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Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP): Status and Issues

Congressional research report · CRS Report · May 9, 2007

EQIP was created by the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-127, April 4, 1996) as an amendment that was placed in Sections 1240-1240I of the 1985 Food Security Act. … Total payments a person or entity can receive over any six-year period are also limited to $450,000.

Evolution of the Meaning of “Waters of the United States” in the Clean Water Act

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Mar 5, 2019

Reg. 37,054, 37,057 (June 29, 2015) [hereinafter Clean Water Rule]. EPA extended the public comment period on two occasions. See Proposed Rule; Extension of Comment Period, 79 Fed. … Reg. 35,712 (June 24, 2014) (extending public comment period to October 20, 2014); Proposed Rule; Extension of Comment Period, 79 Fed.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) FY2019 Appropriations

Congressional research report · CRS In Focus · Sep 9, 2019

including $7.22 billion for EPA in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (P.L. 111-5). … ) for Clean Water and Drinking Water SRFs in Title IV.

The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Coastal Wetland and Wildlife Impacts and Response

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Oct 15, 2010

Act, the Superfund law, and the Oil Pollution Act. … Water Act in 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.); the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA or Superfund, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) in 1980; and the Oil Pollution Act (

Redefining Waters of the United States (WOTUS): Recent Developments

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Jul 8, 2022

For a more in-depth discussion about the prior converted cropland exclusion under the Clean Water Act, see CRS In Focus IF11136, Prior Converted Cropland Under the Clean Water Act, by Laura Gatz and Megan … Ward and Riley Walsh, “New Clean Water Act Rule Leaves U.S.

Carbon Sequestration Legislation in the 116th Congress

Congressional research report · CRS In Focus · Feb 21, 2020

on the Environment; Environment and Climate Change; Highways and Transit, Energy and Mineral Resources; and Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Would amend the Clean Air Act by directing the U.S. … S. 383 USE IT Act Written report from the Committee on Environment and Public Works filed in Senatea Would amend the Clean Air Act by directing EPA to conduct certain carbon capture research activities

EPA Replaces the Clean Power Plan with the Affordable Clean Energy Rule

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Jul 11, 2019

Legal Sidebari EPA Replaces the Clean Power Plan with the Affordable Clean Energy Rule Linda Tsang Legislative Attorney July 11, 2019 On July 8, 2019, the U.S. … EPA also finalized new implementing regulations for the ACE Rule and future emission guidelines issued under the Clean Air Act (CAA) Section 111(d).

Adjustment of Civil Monetary Penalties for Inflation

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Feb 11, 2008

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The Regulatory Flexibility Act: Implementation Issues and Proposed Reforms

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Feb 22, 2011

comments. … Air Act (CAA), Superfund, or the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), but went on to say that “the purpose of today’s action is solely to establish drinking water standards that public water

Background on Renewable Identification Numbers under the Renewable Fuel Standard

Congressional research report · CRS Report Type TE · Jul 25, 2018

Air Act for the use of such RINs. … Air Act.

The Unfolding of the Reagan Energy Program: The First Year

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Dec 17, 1981

air act, and emergency preparedness. … How the Canadians would perceive changes in the Clean Air Act is unclear.

Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF): An Overview of Current Laws and Legislation Introduced in the 119th Congress

Congressional research report · In Focus · Feb 4, 2026

For example, the Securing America’s Fuels Act (H.R. 6518) would reinstate the special rate for SAF under the clean fuel production credit (26 U.S.C. §45Z) and extend the credit through December 2033. … The Restoring Fuel Market Freedom Act (H.R. 311), introduced in January 2025, would repeal the SAF credit (since expired) and the clean fuel production credit from the IRA.

Mercury in the Environment: Sources and Health Risks

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Jan 19, 2006

Since the time that EPA completed its 1999 inventory, the medical waste incinerator rules promulgated under the Clean Air Act have been fully implemented, which may have further reduced emissions from … Based on that RfD, pursuant to section 304(a)(1) of the Clean Water Act, EPA established in 2001 a water quality criterion for methylmercury of 0.3 parts of methylmercury per one million parts of fish

Agriculture: A Glossary of Terms, Programs, and Laws, 2005 Edition

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Jun 16, 2005

Clean Air Act—The primary federal law governing efforts to control air pollution (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.). … The Clean Air Act seeks to protect human health and the environment from emissions that pollute the air.

The Role of Public Works Infrastructure in Economic Recovery

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Sep 21, 2011

/the-pressoffice/2011/09/08/fact-sheet-american-jobs-act. … and energy-efficient technologies, that are “less fast-acting.”

Oil and Chemical Spills: Federal Emergency Response Framework

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Mar 6, 2023

For a discussion of the Clean Water Act as a whole, see CRS Report RL30030, Clean Water Act: A Summary of the Law, by Laura Gatz. … February 1975: CEQ issued a revised version of the NCP, based on comments regarding the 1973 NCP.84 December 1977: The Clean Water Act Amendments of 1977 (P.L. 95-217) required revisions to the NCP to

Contaminants of Emerging Concern Under the Clean Water Act

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Nov 29, 2021

(with the exception of wastes excluded from regulation); hazardous air pollutants listed under Section 112 of the Clean Air Act; any imminently hazardous chemical substance or mixture for which EPA has … Congressional Research Service 19 Contaminants of Emerging Concern Under the Clean Water Act      H.R. 3622 and S. 1907, related bills titled the Clean Water Standards for PFAS Act of 2021

Supreme Court Term October 2021: A Review of Selected Major Rulings

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Oct 11, 2022

EPA, the Court held that EPA exceeded its authority under Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) in its 2015 emission guidelines for existing fossilfuel-fired power plants, which were based in part … EPA, 20-1780 (consolidated) Argued: Decided: Topics: 2/28/2022 6/30/2022 Administrative Law; Environmental Law Questions Presented: The Clean Air Act Section 111(d), 42 U.S.C. § 7411(d), addresses the

Carbon Tax and Greenhouse Gas Control: Options and Considerations for Congress

Congressional research report · CRS Report · Mar 10, 2009

Efforts are under way to address GHG emissions using the existing Clean Air Act (CAA) statute. … Under the Montreal Protocol and the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, ODSs are being phased out.

EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program

Congressional research report · CRS In Focus · Mar 20, 2023

existing reporting requirements for electric generating units under Section 821 of the Clean Air Act.” … In its initial 2009 GHGRP rulemaking, EPA also cited Clean Air Act (CAA) Sections 114 and 208 as providing “broad authority to require the information mandated” by the reporting rule.