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Use of Ozone NAAQS to Control CO2 Emissions In the March 18, 2021 Opinion Section of the Wall Street Journal, there is an article entitled “Biden’s ‘BackDoor ‘ Climate Plan”. This article describes how the Biden...

HAZARDOUS WASTE GENERATOR CATEGORIES Any person who produces a hazardous waste as listed or characterized in 40 CFR part 261 is considered a hazardous waste generator. There are three categories of hazardous waste...

Regulatory Updates and Reminders As we kick off a new year, we want to provide a brief update of a few regulations and requirements and provide due dates for commonly required reports. Tennessee: The General Stormwater...

Regulatory Update – 172 PFAS Chemicals Added to EPCRA TRI Reporting List Hunter Hill, PE Background PFAS are used in a wide variety of industries and various commercial products such as leather, textiles, aqueous film...

TDEC Air Permitting Procedural Update – RICE Hunter Hill, P.E. When the Federal Standards for reciprocating internal combustion engines (RICE) became active, TDEC began receiving thousands of permit applications from...

TDEC 2020 NPDES Industrial Stormwater General Permit June 10, 2020 - TDEC plans to renew the expired 2015 NPDES Industrial Stormwater General Permit for two years. This will allow continued coverage until 2022 for...

Industrial Stormwater General Permits - Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) Tennessee Multi-sector General Permits (TMSP) expired on April 14, 2020. All permitted facilities will continue to...