Proposed Virginia Air Permit Program Fees
Posted: July 2017
Title V of the Clean Air Act (Title V) requires that states develop operating permit programs funded by fees paid by owners or operators of major stationary sources regulated under the programs. Virginia’s State Air Pollution Control Board (Control Board) recently…
Read MoreTRI Changes for Reporting Year 2014
Posted: March 2015
With spring right around the corner ALL4 is looking forward to warmer weather and summer reporting deadlines. July 1st marks the annual Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) Reporting deadline for facilities that meet…
Read MoreOzone NAAQS Public Hearings Set for 2015
Posted: January 2015
U.S. EPA will hold three public hearings to discuss the proposed revision to the “National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for Ozone” rule that was published in the Federal Register…
Read MorePhotochemical Modeling
Posted: December 2014
As discussed in my recent blog, there has recently been some buzz surrounding the ozone primary and secondary National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). Due to the proposed decrease in the ozone NAAQS and the possibility of them causing more ozone nonattainment areas…
Read MoreProposed Primary and Secondary Ozone NAAQS Standards
Posted: December 2014
In what is surely to be a hotly contested regulatory action, U.S. EPA proposed to lower the primary (to provide public health protection) and secondary (to provide public welfare protection) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for…
Read MoreResidual Risk and Hazardous Air Pollutants – Why the Rules of the Game Can Change
Posted: August 2014
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) maintains a website that identifies dates of upcoming rulemakings in various stages (Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; Final Rule, etc.) to be published in the Federal Register. A review of this website reveals that […]
Read MoreRisk Assessment: Refinery MACT 1 and 2
Posted: June 2014
Section 112(f)(2) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) requires the U.S. EPA to determine for source categories subject to Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) standards whether the emission standards provide an ample margin of safety to protect public health…
Read MoreNJDEP Announces a New General Permit for Diesel Fired Emergency Engines
Posted: May 2014
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) has announced a new general permit (GP-005A) for “emergency generators burning distillate fuels.” This general permit…
Read MoreThe Difficulties With Attaining Compliance With Environmental Regulations – An Ode to the Environmental Compliance Manager
Posted: September 2013
If you are an environmental compliance manager today with college age children you are probably encouraging them to become dentists or orthodontists, and not to follow in your footsteps as an environmental compliance manager. Arguably one of the toughest positions […]
Read MoreA Reminder on How to Derate Your Boiler
Posted: May 2013
In a recent determination publicized in the Federal Register, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) further clarified its policy on derating a boiler…
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