U.S. EPA Issues Its First Carbon Capture and Sequestration Permit
Posted: October 2nd, 2014
On September 2, 2014, U.S. EPA Region 5 issued, for the first time, four (4) Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) underground injection control (UIC) permits for the operation of carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) wells at FutureGen Industrial Alliance’s (FutureGen’s) upgraded power plant…
Read articleNew Jersey Increases Air Permitting Fees
Posted: September 8th, 2014
As published in the August 18, 2014 New Jersey Register, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) has proposed to increase the service fees for permitting stationary sources of air pollution. Current revenue received from existing fees is less than…
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What’s New With RACT 2?
Posted: August 28th, 2014
As noted in previous ALL4 blog posts, the comment period for the proposed Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) 2 rule in Pennsylvania closed on June 30, 2014. Every potentially RACT 2 affected facility in Pennsylvania now needs to pay close attention to what is going on with…
Read articleU.S. EPA Proposes Overdue Refinery Air Rules
Posted: August 11th, 2014
The public comment period regarding the EPA’s revisions to MACT and NSPS Refinery Air Rules has been extended by 60 days.
U.S. EPA’s much anticipated revisions to the Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) and New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) Refinery Air Rules…
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GHG-Only Permitting Changes – Do You Know What Your State is Doing?
Posted: July 30th, 2014
On June 23, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the course of part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (U.S. EPA’s) Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Tailoring Rule, deciding that…
Read articlePermit Aggregation Ruling
Posted: June 23rd, 2014
For some time, U.S. EPA has considered the concepts of contiguous or adjacent, common control, and industrial groupings when determining whether emissions from multiple “sites” should be aggregated for air permitting purposes…
Read articleCountdown to Ozone NAAQS
Posted: May 20th, 2014
On April 29, 2014 Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled in favor of the Sierra Club’s request…
Read articleNJDEP Announces a New General Permit for Diesel Fired Emergency Engines
Posted: May 19th, 2014
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) has announced a new general permit (GP-005A) for “emergency generators burning distillate fuels.” This general permit…
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CSAPR’s Triumphant Return
Posted: May 16th, 2014
On April 29, 2014 the Supreme Court issued a ruling in EPA v. EME Homer City Generation, L.P. that has reinstated U.S. EPA’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR). This is the latest reversal that essentially overturns…
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Portland Cement Manufacturers: Do You Know When to Submit Your O&M Plan to Comply With the February 2013 Amendments to 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart LLL?
Posted: February 10th, 2014
Back in February 2013, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) amended 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart LLL – National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants From the Portland Cement Manufacturing Industry (Subpart LLL)…
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