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OnNACAA submitted comments on EPA’s proposal to update the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Coal- and Oil-Fired Electric Utility Steam Generating Units (EGUs), also known as the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS), which was proposed on April 24, 2023. NACAA expressed support for EPA’s efforts to make improvements to the existing MATS, specifically endorsing measures to…
NACAA has submitted comments to EPA on the proposed revisions to the New Source Performance Standards for the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry (commonly known as the Hazardous Organic NESHAP – or the “HON”) and Group I & II Polymers and Resins Industry, which were proposed on April 25, 2023. In the comments, NACAA expressed support for measures to significantly…
NACAA submitted comments to EPA on the proposed National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for ethylene oxide (EtO) emissions standards for Commercial Sterilizers and the associated Residual Risk and Technology Review, which was proposed on April 13, 2023. NACAA expressed support for measures to significantly reduce emissions of EtO and other hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) from commercial sterilizers…
On June 14, 2023, NACAA submitted comments to EPA on the agency’s April 27, 2023, Proposed Rule, “Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards for Heavy-Duty Vehicles – Phase 3”.
The National Association of Clean Air Agencies (NACAA), together with The Association of Air Pollution Control Agencies (AAPCA), has requested a 30-day extension of the deadline for submitting comments on U.S. EPA’s recently proposed rule addressing greenhouse gases from power plants.
Erik White (Placer County, CA), Co-Chair of the NACAA Mobile Sources and Fuels Committee, delivered NACAA’s testimony at EPA’s public hearing on its Proposed Rule, “Multi-pollutant Emissions Standards for Model Years 2027 and Later Light-Duty and Medium-Duty Vehicles.”
NACAA has sent a letter to Senators Patty Murray (D-WA) and Susan Collins (R-ME), the Chair and Vice Chair, respectively, of the Senate Appropriations Committee, calling for significant increases in FY 2024 federal grant funding for state and local air quality agencies under Sections 103 and 105 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) and making additional recommendations about state and…
Erik White (Placer County, CA), Co-Chair of the NACAA Mobile Sources and Fuels Committee, delivered NACAA’s testimony at EPA’s public hearing on its Proposed Rule,“Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Heavy-Duty Vehicles – Phase 3.”
NACAA submitted testimony to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies regarding FY 2023 appropriations specifically related to grants for state and local air quality agencies under Sections 103 and 105 of the Clean Air Act. In the testimony, NACAA requests that Congress 1) provide $500 million in grants to state and local air agencies, which is an…
NACAA Letter to U.S. Senate Regarding S.J. Res. 11, “Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to ‘Control of Air Pollution From New Motor Vehicles: Heavy-Duty Engine and Vehicle Standards’”, forwarding NACAA’s May 16, 2022 comments on EPA’s 2022 Heavy Duty Vehicles NOx proposal…
