EPA's agreement with a Massachusetts railroad terminal operator to rework its discharge permit marks the third time in a week the agency has agreed to revise contested permit terms rather than defend them.
Publication of the final Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) fees rule allows EPA to start collecting fees under the revised law, but the regulation could face legal challenges.
Environmental groups claim that EPA is violating the Clean Air Act by not compelling several states to submit plans for meeting the agency's sulfur dioxide (SO2) air standard.
Environmentalists plan to pressure EPA to revise and tighten its coal ash rule in line with a federal appeals court mandate issued Oct. 15 that formally vacates portions of the Obama-era regulation, in lieu of pursuing waste law enforcement actions against utilities that they claim are now violating the law as a result of the mandate.
Chemical industry attorneys are urging EPA to accelerate its plan to undo Obama-era changes tightening the risk management plan (RMP) facility safety program, after the agency opted against appealing a court ruling that scrapped the Trump administration's delay of the revisions and reinstated looming compliance deadlines.
Ronald Tenpas, former head of the Justice Department's (DOJ) environment division during President George W. Bush's administration, also served on President Donald Trump's 'landing team' at DOJ.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is planning to renew its call for the Supreme Court to halt a novel climate change case brought by 21 youth plaintiffs, just weeks before the long-pending and high-profile matter is scheduled to go to trail in a federal district court in Oregon.
An Arizona county and power company are fighting Sierra Club's Environmental Appeals Board challenge that claims a gas plant's 'minor source' air permit is 'unenforceable.'
Appellate judges at Oct. 12 oral argument strongly backed the Environmental Defense Fund's (EDF) criticism of confidential business information (CBI) provisions in the Trump EPA's final rule that determines chemicals subject to the revised Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), but queried what legal remedy they could give EDF.
A federal district court judge has rejected environmentalists' attempt to force EPA to develop a cleanup plan for Lake Erie, saying that while he understands their concerns that Ohio may fail to address excess nutrients in the lake given the state's record to date, the law does not support their arguments.
