Inside EPA 2001 - Abstracts

Inside EPA 2001
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Activists Blast Northeast Governors' Mercury Reduction Efforts.Environmental services industry 
Activists Fear Gulf Drilling A Diversion From Plan For Coastal Area.Environmental services industry 
Activists May Litigate DOE Review of Nuclear Waste Disposal Site.(US Department of Energy)Environmental services industry 
Activists Seek to Overturn EPA Approval of Florida Water Rule.Environmental services industry 
Activists tone down rhetoric, wary of push for oil, energy bills.(terrorist attack aftermath)Environmental services industry 
Activists' Wetlands Suit Seeks Limits On Corps' Surface Mining Authority.(US Army Corps of Engineers)Environmental services industry 
Appeals Court denies EPA effort to require drinking water filtration.(US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, Environmental Protection Agency)Environmental services industry 
Appropriators slash wet weather grants in EPA FY02 funding bill.(House VA-HUD Appropriations Subcommittee, Environmental Protection Agency)Environmental services industry 
Arsenic Debate Raises Questions of EPA's Cost-Benefit Methodology.(drinking water standards)Environmental services industry 
Automakers Brace for Battle Over First-Time Mercury Controls.Environmental services industry 
Bipartisan lawmakers press EPA to release dioxin risk assessment.Environmental services industry 
Boehlert introduces narrow bill to elevate EPA to cabinet position.(House Science Committee Chmn Sherwood Boehlert, Environmental Protection Agency)Environmental services industry 
Boxer Vows Hearings Into EPA Science Advisors' Ties To Industry.(US Senator Barbara Boxer)Environmental services industry 
Bush Administration Eyes Delays to DOE Cleanup Milestones.(Department of Energy)Environmental services industry 
Bush likely to target western Alaska waters for future drilling.(President George W. Bush, oil and gas)Environmental services industry 
Bush order may boost states' role in crafting environmental rules.(political activity information)Environmental services industry 
Business Community Ramps Up Regulatory Reinvention Campaign.Environmental services industry 
CEQ Launches Coordinated Effort to Boost Innovation, Compliance.(Council on Environmental Quality)Environmental services industry 
Children's study derails EPA plan to delete solvent from air act list.(Environmental Protection Agency, methylethyl ketone, Clean Air Act)Environmental services industry 
Competing utility emissions plans may create congressional hurdle.(energy utility political activity)Environmental services industry 
Congress asks EPA to include compliance in rule writing process.Environmental services industry 
Congressional environment agenda in limbo following attacks.(September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks)Environmental services industry 
Congressional study cites international benefit of EPA-cabinet slot.(Environmental protection agency)Environmental services industry 
Democrats gird for House fight on EPA -state enforcement program.(Environmental Protection Agency)Environmental services industry 
Democrats Make Environment A Litmus Test For Judicial Nominees.Environmental services industryDarren Goode
Democrats quickly fold on funding environmental farm projects.Environmental services industry 
DOI drilling plan suggests tapping controversial gas resource.(Dept of Interior's oil and gas drilling plan 2002-2007, methane hydrate)Environmental services industry 
DOJ broadens NSR review to include 'consistency' of EPA policies.(Department of Justice)Environmental services industry 
DOT Will Not Fully Adopt EPA's Electronic Record-Keeping Rule.(US Department of Transportation)Environmental services industry 
Doubts on progress of utility bill grow as Senate reschedules talks.Environmental services industry 
Draft GAO Reports Call Into Question EPA Enforcement Priorities.Environmental services industryRachel Urdan
Draft NACEPT report urges new holistic approach to EPA mission.(National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy & Technology)Environmental services industry 
Environmentalists Begin Suing EPA For Missing Air Act, Agency Deadlines.Environmental services industry 
Environmentalists, labor agree to principles for trade debate.Environmental services industry 
Environmentalists, Labor look to trade to patch up shaky alliance.Environmental services industryShefa Siegel
Environmentalists Tout Economic Benefits of Kyoto Climate Pact.Environmental services industry 
Environmentalists will oppose suspension of impaired waters suit.(EarthJustice Legal Defense Fund)Environmental services industry 
