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 […]
Read articleOzone 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…
Read articleCrude 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…
Read articleNew 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…
Read articleMore 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…
Read articleSo What’s in the Final Version of the Pennsylvania RACT 2 Rule? We are glad that you asked.
Posted: November 6th, 2014
Okay folks, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) released the final form version of the RACT 2 rule to the Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee (AQTAC) in advance of the supplemental AQTAC RACT 2 meeting scheduled for November 7, 2014 in Harrisburg. After…
Read articleThe Reality and Implications of SSM and NESHAPs
Posted: November 4th, 2014
ALL4’s project experience often involves industrial clients that are subject to one (1) or more of the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAPs) for source categories (40 CFR Part 63). NESHAPs regulate emissions of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) […]
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