4 The Record is a publication from ALL4’s team that takes an in-depth look at technical and regulatory topics.
Marcellus Drilling Operations: Air Quality Requirements Overview
Posted: January 9th, 2012
Introduction For as much excitement as there has been about the potential benefits of drilling in the Marcellus Shale from the perspective of energy needs and employment opportunities, it is also hard to ignore the sometimes vociferous opposition from environmentalists […]
Read articleFINALLY!! Guidance and Updated Programs Catch Up With New 1-Hour NAAQS
Posted: January 9th, 2012
Introduction There has recently been a flurry of activity on U.S. EPA’s Support Center for Regulatory Atmospheric Modeling (SCRAM) website. U.S. EPA’s Air Quality Modeling Group (AQMG) has been busy updating the AERMOD air dispersion model and its supporting pre-processors to […]
Read articleAir Quality, Acronyms, and Midstream Marcellus Operations
Posted: January 9th, 2012
In the March 2011 issue of 4 The Record, ALL4’s Marcellus Gas team provided a general overview of air quality requirements surrounding drilling operations. Drilling, along with exploration, and the physical process of bringing gas to the surface are part […]
Read articleWhat’s Going On With the 1-Hour SO2 NAAQS Implementation Process?
Posted: January 9th, 2012
Now that we’ve all had some time to digest the plethora of guidance memoranda and updated air quality modeling programs that were released in March and April of 2011 and summarized by ALL4 in our April 4 The Record article […]
Read articleU.S. EPA’s Proposed Revisions to Oil and Natural Gas Sector NSPS and NESHAPs
Posted: January 9th, 2012
Using a “sector-based approach,” U.S. EPA proposed revisions to both the Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources (NSPS) and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for the oil and gas industry on August 23, 2011. Comments regarding […]
Read articleLots of Rules, Lots of Uncertainty
Posted: January 9th, 2012
There has been an unprecedented amount of regulatory action by U.S. EPA over the last several years. As a consequence of this activity, uncertainty for industry has become the “new normal” along with the associated “regulatory backlog” that afflicts under-staffed […]
Read articleCaught in the Crossfire
Posted: January 9th, 2012
Eerily similar to the political and ideological extremism that has overtaken both houses of Congress, the various factions that typically provide “public” comments on proposed new and revised air quality regulations are generally split between industry trade or lobbying organizations […]
Read articleALL4’s: Is That Your Final Answer?
Posted: December 29th, 2011
Test your knowledge across the environmental field, on the building blocks of air quality rules, on ALL4 general trivia, and challenge you with brain teasers that have perplexed us…Take on ALL4’s Is That Your Final Answer?
Read articleMass Confusion: Are Greenhouse Gases for PSD Permitting Treated the Same Way as Other Regulated PSD Pollutants?
Posted: December 28th, 2011
Can a facility be a classified as a major stationary source for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions only, and if so, do all modifications at the facility need to be evaluated for Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) applicability for all New […]
Read articleWhat is the Status of Your Emission Inventory?
Posted: December 28th, 2011
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) uses emission inventories from facilities that are readily available to support key policy and regulatory decisions that directly affect the regulated community. When looking for emissions data, U.S. EPA may use the information […]
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