The History Behind the Information Collection Request (ICR)
Posted: January 28th, 2014
Perhaps the most common notice in the Federal Register is the Information Collection Request (ICR). The ICR is the means by which U.S. EPA, and other Federal agencies…
Read articleUpcoming Area Source Boiler MACT Requirements for Existing Affected Sources
Posted: January 13th, 2014
It hasn’t quite been a year since the final Area Source Boiler MACT rule was published in the Federal Register on February 1, 2013, but the deadline for submitting initial notifications…
Read articleNew Year’s Resolutions for Compressor Stations
Posted: January 7th, 2014
I recently found myself pulling my car over to the side of the road with a flat tire. I remember thinking “Good thing I have that emergency kit in the trunk of my car”. Sadly, as I inspected the contents of the kit…
Read articlePennsylvania RACT 2 Gains Environmental Quality Board Approval
Posted: December 11th, 2013
RACT 2 has been on the regulatory radar screen for major sources of nitrogen oxides (NOX) and volatile organic compounds (VOC) in Pennsylvania since mid-2012 as reported by ALL4…
Read articleDelay of Biomass Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Vacatur
Posted: November 22nd, 2013
On May 18, 2011 U.S. EPA issued a final action deferring, for a period of three (3) years, the application of Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD)…
Read articleRedoing Your (MACT) Floors
Posted: November 7th, 2013
More often than not, people will redo the floors in their homes for aesthic reasons, not because of an underlying problem with how they were constructed. In the air quality regulatory world…
Read articleBackground on MACT Floor Statistics
Posted: November 7th, 2013
Back in August of 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit made a decision regarding a petition that the National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) and Sierra Club…
Read articleGHG NSPS Update: New Electric Generating Units
Posted: October 8th, 2013
On September 20, 2013, U.S. EPA released its proposed New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) from new electric utility steam generating units (EGUs)…
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