2015 Shaping Up to Be Busy in the World of Air Toxics
Posted: February 16th, 2015
Our August 2014 4 The Record newsletter focused on air toxics, and specifically the residual risk and technology review (RTR) process required by the Clean Air Act (CAA). Our discussions on how the RTR process can alter the landscape of regulatory requirements for…
Read articleSuper Bowl 50 and Boiler MACT Compliance Anxiety
Posted: February 3rd, 2015
A Super Bowl has just been added to the record books and here at ALL4 we are already planning ahead to Super Bowl week in 2016. And perhaps not for the reasons that you would expect. Super Bowl Sunday 2016 is slated for February 7, 2016, which is one (1) week to the day…
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Annual ALL4 Look – Ahead to 2015
Posted: January 26th, 2015
2014 ushered in many new air quality regulatory requirements, some of which have already reached their effective compliance date, others that will become effective in the coming weeks, months and years. Equally prominent in 2015 will be the implementation of […]
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Ozone NAAQS Public Hearings Set for 2015
Posted: January 12th, 2015
U.S. EPA will hold three public hearings to discuss the proposed revision to the “National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for Ozone” rule that was published in the Federal Register…
Read articleProposed Primary and Secondary Ozone NAAQS Standards
Posted: December 16th, 2014
In what is surely to be a hotly contested regulatory action, U.S. EPA proposed to lower the primary (to provide public health protection) and secondary (to provide public welfare protection) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for…
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Crude Oil and Natural Gas Industry Reduced Emission Completion NSPS Requirements
Posted: December 12th, 2014
As 2015 quickly approaches, there is still momentum in the development of domestic unconventional oil and gas resources. Therefore, exploration and production companies utilizing hydraulic fracturing are reminded that the final compliance provisions for reduced emission completions (RECs) pursuant to […]
Read articleProposed Boiler MACT Reconsiderations Released
Posted: December 3rd, 2014
U.S. EPA has released the proposed reconsideration of the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Major Sources: Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers and Process Heaters (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart DDDDD) and of the NESHAP for Area Sources: Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers…
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New U.S. EPA Clean Power Plan Guidance for Mass-Based Emission Rates
Posted: November 19th, 2014
On November 6, 2014, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) published a technical support document (TSD) that provides guidance on converting the Clean Power Plan (CPP) emission intensity-based goals in terms of pounds of carbon dioxide…
Read articleMore Proposed Changes to PC MACT
Posted: November 18th, 2014
On November 4, 2014, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) published a proposal to amend two (2) rules issued in February 2013: the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants…
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More on RACT 2
Posted: November 17th, 2014
On Friday November 7, 2014, the Pennsylvania Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee (AQTAC) voted 11 to 5 to approve the proposed draft final “Additional RACT Requirements for Major Sources of NOX and VOCs” (RACT 2) regulations for consideration…
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