Affirmative Defense Under NESHAP General Provision Requirements
Posted: August 29th, 2012
On October 16, 2009, the U. S. District of Columbia Circuit Court (the Fifth Circuit Court) vacated the “Startup, Shutdown, and Malfunction (SSM) exemption” allowed under the General Provisions in Part 63, Subpart A of the National Emission Standards for […]
Read articleCSAPR: The Latest U.S. EPA Casualty
Posted: August 27th, 2012
In a continuing trend, the DC Circuit Court (Court) handed U.S. EPA yet another loss in EME Homer City Generation LLC v EPA. The casualty this time: the Cross States Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR)…
Read articleGreenhouse Gas Confidentiality Determinations Finalized by U.S. EPA
Posted: August 24th, 2012
On August 13, 2012 in Federal Register Vol.77, No 156, U.S. EPA announced the finalization of confidentiality determinations for regulations under the Mandatory Greenhouse Gases Reporting Rule…
Read articleResidual Risk and Technology Review Completed for a Pulp and Paper Industry NESHAP
Posted: August 15th, 2012
On July 31, 2012, U.S. EPA finalized the residual risk and technology review conducted for the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for pulp and paper production areas of mills using the kraft, sulfite, semi-chemical, and soda pulping processes (40 CFR Part 63 Subpart S)
Read articleMethod 16C Approved for Total Reduced Sulfur (TRS) Emission Testing
Posted: August 13th, 2012
On July 30, 2012, U.S. EPA announced that Method 16C is now an acceptable method for the measurement of total reduced sulfur (TRS) emissions. One might ask, what is Method 16C…
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Deadline Extended for Promulgation of 1-Hour SO2 NAAQS
Posted: August 8th, 2012
U.S. EPA announced in Federal Register Vol. 77, No. 150 published on August 3, 2012 that it is using its authority under the Clean Air Act (CAA) to extend by up to one (1) year the deadline for promulgating the initial area…
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U.S. EPA also Proposing Secondary Visibility NAAQS With Updated Annual Primary PM2.5 NAAQS
Posted: August 2nd, 2012
In July, ALL4 posted a blog regarding U.S. EPA’s June 14, 2012 proposal to strengthen the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for fine particle (PM2.5) pollution. As part of the proposed rule…
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4 Rules Survey Says?
Posted: July 30th, 2012
The results are in! Last month we asked our readers to vote about when we would see the final Boiler MACT, CISWI, and NHSM* rules from U.S. EPA. With only two days left in July, it looks like most of our readers were…
Read articlePennsylvania Proposes Amendments to Particulate Matter Testing Requirements
Posted: July 16th, 2012
The Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board (EQB) has proposed to amend 25 Pa. Code Chapters 121 and 139 with the purpose of updating and clarifying the sampling and testing methods used to demonstrate compliance with particulate matter (PM) emissions limits.
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U.S. EPA Adds New Exclusion to the Definition of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)
Posted: July 9th, 2012
On June 22, 2012, a notice was published informing that the U.S. EPA revised its definition of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) to exclude 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene.
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