Navigating State-Specific Air Toxics Programs
Posted: July 31st, 2017
Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAP), also commonly referred to as Toxic Air Pollutants (TAP) or air toxics, are those pollutants that are known or suspected to cause cancer or other serious health effects, such as reproductive effects, birth defects, or adverse […]
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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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Telling You Like It Is, Your CEMS are NOT Ready for PA RACT 2 Compliance!
Posted: May 23rd, 2016
What started as a blog, has turned into an article written like a blog. We call it a “Blogicle.” There is just too much information to share on complying with Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s (PADEP’s) RACT 2 Rule using […]
Read articleWhy Facilities Should Be Proactive Rather Than Reactive – Amendments to the Risk Management Program Rule
Posted: February 26th, 2016
UPDATE (2/26/2016): As a follow-up to my blog below regarding upcoming changes to the Risk Management Program, U.S. EPA has released a prepublication rule. EPA will hold a public hearing in Washington, D.C…
Read articleBrace Yourself – 2016 Chemical Data Reporting is Coming
Posted: February 8th, 2016
2016 is special not only because it is a leap year, but it is also a reporting year in the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) rule cycle. Every four (4) years (the previous report was required in 2012), manufacturers of TSCA regulated chemicals must…
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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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Bees Are Workers Too
Posted: June 8th, 2015
Every once in a while an environmental notice comes across the Federal Register listing that makes me smile and re-focus. Instead of reading about another recordkeeping, testing, or reporting requirement that impacts our industrial clients, I read in May 29th’s Federal Register…
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TRI Changes for Reporting Year 2014
Posted: March 6th, 2015
With spring right around the corner ALL4 is looking forward to warmer weather and summer reporting deadlines. July 1st marks the annual Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) Reporting deadline for facilities that meet…
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U.S. EPA Revises Framework for Assessing Biogenic CO2 Emissions
Posted: December 9th, 2014
In November 2014, U.S. EPA issued a memorandum and a second draft of its “Framework for Assessing Biogenic Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Stationary Sources” that describes how biogenic carbon dioxide…
Read articleProposed Boiler MACT Reconsiderations Released
Posted: December 3rd, 2014
U.S. EPA has released the proposed reconsideration of the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Major Sources: Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers and Process Heaters (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart DDDDD) and of the NESHAP for Area Sources: Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers…
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