4 The Record is a publication from ALL4’s team that takes an in-depth look at technical and regulatory topics.
Will the CAIR Vacatur be Overturned?
Posted: November 12th, 2008
On September 24, 2008, U.S. EPA petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit for a Panel rehearing or en banc rehearing of the Court’s July 11, 2008 decision to vacate the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR). Intervenors in the […]
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Clean Air Act Felony Charges
Posted: November 2nd, 2008
The Hershey Creamery Company, located in Central Pennsylvania, pled guilty to a Clean Air Act (CAA) felony charge involving its failure to develop and implement a Risk Management Program (RMP) for two (2) of its Pennsylvania facilities. The CAA charge […]
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The Most Extensive Revisions to Ohio’s Water Quality Standards in 30 Years
Posted: October 26th, 2008
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA) has recently released three (3) of four (4) draft water quality rule packages. The draft rule packages for Water Quality Standards, Antidegradation, and Section 401 Water Quality Certifications have been released for public […]
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U.S. EPA Lowers Air Quality Standard for Lead to a Level 10 Times Lower Than the Current Standard
Posted: October 11th, 2008
On October 16, 2008, U.S. EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson announced that U.S. EPA is revising the primary and secondary National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for lead. U.S. EPA is setting both the primary (health-based) and secondary (welfare-based) standard at […]
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ALL4 Joins Climate Registry
Posted: October 4th, 2008
he Climate Registry, which is a unified registry with transparent standards for calculating, verifying and publicly reporting greenhouse gas emissions for businesses and governments in North America, has just welcomed All4 Inc…
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UPDATE: PA Ozone Season Cement Kilns and Glass Melting Furnace NOx Rules
Posted: September 26th, 2008
Do you CAIR about the status of the proposed Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) rulemaking for reducing NOx emissions from cement kilns and glass melting furnaces? Yes, it is a pun, but a most appropriate play on words. It […]
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U.S. EPA Issues Combustion Survey Under CAA Section 114
Posted: September 23rd, 2008
In mid-August, U.S. EPA began mailing a combustion survey to over 3,000 facilities in the U.S. under the authority of Section 114 of the Clean Air Act (CAA). The combustion survey, commonly called the Boiler Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) […]
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Pennsylvania’s Climate Change Advisory Committee Initial Meeting
Posted: September 19th, 2008
The first meeting of Pennsylvania’s Climate Change Advisory Committee (Advisory Committee) was held on September 5, 2008. The Advisory Committee is required by the Pennsylvania Climate Change Act of 2008 (Act 70) for purposes of advising the Pennsylvania Department of […]
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Illinois Cement Plant Consent Decree
Posted: September 14th, 2008
In the first settlement secured by the Federal government in its enforcement of the Clean Air Act (CCA) at Portland cement plants, St. Marys Cement Inc. and St. Barbara Cement Inc. have agreed to terms in a Consent Decree for […]
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UPDATE: Revision 8 of the Pennsylvania Continuous Source Monitoring Manual
Posted: September 3rd, 2008
Comments are being accepted until October 13, 2008 on the DRAFT Technical Guidance concerning the “Applicability Determination and Implementation Procedures for Continuous Source Monitoring Manual Revision 8” published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin on September 13, 2008. The objective of the DRAFT […]
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