EPA advances set of proposals for upcoming impaired waters rule.(regulation law changes)Environmental services industry 
EPA backs innovative Virginia program to avoid setting TMDLs.(total maximum daily loads)Environmental services industryTennille Tracy
EPA Concerned White House Review Will Weaken Off-Road Rule.Environmental services industry 
EPA considers dropping finishers from metals effluent rule.(Environmental Protection Agency)Environmental services industry 
EPA considers expanding NSR reforms to include manufacturers.(new source review (NSR) program)Environmental services industry 
EPA Declines To Endorse House Republican Plan on Brownfields.(Environmental Protection Agency)Environmental services industry 
EPA Determines Arsenic Waste is not Hazardous for EPA Cost Review.Environmental services industry 
EPA drafting broad strategy to revamp water quality program.Environmental services industry 
EPA Eyes Including Stringent Waste Ban In Treaty Implementation.Environmental services industry 
EPA Eyes Possibilities For 'Hybrid' Plan To Control Mercury Emissions.Environmental services industry 
EPA eyes stringent 2012 target for untility emissions cuts for NOx, SO2.(nitrogen oxide, sulfur dioxide)Environmental services industryDoug Obey
EPA Faces Scaled Back Judicial Deference For Regulatory Reviews.Environmental services industry 
EPA Hudson Cleanup Plan May Allow Delays, Limits at Sediment Sites.(Hudson River)Environmental services industry 
EPA Initiates Efforts To Cut Down On Backlog Of Air Toxics Rules.(Environmental Protection Agency)Environmental services industry 
EPA Inspector General Probes Reasons For Air Act Permit Delays.Environmental services industry 
EPA likely to renew BT crop approval, but conditions spark concerns.(Environmental Protection Agency, bacillus thuringiensis)Environmental services industry 
EPA May Delay Agriculture Concerns in California Air Permits.Environmental services industry 
EPA may ease mobile toxics controls to ensure constant fuel supplies.Environmental services industry 
EPA May Relax Enforcement Penalties For Federal Facilities.Environmental services industryJohn Stanton
EPA Off-Road Air Rule Allows Two-Stroke Engines, Emissions Averaging.(Environmental Protection Agency)Environmental services industry 
EPA, OMB split over scope of toxics treaty implementing legislation.(Office of Management and Budget)Environmental services industry 
EPA Poised To Reject Call For Underground Gas Extraction Rules.Environmental services industry 
EPA refutes popular estimate of drinking water funding needs.(Environmental Protection Agency)(Statistical Data Included)Environmental services industry 
EPA region V set to approve Illinois emissions trading program.Environmental services industryDarren Goode
EPA relaxes stringent air rules for some peak-use utility turbines.(regulation information)Environmental services industry 
EPA scambling to meet court deadline for approving permit programs.(state air quality programs)Environmental services industry 
EPA Staff Warn New Rule Review process May Contain Weaknesses.(Environmental Protection Agency)Environmental services industry 
EPA, States to Launch First-Ever Review of State Water Monitoring.Environmental services industry 
EPA takes on larger role to ensure human safety at crash sites.(Environmental Protection Agency and aircraft crash sites)Environmental services industry 
EPA ties nonpoint grants to voluntary development of TMDL plans.(Total maximum daily loads)Environmental services industry 
EPA To Release Draft Plan Overhauling Effluent Guidelines.Environmental services industry 
EPA utility plan gains support from White House environment panel.(Environmental Protection Agency)Environmental services industry 
EPA, Washington reject activists push for sovereign immunity waivers.Environmental services industry 
EPA Wastewater Office Outlines Goals For Next Four Years.(Environmental Protection Agency)Environmental services industry 
EPA weighs RFG rule fixes to ease switch to summertime fuel supply.(Environmental Protection Agency, reformulated gasoline)Environmental services industry 
EPA will incorporate equity issues into federal permitting process.(Environmental Protection Agency)Environmental services industry 
European Union Intensifies Efforts To Sway U.S. On Climate Change.(Brief Article)Environmental services industry 
Federal Appeals Court Delays Ozone Controls On Electric Utilities.Environmental services industry 
First time EPA equity map links demographic data, facility locations.(new agency database information)Environmental services industry 
