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EPA Sets New Standards for Sulfur-Dioxide (SO2) Emissions and Monitoring
On June 3, 2010, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency [EPA] issued a final rule establishing lowered standards for acceptable levels of sulfur-dioxide [SO2] emissions. The new rule also changes the monitoring requirements for SO2. SO2 is one of six criteria...
FAA to Announce Conformity Determination for Philadelphia's CEP Project
UPDATED May 5, 2010 The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced in the April 23, 2010 Federal Register that it will release the Draft General Conformity Determination for the Preferred Alternative (Alternative A) for the Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) Capacity Enhancement...
GAO Reports That FAA's "Voluntary Airport Low Emissions" Program Has Yet To Meet Expectations
The GAO released its Report to Congressional Committees on the FAA's "Voluntary Airport Low Emissions" (VALE) program on November 10, 2008. Entitled Aviation and the Environment: Initial Voluntary Low Emissions Program Projects Reduce Emissions, and FAA Plans to Assess the...
New Jersey Attorney General Files Amicus Brief in Airspace Redesign Litigation
On September 10, 2008, Anne Milgram, the New Jersey Attorney General filed an amicus curiae brief in support of the Petitioners in the Airspace Redesign litigation currently pending in Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. In it,...
GAO Issues Report On The FAA's East Coast Airspace Redesign
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has issued its long awaited "FAA Airspace Redesign: An Analysis of the New York/New Jersey/Pennsylvania Project." Although the GAO promised to publish the report by August 1, 2008, it waited until the same day the...
On April 11, 2008, a group of concerned cities, companies and citizens filed comments regarding the EPA's proposed revisions to the General Conformity Regulations (see earlier post "EPA Proposes Revisions to General Conformity Rules). To see the Group's actual Comment...
EPA Proposes Revisions to General Conformity Rules
On January 8, 2008, the United States Environmental Protection Agency published its proposed revisions to the General Conformity Rules. Under the Clean Air Act, a State develops a State Implementation Plan (SIP), which is the State’s plan for bringing sections...
