GHG Reporting – Confidential Business Information
Posted: September 21st, 2011
Now that you are busy entering your data for the 2010 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Inventory Report into U.S. EPA’s Electronic Greenhouse Gas Reporting Tool (e-GGRT), you may become puzzled because e-GGRT is requiring you to enter information that you […]
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Proposed Ozone NAAQS Withdrawn
Posted: September 18th, 2011
At the request of President Obama, U.S. EPA has withdrawn the draft ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). The current 8-hour ozone NAAQS is 75 parts per billion (ppb). U.S. EPA had been close to finalizing a revised ozone […]
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U.S. EPA National Enforcement Initiatives for Fiscal Years 2011 – 2013
Posted: September 10th, 2011
While U.S. EPA has certainly been focusing a large portion of its emissions reduction regulatory development and compliance enforcement efforts on the usual suspects (i.e., fossil fuel-fired energy production and use sectors such as coal-fired utilities, cement manufacturing, glass production, […]
Read articleCement Sector Relief Act of 2011
Posted: September 2nd, 2011
On July 28, 2011, H.R. 2681 (Cement Sector Relief Act of 2011) was introduced in the House of Representatives for consideration. If passed, the bill would direct the Administrator of U.S. EPA to issue new rules to replace the following […]
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NO2 NAAQS Implementation Status Quo (For Now)
Posted: August 19th, 2011
U.S. EPA has posted its responses to states’ initial designation recommendations for the new 1-hour nitrogen dioxide (NO2) National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS). Determining which areas are attaining or not attaining the 1-hour NAAQS will require the operation of […]
Read articleMarcellus Shale – The Saga Continues…Or Does It?
Posted: August 17th, 2011
On May 30, 2011, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s office issued an order giving the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) until July 1, 2011 to complete a draft of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) outlining the processes […]
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New Rule Revisions for Oil and Gas Industry
Posted: August 12th, 2011
On July 28, 2011 U.S. EPA released its draft Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources (NSPS) and proposed revisions to the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) rules affecting natural gas production, transportation, distribution, and storage. The […]
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Slade’s Corner – Permitting For Greenhouse Gases
Posted: August 9th, 2011
Don’t forget your greenhouse gases (GHGs). Since July 1, GHGs have become a very important driver in air quality construction permit applications and even Title V renewal applications. Even if you have been permitted as a minor source (facility) and […]
Read articlePortions of Refinery MACT Withdrawn by U.S. EPA
Posted: August 6th, 2011
On July 18, 2011, U.S. EPA published notice in the Federal Register (76 FR 42052) that the residual risk and technology review portions of the revised National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) from Petroleum Refineries (Refinery MACT 1) […]
Read articleNESHAP Comment Periods Extended
Posted: July 15th, 2011
On July 1, 2011, U.S. EPA announced that it was extending the comment periods for two (2) rules: the proposed new National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Coal- and Oil-Fired Electric Utility Steam Generating Units (Utility MACT), […]
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