U.S. EPA Amends New Source Performance Standards for Steam Generating Units
Posted: February 4th, 2009
On January 28, 2009, U.S. EPA issued a final rule amending the Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources (NSPS) for electric utility steam generating units and industrial-commercial-institutional steam generating units. In this action U.S. EPA amended subparts D, Da, […]
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UPDATE: The Resurrection of CAIR
Posted: January 14th, 2009
On December 23, 2008, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (Court) reversed its earlier (July 11, 2008) decision to vacate the Federal Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR). The Federal court decided, after considering comments from […]
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Pennsylvania Adopts Diesel Anti-Idling Rules
Posted: January 2nd, 2009
On October 9, 2008, Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell signed the Diesel-Powered Motor Vehicle Idling Act No. 124 which provides for idling restrictions on diesel-powered vehicles within the State. The provisions of the law will become effective on February 6, 2009. At about the same time…
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Electronic Arc Furnace (EAF) Steelmaking Area Source MACT Revisions
Posted: December 29th, 2008
U.S. EPA is proposing amendments and taking direct final action on those amendments to 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart YYYYY – National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Area Sources: Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) Steelmaking Facilities. U.S. EPA is […]
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PADEP Announces Mandatory PM Testing for Coal-fired Electric Generation Units
Posted: December 21st, 2008
On December 4, 2008, PADEP Deputy Secretary Tom Fidler announced that PADEP will be notifying owners of coal-fired Electric Generation Units (EGUs) in Pennsylvania that they will be required to conduct emission tests to measure emissions of particulate matter (PM). […]
Read articleBush Administration and U.S. EPA Under Scrutiny
Posted: December 16th, 2008
The Bush Administration and U.S. EPA continue to be scrutinized in the press. Most recently, on December 7, 2008, the Philadelphia Inquirer published the first of a four part series of articles titled “Smoke and Mirrors – The Subversion of […]
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USA Today Article “Toxic Air and America’s Schools”: How is Your Company Depicted?
Posted: December 2nd, 2008
If your company reports Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) data to U.S. EPA and you have not seen the recent USA Today article and interactive website entitled “The Smokestack Effect: Toxic Air and America’s Schools,” you probably should. Your company may […]
Read articleReturn of the Short-Term NSR Test?
Posted: November 30th, 2008
The October 27, 2008 edition of the Wall Street Journal reported that the current administration was moving to adopt a short-term (hourly) New Source Review (NSR) applicability test for electric generating units (EGUs) at power plants by November 1, 2008. The […]
Read articleWill the CAIR Vacatur be Overturned?
Posted: November 12th, 2008
On September 24, 2008, U.S. EPA petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit for a Panel rehearing or en banc rehearing of the Court’s July 11, 2008 decision to vacate the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR). Intervenors in the […]
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Clean Air Act Felony Charges
Posted: November 2nd, 2008
The Hershey Creamery Company, located in Central Pennsylvania, pled guilty to a Clean Air Act (CAA) felony charge involving its failure to develop and implement a Risk Management Program (RMP) for two (2) of its Pennsylvania facilities. The CAA charge […]
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