2017 Air Quality Look Ahead
Posted: January 17th, 2017
Changes in the Wind | John Egan For over 40 years I’ve been involved in the business of environmental regulation, and more specifically air pollution control. From my early days as a field enforcement officer in Pennsylvania’s hard coal region […]
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Benzene Fenceline Monitoring – Where Should You Be by Now?
Posted: December 21st, 2016
If you are responsible for environmental compliance at a petroleum refinery, you are well aware of U.S. EPA’s requirements to install and operate a network of passive benzene fenceline monitors. The requirements originate from finalized amendments to 40 CFR Part […]
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Coming Summer 2019: Benzene Fenceline Monitoring Data Available to the Public
Posted: July 27th, 2016
A few weeks ago, U.S. EPA hosted a webinar to discuss the data management system for the Refinery Sector Rule – Benzene Fenceline Monitoring (BFM) Rules. As part of this system, U.S. EPA will be posting all of the BFM data submitted through the Compliance and Emissions Data Reporting Interface…
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The Dos and Don’ts of Meteorological Monitoring
Posted: May 9th, 2016
One of the service areas ALL4 provides our clients is the setup, maintenance, and breakdown of meteorological monitoring towers. For some, on-site meteorological data are required for air dispersion modeling demonstrations; for others, meteorological monitoring data…
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Critical Timelines for the SO2 Data Requirements Rule
Posted: January 19th, 2016
We are now approaching the “home-stretch” of the SO2 Data Requirements Rule (DRR). State agencies were due to provide U.S. EPA with a list of the affected facilities where SO2 air quality will be characterized on January 15, 2016. The next critical…
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2016 Look Ahead – ALL4 Perspective
Posted: December 30th, 2015
As we do each year, ALL4 looks ahead to the upcoming new year and evaluates the air quality regulatory topics that may matter most to the regulated community. For 2016, it certainly will be the year of Boiler MACT, as […]
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Meteorological Monitoring Requirements of the Petroleum Refinery Rule
Posted: December 10th, 2015
The Petroleum Refinery Rule Package was published in the Federal Register on December 1, 2015 officially starting the two (2) year process of preparing for and implementing the 40 CFR Part 63 Subpart CC benzene fenceline monitoring (BFM) requirements so that…
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Time to Upgrade Your Facility’s Data Management System?
Posted: December 2nd, 2015
” Are you worried about your compliance approach using data collected from continuous monitoring systems (CMS) at your facility? Or maybe the inefficiencies in your process you currently use for managing your data cause you to periodically lose sleep. It […]
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Refinery MACT – Final Benzene Fenceline Monitoring Provisions
Posted: October 22nd, 2015
On September 29, 2015, U.S. EPA issued the long-awaited Petroleum Refinery Rule Package. U.S. EPA issued the final revisions to the Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) and New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) Refinery Air Rules…
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Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) Data Requirements Rule (DRR): The Final Rule
Posted: August 19th, 2015
On August 10, 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) submitted the final version of the DRR (40 CFR Part 51, Subpart BB) for the 2010 one (1)-hour sulfur dioxide (SO2) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). The final rule looks pretty familiar…
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