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The D.C. Circuit has struck down a Bush administration rule barring states and local governments from requiring increased air pollution monitoring. The 2-1 ruling invalidated a two-year-old rule. The Clean Air Act requires that permits granted to facilities releasing more than 100 tons of any pollutant a year provide for monitoring to ensure the company is meeting its emissions targets. Such permits are usually issued by local or state agencies. But the rule prohibited municipalities...
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As part of the fifteenth settlement secured by the Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency to control harmful air pollution from coal-fired power plants, the owner and operator of a plant in St. Johns, Ariz., has agreed to install pollution controls at an estimated cost of $400 million to reduce harmful emissions and pay a $950,000 civil penalty. Today's settlement resolves alleged violations of the New Source Review...
WASHINGTON - A federal appeals court unanimously struck down a signature component of President Bush's clean-air policies Friday, dealing a blow to environmental groups and likely delaying further action until the next administration. The regulation, known as the Clean Air Interstate Rule, required 28 mostly Eastern states - including West Virginia - to reduce smog- forming and soot-producing emissions that can travel long distances in the wind. The Environmental Protection Agency predicted...
A U.S. federal appeals court Friday struck down a key portion of President George Bush's signature Clear Skies legislation, saying the rule was flawed. The Clean Air Interstate Rule of the Environmental Protection Agency was designed to reduce air pollution that moves across state lines. The plan capped emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides in the eastern United States, which the EPA said resulted in reduction in the emissions across 28 eastern states and the District of Columbia....
By Duncan Mansfield KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Critics fear that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will adopt a rule in the waning days of the Bush administration that will make it easier to build coal-fired power plants near national parks. The proposed change, pending since last June, comes as the utility industry moves into its biggest building boom in coal- fueled power plants in decades. To meet growing electricity needs, more than 20 plants are under construction in 14 states and more...
By Duncan Mansfield Associated Press KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Critics fear the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will adopt a rule in the waning days of the Bush administration that will make it easier to build coal-fired power plants near national parks. The proposed change, pending since last June, comes as the utility industry moves into its biggest building boom in coal- fueled power plants in decades. To meet growing electricity needs, more than 20 plants are under construction in 14...
WASHINGTON -- The White House is reviewing an U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposal that the agency says will streamline the way the it oversees smokestack pollution from power generators, oil refineries and other industrial plants.According to a website filing made public Friday, EPA is asking the White House's regulatory arm, the Office of Management and Budget, to sign off on a rule that EPA says will reduce paperwork and clarify how the agency tracks emissions for certain plant...
By Tom Doggett WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a big win for environmentalists, a federal appeals court on Friday struck down a Bush administration rule that would have made it easier for coal-burning power plants to make equipment changes without installing controls to fight the pollution that would result. The court shot down an Environmental Protection Agency rule that said power plant owners would only have to install modern pollution fighting controls if equipment changes cost more than...
By Tom DoggettWASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a big win for environmentalists, a federal appeals court on Friday struck down a Bush administration rule that would have made it easier for coal-burning power plants to make equipment changes without installing controls to fight the pollution that would result.The court shot down an Environmental Protection Agency rule that said power plant owners would only have to install modern pollution fighting controls if equipment changes cost more than 20...
By Chris Baltimore WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration must decide by next week whether to change standards limiting tiny particles emitted by power plants and cars, and environmental groups fear the rules won't go far enough to protect public health. Under a legal settlement reached with environmental groups, the Environmental Protection Agency must reconsider existing standards by Tuesday, December 20, to curb the amount of so-called fine particles. The emissions are...
