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For many facilities, air compliance problems start with overlooked permit conditions, incomplete records, late reports, or equipment changes made without evaluating permitting implications. State agencies and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency frequently identify noncompliance through inspections, self-reported deviations, stack testing, and routine data review.
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Expanding a facility can unlock production capacity, improve efficiency, and support long-term growth. But before construction begins or new equipment is installed, air compliance should be an early part of the project strategy. For manufacturers, energy operators, and other industrial facilities, expansion plans can trigger new permitting requirements, change emissions profiles, and affect ongoing compliance obligations under federal, state, and local air regulations.
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Summer brings heat, humidity, high winds, intense rainfall, and flash flooding that can turn small weaknesses in oil storage and handling systems into costly releases. For facilities that store oil, fuel, hydraulic fluid, fats, or other regulated petroleum products, this season is the right time to review your Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) Plan. A proactive review can help reduce environmental risk, support compliance, and protect operations before the next storm hits. Continue reading “Are Summer Showers Putting Your SPCC Compliance at Risk?”
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an Information Collection Request (ICR), to the Office of Management & Budget (OMB) related to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).
In the May 13th Federal Register (FR) Vol. 89, No. 93, the EPA announced it’s plan to submit an ICR to OMB for the Requirements for Generators, Transporters, and Waste Management Facilities under the RCRA Hazardous Waste Manifest System to the OMB for review and approval. Continue reading “Requirement for Waste Generators, Transporters, and Management Facilities under the RCRA Hazardous Waste Manifest System Renewal”
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its 2023 enforcement and compliance results. It shows significant increases in on-site inspections, new criminal investigations, civil settlements, and cleanup enforcement, as well as record levels of enforcement activity in environmental justice communities long scarred by pollution.
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The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is required under the Clean Air Act to conduct a conference to reevaluate Air Quality Modeling every 3 years. The EPA conducted the Thirteenth Conference on Air Quality Modeling on November 14th and 15th of 2023, focusing on proposed revisions to the Guideline on Air Quality Modeling (GAQM). As part of the federal rulemaking process, the proposed revisions are currently available for public comments until December 22, 2023.
Who do these modeling revisions apply to? Continue reading “EPA Guideline on Air Quality Modeling Revisions”
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is constantly striving to ensure businesses, big or small, are keeping our environment safe. They accomplish this through new regulations and initiatives. One such initiative is titled “Reducing Risks of Accidental Releases at Industrial and Chemical Facilities.” In 2022 alone, the EPA concluded 3 judicial actions, 145 administration penalty actions, and 18 administrative compliance orders. Through an increase in on-site inspections, the agency plans to continue cracking down on reducing risks of accidental releases in the years to come.
What is the EPA inspecting for? Continue reading “EPA Hazard Review Inspections Notice”
It is time to complete your Air Emissions Inventory (EI) reporting for Calendar Year 2022. Every year, federal regulations require that all state agencies responsible for regulating air pollution collect emissions data from certain facilities. EI reporting opened on February 6, 2023 and is due by June 30, 2023 for Georgia facilities. All Title V facilities whose potential to emit (PTE) emissions is equal to or exceeds the following thresholds in Calendar Year 2022 are required to submit emissions data: Continue reading “Georgia Emissions Inventories for Calendar Year 2022”
Non-attainment area is an area considered to have air quality worse than the National Ambient Air Quality Standards as defined in the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1970.
Non-attainment areas must have and implement a plan to meet the standard, or risk losing some forms of federal financial assistance.
An area may be a non-attainment area for one pollutant and an “attainment area” for others. In October 2022, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the approval of Georgia’s request to have the Atlanta Nonattainment area redesignated to attainment status for ozone Nation Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS). The Atlanta Nonattainment Area includes the counties of Bartow, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnnett, and Henry. Continue reading “Redesignation of the Atlanta Nonattainment Area to Attainment for the 2015 Ozone Standards”
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has created the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) in 1986. This act was created by Congress through Title III of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) to help communities plan for and manage chemical emergencies. This act implemented several reporting requirements on most industrial facilities throughout the U.S. These reporting requirements are most commonly known as SARA Reporting. In this article, we will discuss the most common of the SARA Reports and Notifications and what your facility may need to do about each of them. These Reports include: Sections 302, 303, 304, 311, 312, and 313.
Continue reading “How to Stay in Compliance with SARA Title III Regulations”
