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EPA Expected to Issue Stronger Rule on Cooling Water Intake Structures

Submitted by Reepa.Shroff on April 2, 2009 - 10:29am

The EPA is expected to issue more stringent regulations to protect fish and waterways from cooling water intake structures following an April 1 U.S. Supreme Court decision.The Supreme Court decision basically left it to EPA to decide whether and how to compare costs to benefits as it drafts appropriate rules for cooling water structures for existing power plants.

Guideline for Pesticide Registration: EPA Update

Submitted by Reepa.Shroff on March 30, 2009 - 9:26am
On March 27th EPA announced that it will reject new applications for registering pesticide products that contain unapproved inert ingredients, unless the applicant requests an approval and provides the necessary data. Under the Pesticide Registration Improvement Renewal Act (PRIA 2), EPA has 21 days after it receives an application covered by the act to conduct an initial content screen to confirm payment and to make sure that all of the required forms, labeling and data have been submitted.

Senate Passes Economic Recovery Package for Environmental Programs

Submitted by Reepa.Shroff on February 11, 2009 - 11:08am

On Feb. 10th the Senate passed their version of the economic recovery package by a 61-31 vote. Compared to the Senate Bill, the House-passed American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (H.R.1), contains more funding for the EPA's clean water and drinking water revolving funds along with superfund cleanups.The largest allocation of funds is within the Department of Energy environmental cleanup funds. While the Senate would allocate $6.4 billion, the House would allocate $500 million.

Senate Stimulus Package Retains Funding For Most Environmental Programs, Cuts Some Superfund Amounts

Submitted by Reepa.Shroff on February 10, 2009 - 1:56pm
A compromise version of the Senate's economic stimulus bill, which allocates $600 million for the superfund program (a decrease of $200 million from the original version), is set for a vote on February 10.

EPA Proposes Revisions for Air Quality Index Reporting and Significant Harm level for Particle Pollution

Submitted by Reepa.Shroff on January 16, 2009 - 12:09pm

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking comments on a proposal to revise the Agency’s Air Quality Index (AQI) that states use to report daily concentrations for fine particle pollution, also known as PM2.5. The proposal also would set a “significant harm level” for PM 2.5, which states use in developing emergency episode plans. EPA will hold a public hearing March 5, 2009 in in the Dallas area.

A Fact Sheet which outlines the proposed revisions is available at: http://www.epa.gov/pm/pdfs/20090115fs.pdf.

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