As
of Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, no state is going to get out of federal regulation
of greenhouse gases (GHGs) through the Clean Air Act, thanks to a two-pronged
attack this week by the federal EPA on 13 states not toeing the line.
The
EPA is making this method available for general use as requested by a number of
source testing companies since it has been allowed for use in the past on a
case-by-case basis for kraft pulp mills and refineries.
In
a Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010, notice in the Federal Register,
the EPA shared some of the math work the agency used to build its new Clean Air
Interstate Rule.
The
EPA in the Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010 Federal Register decided
to extend the public comment period on its new revisions to the total Coliform
rule, announced this past July. The new comment date is Oct. 13,
2010, which is 30 days after the original proposed comment period.
ISHN noted that 17 citations for
egregious violations have been doled out since Jan. 20 last year, as opposed to
eight during the preceding year and a half, and four before that.
The
EPA and Department of Transportation are thinking of making changes to the fuel
economy labels that denote miles per gallon on new cars. The federal agencies
on Monday, Aug. 30, 2010, jointly proposed changing the fuel economy labels
consumers see on the window in new vehicles.
The EPA on
Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010, announced details of the its proposal to ban all
sewage discharges from large cruise ships and most other large ocean-going
ships to the marine waters along California's entire coastline.
