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EPA has announced settlements with four companies in the last two weeks as part of its coal ash contamination enforcement initiative.

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EPA concludes that lead emissions from aircraft endanger public health; lead emission standards for aircraft engines come next: https://t.co/6tOCLiCwnh

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Check out the latest issue of Infrastructure with an article on Meta-Regulations: Regulatory Framework for a Virtual World. https://t.co/2HkB3pDzad

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EPA proposes requirements for legacy coal combustion residual surface impoundments: https://t.co/savh6EQGhG

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EPA officially rolls out its replacement for the Affordable Clean Energy rule, proposing GHG standards for electric generating units based on CCS and hydrogen and natural gas co-firing: https://t.co/NNFfd3OKRS

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EPA proposes to reduce the MATS Rule’s filterable PM standard to 1.0E-02 lb/MMBtu, require lignite-fired EGUs to meet the same Hg standard as other EGUs: https://t.co/DNuGx0tVE1

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In response to EPA’s issuance of a FIP for Pennsylvania to reduce interstate transport of NOx emissions, Homer City announces plan to shut down: https://t.co/AlwmzREyGw

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The 5th Circuit has upheld the Universal Service Fund provisions of the 1996 Telecommunications Act and the FCC’s delegation of certain USF tasks to USAC, a private entity, holding that neither delegation violates constitutional nondelegation principles: https://t.co/9H9hPA7FED

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EPA announces that air emissions from power plants in the contiguous United States decreased in 2022, despite an increase in demand, due to a continuing shift from coal to natural gas generation: https://t.co/vGQihiKwLd

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EPA reverses Trump rulemaking, reaffirms “appropriate and necessary” finding for Mercury and Air Toxics Standards: https://t.co/OaVcbLkAHJ

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EPA signs settlement agreement with environmental organizations, agrees to review RCRA exemption for inactive coal combustion residuals (CCR) landfills and issue a proposed rule by May: https://t.co/za20I3mSGH

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Listen to the lasts IRIS podcast on analyzing Supreme Court decisions last term involving arbitration.
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On December 23, the FCC released a Notice of Apparent Liability for almost $300 million against a vehicle warranty robocall scam operation operated by two individuals that placed more than 550 million illegal robocalls in early 2021 alone: https://t.co/9xMkLF7Uu3

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On December 8, the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau issued an order requiring US-based voice service providers to block student loan scam robocalls coming from Urth Access and related entities https://t.co/PpV3jVnrOy:

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On November 21, the FCC issued an order finding that “ringless voicemails” are telephone calls subject to the requirements of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act: https://t.co/tFVIfUbNSL

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On November 17, the FCC released an order establishing informational “broadband label” disclosure requirements for consumer broadband services: https://t.co/ptzhuszYr7

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EPA announces plans to address nitrogen oxide and particulate matter emissions from locomotives: https://t.co/QT7pLSgYJV

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Listen to the latest IRIS podcast on the 5G Deployment Saga.https://t.co/6cVatH8LpQ

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EPA released greenhouse gas data today showing that power plants and petroleum and natural gas systems were the largest stationary sources of GHG emissions in 2021: https://t.co/qfDLagyu1D