Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
86 FR 24864
05/10/2021
Update Type
Final Rules

EPA approved New Hampshire's request to revise certain of its Agency-authorized programs to allow electronic reporting.

Volume
51
Issue
7
Update Volume
51
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14
86 FR 23359
05/03/2021
Update Type
Notices

Under the CAA, a proposed consent decree in Center for Biological Diversity v. Regan, No. 3:20-cv-06020-WHA (N.D. Cal.), establishes deadlines for EPA to act on certain SIP and control techniques guideline submissions or, as an alternative in one area, to issue a FIP. 

Volume
51
Issue
7
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51
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13
86 FR 22421
04/28/2021
Update Type
Notices

EPA initiated reconsideration of a prior action withdrawing a waiver of preemption for California's zero emission vehicle mandate and greenhouse gas emission standards within the state's Advanced Clean Car program for purposes of rescinding the action; it seeks comment on the reconsideration and will hold a public hearing on June 2, 2021.

Volume
51
Issue
6
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51
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13
86 FR 19883
04/15/2021
Update Type
Notices

EPA announced the availability of and seeks comment on the draft document "Technical Documentation for the Temperature Binning Framework," which provides technical documentation of a framework for analyzing the sector-specific impacts of climate change under different levels of warming.

Volume
51
Issue
6
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51
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11
86 FR 16952
03/31/2021
Update Type
Notices

EPA issued its semiannual regulatory agenda to update the public about regulations and major policies currently under development, reviews of existing regulations and major policies, and rules and major policymakings completed or canceled since the last agenda.

Volume
51
Issue
5
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51
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10
H.R. 1820
Update Type
Committee Name
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Sponsor Name
Gibbs
Sponsor Party Affiliation
R-Ohio
Issue
5
Volume
51
Update Issue
9
Update Volume
51
Congress Number
117
Congressional Record Number
167 Cong. Rec. H1353

would amend the FWPCA  to clarify when the Administrator of EPA has the authority to prohibit the specification of a defined area, or deny or restrict the use of a defined area for specification, as a disposal site under §404 of the Act.

H.R. 1889
Update Type
Committee Name
Committee on Energy and Commerce and Committee on Natural Resources
Sponsor Name
Ruiz
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-Cal.
Issue
5
Volume
51
Update Issue
9
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51
Congress Number
117
Congressional Record Number
167 Cong. Rec. H1364

would require the Administrator of EPA to continue to carry out certain programs relating to environmental justice.

86 FR 12682
03/04/2021
Update Type
Notices

EPA designated one new reference method for measuring concentrations of sulfur dioxide and one new equivalent method for measuring concentrations of particulate matter in ambient air.

Volume
51
Issue
5
Update Volume
51
Update Issue
8

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