clean air News
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Rule clarification assures that new source review program is applied appropriately
EPA has issued a final rule to clarify when industrial facilities making changes to equipment or processes may need to retain records documenting their emissions even if the changes do not trigger Clean Air Act New Source Review (NSR) permitting requirements. The rule clarifies when facilities must keep records and report emissions when a 'reasonable possibility' test shows that projected ...
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North Central Texas council of governments and houston-galveston area council recognized by the EPA for their clean air initiatives DALLAS
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has honored two Texas innovators for their commitment to clean air: The North Central Texas Council of Governments’ (NCTCOG) Regional Emissions Enforcement Program for assisting local law enforcement to reduce fraudulent and illegal emissions inspections activities, and the Houston-Galveston Area Council’s (HGAC) Commute Solution Program that ...
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EPA settles Clean Air Act Case Against Conshohocken, Pa. Chemical Plant
The facility produces a hazardous air pollutant – methanol – during its manufacturing of sodium borohydride, a bleaching agent used by the paper industry. Based on data collected during an EPA inspection, EPA alleges Clean Air Act violations pertaining to methanol emissions, monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting. In addition to the $36,000 penalty, Montgomery Chemicals has also ...
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EPA approves ozone plans for areas in extreme nonattainment
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today approved the 8-hour ozone air quality plans for the two California areas with the worst air quality in the nation. These plans, known as State Implementation Plans, will enable San Joaquin Valley and South Coast to achieve the Clean Air Act’s 1997 8-hour ozone standard of 0.08 parts per million by 2024. There have been vast improvements in air ...
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INEOS Olefins and Polymers USA, transitions to federally approved clean air act permits (TX)
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced an agreement with INEOS Olefins & Polymers USA (INEOS) to transition three of the company's Subchapter G flexible permits to SIP-approved permits consistent with the Clean Air Act. “For many months, we have taken extraordinary steps in working with companies one-on-one to ensure they are meeting requirements of the Clean Air ...
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Commerce, and the Institute of Clean Air Companies (ICAC) Announce Partnership to Promote Export of Clean Air Technology
The Institute of Clean Air Companies (ICAC), represented by its Board of Directors, announced today that they are partnering with the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Commerce (DOC) to promote the export of clean air technology around the world. This partnership will take advantage of the EPA's science and analysis with the commercial reach of the DOC and ...
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Air pollutants clear out as clean air programs close in
The US EPA's clean fuels programs have exceeded expectations in reducing ozone pollutants and air toxics. A new report based on data collected from 1995-2005 finds emission reductions often significantly greater than regulatory requirements. The data, which provide a view of recent gasoline property trends, are mainly from EPA's reformulated gasoline (RFG) and anti-dumping programs. Highlights of ...
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Court strikes down Bush administration pollution monitoring loophole
A federal appeals court has struck down an Environmental Protection Agency rule that exempted major industrial polluters from accurately measuring dangerous emissions. The court held that EPA violated the Clean Air Act in allowing the largest air pollution sources to avoid monitoring, recording and recordkeeping of air pollution emissions needed to assure compliance with clean air laws. The EPA ...
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AQE 2018 Seminar on Clean Air Zones
AQE 2018 (Telford, 21+22 Nov), the Air Quality & Emissions event, will include a seminar organised by the EIC on 21st November focusing on solutions for the management and delivery of Clean Air Zones (CAZs). CAZs are a major part of the Government’s plans to ensure compliance with EU limit values for NOx pollution and twelve cities are currently actively considering introducing a CAZ. ...
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Continental Cement Company of Hannibal, Mo., Agrees to Complete Environmental Project Valued at $300,000
Continental Cement Company, LLC, has agreed to complete a Supplemental Environmental Project (SEP) valued at $300,000 at its facility in Hannibal, Mo. The SEP is part of a consent agreement with EPA Region 7 in which Continental Cement has also agreed to pay a $22,025 civil penalty to settle alleged violations of the federal Clean Air Act in 2007 and 2008. The SEP will eliminate Continental ...
