Tag: air pollutants

Back to Basics: Hazardous Air Pollution

By Grace Hatfield, EHS Daily Advisor Mar 13, 2023 Back to Basics

Updated: Mar 13, 2023

Back to Basics is a weekly feature that highlights important but possibly overlooked information that any EHS professional should know. This week, we examine hazardous air pollution and the EPA’s strategies for dealing with climate change. Following the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, that happened in early February, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has […]

Air pollution, pollutants, smokestacks

Will Revised Cross-State Air Pollution Rule Extend Beyond Power Plants?

By Lisa Whitley Coleman, EHS Daily Advisor Oct 28, 2020 Regulatory Developments

Updated: Oct 28, 2020

On October 15, 2020, the EPA proposed Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) revisions to reduce summertime nitrous oxides (NOx) emissions from upwind power plants in 12 states: Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia.

Coal power plant with air emissions

EPA Faces Backlash, Lawsuits Over Changes to MATS

By Lisa Whitley Coleman, EHS Daily Advisor Jul 2, 2020 Regulatory Developments

Updated: Jul 2, 2020

In a petition filed in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals on June 19, 2020, 23 advocacy groups represented by Earthjustice sued the EPA and asked the court to overturn the current administration’s updated benefit-cost analysis (BCA) for limits on coal-fired power plants’ mercury emissions. The existing Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) regulations took […]