TRI Changes for Reporting Year 2014
Posted: March 6th, 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 articleNew Mandatory GHG Reporting for the Oil and Gas Industry
Posted: February 26th, 2015
” On January 14, 2015, the Obama Administration announced an update to its March 2014 “Strategy to Reduce Methane Emissions from the Oil and Gas Sector” (Strategy). Within this announcement it was revealed that the Administration would be taking a […]
Read articleGot Lead? Lead Reporting Rule Finalized
Posted: February 26th, 2015
If you’ve “got lead” at your facility, then you’ll want to read this blog regarding the recently published final rule on reporting of lead (Pb) emissions. The final rule published on February 19, 2015…
Read article2015 Shaping Up to Be Busy in the World of Air Toxics
Posted: February 16th, 2015
Our August 2014 4 The Record newsletter focused on air toxics, and specifically the residual risk and technology review (RTR) process required by the Clean Air Act (CAA). Our discussions on how the RTR process can alter the landscape of regulatory requirements for…
Read articleSuper Bowl 50 and Boiler MACT Compliance Anxiety
Posted: February 3rd, 2015
A Super Bowl has just been added to the record books and here at ALL4 we are already planning ahead to Super Bowl week in 2016. And perhaps not for the reasons that you would expect. Super Bowl Sunday 2016 is slated for February 7, 2016, which is one (1) week to the day…
Read articleAnnual ALL4 Look – Ahead to 2015
Posted: January 26th, 2015
2014 ushered in many new air quality regulatory requirements, some of which have already reached their effective compliance date, others that will become effective in the coming weeks, months and years. Equally prominent in 2015 will be the implementation of […]
Read articleOzone NAAQS Public Hearings Set for 2015
Posted: January 12th, 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 articleProposed Primary and Secondary Ozone NAAQS Standards
Posted: December 16th, 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 articleCrude Oil and Natural Gas Industry Reduced Emission Completion NSPS Requirements
Posted: December 12th, 2014
As 2015 quickly approaches, there is still momentum in the development of domestic unconventional oil and gas resources. Therefore, exploration and production companies utilizing hydraulic fracturing are reminded that the final compliance provisions for reduced emission completions (RECs) pursuant to […]
Read articleProposed Boiler MACT Reconsiderations Released
Posted: December 3rd, 2014
U.S. EPA has released the proposed reconsideration of the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Major Sources: Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers and Process Heaters (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart DDDDD) and of the NESHAP for Area Sources: Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers…
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