4 The Record is a publication from ALL4’s team that takes an in-depth look at technical and regulatory topics.
2026 Look Ahead
Posted: January 14th, 2026
2026 Look Ahead Intro // Colin McCall Happy New Year to all of our readers. We are looking forward to another year of work and camaraderie with our colleagues, clients, and partners. In keeping with tradition, we use our January […]
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2026 Climate Reporting Look Ahead: Navigating the Regulatory Divergence
Posted: January 22nd, 2026
2026 might be a year that has the most complex compliance crossroads in the history of environmental regulation, especially in regard to climate regulations. As ALL4 predicted in 2025, the regulatory environment has fractured into two distinct, competing trajectories for […]
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PFAS Expectations for 2026
Posted: January 22nd, 2026
Changes in administration often bring changes in regulatory priorities, and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) regulations were no exception in 2025. The Trump Administration has largely aimed to roll back several major PFAS regulations that were implemented during the Biden […]
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2026 Digital EHS Considerations Across the Maturity Curve
Posted: January 22nd, 2026
Introduction Most Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) organizations within companies have some form of digital EHS tools available to support their compliance and data management needs. But merely having a digital EHS system does not ensure high performing EHS teams […]
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2026 Look Ahead: Occupational Health and Safety
Posted: January 14th, 2026
Setting the Landscape for 2026 Looking back at 2025, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) continued to move forward with its proposed rule for Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings, published a series of over two dozen proposed […]
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2026 RCRA and Waste Look Ahead
Posted: January 14th, 2026
We have seen a lot of action in the world of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) in recent years, including the hazardous waste generator improvement rule and RCRAinfo changes. We do not expect the pace of change to […]
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2026 Water Look Ahead
Posted: January 14th, 2026
We’ve seen some movement from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) on several fronts as 2025 came to a close, though at the time of this publication we are still waiting on the Fall 2025 Unified Agenda of […]
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2026 Air Quality Look Ahead
Posted: January 14th, 2026
While 2025 brought a new administration and changes to how the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) approaches air quality regulation and policy, we expect to see even more air quality regulatory activity in 2026. The Spring 2025 regulatory […]
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SCAQMD Permitting 101: What Industrial Facilities Need to Know (and Do) Before They Apply
Posted: January 8th, 2026
In our previous 4 The Record article on the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD), we introduced who they are and what they do. This article expands on the process of obtaining an air quality permit from SCAQMD. Do […]
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Proposed Amendments to NESHAP EEE – Hazardous Waste Combustor MACT
Posted: January 8th, 2026
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) proposed revisions to the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) from Hazardous Waste Combustors (HWC MACT) (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart EEE) in the Federal Register on November 10, 2025 as […]
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