In the March 21, 2011 Federal Register there are FOUR new Final Rules that have an impact on many businesses and municipalities. One of these new rules applies to facilities that operate Sewage Sludge Incineration Units. 40 CFR Part 60 – Standards of Performance for...
“EPA is adding 16 chemicals to the list of toxic chemicals subject to reporting under section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) of 1986 and section 6607 of the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 (PPA). These 16 chemicals have been...
In response to the 2008 Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 2764; Public Law 110-161), EPA has issued 40 CFR Part 98, which requires reporting of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from large sources and suppliers in the United States. Part 98 is intended to collect...
In response to environmental damage resulting from the December 2008 failure of a coal ash impoundment operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority near Knoxville, the USEPA has, for the first time, proposed rules to regulate the management and disposal of “coal...
The Indiana Department of Environmental Management’s State Cleanup Section rolled out the new Independent Closure Process (ICP) on April 15, 2010, with the hope of accelerating investigation, remediation and closure at low-priority sites. Key elements of the ICP...
The SPCC Rule was originally issued by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 1973 to address provisions of the Clean Water Act of 1972. Beginning in 2002, EPA amended the SPCC rule on several occasions, with the goal of streamlining some...
