Meet Sheryl Watkins
Posted: September 20th, 2021
Sheryl Watkins// Senior Technical Manager // Florida Regional Support What are some of the things that you’ve been working on lately that have you energized? TRI reporting comes to mind. This is such a great learning exercise for junior-level engineers […]
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Pennsylvania is Requiring Minor Facilities to Submit Air Emissions Inventories
Posted: August 17th, 2020
In July 2020, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) revised the instructions for completing annual air emissions inventories for regulated facilities with air permits. The Pennsylvania annual air emissions inventories are more commonly referred to as Air Information Management […]
Read articleGovernor Tom Wolf is Addressing Climate Change through Electric Sector Emissions Reductions
Posted: January 8th, 2020
On April 29, 2019, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) issued a Climate Action Plan that identifies greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions trends and baselines in the Commonwealth, recommends cost-effective strategies for reducing or offsetting GHG emissions, quantifies costs and […]
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New Source Review: Proposed Project Emissions Accounting Rule
Posted: October 29th, 2019
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) proposed a rulemaking on August 9, 2019 that would revise the New Source Review (NSR) regulations to clarify that both emissions increases and decreases should be considered in Step 1 of the […]
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Proposed Rulemaking to Address Reclassification of Major Sources as Area Sources
Posted: August 5th, 2019
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) proposed a rulemaking in the July 26, 2019 Federal Register to revise the 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart A General Provisions to include requirements for facilities that want to reclassify from a major […]
Read articleThe 86th Texas Legislative Session: The Process and Implications for Texas Facilities with Air Permits
Posted: April 19th, 2019
“Check out Kristin’s updated article What Happened: Air Quality Bills to Watch in the 86th Legislative Session. Every two years the Texas House and Senate members converge upon Austin for a 140-day legislative session (session). As part of the 86th […]
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The Green New Deal: What Is It, Really?
Posted: March 19th, 2019
On Thursday, February 7th, 2019, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) introduced H.Res.109, a resolution calling for a “Green New Deal”. There are many articles and opinion pieces floating around about the Green New Deal, so I thought taking an objective look […]
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2019 Look Ahead – Year of Action
Posted: January 15th, 2019
A Year of Action // Colin McCall I know it’s cliché, but I could swear that I just wrote the introduction to our 2018 Look Ahead article a week or so ago! The good news is that I recall it […]
Read articleDelving into the Affordable Clean Energy Rule
Posted: December 19th, 2018
The Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) Rule was proposed by the U.S. EPA as a replacement to the Clean Power Plan (CPP) on August 21, 2018. Regular readers of our 4 The Record articles will recall my past thoughts on what […]
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TCEQ Air Quality 101 Blog Series – News on NSR Permitting from the TCEQ Autumn Conference
Posted: November 8th, 2018
I recently attended the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) Autumn Environmental Conference and Expo (Conference) and attended the Air Permits Division (APD) presentations. During the event, the APD proudly announced they are focusing on streamlining the air permitting process […]
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