4 The Record is a publication from ALL4’s team that takes an in-depth look at technical and regulatory topics.
Affirmative Defense Under NESHAP General Provision Requirements
Posted: August 29th, 2012
On October 16, 2009, the U. S. District of Columbia Circuit Court (the Fifth Circuit Court) vacated the “Startup, Shutdown, and Malfunction (SSM) exemption” allowed under the General Provisions in Part 63, Subpart A of the National Emission Standards for […]
Read article
ALL4’s: Is That Your Final Answer?
Posted: August 27th, 2012
Test your knowledge across the environmental field, on the building blocks of air quality rules, on ALL4 general trivia, and with brain teasers that have perplexed us…Take on ALL4’s Is That Your Final Answer?
Read article
CSAPR: The Latest U.S. EPA Casualty
Posted: August 27th, 2012
In a continuing trend, the DC Circuit Court (Court) handed U.S. EPA yet another loss in EME Homer City Generation LLC v EPA. The casualty this time: the Cross States Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR)…
Read article
Greenhouse 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 article
You May Ask Yourself, “How Did I Get Here?”
Posted: August 23rd, 2012
At the age of 18, I thought the most important decision of my life was deciding which dress I should wear to prom. Looking back now, I see that I couldn’t have been more wrong…
Read article
Source Aggregation and the Plain Meaning of “Adjacent”
Posted: August 17th, 2012
An interesting Court of Appeals decision was made by a three member panel of the Sixth Circuit this week (the Sixth Circuit is in Cincinnati and serves Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee). The case involves aggregation of sources for purposes of…
Read article
Residual Risk and Technology Review Completed for a Pulp and Paper Industry NESHAP
Posted: August 15th, 2012
On July 31, 2012, U.S. EPA finalized the residual risk and technology review conducted for the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for pulp and paper production areas of mills using the kraft, sulfite, semi-chemical, and soda pulping processes (40 CFR Part 63 Subpart S)
Read article
Method 16C Approved for Total Reduced Sulfur (TRS) Emission Testing
Posted: August 13th, 2012
On July 30, 2012, U.S. EPA announced that Method 16C is now an acceptable method for the measurement of total reduced sulfur (TRS) emissions. One might ask, what is Method 16C…
Read article
Deadline Extended for Promulgation of 1-Hour SO2 NAAQS
Posted: August 8th, 2012
U.S. EPA announced in Federal Register Vol. 77, No. 150 published on August 3, 2012 that it is using its authority under the Clean Air Act (CAA) to extend by up to one (1) year the deadline for promulgating the initial area…
Read article
U.S. EPA also Proposing Secondary Visibility NAAQS With Updated Annual Primary PM2.5 NAAQS
Posted: August 2nd, 2012
In July, ALL4 posted a blog regarding U.S. EPA’s June 14, 2012 proposal to strengthen the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for fine particle (PM2.5) pollution. As part of the proposed rule…
Read article