of Obama administration Risk Management Plan Rule
• Montana judge orders State Department to supplement environmental analysis for Keystone XL Pipeline

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Topics discussed this week include:

• Manufacturer held liable for asbestos-related injury stemming from replacement parts it did not make.
• Novel watershed permit issued for Cape Cod towns.
• CERCLA claims constitutionally barred against state government entities.
• EPA to revisit Wood Heater New Source Performance Standards.
• BLM must consider downstream greenhouse gas releases under NEPA.

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Topics discussed this week include:

• “Exceptional events” rule upheld.
• New York City climate change tort suit dismissed.
• Courts of appeal rule on pipeline projects.
• EPA revises coal ash disposal rules.
• BLM announces end to compensatory mitigation requirements.
• Environmental group appeals stay of 2015 Waters of the U.S. Rule.

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Topics discussed this week include

• Supplemental legal analysis provides additional support for Administration’s narrower interpretation of “waters of the United States”
• EPA proposes new volume requirements under Renewable Fuel Standard
• EPA extends comment period of advance notice of proposed rulemaking on cost-benefit analyses
• Rhode Island brings climate change suit against fossil fuel companies
• EPA proposes “close-out” of upwind states’ interstate air transport obligations under 2008 ozone standard

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Topics discussed this week include:

• D.C. Circuit upholds the EPA’s “regional consistency” regulations
• Federal district court in Georgia enjoins implementation of WOTUS rule in 11 states
• The EPA approves Oklahoma CCR disposal plan
• CEQ issues ANPRM requesting comment on how to update NEPA’s implementing regulations
• ATSDR issues draft toxicological profile asserting that PFAS compounds may endanger human health at low levels

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Topics discussed this week include:

• EPA proposes to reject Delaware and Maryland 126(b) petitions
• EPA declares intention to propose listing fluorochemicals as hazardous substances and to evaluate setting maximum contaminant levels
• EPA proposes to keep existing sulfur oxide primary-health NAAQS
• EPA solicits comment on regulatory cost/benefit decision-making process
• EPA sued over alleged delays in implementing federal pesticide rules

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Topics discussed this week include:

• FERC decision sets limits on how greenhouse gas emissions are to be reviewed.
• EPA sued over hardrock mining financial responsibility rule decision.
• OSHA to update hazard communication standard to reflect GHS changes.
• EPA to finalize regulation on the use of paint-stripping chemical methylene chloride.
• Court dismisses suit challenging constitutionality of the Congressional Review Act.
• Court finds that one Prop 65 warning is enough in case against winemakers.

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