4 The Record is a publication from ALL4’s team that takes an in-depth look at technical and regulatory topics.
How To Develop a Regulatory Compliant QA/QC Program For Your CMS – Part 3
Posted: February 5th, 2026
Author: Corey Weiss Looking back and moving forward In the previous parts of this 4 The Record series, we explored the specific quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC) activities necessary to implement a QC Program for continuous monitoring systems […]
Read articleSeven Governors Push for Microplastics Monitoring in UCMR 6
Posted: February 5th, 2026
Author: Aidan Decker With concern related to the presence of microplastics in the environment coming to the forefront, a group of seven governors led by New Jersey’s Phil Murphy have signed a petition to monitor the existence of microplastics in […]
Read articleForest Products Industry Lookahead
Posted: January 29th, 2026
Author: Caleb Fetner The last few years have brought a lot of change to the forest products industry. Companies have bought, sold, and closed facilities and a new company, Global Cellulose Fibers, was formed as International Paper made strategic shifts. […]
Read articleData Centers 2026 Look Ahead
Posted: January 29th, 2026
Author: Sharon Sadler The data center industry is a rapidly growing sector in the United States with record-high private equity involvement and new companies entering the market. Data centers are increasing in both number and capacity to meet growing global […]
Read articleUS Power Sector: 2026 Lookahead
Posted: January 29th, 2026
Author: Rich Hamel 2025 was an interesting year in power in the United States, with the power sector expanding at breakneck speed driven by the rapid expansion of data centers and the energy needs to support artificial intelligence (AI). While […]
Read article2026 Chemical Sector Lookahead
Posted: January 29th, 2026
Author: Philip Crawford At the end of 2024 there were numerous regulatory developments impacting the chemical manufacturing industry. For many, it felt like a nonstop stream of changes that were going to significantly impact the legacy compliance programs of their […]
Read articleU.S. EPA Finalizes Combustion Turbine NSPS Revisions
Posted: January 27th, 2026
Author: Caleb Fetner Less than one week after being signed by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin, the Combustion Turbine New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) revisions were published in the Federal Register on January 15, 2026 and […]
Read article2026 Climate Reporting Look Ahead: Navigating the Regulatory Divergence
Posted: January 22nd, 2026
Author: Louise Shaffer 2026 might be a year that has the most complex compliance crossroads in the history of environmental regulation, especially in regard to climate regulations. As ALL4 predicted in 2025, the regulatory environment has fractured into two distinct, […]
Read articlePFAS Expectations for 2026
Posted: January 22nd, 2026
Author: Cody Fridley Changes in administration often bring changes in regulatory priorities, and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) regulations were no exception in 2025. The Trump Administration has largely aimed to roll back several major PFAS regulations that were implemented […]
Read article2026 Digital EHS Considerations Across the Maturity Curve
Posted: January 22nd, 2026
Author: Mike Myers Introduction Most Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) organizations within companies have some form of digital EHS tools available to support their compliance and data management needs. But merely having a digital EHS system does not ensure high […]
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