Additional Requirements for the Next Round of GHG Reporting
Posted: December 31st, 2012
In 2011 U.S. EPA deferred the requirement to report certain data elements in annual Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Inventory Reports required by 40 CFR Part 98 (the GHG Reporting Rule). Because reporters expressed concerns…
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Looking Towards 2013 from a Consultant’s Perspective
Posted: December 28th, 2012
Here we are again at year’s end, another year older and wiser (hopefully). We made it through another election, the “fiscal cliff,” Hurricane Sandy, the Mayan end of the world, and the final episode of the Jersey Shore MTV series. […]
Read articleEnd of the World or Not – U.S. EPA Issues the Final Rule for Chemical Manufacturing Area Sources NESHAP
Posted: December 27th, 2012
On the heels of Christina Giannascoli’s November 5, 2012 blog, today’s blog provides an update to the status of the reconsidered and stayed Chemical Manufacturing Area Sources NESHAP…
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Reading Material for the Holidays: U.S. EPA Finalizes 4 Rules
Posted: December 21st, 2012
As rumored, U.S. EPA has released the final versions of the 4 Rules – the Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) standards for Major and Area Source Boilers (Boiler MACT), Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration (CISWI), and Nonhazardous Secondary Materials (NHSM) rules. Finalized just three days shy…
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RICE MACT Update – ALL4 Partners with step2compliance
Posted: December 20th, 2012
Despite the ongoing controversy with the reconsidered revised version of 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart ZZZZ – National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Stationary Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines…
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No Action Assurance Implications for Boiler MACT and CISWI Rules
Posted: December 13th, 2012
The presidential election has come and gone, and there is still much uncertainty when it comes to the status of the Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) standards for Major and Area Source Boilers (Boiler MACT), Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration (CISWI)…
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Revised RICE MACT Goes to OMB Amid Continued Opposition From a Diverse Group of Rule Detractors
Posted: December 11th, 2012
U.S. EPA sent the latest reconsidered revised version of 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart ZZZZ – National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Stationary Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines, the so called RICE MACT…
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2012 AWMA – U.S. EPA Information Exchange
Posted: December 3rd, 2012
I attended the aforementioned event in Research Triangle Park on November 27th and 28th on behalf of ALL4. The predominant subject on the Information Exchange agenda was clearly greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as seven (7) of the 24 information sessions were related to…
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Five Reasons Why Now May Be the Time to Consider Converting Your Boiler to Natural Gas
Posted: November 30th, 2012
A number of projects around here lately have involved the conversion of a boiler firing coal or another high-polluting fuel to natural gas. Why the switch? Boiler MACT and NAAQS compliance come to mind. What other benefits are there from […]
Read articleWinds of Change Related to Interstate Emissions Trading Rule? Maybe…
Posted: November 29th, 2012
The vacatur of the Cross State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) in August 2012 has complicated the transport rules that affected multiple states. With CSAPR now out of the picture, U.S. EPA was required…
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