New Air Permitting Software Available For Georgia Facilities
Posted: January 26th, 2015
Recently, the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (GEPD) publicized its new online Title V permit application software [Georgia Environmental Online System (GEOS)], not to be confused with the Georgia Environmental Connections Online (GECO) system. The GECO system is still…
Read articleU.S. EPA Revises Framework for Assessing Biogenic CO2 Emissions
Posted: December 9th, 2014
In November 2014, U.S. EPA issued a memorandum and a second draft of its “Framework for Assessing Biogenic Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Stationary Sources” that describes how biogenic carbon dioxide…
Read articleProposed Boiler MACT Reconsiderations Released
Posted: December 3rd, 2014
U.S. EPA has released the proposed reconsideration of the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Major Sources: Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers and Process Heaters (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart DDDDD) and of the NESHAP for Area Sources: Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers…
Read article7 Important Details about TCEQ’s Expedited Air Permitting Program
Posted: November 11th, 2014
Effective November 13, 2014, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) is rolling out a new Expedited Permitting Program under Title 30 of the Texas Administrative Code (TAC), Chapter 101, Subchapter J…
Read articleU.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…
Read articleWhat’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…
Read articleGHG-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…
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