Tag: epa
EPA Recognizes Market-Based Nutrient Trading Program
The EPA, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the White House Council on Environmental Quality recently recognized a market-based nutrient trading program run by the Commonwealth of Virginia. The nutrient trading program works to offset increases in phosphorus loads by creating a market supply and demand for land capture and storage of nutrients. For […]
EPA Issues a Revision of the CSAPR Rule
Today EPA announced an interim final rule with request for comment to Amend Dates in Federal Implementation Plans Addressing Interstate Transport of Ozone and Fine Particulate Matter. This is otherwise known as the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR), the “Transport Rule” or the “Good Neighbor Rule” requires states to develop plans to reducing power plant […]
EPA Issues a Revision of the CSAPR Rule
Today EPA announced an interim final rule with request for comment to Amend Dates in Federal Implementation Plans Addressing Interstate Transport of Ozone and Fine Particulate Matter. This is otherwise known as the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR), the “Transport Rule” or the “Good Neighbor Rule” requires states to develop plans to reducing power plant […]
EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy and Attorney General Eric Holder to Announce Historic Clean Air Act Settlement
New cars are required to have window stickers that clearly identify the car’s fuel economy. The stickers allow car buyers to easily compare one vehicle to another and also to estimate annual fuel costs. Most people accept these numbers as accurate, although there is an understanding that fuel economy estimates are based on idealized testing […]
EPA Proposes Dental Amalgam Pretreatment Effluent Guidelines
Across the United States, municipalities are working to reduce the discharge of mercury to wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). Mercury is a bioaccumulative toxic pollutant that can cause a variety of adverse health effects in humans. In water, certain microorganisms can change mercury into methylmercury, a highly toxic form that builds up in fish, shellfish, and […]