Toxics Release Inventory Reporting for Natural Gas Processing Facilities
Posted: March 26th, 2017
(Update March 2017): After requests from stakeholders for an extension for comments on the EPA’s proposed addition of natural gas processing facilities to the Toxics Release Inventory, EPA has extended the comment period on the proposal. An additional 60 days have…
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Goodbye Exemption No. 38, Hello GP-5A: Changes on the Horizon for the Pennsylvania Natural Gas Industry
Posted: March 23rd, 2017
UPDATE (3/23/17): PADEP has posted drafts of the GP-5 and GP-5A permits for the natural gas industry. In addition, a draft of the revised Air Quality Permit Exemptions list with modifications to the Exemption Category No. 38 requirements has also been posted. The deadline…
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Current Thoughts Regarding New Source Review
Posted: March 20th, 2017
After 50 days of the new administration, it is abundantly clear that U.S. EPA will take several months or more to gain their footing under a profoundly different approach to environmental regulation. As such, new regulatory development has all but […]
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Comment Period Extended for General Permit (GP)-5 and GP-5A
Posted: February 24th, 2017
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) has announced that the comment period for the proposed General Permit 5 (for Natural Gas Compressor Stations, Processing Plans and Transmission Stations) and the proposed General Permit 5A…
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Clean Air Act, the Foundation of Air Quality Regulations
Posted: February 23rd, 2017
ALL4 prides itself on the foundational knowledge of air quality regulations and the historical perspective that accompanies the nearly 50 years of air quality laws and statutes in the United States. However, we recognize that the pool of air quality professionals…
Read articleRefinery Fenceline Monitoring Data of Concern: Now What?
Posted: February 14th, 2017
In the December 2016 edition of 4 The Record (4TR), Nick Leone of All4 Inc. (ALL4) provided insight on where facilities that are subject to the Petroleum Refinery Sector Rule in 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart CC (National Emission Standards […]
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Benzene Fenceline Monitoring – Where Should You Be by Now?
Posted: December 21st, 2016
If you are responsible for environmental compliance at a petroleum refinery, you are well aware of U.S. EPA’s requirements to install and operate a network of passive benzene fenceline monitors. The requirements originate from finalized amendments to 40 CFR Part […]
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TCEQ’s RAP: Committing to Streamline Air Permitting, How Fitting
Posted: December 5th, 2016
As promised in my November 8, 2016 blog, let’s discuss the much anticipated implementation of the newest Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) permitting program: Readily Available Permit, otherwise known as RAP. To start our discussion…
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A Reflection on TCEQ’s Advanced Air Permitting Seminar in Austin, TX
Posted: November 8th, 2016
On a relatively cool (in-terms of Houston’s standards) Monday October morning, Abhishek, Kristin, and I ventured to our state’s capital to attend the much anticipated Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) Advanced Air Permitting Seminar…
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