DOE gave notice that the Environmental Management Advisory Board will be renewed for a two-year period beginning January 12, 2024.

EPA finalized a significant new use rule for 329 per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances that are designated as inactive on the TSCA Chemical Substance Inventory.

EPA announced the availability of the document Policy Assessment for the Review of the Secondary National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Oxides of Nitrogen, Oxides of Sulfur and Particulate Matter. 

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency adopted the Department of the Navy’s categorical exclusion under NEPA for the installation and operation of passive scientific measurement devices. 

United States v. Dow Chemical Co., No. 2:21-cv-00114-MLCF-JVM (E.D. La. Jan. 8, 2024). A proposed stipulation and order modifying a consent decree changes the number of necessary flare gas recovery system (FGRS) compressors at the settling CAA defendants’ petrochemical manufacturing plant in Orange, Texas, from two to three and modifies the requirements for FGRS operation time to reflect the additional compressor. 

United States v. Allied Waste Niagara Falls Landfill, LLC, No. 1:24-cv-36 (W.D.N.Y. Jan. 9, 2024). Under a proposed consent decree, a settling CAA defendant that allegedly violated federal regulations concerning municipal solid waste landfills must pay a $671,000 civil penalty and comply with the regulations by installing and operating a gas collection and control system at its landfill.