Background 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…
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GHG 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)…
Read articleCement Manufacturing – Balancing Growth with Air Quality Requirements
Posted: September 27th, 2013
In most areas of the U.S., it appears that the recession is a bad memory and the signs of recovery are all around us. As described by the Portland Cement Association (PCA) on its website[1], “following the strongest cement consumption […]
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Alternative GHG Reporting Approaches May Be On The Horizon
Posted: September 16th, 2013
Those of you within the community of facilities reporting under 40 CFR Part 98 (Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases Rule) may recall a twist to the most recent reporting…
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The Difficulties With Attaining Compliance With Environmental Regulations – An Ode to the Environmental Compliance Manager
Posted: September 12th, 2013
If you are an environmental compliance manager today with college age children you are probably encouraging them to become dentists or orthodontists, and not to follow in your footsteps as an environmental compliance manager. Arguably one of the toughest positions […]
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A Bill to Track – Energy Efficiency Legislation
Posted: September 10th, 2013
The likelihood of carbon legislation with the 113th U.S. Congress will require a bipartisan effort that has minimal chance of materializing at this point…
Read articleU.S. EPA Requires Electronic Non-Trade-Secret Toxic Release Inventory Reporting
Posted: September 5th, 2013
On August 27, 2013, U.S. EPA finalized a rule requiring affected facilities to report non-trade-secret Toxic Release Inventories (TRIs) using its electronic “TRI-MEweb” software…
Read articleGreenhouse Gas Speculation at Existing Power Plants
Posted: August 27th, 2013
It’s been nearly two (2) months since President Obama released his Climate Action Plan (Plan) on June 25, 2013. In his Plan…
Read articleDeja Vu All Over Again? U.S. EPA Announces Boiler MACT Limited Reconsideration
Posted: August 16th, 2013
At ALL4, most of our clients are impacted by at least one (1) of the Boiler MACT rules. While a good portion of these clients have begun developing their compliance strategies…
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Final Amendments to 40 CFR Part 60 Subpart OOOO
Posted: August 14th, 2013
On August 2, 2013, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) finalized revisions to the storage vessel provisions of 40 CFR Part 60 Subpart OOOO – Standards of Performance for Crude Oil…
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