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Environmentalists' lawsuit claiming a power plant is avoiding regulated disposal Of coal ash,
coupled With new EPA comments declining to say Whether another utility should fully remove
ash from closed disposal sites, are underscoring uncertainty about which methods the agency
Will accept for compliance With its ash disposal regulation.
EPA and Other federal and state agencies are under escalating pressure tO apply stricter
drinking Water treatment levels to Water supplies contaminated With the non-stick Chemical
pertluOroOctanoic acid (PFOA) amid conflicting health advisory levels EPA and states are
currently using, and as more communities have become aware of the chemical's presence in
their drinking water.
States and federal agencies are placing a growing focus on improving estimates of air pollution
associated with wildfires tO address an increasing number Of fires due tO climate change; and
potentially higher estimates Could affect EPA rules including boosting demand for exemptions
from ambient air limits due t0 Wildfire p011utiOn.
Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK), the chairman of the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee
(EP ), is vowing to move soon a package of Water infrastructure legislation that includes an
Army Corps of Engineers authorization bill as well as a separate bill to address longstanding
concerns from municipalities about their ability tO afford mandated wastewater and drinking
water system upgrades.
Oil and gas industry groups are urging EPA tO delay its planned revisions to greenhouse gas
(HG) reporting rules for the sector that will address emissions leaks until after the agency
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finalizes its pending new source performance standards (N PS) to set first-time limits on the
sector's emissions of the potent GHG methane.
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