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  • 2021-02835 — Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petition To Object to the Title V Permit for Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority; Maryland
    Type:Notice
    Citation:86 FR 9339
    Reading Time:about a minute or two

    The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final action notice regarding the Clean Air Act. On December 11, 2020, the EPA Administrator granted a petition to object to a state operating permit for the Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority's facility in Montgomery County, Maryland. This petition was submitted by the Environmental Integrity Project and the Chesapeake Climate Action Network due to concerns about monitoring requirements for hydrogen chloride emissions. The EPA's decision to grant this objection highlights deficiencies in the original permit that did not ensure continuous compliance with emission limits.

    Simple Explanation

    The EPA, which helps keep the air clean, decided that a special permission for a trash-burning place in Maryland needed to be better because it might not have been checking its smoke carefully enough. Some groups said the rules weren't strong enough, and the EPA agreed with them.

  • 2021-02910 — Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2019
    Type:Notice
    Citation:86 FR 9339
    Reading Time:about 2 minutes

    The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released a draft report titled "Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2019" for public review. The EPA seeks public comments to improve the quality of this report before it is finalized in April 2021, as well as for future reports. The public is encouraged to submit their comments by March 15, 2021, through the Federal eRulemaking Portal or via email. The report outlines U.S. greenhouse gas emissions from 1990 to 2019, using methods consistent with international guidelines.

    Simple Explanation

    The EPA is sharing a report that shows how the U.S. makes and handles gases that can warm up the earth from 1990 to 2019. They want people to tell them how to make this report better by March 15, 2021, and they plan to use these ideas to finalize the report in April 2021.