Update: PM2.5 New Source Review Regulations
Posted: August 18th, 2009
On May 16, 2008 U.S. EPA issued a final rule amending the New Source Review (NSR) regulations to add requirements related to particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter of less than 2.5 microns (PM2.5). ALL4’s PM2.5 Team published 4 The Record articles […]
Read articleU.S. EPA Proposes Ozone Season Extension
Posted: August 14th, 2009
On July 16, 2009, U.S. EPA proposed revisions to its ambient ozone (O3) monitoring network design requirements. The revisions are in response to the amended primary and secondary National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for O3 that were promulgated on […]
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U.S. EPA Proposes a Short-Term NO2 NAAQS
Posted: July 19th, 2009
In the more than 200 air quality modeling analyses that ALL4 meteorologists have conducted, demonstrating compliance with the annual nitrogen dioxide (NO2) National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) of 53 parts per billion (ppbv) has rarely been very difficult. The […]
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Court Rules on Phase 2 Ozone Rule
Posted: July 11th, 2009
On June 10, 2009, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia remanded (without vacatur) two areas of the Final Rule To Implement the 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard – Phase 2 (Phase 2 Rule) […]
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Do You Need A Quality Assurance Performance Plan (QAPP)?
Posted: July 3rd, 2009
The proposed Mandatory Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Reporting Rule (40 CFR Part 98) issued in March 2009 would require the economy-wide reporting of emissions data from facilities or sources that emit 25,000 metric tons or more per year of GHG emissions. […]
Read articleNJDEP Consideration of Health Risk from Internal Combustion Engines
Posted: June 4th, 2009
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s (NJDEP’s) Subchapter 17 rules require facilities to consider air toxics when installing or modifying sources of air emissions. NJDEP has alerted facilities through their quarterly Industrial Stakeholder Group meeting that existing internal combustion […]
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New U.S. EPA Administration Reconsidering NSR Rules
Posted: May 29th, 2009
On April 24, 2009, U.S. EPA sent out three separate letters in response to requests it had received to consider various apsects of the New Source Review (NSR) air permit rules that had been promulgated during the latter stages of the Bush […]
Read articleU.S. EPA Declines Extension of Comment Period for Proposed Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Rule
Posted: May 16th, 2009
Although over 20 trade associations submitted requests for extensions of the comment period for the Proposed Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Rule, U.S. EPA posted a letter to the American Petroleum Institute (API) stating that the formal comment period will […]
Read articleU.S. EPA Compliance Warning: Risk Management Plan Updates
Posted: May 2nd, 2009
On April 27, 2007, U.S. EPA issued a press release compliance warning to facilities subject to Risk Management Program requirements: update and resubmit your plans as required by law or face penalties. The Risk Management Program is authorized under Section […]
Read articlePennsylvania to Control Emissions from the Use of Adhesives, Sealants, Primers, and Solvents
Posted: April 28th, 2009
The Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board (EQB) has proposed regulations that would control emissions from the use of adhesives, sealants, primers, and solvents. The proposed rulemaking would regulate the owner or operator of a facility or stationary source that uses or […]
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