Pennsylvania Proposes Amendments to Particulate Matter Testing Requirements
Posted: July 16th, 2012
The Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board (EQB) has proposed to amend 25 Pa. Code Chapters 121 and 139 with the purpose of updating and clarifying the sampling and testing methods used to demonstrate compliance with particulate matter (PM) emissions limits.
Read articlePublic Comment on PADEP Draft Guidance for Performing Single Stationary Source Determinations for Oil and Gas Industries
Posted: July 2nd, 2012
The Pennsylvania Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee (AQTAC) met on Thursday June 14, 2012 and presented a summary of comments that they had received on their interim final technical guidance DEP ID: 270‐0810‐006 entitled “Guidance for Performing Single Stationary Source Determinations for Oil and Gas Industries.”
Read articlePennsylvania AQTAC Discusses Oil and Gas Related Topics at June 14, 2012 Meeting
Posted: June 28th, 2012
The Pennsylvania Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee (AQTAC) met on Thursday June 14, 2012 at the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) Rachel Carson building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Read articleGeorgia EPD Update
Posted: June 11th, 2012
While attending recent training, Jac Capp, the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (GAEPD) Air Director, presented insightful information on several air quality issues and initiatives in Georgia.
Read article“Soft” Engine Certification?
Posted: May 25th, 2012
I came across an interesting little tidbit recently during an engine permitting exercise here in Pennsylvania. A facility was seeking air quality permitting for a number of existing emergency generators each driven by a ~3,000 brake horsepower (bhp), diesel fuel-fired, U.S. EPA Tier II certified engine.
Read articleCourt Vacates U.S. EPA Texas SIP Disapproval
Posted: May 2nd, 2012
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has recently vacated U.S. EPA’s disapproval of Texas’ Minor New Source Review (NSR) Pollution Control Project (PCP) Standard Permit (Tex. Admin. Code §116.617) and remanded it to U.S. EPA for reconsideration and expeditious approval or disapproval.
Read articleA Fundamental Major NSR Applicability Question
Posted: April 20th, 2012
Here’s a question that we hear all the time related to changes at existing major stationary sources…Why do I have to do a New Source Review (NSR) applicability evaluation when my modification project will result in emissions that are less than my current permit limits?
Read articleU.S. EPA Takes Exception to PADEP Air Quality Permitting Streamlining Provision
Posted: April 19th, 2012
Back in 2008 the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) adopted amendments to its “Plan Approval” regulations codified at 25 Pa. Code 127, Subchapter B, adding provisions intended to streamline the process for certain air permitting actions in Pennsylvania.
Read articleCombined Cycle Gas Turbines: Part of a Balanced BACT Analysis?
Posted: March 29th, 2012
What ingredients make for a healthy Best Available Control Technology (BACT) analysis when you’re looking at greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions? As Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) activities for GHGs build momentum, we’re getting a picture of what new and modified […]
Read articlePermitting a New, Cleaner Fuel to Replace a More Polluting Fuel
Posted: March 29th, 2012
Thinking about switching to a cleaner fuel? Switching fuels could be more restrictive than you think.
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