The Second Circuit vacated in part EPA's risk assessments for the pesticide dichlorvos. To determine safe levels of exposure to dichlorvos for certain exposure scenarios, EPA relied heavily on a single study in which six people were paid to ingest a dose of the pesticide every day for three week...
The Third Circuit upheld a preliminary injunction against the U.S. Forest Service prohibiting it from halting any drilling in the Allegheny National Forest until a multi-year, forestwide EIS under NEPA is complete. Until recently, oil and gas drilling in the Forest was managed through a cooperative ...
United States v. J.L. French LLC, No. 2:11-CV-00860 (E.D. Wis. Sept. 12, 2011). Settling CAA defendants responsible for violations at three aluminum production facilities in Kentucky must pay an $80,000 civil penalty to the United States and Kentucky, must retest emission units, must adopt new monitoring practices, must correct deficiencies in recordkeeping and reporting, must shut down certain emission units, and must apply for new operating permits at their facilities.
SIP Proposal: North Carolina (attainment of the 1997 annual fine particulate matter NAAQS for the Greensboro nonattainment area).
SIP Proposal: New Mexico (PSD permitting requirements for greenhouse gases in Albuquerque/Bernalillo County) .
SIP Proposal: Montana (partial approval of air quality permit revisions).
SIP Proposal: Maryland (transportation conformity regulations).
SIP Approval: North Carolina (smokestack emission limitations for the Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir and Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point nonattainment area).
SIP Approval: Maryland (transportation conformity regulations).
SIP Approval: California (stay of offset sanctions and deferral of highway sanctions for the San Joaquin Valley unified air pollution control district).