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Chesapeake Bay Restoration: Background and Issues for Congress

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Aug 3, 2018

. 92-500), now known as the Clean Water Act. 1972 Enactment of the Coastal Zone Management Act (P.L. 92-583). 1973 USACE reports on Chesapeake Bay ecosystem deterioration. … up the impaired waters of the Bay as required under the Clean Water Act. 2010 EPA establishes TMDL levels for all segments of the Chesapeake Bay.

Exemptions for Military Activities in Federal Environmental Laws

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Jun 18, 2002

In addition, the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act provide the President with further exemption authority for property of the military of a “uniquely military” nature. … Note that the provisions in the pollution-control statutes, of which those in the Clean Air Act were the first enacted, are highly similar and obviously patterned after one another.

Accelerating Highway and Transit Project Delivery: Issues and Options for Congress

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Aug 3, 2011

Transportation conformity is required by the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7506(c)) to ensure that federal funding and approval are given to highway and transit projects that are consistent with (“conform to … Outside agencies participating in the NEPA process are doing so because they have jurisdiction by law, such as the Clean Air Act or Endangered Species Act.

National Park Management

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Aug 15, 2008

In the 1977 amendments to the Clean Air Act, Congress established a national goal of protecting Class I areas—most then-existing national parks and wilderness areas—from future visibility impairment and … The public comment period closed on January 29, 2007.17 To date, a final EIS and record of decision have not been issued. A third science-related issue is research in the parks.

Insourcing Functions Performed by Federal Contractors: Legal Issues

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Feb 22, 2013

Fed'n of Gov't Employees (AFGE), Privatization: Cleaning Up the Mess, February 9, 2009, available at http://www.afge.org/index.cfm? … ,” its procedures for making insourcing determinations.147 The requirement that agency procedures be made publicly available after a notice-and-comment period, in particular, could help remove questions

Agriculture-Based Biofuels: Overview and Emerging Issues

Congressional research report · CRS Report · May 1, 2013

H.R. 796 Amendment to the Clean Air Act Rep. … Supreme Court determined that GHGs are air pollutants covered under Section 202(a) of the Clean Air Act.

EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund

Congressional research report · CRS Insight · Feb 14, 2023

Code §7434) amends the Clean Air Act to provide for a Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GHGRF) to be administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). … EPA published a Request for Information seeking public comment on core design aspects of the GHGRF.

Congressional Court Watcher: Recent Appellate Decisions of Interest to Lawmakers (December 18–December 25, 2023)

Congressional research report · CRS Report Type LSB · Dec 26, 2023

Under the Clean Air Act (CAA), a state must submit a State Implementation Plan (SIP) for EPA’s approval detailing how it will meet national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) set by the agency. … On the merits, the court held that the petitioner had failed to provide a reasonable ground for not filing his appeal within the 60-day period, and denied it as untimely (McWhorter v. FAA).

Global Climate Change: Three Policy Perspectives

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Nov 26, 2008

For more information, see CRS Report RL34099, California’s Waiver Request Under the Clean Air Act to Control Greenhouse Gases From Motor Vehicles, by (name redacted) and (name redacted). 15 ˜—›Žœœ’ … The tradeable allowance system for sulfur dioxide control in the acid rain program (Title IV of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990) represented a significant step in the evolution of economic mechanisms

Greenhouse Gas Reductions: California Action and the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Aug 31, 2007

Although the EPA has approved every California waiver request since 1975, it displayed a reluctance to use the Clean Air Act to control GHG emissions, arguing in federal court that the Clean Air Act does … See Clean Air Act Section § 209, codified at 42 U.S.C. § 7543. 24 Clean Air Act § 177, codified at 42 U.S.C. § 7507. 25 AB 1493 (or the California Vehicle Global Warming Law) was signed into law by Governor

Analysis of Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs) in the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Apr 8, 2014

Air Act for the use of such RINs. … Hailey of Clean Green Fuels, LLC was found guilty of 8 counts of wire fraud, 32 counts of money laundering, and 2 counts of violating the Clean Air Act.

Oil Shale: History, Incentives, and Policy

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Apr 13, 2006

Both gasoline and diesel fuel are subject to Clean Air Act regulations and federal motor fuel taxes. Both regulations and taxes are more lenient towards gasoline use. … The CO, NOx, and PM emissions for gasoline and diesel engines are regulated by the 1990 Clean Air Act amendments (42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q) Tier 1 and 2 Emission Standards.

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Pipelines for Carbon Sequestration: Emerging Policy Issues

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Jan 17, 2008

the petition and our view on it.”30 After the comment period the ICC confirmed its view that CO2 pipelines were excluded from the ICC’s (and, therefore, the STB’s) jurisdiction.31 Thus, the two federal … Supreme Court held that the Clean Air Act gives the U.S.

Pipeline Transportation of Hydrogen: Regulation, Research, and Policy

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Mar 2, 2021

Matsunaga Hydrogen Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1990; the Hydrogen Future Act of 1996; the Energy Policy Act of 2005; and periodic appropriations to agency and program offices. … , the National Historic Preservation Act, the Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA), or the Clean Water Act (CWA).

Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and the Future of Agency Interpretations of Law

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Dec 31, 2024

In fact, the Court in Chevron engaged in an extensive review of the legislative history of the Clean Air Act—the statute at issue in Chevron. … participating in the public comment period of the informal rulemaking process.

Energy Tax Policy: An Economic Analysis

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Jun 28, 2005

Energy tax proposals for deficit reduction were commonplace during the 1982-1993 period as budget deficits mounted due to huge tax cuts under the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 (P.L. 97-34) and the … Zipper and Leonard Gilroy, “Sulfur Dioxide Emissions and Market Effects Under the Clean Air Act Acid Rain Program,” Journal of Air & Waste Management Association, vol. 48, September 1998, pp. 829-837.

Offshore Wind Energy: Federal Leasing, Permitting, Deployment, and Revenues

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Dec 7, 2021

California’s Senate Bill 100 (SB 100), The 100 Percent Clean Energy Act of 2018, did not define zero-carbon resources. … tax credit and a production tax credit for manufacturing facilities of offshore wind turbine components. 102 The Virginia Clean Economy Act (Virginia H.B. 1526 and S.B. 851 of the 2020 Session, Chapters

Congressional Court Watcher: Circuit Splits from March 2025

Congressional research report · Legal Sidebar · Apr 15, 2025

The Sidebar does not address every circuit split that developed or widened during this period. … ozone under the Clean Air Act (CAA), while upholding the agency’s disapproval of the SIPs of Texas and Louisiana.

Economic Perspectives on Electric Vehicle Tax Credits

Congressional research report · In Focus · Aug 21, 2025

EV) purchases: the used clean vehicle credit (UCVC), the credit for qualified commercial clean vehicles (CQCCV), and the clean vehicle credit (CVC). … The CVC was enacted under the Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008 (P.L. 110-343) and was modified in the IRA.

Appropriations for FY1998: Department of Transportation and Related Agencies

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Nov 13, 1997

Act of 1990, and current program authorizations. … Of note, the Committee has provided for an increase in the Air Traffic Services to accommodate an additional 500 air traffic controllers.