What is the Status of Your Emission Inventory?
Posted: December 28th, 2011
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) uses emission inventories from facilities that are readily available to support key policy and regulatory decisions that directly affect the regulated community. When looking for emissions data, U.S. EPA may use the information […]
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Oil and Gas System Greenhouse Gas Reporting—Where Do You Stand?
Posted: December 11th, 2011
U.S. EPA’s Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases Rule, codified at 40 CFR Part 98 (the GHG Reporting Rule), requires certain facilities to report annual emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) including, as applicable, carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), […]
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Comment Period Extension for Proposed Oil and Gas NSPS/NESHAP Revisions
Posted: November 10th, 2011
In an October 28, 2011 Federal Register announcement, U.S. EPA extended the comment period for the proposed revisions to both the Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources (NSPS) and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for the […]
Read articleStay Tuned…Again
Posted: November 4th, 2011
In two separate announcements made during the last week of October, U.S. EPA has delayed the release of two highly anticipated maximum achievable control technology (MACT) regulations. U.S. EPA announced that it would be delaying the release of the proposed […]
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Greenhouse Gas 2012 Reporting: No Rest for the Weary!
Posted: October 19th, 2011
U.S. EPA’s Greenhouse Gas (GHG) reporting deadline for calendar year 2010 passed on September 30, 2011. But there’s no rest for the weary! According to 40 CFR Part 98 (the Mandatory GHG Reporting Rule), data for reporting years 2011 and […]
Read articleOctober is Shaping Up to be the Scariest Month of the Year
Posted: October 15th, 2011
If you are someone that likes scary stories, then I have just such a story for you. Our frightful tale begins on September 13, 2004 when U.S. EPA promulgated National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for new and […]
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October NAAQS Happenings
Posted: October 7th, 2011
ALL4’s September 4 The Record included an article that provided an update on the status of the new 1-hour sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). The article discussed both the implementation of the new standards and information […]
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GHG Reporting – Confidential Business Information
Posted: September 21st, 2011
Now that you are busy entering your data for the 2010 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Inventory Report into U.S. EPA’s Electronic Greenhouse Gas Reporting Tool (e-GGRT), you may become puzzled because e-GGRT is requiring you to enter information that you […]
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Proposed Ozone NAAQS Withdrawn
Posted: September 18th, 2011
At the request of President Obama, U.S. EPA has withdrawn the draft ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). The current 8-hour ozone NAAQS is 75 parts per billion (ppb). U.S. EPA had been close to finalizing a revised ozone […]
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U.S. EPA National Enforcement Initiatives for Fiscal Years 2011 – 2013
Posted: September 10th, 2011
While U.S. EPA has certainly been focusing a large portion of its emissions reduction regulatory development and compliance enforcement efforts on the usual suspects (i.e., fossil fuel-fired energy production and use sectors such as coal-fired utilities, cement manufacturing, glass production, […]
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