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EPA fines Shell for Clean Air Act permit violations during offshore oil exploration in Alaska
Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced settlements with Shell Gulf of Mexico, Inc. and Shell Offshore, Inc. for violations of their Clean Air Act permits for arctic oil and gas exploration drilling in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas, off the North Slope of Alaska. Based on EPA’s inspections and Shell’s excess emission reports, EPA documented numerous air permit ...
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Industrial Laundry Agrees to Clean Air Act Settlement
A national industrial laundry company, AmeriPride Services Inc., has voluntarily stopped laundering materials that emitted air pollutants from its Worcester, Mass. and Hartford, Conn. facilities. These communities are expected to benefit from resulting lower air emissions. In the recent Clean Air Act settlement with EPA, Ameripride will pay $75,000 to resolve EPA claims that the company had ...
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Largest Clean Air Settlement in U.S. History
WASHINGTON, DC, October 9, 2007 (ENS) - One of the nation's largest electric utilities has agreed to spend $4.6 billion to reduce harmful air emissions from 16 coal-fired power plants, ending an eight year legal battle over alleged violations of the Clean Air Act. Federal officials called the agreement with American Electric Power, AEP, the largest environmental settlement in U.S. history and ...
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ENVEA are exhibiting at Clean Air Technology Expo
ENVEA look forward to seeing you at the forthcoming Clean Air Technology Expo taking place on 11 – 12 September at the NEC in Birmingham. As part of the 2019 Contamination Expo Series, this is Europe’s leading event for Contamination and Environmental professionals. On Stand 138, Continuous Particulate Emission Monitoring Systems (PM CEMS), Flue Gas Velocity CEMS, Filter ...
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Former EPA fugitive sentenced for violating clean air act
Joseph DeMatteo of Clark County, Nev. has been sentenced to serve five months home detention, followed by a term of three years probation, for criminally violating the Clean Air Act. He was also ordered to pay a $100 special assessment to the court. DeMatteo, a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) fugitive, was one of 10 Nevada-certified emissions testers indicted on Jan. 6, 2010 by a ...
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Illinois cement plant agrees to reduce harmful emissions
Two companies that own and operate a Portland cement manufacturing facility near Dixon, Ill., have agreed to install state-of-the-art pollution controls to reduce harmful air emissions and pay an $800,000 civil penalty to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Justice announced today. St. Marys Cement Inc., (U.S.) and St. ...
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Oregon Door Company settles for violations of federal air laws and reporting regulations
Oregon Door Company, based in Dillard, Oregon, settled violations of federal air laws and reporting regulations, according to a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Justice. The violations were associated with the company’s emissions and reporting of toluene, a solvent for paints and stains. Toluene is a hazardous air pollutant and its release is ...
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EPA Proposes Refined Emissions Test to Improve Safety, Reliability, and Efficiency of Existing Power Plants
EPA is proposing further options to change the emissions test used to determine if the New Source Review (NSR) permitting program would apply when an existing power plant makes a physical or operational change. Congress established the NSR program as part of the 1977 Clean Air Act Amendments and modified it in the 1990 Amendments. NSR is a preconstruction permitting program that maintains air ...
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Caterpillar Inc. to pay $2.55 million to resolve clean air act violations
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) today announced a settlement with Caterpillar Inc. to resolve alleged Clean Air Act violations for shipping more than 590,000 highway and non-road diesel engines without the correct emissions controls. Caterpillar also allegedly failed to comply with emission control reporting and engine-labeling requirements. ...
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EPA’s clean air act turns 40 / agency achieved significant health and environmental benefits (HQ)
As part of the activities commemorating the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s 40th anniversary, the agency is highlighting progress made under the 40 years of the Clean Air Act (CAA) at a conference in Washington, D.C. Among the attendees are those who have helped to shape the CAA over the years, including members of Congress, state and local government officials, and leaders in public ...
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