GOP girds members for climate battle with Democrats, activists.(Kyoto Protocol)Environmental services industry 
GOP science dispute could stall Senate plan to move EPA cabinet bill.(Environmental Protection Agency)Environmental services industry 
GOP Senators stall EPA funding bill until nominees confirmed.(Sens Larry Craig, Jon Kyl, Environmental Protection Agency)Environmental services industry 
Governors eye policy statement on energy policy, utility emissions.(state governors)Environmental services industry 
House energy bill could expand to include CAFE, oxygenate waiver.(corporate average fuel economy)Environmental services industry 
House funding fight may signal support for regulatory reform.Environmental services industry 
House GOP allows fuel economy, Arctic drilling in new energy bill.(oil and gas exploration projects in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska)Environmental services industry 
House GOP Leaders Split Over Approach to Limiting Boutique Fuels.(Republican Party Leaders)Environmental services industry 
House GOP warns Hudson river cleanup plan violates NAS report.(National Academy of Sciences)Environmental services industry 
House members use NAS report to push forward wetlands bill.(National Academy of Sciences, Rep. Walter Jones Jr.'s American Wetlands Restoration Act)Environmental services industry 
House Panel Approves Auto Tax Credits Prompting CAFE Fears.(corporate average fuel economy)Environmental services industry 
House panel tops White House request for EPA funds by $228 million.(VA-HUD Appropriations Subcommittee, Environmental Protection Agency)Environmental services industry 
House Republicans blast Senate GOP failure to back brownfields bill.(S. 350)Environmental services industry 
House Seeks State Input On Water Infrastructure Debate.Environmental services industry 
IG Report Criticizes State, EPA Water Enforcement Programs.(The Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Inspector General)Environmental services industry 
Industry Asks Appeals Court to Vacate EPA Civil Rights Regulations.(Environmental Protection Agency)Environmental services industry 
Industry charges superfund settlement expands lawsuit protections.Environmental services industry 
Industry Coalition Takes Aim at EPA Electronic Reporting Rule.Environmental services industry 
Industry seeks to limit Ohio's claims in contentious citizen suit.(AK Steel Corp.)Environmental services industry 
Industry Urges EPA To Withdraw Metal Machinery Effluent Rule.(Environmental Protection Agency)Environmental services industry 
Internal EPA Debate Stymies Scientific Review Of Lead Reporting Rule.Environmental services industry 
Jeffords Sees Limited Success For Multipollutant Emissions Bill.(US Senator Jim Jeffords)Environmental services industry 
Key Civil Rights, Disabilities Cases Head For Likely High Court Review.Environmental services industry 
Major Utilities Now Seek Tax Incentives For Carbon Cuts, Research.Environmental services industry 
Manufacturers argue new source review creates trade barrier.Environmental services industry 
Manufacturers Weigh Options For Dialogue With EPA On NSR Review.(Environmental Protection Agency)(new source review of new and modified pollution sources)Environmental services industry 
McCain, Kerry draft new fuel economy bill for SUVs, light trucks.(Sens. John McCain, John Kerry, sports utility vehicles)Environmental services industry 
Metals industry developing new hazardous materials test method.Environmental services industry 
NAPA Urges EPA To Improve Enforcement Data, Performance Measures.(National Academy of Public Administration)Environmental services industry 
NAZ study could signal EPA shift in addressing farm emissions.Environmental services industry 
Negotiations over fiscal year 2002 EPA budget reach critical point.(Environmental Protection Agency)Environmental services industry 
New England, Canadian Officials Set Target for Greenhouse Gas Cuts.Environmental services industry 
New Utility Proposal Advocates Voluntary Carbon Dioxide Cuts.Environmental services industry 
Northeast governors urge Congress to approve mercury storage plan.Environmental services industry 
Northeast officials step up campaign against oxygenate rules.Environmental services industry 
Panel Calls For North American Cooperation On Greenhouse Trading.Environmental services industry 
Plans for hydrogen infrastructure may be Bush response to Kyoto.Environmental services industry 
Progress of impaired waters rule may hinge on upcoming court ruling.Environmental services industry 
Proposed Army Corps wetlands permit revisions fail to satisfy EPA.Environmental services industry 
