Decision 2012: Where Has the Environment Gone?
Posted: November 5th, 2012
Strikingly absent from either candidate’s discourse in the past months, the environment has seemingly taken a back seat to the economy in this election. Indeed, environmental issues have…
Read articleMore Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule Revisions
Posted: September 4th, 2012
On August 24, 2012 in Federal Register Vol.77, No 165, U.S. EPA announced the finalization of amendments to specific provisions of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule. The amendments are intended to provide greater clarity and flexibility to facilities subject to…
Read articleGreenhouse Gas Confidentiality Determinations Finalized by U.S. EPA
Posted: August 24th, 2012
On August 13, 2012 in Federal Register Vol.77, No 156, U.S. EPA announced the finalization of confidentiality determinations for regulations under the Mandatory Greenhouse Gases Reporting Rule…
Read articleGreenhouse Gas Tailoring Rule – Thresholds, Minors, and PALs, Oh My!
Posted: July 27th, 2012
We’re a year and a half into U.S. EPA’s integration of greenhouse gases (GHG) into its Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) and Title V permitting programs, and the excitement keeps on coming! The GHG Tailoring Rule, first promulgated on June […]
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U.S. EPA Proposes First NSPS For Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Posted: April 13th, 2012
A major event in the Climate Change arena occurred on March 27, 2012 when, for the first time, U.S. EPA proposed New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2).
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 […]
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Greenhouse Gas Tailoring Rule – Step 3 and Beyond
Posted: March 21st, 2012
It is hard to believe that the two-year anniversary of the Greenhouse Gas Tailoring Rule will be upon us in just a few months. You remember, don’t you? It was on June 3, 2010 when U.S. EPA published the Prevention […]
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2012 GHG Reports Coming Due For Some, But Not All
Posted: February 29th, 2012
When U.S. EPA established its Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Reporting Program under 40 CFR Part 98, the idea was for facilities under the program to submit annual reports of their GHG emissions by the end of March of each subsequent year. […]
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GHG Reporting Rule Data Now Available to the Public
Posted: January 31st, 2012
On January 11, 2012 U.S. EPA released to the public its greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting program data publication tool. The web-based data publication tool provides access to 2010 GHG emission inventory data reported last year for the first time by […]
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Climate Change Legislation and Regulatory Activity (RegTech White Paper No. 6)
Posted: January 19th, 2012
In the United States, the pace of regulatory and congressional activity related to climate change legislation and rulemaking has increased exponentially. While previous climate change regulatory activity focused primarily on the emissions associated with the regional generation of electricity, U.S. […]
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