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The U.S. EPA has urged the states to begin making preparations for compliance with the Clean Power Plan in anticipation of resolution of the challenges in favor of the EPA.

The plastics industry faces mounting pressure from evolving regulations, litigation risks, and public scrutiny over environmental impacts and product labeling. Legal challenges range from environmental violations and pollution claims to consumer protection allegations regarding misleading sustainability claims and product composition disclosures. As new claims emerge daily, stakeholders must navigate an increasingly complex regulatory landscape that threatens both financial resources and consumer trust.

As reported in our May 14, 2025, blog item, on May 12, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) denied a petition filed under Section 21 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)...

On April 24th, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued an order indefinitely delaying oral argument and holding in abeyance litigation over EPA's 2015 SSM Rule.

The federal appellate court hearing the appeal of EPA's "Section 111(b)" regulations establishing a carbon capture and storage "new source performance standard" for new coal-fueled electric generating stations has today suspended the April 17, 2017 date for oral argument in the case.

Plans to develop best management practices for Clean Water Act permit writers and pretreatment coordinators are underway as The Environmental Protection Agency responds to a September 2014 report...

The agency also plans to clarify reporting guidelines under 40 C.F.R. 403.12(j) and 403.12(p) that spell out reporting procedures for industrial users that discharge chemicals to treatment plants.

The EPA is expected to release a proposed rule or policy for public comment regarding changes to the Clean Air Act's pollution permitting program known as New Source Review.

The EPA proposed rule to set GHG emission performance standards for fossil-fuel powered electric generating units, was published in the Federal Register yesterday after almost three months since EPA first issued it.

The U.S. EPA missed its October 1, 2017 deadline to designate which areas of the country exceed the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone under the updated 2015 standards.

On Tuesday, June 14, 2016, EPA published a proposed rule in the Federal Register that would remove from Title V regulations the affirmative defense for noncompliance...

On October 1, 2015, the U.S. EPA issued a final rule (RIN2060-AP38), found HERE, revising the National Ambient Air Quality Standard for ozone from 75 ppb to 70 ppb (46 ER 2899, 10215).

Per the article, conservative critics are urging states to ignore the requirement "in a bid to test the agency’s uncertain federal implementation plan (FIP) authority."

In October, the Fertilizer Institute and a coalition of fertilizer manufacturers led by PCS Phosphate Company, Inc. filed separate challenges in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit...

The U.S. EPA contends that shifting electricity generation away from coal-fired utilities as required by the Clean Power Plan (the "CPP") constitutes a permissible system of emission reduction under the Clean Air Act (the "Act").

Expansion of RCRA's citizen suit provisions to address land deposition of air pollutants could vastly expand the universe of potential RCRA citizen suit claims.

The differences between President Donald Trump's and President-elect Joe Biden's approaches to environmental regulation are stark, and have been well publicized.