Return of the Short-Term NSR Test?
Posted: November 30th, 2008
The October 27, 2008 edition of the Wall Street Journal reported that the current administration was moving to adopt a short-term (hourly) New Source Review (NSR) applicability test for electric generating units (EGUs) at power plants by November 1, 2008. The […]
Read articleWill the CAIR Vacatur be Overturned?
Posted: November 12th, 2008
On September 24, 2008, U.S. EPA petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit for a Panel rehearing or en banc rehearing of the Court’s July 11, 2008 decision to vacate the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR). Intervenors in the […]
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Clean Air Act Felony Charges
Posted: November 2nd, 2008
The Hershey Creamery Company, located in Central Pennsylvania, pled guilty to a Clean Air Act (CAA) felony charge involving its failure to develop and implement a Risk Management Program (RMP) for two (2) of its Pennsylvania facilities. The CAA charge […]
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U.S. EPA Lowers Air Quality Standard for Lead to a Level 10 Times Lower Than the Current Standard
Posted: October 11th, 2008
On October 16, 2008, U.S. EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson announced that U.S. EPA is revising the primary and secondary National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for lead. U.S. EPA is setting both the primary (health-based) and secondary (welfare-based) standard at […]
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UPDATE: PA Ozone Season Cement Kilns and Glass Melting Furnace NOx Rules
Posted: September 26th, 2008
Do you CAIR about the status of the proposed Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) rulemaking for reducing NOx emissions from cement kilns and glass melting furnaces? Yes, it is a pun, but a most appropriate play on words. It […]
Read articleU.S. EPA Issues Combustion Survey Under CAA Section 114
Posted: September 23rd, 2008
In mid-August, U.S. EPA began mailing a combustion survey to over 3,000 facilities in the U.S. under the authority of Section 114 of the Clean Air Act (CAA). The combustion survey, commonly called the Boiler Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) […]
Read articleBREAKING NEWS – Clean Air Interstate Rule Overturned
Posted: July 14th, 2008
On Friday July 11th, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit struck down the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) and the CAIR Federal Implementation Plan (FIP). The rule was vacated in its entirety and remanded back to the United States […]
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U.S. EPA Proposes to Amend Portland Cement NSPS Rule
Posted: June 12th, 2008
On May 30, 2008 and in the June 16, 2008 Federal Register, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) proposed to amend the Standards of Performance for New Portland Cement Plants (NSPS). These rules are cited at 40 CFR […]
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Emergency Generators Now Regulated
Posted: June 5th, 2008
Are you planning to install a new emergency generator or modify an existing emergency generator? If so, you will likely need to comply with one or more of the following Federal emergency generator regulations:
Read articleBoiler MACT Information Collection Request
Posted: May 24th, 2008
U.S. EPA has submitted a request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve the Information Collection Request (ICR) related to the vacated Boiler MACT (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart DDDDD – Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers and […]
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