4 The Record is a publication from ALL4’s team that takes an in-depth look at technical and regulatory topics.
Recent Court Decisions Require Assessment of Greenhouse Emissions from Power Plants
Posted: September 5th, 2017
President Trump’s March 28, 2017 Presidential Executive Order on Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth (Order) directed U.S. EPA to suspend, revise, or rescind various Obama-era regulations intended to regulate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions…
Read articleTCEQ Air Quality 101 Blog Series – Continuous Monitoring Systems (CMS)
Posted: September 5th, 2017
Close your eyes and imagine you are the conductor of a symphony orchestra. Now open them and come to grips with the fact that your orchestra is a Data Acquisition and Handling System (DAHS)! So have some fun with it…you are the conductor of an orchestra of probes/analyzers…
Read articleWill the Changes to the PM CEMS QA/QC Requirements Impact my PM CPMS?
Posted: August 31st, 2017
The answer is probability not. U.S. EPA has recently revised certain quality assurance requirements for sources using particulate matter (PM) continuous emission monitoring systems (CEMS) under 40 CFR Part 60 Appendix F, Procedure 2 (P2). P2 includes quality…
Read articleWhen You are No Longer the New Guy in Town: Eight Months After the Relocation
Posted: August 29th, 2017
In December 2016, I decided to take a risk that I had never taken before…I was going to move out of Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania is the state I grew up in, and I had lived in various parts of it throughout my first 22.5 years of life. However, I was attracted to the opportunity…
Read articleRACT 2
Posted: August 22nd, 2017
With a compliance date of January 1, 2017, affected facilities operating within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will need to evaluate the applicability and impact of RACT 2 on their operations, assess the need to develop a RACT 2 proposal, and submit […]
Read articleALL4’s Pennsylvania RACT 2 Toolbox
Posted: August 22nd, 2017
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) has new Additional Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT 2) regulations that were proposed in mid April 2014. So, who’s affected? The RACT 2 regulations, when promulgated, will likely impact every major source of ozone […]
Read articleERT/CEDRI
Posted: August 22nd, 2017
U.S. EPA has started to promulgate regulations under 40 CFR Part 60 (NSPS) and Part 63 (NESHAPs) that are transitioning certain forms of reporting to an electronic platform, also known as “E-Reporting.” E-Reporting is completed using U.S. EPA’s Compliance and […]
Read articleExtension of a Wool Fiberglass Manufacturing Compliance Deadline
Posted: August 14th, 2017
The National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) located at 40 CFR Part 63 Subpart NNN regulates hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) emitted from wool fiberglass manufacturing facilities. The rule was first proposed in 1997 and finalized in its original form…
Read articleHow My Next Chapter Helps Write ALL4’s Book
Posted: August 14th, 2017
I’m sitting in the Charlotte airport. My flight from Philly was delayed and I missed my connection to Columbus, OH. Now I have more than three hours to spare before the last scheduled flight out of here. I’m still panting from my sprint across the B and C Terminals…
Read articleOhio EPA Requests Feedback Before Amending RACT Regulations
Posted: August 7th, 2017
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA) is planning to amend its nitrogen oxides (NOX) reasonably available control technology (RACT) regulations, which are found at Ohio Administrative Code (OAC) 3745-110. In what is known as the Early Stakeholder…
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