75 FR 78167
SIP Approval: Arizona (PM emissions from fugitive dust sources).
SIP Approval: Arizona (PM emissions from fugitive dust sources).
SIP Approval: Alabama (Greenhouse Gas Tailoring Rule revision)
EPA finalized rulemaking that narrows thresholds of SIP PSD programs in 24 states that apply to GHG-emitting sources.
SIP Approval: Connecticut (PSD program for greenhouse gases (GHGs))
EPA finalized rulemaking that narrows thresholds for Title V permitting programs under the Greenhouse Gas Tailoring Rule.
EPA determined that Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Oregon, and Wyoming have failed to submit revisions to their EPA-approved SIPs to apply PSD requirements to GHG-emitting sources.
EPA determined that the Dallas/Fort Worth moderate nonattainment area failed to attain the 1997 eight-hour ozone NAAQS and reclassified the area as a serious ozone nonattainment area; attainment must be reached no later than June 15, 2013.
EPA amended specific provisions in the GHG reporting rule to complement the final rule published on October 28, 2010.
United States v. Unisea, Inc., No. 3:11-cv-00037-JWS (D. Alaska Mar. 9, 2011). A settling CERCLA, CWA, and EPCRA defendant that discharged ammonia and other pollutants from its facility in Unalaska must pay a $1,405,250 civil penalty to the United States, must pay a $504,125 civil assessment to Alaska, and must perform the specified injunctive relief.
United States v. Consol Energy, Inc., No. 1:11-cv-00028 (N.D. W. Va. Mar. 14, 2011). Settling CWA defendants responsible for NPDES permit violations and the discharge of pollutants into waters of the United States must pay a $5.5 million civil penalty and must perform injunctive relief at six mines.