4 The Record is a publication from ALL4’s team that takes an in-depth look at technical and regulatory topics.
Air Quality, Acronyms, and Midstream Marcellus Operations
Posted: January 9th, 2012
In the March 2011 issue of 4 The Record, ALL4’s Marcellus Gas team provided a general overview of air quality requirements surrounding drilling operations. Drilling, along with exploration, and the physical process of bringing gas to the surface are part […]
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What’s Going On With the 1-Hour SO2 NAAQS Implementation Process?
Posted: January 9th, 2012
Now that we’ve all had some time to digest the plethora of guidance memoranda and updated air quality modeling programs that were released in March and April of 2011 and summarized by ALL4 in our April 4 The Record article […]
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U.S. EPA’s Proposed Revisions to Oil and Natural Gas Sector NSPS and NESHAPs
Posted: January 9th, 2012
Using a “sector-based approach,” U.S. EPA proposed revisions to both the Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources (NSPS) and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for the oil and gas industry on August 23, 2011. Comments regarding […]
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Lots of Rules, Lots of Uncertainty
Posted: January 9th, 2012
There has been an unprecedented amount of regulatory action by U.S. EPA over the last several years. As a consequence of this activity, uncertainty for industry has become the “new normal” along with the associated “regulatory backlog” that afflicts under-staffed […]
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Caught in the Crossfire
Posted: January 9th, 2012
Eerily similar to the political and ideological extremism that has overtaken both houses of Congress, the various factions that typically provide “public” comments on proposed new and revised air quality regulations are generally split between industry trade or lobbying organizations […]
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ALL4’s: Is That Your Final Answer?
Posted: December 29th, 2011
Test your knowledge across the environmental field, on the building blocks of air quality rules, on ALL4 general trivia, and challenge you with brain teasers that have perplexed us…Take on ALL4’s Is That Your Final Answer?
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Mass Confusion: Are Greenhouse Gases for PSD Permitting Treated the Same Way as Other Regulated PSD Pollutants?
Posted: December 28th, 2011
Can a facility be a classified as a major stationary source for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions only, and if so, do all modifications at the facility need to be evaluated for Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) applicability for all New […]
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What is the Status of Your Emission Inventory?
Posted: December 28th, 2011
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) uses emission inventories from facilities that are readily available to support key policy and regulatory decisions that directly affect the regulated community. When looking for emissions data, U.S. EPA may use the information […]
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Oil and Gas System Greenhouse Gas Reporting—Where Do You Stand?
Posted: December 11th, 2011
U.S. EPA’s Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases Rule, codified at 40 CFR Part 98 (the GHG Reporting Rule), requires certain facilities to report annual emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) including, as applicable, carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), […]
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ALL4’s: Is That Your Final Answer?
Posted: November 29th, 2011
Test your knowledge across the environmental field, on the building blocks of air quality rules, on ALL4 general trivia, and challenge you with brain teasers that have perplexed us…Take on ALL4’s Is That Your Final Answer?