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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Appropriations for FY2013: Debate During the 112th Congress

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Sep 24, 2013

The National Association of Clean Air Agencies (NACAA) testified that the Clean Air Act (CAA) authorizes federal grants to the states for up to 60% of the costs of running these state and local air quality … ) Title V of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7661 et seq.): livestock production Greenhouse gas emissions: manure mgt.

Examining the State of Air Quality Monitoring Technology

Congressional research report · CRS Report Type TE · Apr 10, 2024

The SIPs identify specific state and federal 3 42 U.S.C. §7408 and §7409. 4 For more information regarding the Clean Air Act (CAA) and its major requirements, see CRS Report RL30853, Clean Air Act: A … For more information, see EPA, “Tribal Authority Rule (TAR) Under the Clean Air Act,” https://www.epa.gov/tribal-air/tribal-authority-rule-tar-under-clean-air-act.

Clean Water Act and Pollutant Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs)

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Jan 17, 2014

CRS Report for Congress Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress Clean Water Act and Pollutant Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) Summary Section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act (CWA) requires … Environmental Protection Agency, “Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Notice of Call for Public Comment on 303(d) Program and Ocean Acidification,” 75 Federal Register 13537-13540, March 22, 2010. 22 Denise

Glider Kit, Engine, and Vehicle Regulations

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Sep 10, 2018

“Criteria” air pollutants are the six common air pollutants that EPA has identified under Section 108 of the Clean Air Act. … The comment period for the proposal closed on January 5, 2018. The proposal received over 4,000 comments.

Carbon Capture and Sequestration in H.R. 2454 and S. 1733

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Nov 2, 2009

Air Act. … Air Act, as amended by H.R. 2454. 19 These annual allocation percentages are established in § 721(a) of the Clean Air Act as amended by S. 1733; equivalent to §782(f) of the Clean Air Act as amended by

Agency Rescissions of Legislative Rules

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Feb 8, 2021

Spear, 520 U.S. 154, 177-78 (1997). 123 Clean Air Council, 862 F.3d at 6. … The Clean Air Act requires EPA to convene reconsideration proceedings if it receives objections to a rule and the objector can demonstrate that it was impracticable to raise the objection during the period

China: Selected Environmental Issues and Policies

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Jul 17, 2001

China’s Clean Air Price Tag: US$40 Billion. May 2000. … Quality Standards (NAAQS) to include New Source Performance Standards (NSPS, Sec. 111 of 1970 Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA)), Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD, Part C of 1977 CAAA), and

EPA’s Affordable Clean Energy Rule: In Brief

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Oct 15, 2020

These interpretations arguably could raise broader questions about Clean Air Act regulation of GHG emissions. … For a brief overview of these proposed changes, see CRS Report R45451, Clean Air Act Issues in the 116th Congress.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the U.S. Electricity Sector: Background, Policies, and Projections

Congressional research report · CRS Report · May 18, 2023

Air Act. … Air Act.

Energy Policy: Setting the Stage for the Current Debate

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Jan 14, 2003

Attention has also focused Clean Air Act standards that regulate the oxygen content, volatility, benzene and the sulfur content of gasoline. … Some have urged a relaxation of Clean Air Act standards that would permit a “harmonization” of U.S. gasoline standards.

Air Pollution as a Commodity: Regulation of the Sulfur Dioxide Allowance Market

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Oct 31, 2007

CRS-3 Title IV of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments supplements the sulfur dioxide (SO2) command-and-control system of the Clean Air Act (CAA) by limiting total SO2 emissions from electric generating facilities … Moore, “Clean Air Act Allowance Trading,” 21 Environmental Law 2021-2068 (1991). CRS-4 year.

EPA’s Mid-Term Evaluation of Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards

Congressional research report · CRS Insight · Mar 29, 2017

(That is, EPA, California, and some other states—through their authorities under the Clean Air Act [ 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. ] and CA AB 1493 , respectively—have finalized GHG emissions standards for MY2017 … NHTSA, through its authorities under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act [ 49 U . S .

Methane: An Introduction to Emission Sources and Reduction Strategies

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Nov 18, 2016

of 1989 (S. 201). 27 Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (S. 1630). … To amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit the issuance of permits under title V of that act for certain emissions from agricultural production Rep.

Methyl Bromide and Stratospheric Ozone Depletion

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Dec 11, 2006

Clean Air Act. A ban on production for nonessential uses occurred on December 31, 2004, but the Protocol still regulates post-2004 production for critical uses. … Congress, House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, Methyl Bromide: Update on Achieving the Requirements of the Clean Air Act and the Montreal Protocol, Hearing, [

Superfund: A Summary of the Law

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Feb 24, 2003

A “hazardous substance” includes all those identified as hazardous under the Solid Waste Disposal Act, the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, and the Toxic Substances Control Act. … The law specifically requires cleanups to meet the Safe Drinking Water Act’s recommended maximum contaminant levels (RMCLs), and the Clean Water Act’s water quality criteria.

Summary of Waxman-Markey Draft Greenhouse Gas Legislation

Congressional research report · CRS Report · May 14, 2009

Reducing Global Warming Pollution Amends the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) by adding title VII, below. … Air Act.

Surface Transportation: SAFETEA-LU

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Aug 12, 2005

(CRS Contact: John Frittelli) Conformity of Transportation Plans and State Implementation Plans (SIPs) Under the Clean Air Act, areas that have not attained one or more of the six National Ambient Air … Section 176 of the Clean Air Act prohibits federal agencies from funding projects in these areas unless they “conform”to the SIPs.

Climate Change and Existing Law: A Survey of Legal Issues Past, Present, and Future

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Aug 20, 2014

EPA and GHG Rules Under the Clean Air Act So Far .............................. 4 B. … EPA and GHG Rules Under the Clean Air Act So Far In 2007, the Supreme Court answered a key Clean Air Act (CAA) question. The act, it found in Massachusetts v.

Climate Change: The European Union's Emissions Trading System (EU-ETS)

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Jul 31, 2006

Clean Air Act Title IV sulfur dioxide trading program were very thin in the beginning. … “Certified Emissions Reductions” (CERs) under the CDM must be issued by the Clean Development Mechanism Executive Board and may be used in either the first or banked for use in the second trading period

Renewable Energy Policy: Tax Credit, Budget, and Regulatory Issues

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Jul 28, 2006

NRDC, NRDC Submits Comments on Cape Wind Project as Public Comment Period Closes, Feb. 24, 2005, at http://www.nrdc.org/ media/pressreleases/050225.asp. 24 Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), Comments … The Clean Air Act and Renewable Energy: Opportunities, Barriers, and Options. (NREL/CP-620-29654). 2001. U.S. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Land Management. Solar Energy Development Policy.