Regional Officials Object to Pending EPA Biotechnology Rules.Environmental services industry 
Rhode Island Lawmakers Pass First-Ever Mercury Take Back Bill.Environmental services industry 
Schregardus' Responses Deepen Democratic Concern With EPA Nominee.(Donald Schregardus)Environmental services industry 
Science Advisors Reject EPA Request To Set Safe Level For Starlink.Environmental services industry 
Senate bill boosts water suppliers' fears over arsenic standard.Environmental services industry 
Senate Democrats Back Suit To Force Implementation Of Arsenic Rule.Environmental services industry 
Senate Democrats draft bill to track diseases linked to pollution.Environmental services industry 
Senate Democrats float language pressuring Bush on Kyoto.(President George W. Bush, Kyoto Protocol)Environmental services industry 
Senate Democrats hand nuclear oversight to critic of Yucca Mountain.(Sen Harry Reid)Environmental services industry 
Senate lawmakers seek to limit scope of diesel sulfur review.Environmental services industry 
Senate panel approves climate change bill calling for CO2 plan.Environmental services industry 
Senate Republicans drop plan to stabilize CO2 emissions by 2100.Environmental services industry 
Senator launches inquiry into review of EPA air enforcement.(Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Chnm Joe Lieberman, Environmental Protection Agency)Environmental services industry 
Settling refiners seek level playing field under NSR reforms.(new source review regulations)Environmental services industry 
Snowe Readies to Take on Hutchinson, Oil Industry to Pass CZMA Bill.(US Senator Olympia Snowe will take on US Senator Tim Hutchinson for the Costal Zone Management Act)Environmental services industry 
Sparring Industry Groups Seek Deal on RCRA Report Language.(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act)Environmental services industry 
State Commissioners press EPA to broaden water funding analysis.Environmental services industry 
State, EPA reject activists' call for waste trade restrictions.Environmental services industry 
States blast EPA for discrepancy in water quality listing schedules.(political affairs)Environmental services industry 
States Seek EPA Assistance Developing Regional Mercury TMDL Plan.(total maximum daily loads)Environmental services industry 
States Skeptical of Administration's Pledge for 'Full' Partnership.Environmental services industry 
States Split On Bush Review Of Clinton-Era Air, Water Initiatives.Environmental services industryRachel Urdan
States threaten to limit implementation of EPA programs in FY03.Environmental services industry 
States threaten to limit implementation of EPA programs in FY03.(Environmental Protection Agency)Environmental services industry 
States Warn EPA's Draft Innovation Plan Will Yield Limited Results.Environmental services industry 
Superfund tax extension unlikely during Bush administration.Environmental services industry 
Supreme Court Broadens Property Owners' Rights In Takings Claim.(Palazollo v. Rhonde Island)Environmental services industry 
Terrorist attacks could lead to new chemical plant security rules.Environmental services industry 
Texas May Appeal Decision Questioning State's 'Preemption' of Air Act.Environmental services industry 
Unions, environmentalists draft major global warming strategy.Environmental services industry 
U.S., EU prepare for climate showdown during Kyoto talks in Bonn.(European Union, Kyoto Protocol, Germany)Environmental services industry 
U.S. joins U.N. effort to coordinate global environment activities.Environmental services industry 
U.S. opposes UN proposal for new international environment body.Environmental services industry 
Voinovich calls for rollback of NSR despite air quality concerns.(Sen. George Voinovich, Clean Air Act's new source review program)Environmental services industry 
Western Utilities Seek Flexibility Under Multi-Pollutant Plan.Environmental services industry 
White House Blocks Senate-Sought Study by EPA, DOE On Carbon Cuts.(Environmental Protection Agency)(epartment of Energy)Environmental services industry 
Whitman Pledges to Allow More State Influence in Budget Planning.(US Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Christine Todd Whitman)Environmental services industry 
Whitman Seeks Senate Backing for EPA Enforcement Nominee.(US Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Christine Todd Whitman)Environmental services industry 
Whitman seeks voluntary pollution reduction initiatives for FY03.(Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Christine Todd Whitman)Environmental services industry 
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