Increases in Pennsylvania Title V Emission Fees
Posted: February 15th, 2013
For almost 20 years Pennsylvania facilities that are major sources of air pollution have been subject to annual air emission fees. These facilities are about to shell out some additional money…
Read articleAfter Further Review: The 1-Hour SO2 NAAQS Stands
Posted: February 13th, 2013
The request for a hearing of an appeal in the case ASARCO LLC v. EPA has been shot down by the Supreme Court. ASARCO’s original challenge to the 1-hour sulfur dioxide…
Read articleTraining for the Marathon: 4 Rules Compliance
Posted: February 8th, 2013
In the environmental regulatory arena, if feels like the 4 Rules have been a series of sprints – followed by a pulled hamstring! From the June 2010 proposals to the March 2011 final rules to the December 2011 proposals…
Read articleDC Circuit Court Vacates and Remands PM2.5 SILs and SMC
Posted: February 7th, 2013
In a decision that could have far reaching permitting implications, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (Court) on January 22, 2013 vacated and remanded portions…
Read articleFinal Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration (CISWI) Rule: Do You Know Your A, B, CCCCs, and DDDDs?
Posted: February 1st, 2013
In a rulemaking combined with amendments to the Non-hazardous Secondary Materials (NHSM) rule, the U.S. EPA Administrator signed final amendments to the March 21, 2011 Commercial and Industrial…
Read articleA Little Help When You Need It – Georgia’s Expedited Air Permitting Program
Posted: January 28th, 2013
To close out 2012, the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (Georgia EPD) rolled out a draft version of its anticipated expedited air permitting program. As it stands today, the program will become effective…
Read articleA Little Rule for a Big Issue: the Non Hazardous Secondary Materials Rule
Posted: January 25th, 2013
Beginning on page 116 and effectively ending on page 329, the Non Hazardous Secondary Materials (NHSM) portion of the 539 page rendering of the Commercial/Industrial Solid Waste Incinerators (CISWI) preamble…
Read articleFebruary 2016 May As Well Be Tomorrow: Major Source Boiler MACT and Timing
Posted: January 24th, 2013
Consultants and environmental personnel at industrial facilities are used to spreading the warning “plan now, this compliance date will be right around the corner.” Although we say it often, the warning is rarely…
Read articleFinal Area Source Boiler MACT: The Gift That Keeps on Giving
Posted: January 18th, 2013
In part two of ALL4’s 4 Rules Friday series, we take a look at the Final Area Source Boiler MACT (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart JJJJJJ) and how the final rule may impact facilities. As we all are well aware by now, U.S. EPA issued…
Read articleAir Permitting Gets Less Complicated Each Year…Said No One Ever: How the Aggregation Test Just Got More Complicated
Posted: January 14th, 2013
For those involved in Title V or New Source Review (NSR) permitting, the concept of aggregation and the three-pronged litmus test to define a “single source” has long (over 30 years) been based on the following…
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