Final Major Source Boiler MACT: (Some) Good Things Come to Those Who Waited!
Posted: January 11th, 2013
Happy New Year! This New Year has brought the 4 Rules into the spotlight as U.S. EPA issued pre-publication versions of the final rules on December 20, 2012. We have spent the holidays digging into these rules…
Read articleU.S. EPA Semiannual Regulatory Agenda Highlights
Posted: January 8th, 2013
The U.S. EPA published their semiannual regulatory agenda online (the e-Agenda) on December 21, 2012 to update the public about: Regulations and major policies currently under development…
Read articleLooking Towards 2013 from a Consultant’s Perspective
Posted: December 28th, 2012
Here we are again at year’s end, another year older and wiser (hopefully). We made it through another election, the “fiscal cliff,” Hurricane Sandy, the Mayan end of the world, and the final episode of the Jersey Shore MTV series. […]
Read articleFive Reasons Why Now May Be the Time to Consider Converting Your Boiler to Natural Gas
Posted: November 30th, 2012
A number of projects around here lately have involved the conversion of a boiler firing coal or another high-polluting fuel to natural gas. Why the switch? Boiler MACT and NAAQS compliance come to mind. What other benefits are there from […]
Read articleAs The Biomass Turns…Greenhouse Gases from Biomass and Biogenic Sources
Posted: November 21st, 2012
The regulatory community has become (for the most part) accustomed to the permitting requirements for greenhouse gases (GHGs). It has become second nature to include them in emission inventories…
Read articleEPA’s Aggregation Appeal Denied by Court of Appeals
Posted: November 16th, 2012
The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected U.S. EPA’s appeal of the Court’s August 7th, 2012 aggregation decision. The August 7th decision invalidated U.S. EPA’s method of considering the functional…
Read articleAggregation Appeal Denied
Posted: November 15th, 2012
The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected U.S. EPA’s appeal of the Court’s August 7th, 2012 aggregation decision. The August 7th decision invalidated U.S. EPA’s method of considering…
Read articleA Time For Different Thinking Related to PSD Permitting
Posted: November 9th, 2012
U.S. EPA recently issued a New Source Review (NSR) memo on October 15th that clarifies the timeline that an applicant can expect for “timely and consistent permit processing” of a Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) air permit application…
Read articleClarification – Pennsylvania Contemplating “RACT 2” Regulation
Posted: November 7th, 2012
On September 12, 2012, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) presented a draft proposed rulemaking, “Additional RACT Requirements for Major Sources of NOX and VOC” (referred to as “RACT 2”)…
Read articlePADEP Issues Draft Technical Guidance for the Determination of Significant Figures and Timeliness of Report Submittals
Posted: October 17th, 2012
On September 8, 2012, Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) announced the availability of a draft technical guidance document entitled “Air Quality Program Guidance for Determination of Significant Figures…
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