air quality permit News
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Flexible air permits enable increased pollution prevention and economic competitiveness
EPA is finalizing changes and clarifications to air quality permitting rules to encourage greater use of flexible air permits. EPA’s assessment of flexible air permits demonstrated that they can enable significant environmental and economic benefits, while reducing administrative workload for permitting authorities and facilities. This final action affects both EPA’s operating permits and New ...
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August Mack Environmental, Inc. announces hiring of former IDEM air quality permits branch chief
August Mack Environmental, Inc., a full-service environmental, health and safety consulting firm, is pleased to announce the hiring of former Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) Office of Air Quality Permits Branch Chief, Nisha Sizemore, as Senior Technical Manager in its Indianapolis office. With more than 12 years of experience, Sizemore has spent her entire ...
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EPA issues final air quality permits to Shell for Arctic oil and gas exploration
Today, EPA Region 10 issued final air quality permits to Shell for oil and gas exploration drilling in the Alaska Arctic. The permits will allow Shell to operate the Discoverer drillship and a support fleet of icebreakers, oil spill response vessels, and supply ships for up to 120 days each year in the Chukchi Sea and Beaufort Sea Outer Continental Shelf starting in 2012. Shell’s ...
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EPA seeks public comments on new air quality permits for Shell and ConocoPhillips Arctic oil exploration activities
Today, EPA released two additional draft air quality permits for Shell Oil Company and ConocoPhillips Company exploratory oil drilling operations in the Alaska Arctic Outer Continental Shelf. This process will allow the public and other key stakeholders to provide important input and feedback on air permits needed for the drill rigs and supporting fleets of icebreakers, oil spill response ...
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Trinity Consultants Provides Training on EPA Greenhouse Gas “Tailoring Rule” for Air Quality Permitting
Trinity Consultants, an environmental consulting firm with offices nationwide, will present two Webinars on June 4 and June 10 from 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm CDT on the recent U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) final PSD and Title V Greenhouse Gas Tailoring Rule. The training will be delivered by John E. (Jay) Hofmann, President/CEO of Trinity Consultants, and Katherine Blue, Principal ...
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Kansas Denies Air Permit for New Coal-Fired Generators
TOPEKA, Kansas, October 18, 2007 (ENS) - Concerned about clean air and global warming, Roderick Bremby, Secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, KDHE, has denied the air quality permit for the two proposed coal-fired generators at the Sunflower Electric Power Corporation plant near Holcomb. The proposed $3.6 billion 700-megawatt generators have been the subject of months of ...
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U.S. EPA Conference on Air Quality Modeling
Earlier this month, the U.S. EPA hosted the 13th Conference on Air Quality Modeling at their offices in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. This month’s Modeling Tip takes a closer look at why this Conference is held and what gets accomplished. The Clean Air Act (CAA) is the comprehensive federal law that regulates air emissions from stationary and mobile sources. Section 320 of the ...
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Trinity Consultants Opens Office in San Francisco Bay Area to Serve Northern California
Trinity Consultants, an international environmental consulting firm that specializes in industrial air quality issues, recently opened an office in the San Francisco Bay Area to better serve industry in Northern California. Melissa Hillman, an environmental professional with nearly a decade of experience, will lead the new office. The new office joins Trinity’s Irvine staff in assisting ...
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EPA announces voluntary program for flexible permit holders (TX)
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its voluntary Audit Program to help companies with Flexible Permits obtain air quality permits that meet state and federal requirements and the protections of the Clean Air Act (CAA). The TCEQ's Flexible Permits program was never approved by EPA into the state implementation plan (SIP). "Our main objective is to get each and every ...
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A&WMA Announces Workshop Series
Pittsburgh, PA - The Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA) will hold a series of workshops throughout 2011 to provide environmental professionals with updated information on writing and submitting air quality permits, based on new and revised Clean Air Act regulations. “Keeping up with permitting guidance related to new air quality regulations and changes to older Clean Air ...
