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EPA Issues “Technical Guidance for Assessing Environmental Justice in Regulatory Analysis”
Source: SOCMA and EPA
09 May 2013 - Today, EPA issued “Technical Guidance for Assessing Environmental Justice in Regulatory Analysis” for public comment. Comments are due by July 8.
EPA Publishes Documents Related to Environmental Justice and the Permitting Process
Source: SOCMA and EPA
09 May 2013 - Today, as part of its attempts under Plan EJ 2014 to integrate environmental justice into all of its programs, EPA published two documents: Actions that EPA Regional...
EPA Publishes Significant New Use Rules (SNURs) on 15 Substances
Source: Federal Register
09 May 2013 - The EPA published direct final significant new use rules (SNURs) under section 5(a)(2) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for 15 chemical substances, which were the...
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NSPS
New Source Performance StandardsA set of requirements under the Clean Air Act that apply to new and modified facilities in one of over 70 source categories. NSPS include performance and reporting requirements, including such things as continuous emissions monitoring. The requirements are incorporated into a facility’s operating permit.
