Countdown 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…
Read articleCSAPR’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…
Read articlePortland 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)…
Read articleWhat’s The Latest On Carbon Capture and Control?
Posted: February 6th, 2014
A public hearing was held today, February 6, 2014, concerning U.S. EPA’s proposed New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) from new electric utility steam generating units (EGUs)…
Read articlePennsylvania RACT 2 Gains Environmental Quality Board Approval
Posted: December 11th, 2013
RACT 2 has been on the regulatory radar screen for major sources of nitrogen oxides (NOX) and volatile organic compounds (VOC) in Pennsylvania since mid-2012 as reported by ALL4…
Read articleDelay of Biomass Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Vacatur
Posted: November 22nd, 2013
On May 18, 2011 U.S. EPA issued a final action deferring, for a period of three (3) years, the application of Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD)…
Read articleCement Manufacturing – Balancing Growth with Air Quality Requirements
Posted: September 27th, 2013
In most areas of the U.S., it appears that the recession is a bad memory and the signs of recovery are all around us. As described by the Portland Cement Association (PCA) on its website[1], “following the strongest cement consumption […]
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