H.R. 7651
would provide for methane emission detection and mitigation.
would provide for methane emission detection and mitigation.
would facilitate efficient state implementation of NAAQS.
The Environmental Protection Division proposed amendments to regulations governing air quality control. The amendments would specify the dollar-per-ton rate for annual emissions fees, reference the Fee Manual for state fiscal year 2025 fees, and change the date that administrative fees start being calculated. A hearing will be held April 1, 2024. Comments are due April 8, 2024. See https://epd.georgia.gov/chapter-391-3-1-air-quality-control.
EPA removed the one-pound per square inch Reid vapor pressure waiver for summer gasoline-ethanol blended fuels containing 10% ethanol in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin, in response to petitions from those states.
The Department of Environmental Management proposed to adopt new rules for imposing civil penalties on entities that violate provisions of the state’s air pollution control laws and rules. A hearing will be held April 10, 2024. Comments are due March 15, 2024. See http://iac.iga.in.gov/iac//20240207-IR-326240046FNA.xml.html.
would require the Secretary of Energy to remove carbon dioxide directly from ambient air or seawater.
would require the Secretary of Energy to remove carbon dioxide directly from ambient air or seawater.
The Air Resources Board proposed amendments to regulations governing low carbon fuel standards. The amendments would require a 30% reduction in fuel carbon intensity (CI) by 2030 and a 90% reduction by 2045 from a 2010 baseline, implement a one-time, 5% reduction in the CI benchmark in 2025, eliminate the current exemption for intrastate fossil jet fuel starting in 2028, expand zero emission vehicle infrastructure crediting to the medium- and heavy-duty vehicle sector, and streamline quantification methods and analysis tools for low-carbon fuel production.
The Department of Ecology adopted amendments to regulations governing hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) and the air quality fee rule. The amendments, among other things, set maximum global warming potential thresholds for HFCs in various applications, establish a refrigerant management program with registration and reporting requirements for owners/operators of large systems, mandate service practices for technicians, amend product labeling and disclosure requirements and establish fees to cover the costs of implementing and enforcing the refrigerant management program.
The Department of Environmental Services proposed to readopt, with amendments, regulations governing consumer products. The amendments would add an email address in the date coding section and correct citations to Department rules in the reporting requirements section. A hearing will be held January 11, 2024. Comments are due January 19, 2024. See https://gencourt.state.nh.us/rules/register/2023/1214/2023-285%20IP%20Notice%20Env-A%204100.pdf.
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