How Should it Feel Working with an Air Quality Consultant?
Posted: October 29th, 2015
I thought it might be helpful for folks looking for assistance with air quality related issues to provide some insights that I’ve gained over my 40+ years working in this field. In the early part of my career I spent […]
Read article“Winning by Losing”…or Some Such Thing
Posted: October 5th, 2015
As previously discussed here by yours truly, on May 1, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued a decision to remand and vacate the so-called 100-hour “exemption” for RICE…
Read articleU.S. EPA Proposes to Define “Adjacent” for the Oil and Gas Industry
Posted: September 14th, 2015
Previous ALL4 blogs and at least one 4 The Record article have discussed the extremely complex issue of single source aggregation for air permitting. This issue has been particularly difficult for the oil and gas industry…
Read articleU.S. EPA Proposed Amendments to Subpart OOOO and Proposed a New Subpart OOOOa
Posted: August 27th, 2015
The anticipation ended on August 18, 2015 when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed to amend 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart OOOO (Standards of Performance for Crude Oil and Natural Gas Production, Transmission and Distribution) and create a new…
Read articleThe Next Generation of Air Permit Applications in Georgia
Posted: August 17th, 2015
On July 30, 2015, I attended a training session at the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (GEPD) offices in Atlanta, Georgia for a hands-on demonstration of its new electronic permit application software system…
Read articleCompliance and Emissions Data Reporting Interface (CEDRI) Review
Posted: August 17th, 2015
Do you want to find out the compliance status of a cement plant, a power plant, a refinery, or any another facility subject to New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) or National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAPs)? Just point and click…
Read articleAre Changes to Major New Source Review Permitting Requirements on the Way?
Posted: May 28th, 2015
In November 2013, ALL4 began a series of 4 The Record articles addressing issues that facilities face when contemplating plant improvement projects that have the potential to trigger new source review (NSR) permitting requirements. While we have published multiple articles […]
Read articleUpdate: U.S. EPA Proposes Overdue Refinery Air Rules
Posted: May 11th, 2015
Affected parties have agreed to and filed an April 24, 2015 Notice of Stipulation to Modify Consent Decree with the DC Circuit Court delaying the signature of the refinery air rules discussed below until September 30, 2015. Prior consent decree modifications delayed the rule finalization…
Read articleFinal Area Designations for the 2012 Annual PM2.5 Standard
Posted: February 23rd, 2015
As recounted in Dan Dix’s historic 4 the Record Article, on December 14, 2012, U.S. EPA announced the revised annual National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for fine particulate matter…
Read articleAnnual ALL4 Look – Ahead to 2015
Posted: January 26th, 2015
2014 ushered in many new air quality regulatory requirements, some of which have already reached their effective compliance date, others that will become effective in the coming weeks, months and years. Equally prominent in 2015 will be the implementation of […]
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