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US EPA Announces Final Water Quality Trading Policy
On January 13, 2003, US EPA released its new National Water Quality Trading Program. This policy calls on states to develop programs for trading water pollution reduction credits, much as has been done with air pollutants for several years. This approach is consistent with the Bush Administration's preference for market-based solutions to environmental issues. Trading is likely to be helpful in ...
By AECOM
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Breakthrough Nitrogen Oxides chemistry saves costly scrubber addition at ShinEtsu America case study
By using an innovative chemistry to treat nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions, silicon wafer manufacturer ShinEtsu America, Inc.. (SEH) avoided adding a costly new scrubber The scrubbing solution, a drop in replacement for sulfide chemistries, enables SEH to meet air and wafer emissions requirements and eliminate nuisance odors at its Vancouver. WA, facility. The unique scrubbing solution was ...
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Lake Taneycomo surface water intake
Client: City of Branson, Mo. Completion Date: 1997 Services Provided Microtunneling Public information program Permitting agency reviews Air backwash system Potassium permanganate feed system Inverted bulk drum storage Architectural features Architectural rendering Project Summary This intake receives water from Lake Taneycomo in Branson. It has an ultimate design capacity ...
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Sustainability as a business opportunity
Thinking of bringing your business to a more sustainable place? The best starting place for any business leader to embrace sustainability is to shift away from looking at sustainability in terms of how much it will cost, and towards assessing the returns it will generate. Consider the phenomenon known as the Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ) which emerged in the field of quality management in the ...
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New Jakarta declaration aims to strengthen rights to environmental information in Asia
Increased industrialization in Asia has created countless hurdles for communities to protect themselves from pollution. Important government information—such as the amount of pollutants being discharged by nearby factories or results from local air and water quality monitoring—still isn’t readily accessible in user-friendly formats. This practice often leaves the public ...
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Federal transport rule — the “new cair” round 1
On August 2, 2010, EPA proposed the long- awaited replacement for the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR), which was rejected in 2008 by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. Now called the Transport Rule (TR) by EPA, the new rule revises the CAIR approach to conform with the court ruling. In this first version (Round 1) of TR, overall emission budgets for NOX are similar to the initial period in CAIR; ...
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New NO2 air standards prove technically challenging
On February 9, 2010, the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) established a new National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for nitrogen dioxide (NO2). The new NO2 NAAQS is a one-hour standard set at 100 parts per billion (ppb), which is approximately 188 micrograms per cubic meter (μg/m3). Effective on April 12, 2010, the new one-hour standard is intended to protect against peak ...
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Clean Air Act`s New Source Review Provisions Give Greater Flexibility
Thousands of U.S. companies who produce emissions could be affected starting this month by new rules under the Clean Air Act's New Source Review (NSR) provisions, published in the Federal Register by the U.S. EPA on Dec. 31, 2002. The article will discuss details of the new NSR rule, and then outline how to take advantage of the new rules. The new provisions particularly concern electric ...
By AECOM
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Opinions on: Trump @ 100
Donald Trump is causing waves in the EHS community This not a surprise of course – what with it being such a high profile topic. In fact, I bet when Mr. Trump first inherited his father’s millions this was at the top of his list of life priorities (becoming President was only second). Cheap jokes aside, if there is one of Trump’s many bellicose campaign promises that he is ...
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Dust Collection Ductwork
If you are a plant manager, maintenance manager, process engineer, or Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) manager who faces the challenges of collecting and/or recovering wood dust, metal shavings, chemical powders, pharmaceuticals, or other abrasive materials, then you understand the importance of not just dust collector technology, but also dust collection ductwork. Selecting and investing ...
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The tailoring of greenhouse gases to the clean air act – challenges for PSD and title v permitting ahead?
In anticipation of the promulgation of Clean Air Act (CAA) regulations to control greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, EPA published the proposed PSD and Title V GHG Tailoring Rule. The proposed GHG Tailoring Rule was published in the Federal Register on October 27, 2009 and has a 60-day public comment period; thus comments are due by December 28, 2009. The proposed GHG Tailoring Rule attempts to ...
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Developing & Implementing a Successful Environmental Compliance Mgmt System for the Western States Petroleum Association (WSPA) Refineries in WA State
Abstract As the number of environmental regulations and operating requirements included within operating permits for refineries continue to grow, many environmental managers have opted to implement environmental data management systems. This case study will demonstrate how a group of five refineries through the Western States Petroleum Association (WSPA) in Washington State have chosen to work ...
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Daiken Southland - Case Study
Daiken Southland Limited is a wood processing company that uses pine trees to manufacture Medium Density Fibreboard (MDF). The logs are chipped, broken down into individual fibres. Then a urea-formaldehyde resin is used to glue the wood fibres back together to form the various types of MDF. During the manufacturing process, formaldehyde is released to the atmosphere, and, therefore the local ...
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Evolution of marketable permits: the US experience with sulphur dioxide allowance trading
The Sulfur Dioxide Allowance Programme, created under Title IV of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, is the first national market-based approach to environmental management employed in the United States and represents a radical departure from both the traditional regulatory approach to environmental policy and from previous emissions trading efforts. This paper reviews the goals of the SO2 ...
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Case study - Flexographic printing– WI
Location: Wisconsin Equipment: Catalytic Recuperative Oxidizer 12,000scfm capacity (1997 vintage) Installed:2001 Problem: Plant expansion would put this facility over their emission cap within 2 years. Project Details: This label printer was expanding rapidly and expected to exceed their emission caps with one year when they added another press. They were first time buyers of emission ...
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Aerospace Company saves time, improves compliance assurance with opsEnvironmental™
Streamlined environmental data management enables time savings of over 1,100 hours peryear at one facility alone. The Company This confidential company is a Fortune 500 aerospace and defense company with headquarters in the U.S. and operations across the globe. The facility featured in this case study is one of the company’s largest sites, employing about 4500 people in the manufacture of ...
By IHS Markit
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EPA Settles Cement Air Pollution Case
EPA recently settled a major pollution case with a cement producer on pollution controls that will reduce harmful emissions of nitrogen oxides. Nitrogen oxides are pollutants that can lead to illnesses such as asthma and other respiratory conditions. Nitrogen oxides contribute to the formation of ground-level ozone as well as particle pollution. EPA Regional Administrator, Judith A. Enck says, ...
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Case study - Petroleum remediation systems
Overview A major oil company was looking for a way to stay ahead of EPA regulations for soil vapor extraction of BTEX and the subsequent treatment of these gases. They were looking for one company that could offer competitive pricing, local support service, and the application expertise to provide 50 remediation units throughout the United States. Solution Global Technologies built a Model 7 ...
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Do You Need A Confined Space Rescue Team In Your Construction Site?
In 2015, OSHA introduced new regulations for working with a confined space rescue team in construction as a safety measure. This regulation outlines what companies must undertake to safeguard their workers from confined space dangers. Understanding this rule can help you decide whether your construction site needs a confined space rescue team. ...
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How to improve air quality in a city: from measurement to action
Improving ambient air quality is core to the mission of local decision makers: it is both a public health and environmental issue. The challenge is quite a tall order: outdoor air pollution causes millions of premature death worldwide, and in 2021, 91% of the world population is living in places where the World Health Organization (WHO) air quality guidelines levels are not met1. Finding ways to ...
By Ecomesure
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