Varun Shekhar

August 24, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

The emergency affirmative defense provision under 40 C.F.R. Parts 70 and 71 originated from rulemaking promulgated by the EPA in 1992. This rulemaking was intended to implement the 1990 amendments to the CAA which established Title V, including requirements for operating permitting programs as applicable to among other things, "major sources."

By Varun Shekhar

7 minute read

June 02, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

The proposed rule is noteworthy based on the numerous adjustments it makes to existing nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions budgets for a number of states, including Pennsylvania, as well as marking the first time that the EPA has used the regional ozone transport provision under the CAA to regulate sources other than electricity generating units (EGUs).

By Varun Shekhar

7 minute read

January 30, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

If a newly proposed rulemaking is finalized, the process by which federal agencies are required to analyze the environmental impacts caused by their actions could be comprehensively updated for the first time in over four decades.

By Ben Clapp, Varun Shekhar, Casey J. Snyder and Brianne K. Kurdock

9 minute read

March 14, 2019 | The Legal Intelligencer

On Feb. 28, Clean Air Council and Widener Commonwealth Law School Environmental Law and Sustainability Center, among others, resubmitted a petition to the Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board.

By Jean M. Mosites and Varun Shekhar

8 minute read