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Trinity Consultants Joins Forces with Atlanta-Based Smith Aldridge
Trinity Consultants, Inc. (Trinity), an international environmental consulting firm that specializes in industrial air quality issues, announces that it has combined with Smith Aldridge, Inc., an environmental consulting company located in Atlanta, Georgia. The melding of these two air quality focused firms provides enhanced service capability for companies in Georgia and the broader ...
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Trinity Consultants Merges with Meteorological Solutions Inc., Expanding into Utah
Trinity Consultants, Inc. (Trinity) an international environmental consulting firm that specializes in industrial air quality issues, announces its merger with Meteorological Solutions Inc. (MSI), an air quality and meteorological consulting company located in Salt Lake City, Utah. The merger enables expanded service to companies in the Rocky Mountain region, including the deep air quality ...
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US Navy Awards ENSR International $3 Million Multi-Year Environmental Services Contract
Untitled Document US Navy Awards ENSR International $3 Million Multi-Year Environmental Services Contract ENSR to Provide Broad Air Quality and Environmental Compliance Services Across Northeast US Navy Facilities. ENSR International has been awarded a 5-Year Environmental Services Contract by the US Navy Engineering Facility, Northeast (EFANE) division for its ...
By AECOM
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Midwest Governors Pledge to Fight Climate Warming
Capping a two-day summit on climate change and energy security hosted by Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle, a Democrat, and Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, a Republican, 10 Midwestern leaders signed the Midwest Regional Greenhouse Gas Reduction Accord. States signing the accord are Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin as well as the observer states Indiana, Ohio and South ...
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EPA awards over $200,000 to the city of Albuquerque (NM)
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded $203,201 to the City of Albuquerque. The funds will be used to continue the city’s air pollution abatement and prevention program. Expected accomplishments include attainment and maintenance of national ambient air quality standards and reduction of air toxics emissions by planning and implementing air quality compliance, enforcement, ...
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EPA seeks public comment on draft permits for romulus hazardous waste underground injection wells
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced the start of a public comment period on draft permits for two underground hazardous waste injection wells that Environmental Geo-Technologies seeks to reopen at 28470 Citrin Drive in Romulus, Michigan. The company has also applied to the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality for an air permit and a license to operate this facility. ...
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EPA approves Southern Ute Indian Tribe’s air permitting program
March 5, 2012) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced its approval of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe’s air permitting program, making the Tribe the first in the nation to operate an EPA-approved Clean Air Act program for large sources of air emissions. The Tribe’s headquarters are located near Ignacio, Colorado. The Clean Air Act operating permits program allows the ...
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Griffin Pipe Products Agrees to Resolve Issues with Lead Emissions, Air and Water Violations at Council Bluffs, Iowa
EPA Region 7 has reached an agreement with Griffin Pipe Products, LLC, to settle violations of the Clean Air Act (CAA) and Clean Water Act (CWA) at its Council Bluffs, Iowa, facility that will require Griffin Pipe to lower lead emissions and pay a civil penalty of $950,000. Although Griffin Pipe’s Council Bluffs location has ceased production for business reasons, if the facility reopens ...
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ARCADIS Receives Contract With Major Energy Client to Provide Range of Environmental Services, Consultation
DENVER - ARCADIS (EURONEXT: ARCAD), the international consultancy, design, engineering and management services company, has signed a Master Services Agreement (MSA) with a major international energy client to perform environmental consulting for upstream oil and gas operations in the U.S., Canada and the Gulf of Mexico. ARCADIS is one of only two preferred providers chosen for this contract, ...
By Arcadis
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Three new state-of-the-art power plants improve efficiency, reduce emissions
Three new power plants officially began serving North Carolina customers at the end of 2012, representing a combined investment of nearly $3.65 billion and marking another significant milestone in Duke Energy's commitment to meet electricity needs with advanced, cleaner generation. These sophisticated power plants represent one aspect of Duke Energy's aggressive strategy to make the transition ...
By Duke Energy
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