4 The Record is a publication from ALL4’s team that takes an in-depth look at technical and regulatory topics.
TCEQ’s RAP: Committing to Streamline Air Permitting, How Fitting
Posted: December 5th, 2016
As promised in my November 8, 2016 blog, let’s discuss the much anticipated implementation of the newest Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) permitting program: Readily Available Permit, otherwise known as RAP. To start our discussion…
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A New Take on Air Dispersion Modeling: Re-Entrainment Evaluations
Posted: December 1st, 2016
Facilities are typically introduced to the world of air dispersion modeling when they are required to demonstrate that a proposed project will not exceed regulatory thresholds, such as maximum allowable air toxics screening levels or the National Ambient Air Quality Standards…
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Changes to the Refrigerant Recycling and Emissions Reduction Rule
Posted: November 29th, 2016
On Friday, November 18, 2016, the final revisions to 40 CFR Part 82, Subpart F, Recycling and Emissions Reduction were published in the Federal Register. As noted in our October 2015 blog, U.S. EPA continues to reassess its Ozone Depleting Substances…
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New Emission Guidelines and Standards of Performance for Landfills
Posted: November 28th, 2016
New Emissions Guidelines (EGs) and Compliance Times for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (MSW LFs) (Guidelines) and new Standards of Performance for MSW LFs (Standards of Performance) were finalized by U.S. EPA on August 29, 2016 under 40 CFR Part 60…
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Next Generation Compliance and Environmental Justice Push U.S. EPA’s Agenda for Transparency
Posted: November 17th, 2016
U.S. EPA’s Next Generation Compliance Strategic Plan capitalizes on the efficiencies that can be realized by managing increased amounts of electronic data while also utilizing the efforts of impassioned members of the public. Central to the concept of Next Generation […]
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Check Your Mailbox: The Final ICR Is Here!
Posted: November 16th, 2016
On November 10, 2016, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final Information Collection Request (ICR) that will be used to obtain information from affected oil and natural gas operations to help them develop regulations to best reduce…
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A Reflection on TCEQ’s Advanced Air Permitting Seminar in Austin, TX
Posted: November 8th, 2016
On a relatively cool (in-terms of Houston’s standards) Monday October morning, Abhishek, Kristin, and I ventured to our state’s capital to attend the much anticipated Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) Advanced Air Permitting Seminar…
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Refinery Sector Rule Update: Have You, You, You Been Keeping up with The Refinery Sector Rule Amendments?
Posted: November 7th, 2016
Have you, you, you been paying attention to the revisions to 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart UUU (National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Petroleum Refineries: Catalytic Cracking Units, Catalytic Reforming Units, and Sulfur Recovery Units), also…
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Electronic Reporting for Stack Testing and the Dangerous Assumption “It Won’t Take THAT Long”
Posted: October 31st, 2016
With fall and the fourth quarter here, it is important to ensure that you have met your ongoing stack testing compliance requirements. In completing the requisite stack tests, you have only fulfilled the first step towards facility compliance. It is also important that you…
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Preparing for the First GHG Report Under the Revised Subpart W Provisions
Posted: October 24th, 2016
As we talked about in our December 2015 blog post, U.S. EPA finalized amendments to the 40 CFR Part 98 Mandatory Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Reporting Rule on October 22, 2015, which affected facilities in the Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems industry which are regulated…
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