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My Co-op at ALL4
Posted: December 10th, 2012
I first came to ALL4 as a co-op in the summer of 2011. Since then I have spent three (3) semesters at ALL4 working on various projects. A co-op is a partnership between a school and an employer to provide an opportunity for students to learn hands-on…
Read article2012 AWMA – U.S. EPA Information Exchange
Posted: December 3rd, 2012
I attended the aforementioned event in Research Triangle Park on November 27th and 28th on behalf of ALL4. The predominant subject on the Information Exchange agenda was clearly greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as seven (7) of the 24 information sessions were related to…
Read articleFive Reasons Why Now May Be the Time to Consider Converting Your Boiler to Natural Gas
Posted: November 30th, 2012
A number of projects around here lately have involved the conversion of a boiler firing coal or another high-polluting fuel to natural gas. Why the switch? Boiler MACT and NAAQS compliance come to mind. What other benefits are there from […]
Read articleWinds of Change Related to Interstate Emissions Trading Rule? Maybe…
Posted: November 29th, 2012
The vacatur of the Cross State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) in August 2012 has complicated the transport rules that affected multiple states. With CSAPR now out of the picture, U.S. EPA was required…
Read articleALL4’s: Is That Your Final Answer?
Posted: November 26th, 2012
Test your knowledge across the environmental field, on the building blocks of air quality rules, on ALL4 general trivia, and with brain teasers that have perplexed us…Take on ALL4’s Is That Your Final Answer?
Read articleAs The Biomass Turns…Greenhouse Gases from Biomass and Biogenic Sources
Posted: November 21st, 2012
The regulatory community has become (for the most part) accustomed to the permitting requirements for greenhouse gases (GHGs). It has become second nature to include them in emission inventories…
Read articleHazardous Waste Manifests – A Future Without Filing Cabinets?
Posted: November 19th, 2012
On October 5, 2012 The Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest Establishment Act (ACT) was signed into law by President Obama. This ACT amends Subtitle C of the Solid Waste Disposal Act…
Read articleEPA’s Aggregation Appeal Denied by Court of Appeals
Posted: November 16th, 2012
The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected U.S. EPA’s appeal of the Court’s August 7th, 2012 aggregation decision. The August 7th decision invalidated U.S. EPA’s method of considering the functional…
Read articleAggregation Appeal Denied
Posted: November 15th, 2012
The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected U.S. EPA’s appeal of the Court’s August 7th, 2012 aggregation decision. The August 7th decision invalidated U.S. EPA’s method of considering…
Read articleA Time For Different Thinking Related to PSD Permitting
Posted: November 9th, 2012
U.S. EPA recently issued a New Source Review (NSR) memo on October 15th that clarifies the timeline that an applicant can expect for “timely and consistent permit processing” of a Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) air permit application…
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