A Bill to Track – Energy Efficiency Legislation
Posted: September 10th, 2013
The likelihood of carbon legislation with the 113th U.S. Congress will require a bipartisan effort that has minimal chance of materializing at this point…
Read articleU.S. EPA Requires Electronic Non-Trade-Secret Toxic Release Inventory Reporting
Posted: September 5th, 2013
On August 27, 2013, U.S. EPA finalized a rule requiring affected facilities to report non-trade-secret Toxic Release Inventories (TRIs) using its electronic “TRI-MEweb” software…
Read articleGreenhouse Gas Speculation at Existing Power Plants
Posted: August 27th, 2013
It’s been nearly two (2) months since President Obama released his Climate Action Plan (Plan) on June 25, 2013. In his Plan…
Read articleDeja Vu All Over Again? U.S. EPA Announces Boiler MACT Limited Reconsideration
Posted: August 16th, 2013
At ALL4, most of our clients are impacted by at least one (1) of the Boiler MACT rules. While a good portion of these clients have begun developing their compliance strategies…
Read articleFinal Amendments to 40 CFR Part 60 Subpart OOOO
Posted: August 14th, 2013
On August 2, 2013, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) finalized revisions to the storage vessel provisions of 40 CFR Part 60 Subpart OOOO – Standards of Performance for Crude Oil…
Read articleFive Considerations of Being a CISWI Unit
Posted: August 1st, 2013
With so much talk of boilers and heaters since the 4 Rules were published in early 2013, most facilities are focused on developing an understanding and strategy to comply with the Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) standards for Boilers (commonly […]
Read articleA Petition to U.S. EPA for a Rulemaking and Interpretive Guidance Coverage Pertaining to Methane Sources
Posted: July 29th, 2013
On March 19, 2013, Clean Air Task Force (CATF), Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), and Sierra Club (hereto, collectively referred to as the “Petitioners”) submitted…
Read articleYou are NOT Subject to a NESHAP Standard…Now What?
Posted: July 23rd, 2013
With all of the activity surrounding National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAPs) lately (boilers, internal combustion engines, and a slew of new and sometimes obscure area source standards)…
Read articleThe President’s “Climate Action Plan”
Posted: July 2nd, 2013
On June 25, 2013 President Obama released his much anticipated Climate Action Plan (Plan). Driving home the point that changes to cut our carbon pollution should be done to forge a better tomorrow for our future generations…
Read articleAddressing Environmental Justice in the Permitting Process
Posted: June 28th, 2013
On February 11, 1994, Executive Order 12898 Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations was issued. Executive Order 12898 calls on each Federal agency to make achieving environmental justice part of its mission. Since that […]
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