Georgia Environmental Protection Division Regulatory and Air Permit Fees Updates
Posted: July 2025
Georgia Environmental Protection Division (GEPD) has proposed multiple changes and updates that relate to both water and air medias since the beginning of 2025. These changes are in response to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) updating the Per- and […]
Read MoreChanges to U.S. EPA PFAS Drinking Water Standards Under the Trump Administration
Posted: July 2025
In April 2024, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) finalized Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCL) for five per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS): perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS), perfluorohexanesulfonic acid (PFHxS), perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA), and hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid […]
Read MoreWhat’s in the Proposed 2025 Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan for Kentucky?
Posted: June 2025
Each year, the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet releases its annual plan detailing how ambient air quality will be monitored across the Commonwealth. The Proposed 2025 Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan is now available for public review and comment until […]
Read MorePFAS: State-by-State Regulatory Update (March 2025 Revision)
Posted: March 2025
Welcome back to the 2025 edition of the ALL4 state-by-state per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) update. A lot has changed over the past year in both the federal and state regulatory landscape. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) has […]
Read MoreU.S. Power Sector: Looking Ahead to 2025
Posted: January 2025
The power sector in the United States is poised to change significantly in the next 25 years. The rate of power generation has remained relatively flat over the past 20 years, largely due to the wide scale deployment of residential […]
Read More“Here We Go Again” – 2025 New Source Review Look Ahead
Posted: January 2025
It’s January 6, 2025 and exactly eight years since the beginning of the first Trump administration. In order to look ahead, I first needed to “look back” to January 2017 to see what my colleague, John Egan, wrote in a […]
Read MoreEnergy Efficiency, a First Step Toward Decarbonization
Posted: October 2024
Three weeks ago, I had the pleasure of representing ALL4 at the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) World Energy Conference, in Nashville, Tennessee. It was great to spend time with other Certified Energy Managers and energy industry professionals, talking about […]
Read MoreMid-Year Regulatory Update for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)
Posted: September 2024
We are now just a few weeks away from the November 2024 Presidential Elections, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is in recess, the Unified Spring Agenda is out, and many new rules have been issued and court […]
Read MoreIndoor Heat Illness Prevention
Posted: August 2024
Background In 2006, California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal OSHA) implemented a heat illness prevention for outdoor workplaces (California Code of Regulations (CCR), Title 8, section 3395). Less than 10 years later, on June 20, 2024, Cal OSHA […]
Read MoreU.S. EPA Releases EJSCREEN v.2.3
Posted: July 2024
On July 9, 2024, The United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) released an update of its environmental justice (EJ) screening tool, EJSCREEN version 2.3. The revised tool adds new map layers and two new EJ Indexes, along with reports […]
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