EPA entered into a proposed consent decree under the CAA in Sierra Club v. EPA, No. 15-cv-01555 (D.D.C.), that establishes deadlines for the Agency to take certain actions on Louisiana’s regional haze SIP that was disapproved in 2012.

EPA entered into a proposed consent decree under the CAA in Sierra Club v. EPA, No. 15-cv-01555 (D.D.C.), that establishes deadlines for the Agency to take certain actions on Louisiana’s regional haze SIP that was disapproved in 2012.

EPA finalized amendments to the standards of performance for stationary compression ignition internal combustion engines to allow overrides during emergency situations and for certain engines located in remote areas of Alaska.

EPA finalized amendments to the standards of performance for stationary compression ignition internal combustion engines to allow overrides during emergency situations and for certain engines located in remote areas of Alaska.

EPA finalized amendments to the standards of performance for stationary compression ignition internal combustion engines to allow overrides during emergency situations and for certain engines located in remote areas of Alaska.

SIP Approval: Tennessee (redesignation to attainment of the 2008 lead NAAQS, maintenance plan, and reasonably available control measures for the Bristol nonattainment area).

SIP Approval: Tennessee (redesignation to attainment of the 2008 lead NAAQS, maintenance plan, and reasonably available control measures for the Bristol nonattainment area).

SIP Approval: Tennessee (redesignation to attainment of the 2008 lead NAAQS, maintenance plan, and reasonably available control measures for the Bristol nonattainment area).

In re Volkswagen “Clean Diesel” Marketing, Sales Practices, and Products Liability Litigation, No: MDL No. 2672 CRB (JSC) (N.D. Cal. June 28, 2016). Under a partial consent decree, settling CAA defendants that used defeat devices on their vehicles to circumvent nitrogen oxide control standards during emissions testing must establish a buyback/lease termination program for all eligible owners and lessees; submit for review and approval a proposal for modifying the vehicles in question; achieve a recall rate of 85% by June 30, 2019, or augment mitigation trust funds for the United States and California; fund a trust over three years in the total amount of $2.7 billion to perform specified mitigation projects; and invest $2 billion over a 10-year period to support the increased use of zero emission vehicle technology in the United States.

In re Volkswagen “Clean Diesel” Marketing, Sales Practices, and Products Liability Litigation, No: MDL No. 2672 CRB (JSC) (N.D. Cal. June 28, 2016). Under a partial consent decree, settling CAA defendants that used defeat devices on their vehicles to circumvent nitrogen oxide control standards during emissions testing must establish a buyback/lease termination program for all eligible owners and lessees; submit for review and approval a proposal for modifying the vehicles in question; achieve a recall rate of 85% by June 30, 2019, or augment mitigation trust funds for the United States and California; fund a trust over three years in the total amount of $2.7 billion to perform specified mitigation projects; and invest $2 billion over a 10-year period to support the increased use of zero emission vehicle technology in the United States.