Update: PM2.5 New Source Review Regulations
Posted: August 18th, 2009
On May 16, 2008 U.S. EPA issued a final rule amending the New Source Review (NSR) regulations to add requirements related to particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter of less than 2.5 microns (PM2.5). ALL4’s PM2.5 Team published 4 The Record articles […]
Read articlePennsylvania Expected to Request “Case-by-Case” Boiler MACT Applications
Posted: August 2nd, 2009
In the August 29, 2009 Pennsylvania Bulletin, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) is expected to provide notice that “case-by case” Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) applications will be required to be submitted by facilities that were subject to […]
Read articleNew U.S. EPA Administration Reconsidering NSR Rules
Posted: May 29th, 2009
On April 24, 2009, U.S. EPA sent out three separate letters in response to requests it had received to consider various apsects of the New Source Review (NSR) air permit rules that had been promulgated during the latter stages of the Bush […]
Read articlePennsylvania to Control Emissions from the Use of Adhesives, Sealants, Primers, and Solvents
Posted: April 28th, 2009
The Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board (EQB) has proposed regulations that would control emissions from the use of adhesives, sealants, primers, and solvents. The proposed rulemaking would regulate the owner or operator of a facility or stationary source that uses or […]
Read articleU.S. EPA Proposes Air Toxics Standards for Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines (RICE)
Posted: April 19th, 2009
On February 25, 2009, U.S. EPA released proposed National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAPs) for stationary Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines (RICE) that are not currently regulated by the existing, so called, RICE MACT (i.e., 40 CFR Part 63, […]
Read articlePADEP to Propose Substantial Air Fee Increases and New Air Fees for 2010 and Beyond
Posted: April 16th, 2009
At the February 12, 2009 Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee (AQTAC) meeting, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) introduced proposed new amendments to Chapters 127 and 139 of the State’s air regulations. The proposed changes to Chapter 127 affect […]
Read articleU.S. EPA Proposal for Greenhouse Gas Clean Air Act Regulation
Posted: March 21st, 2009
A presentation by U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson outlines an approach to regulate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from mobile emission sources while also laying the groundwork for exempting small industrial sources of GHG emissions. At the center of the approach […]
Read articleCO2 and PSD – In or Out?
Posted: March 7th, 2009
On December 18, 2008, in one of his final acts as U.S. EPA Administrator, Stephen Johnson issued an interpretive memo to U.S. EPA’s Regional Administrators that addressed the regulation of CO2 for a power project in Utah under the Federal […]
Read articleU.S. EPA Proposes Hazardous Air Pollutant Standards for Foundries
Posted: February 16th, 2009
On February 9, 2009, U.S. EPA issued a proposed rule that would establish National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAPs) for aluminum, copper, and other nonferrous foundry area sources. The proposed standards would apply to all new and existing […]
Read articleNew Source Review Rule Update
Posted: February 10th, 2009
In September 2006, U.S. EPA proposed three (3) separate revisions to the Federal New Source Review (NSR) air permitting rules. The proposed revisions were intended to address and clarify some of the more detailed aspects of implementing the major NSR […]
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