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2024 Environmental Regulatory Due Dates
2024 Environmental Regulatory Due Dates As we enter into the first quarter of 2024, it can often feel like deadlines are coming from many directions. Please see the chart below with some of the commonly required...
Creating an SPCC Plan
Creating an SPCC Plan Background In 1973, the EPA issued the first set of regulations dedicated to preventing, preparing for, and responding to the discharge of oil. These regulations (40 CFR 112) require some...
Air Dispersion Modeling: The Basics
Air Dispersion Modeling: The Basics What is Air Dispersion Modeling? In simple terms, dispersion modeling is a mathematical simulation of how air pollutants disperse in the atmosphere. Using computer programs,...
Allowable Construction Activities Prior to Air Quality Construction Permit Issuance – Tennessee
Allowable Construction Activities Prior to Air Quality Construction Permit Issuance - Tennessee Introduction The Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation (TDEC) requires any person wishing to construct an...
Hazardous Waste (HW) Return Manifests
Hazardous Waste (HW) Return Manifests And what to do if you do not get them from your TSDF Any generator of hazardous waste is required to keep a copy of each signed manifest for at least 3 years from the date the...
Guidelines for HW Satellite Accumulation Areas
Guidelines for HW Satellite Accumulation Areas Many small and large quantity generators (SQG and LQG) produce hazardous waste (HW) in multiple locations throughout their facility. This waste can then be sent to a...
Weekly Hazardous Waste Inspections
Weekly Hazardous Waste Inspections A Brief Overview of What Goes Into Hazardous Waste Weekly Inspections Any facility that produces a hazardous waste as listed or characterized in 40 CFR 261 is recognized as a...
PSD Permitting – A Brief Overview and the Implications for your Business
PSD Permitting - A Brief Overview and the Implications for your Business BACKGROUND – What is PSD Permitting? Under EPA’s New Source Review (NSR) Permitting program, new major sources and existing major sources...
What is a Sustainability Plan?
What is a Sustainability Plan? A Sustainability Plan or a Low Carbon Transition Plan (LCTP) is a schedule based sustainability action plan that outlines the changes an organization can make in order to reach its...
What is Sustainability?
What is Sustainability? Sustainability…what is it and why is it important? This is a significant question, and one that can be answered rather simply. Sustainability, according to the Environmental Protection Agency...
New Addition to the Federal HAPs List
New Addition to the Federal List of Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs) The EPA has granted petitions from the Halogenated Solvents Industry Alliance (HSIA) and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation...
New Insights into Plantwide Applicability Limit (PAL) Permitting
New Insights into Plantwide Applicability Limit (PAL) Permitting A Plantwide Applicability Limit (PAL) is an air permitting approach that has been potentially underutilized since its promulgation in 2002. In August of...
Summary of the EPA Strategic Plan for FY 2022 – 2026
Summary of the EPA Strategic Plan for FY 2022 – 2026 Introduction The EPA Strategic Plan is intended to communicate EPA priorities for the coming years and provide a roadmap for achieving its’ goals. This plan is...
WATER REUSE TECHNOLOGIES AVAILABLE TO INDUSTRY
WATER REUSE TECHNOLOGIES AVAILABLE TO INDUSTRY We all recognize that water is essential to life for humans, animals, and plants. Yet, knowing this, we are faced with the harsh reality that 785 million people lack...
What is the National Emissions Inventory (NEI) and how it can be useful to you?
What is the National Emissions Inventory (NEI) and how it can be useful to you? What is the NEI: The NEI is a comprehensive and detailed estimate of air emissions of criteria pollutants, criteria precursors, and...
5 Principles for Excel-Based Emissions Tracking Systems
5 Principles for Excel-Based Emissions Tracking Systems Last month, we looked at the use of databases to track air emissions data. Databases are great tools, but they are not the only tools. Emissions tracking can be...
How a Compliance Database can save you time and headaches
How a Compliance Database can save you time and headaches Maintaining compliance records can be a data heavy exercise. In many cases, requirements for logging and maintaining emissions data for Air Permit records can...
TDEC Solid & Hazardous Waste Rules Updates
TDEC Solid & Hazardous Waste Rules Updates TDEC has finalized updates to the solid waste regulations to incorporate the EPA’s Generator Improvements Rule (GIR). Some of the changes effect labeling, contingency...