clean air compliance News
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SAB Announces Initiatives Intended to Enhance Public Involvement in Advisory Activities
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board (SAB) recently posted a list of fiscal year (FY) 2012 initiatives intended to enhance public involvement in advisory activities. According to the SAB website, in response to suggestions received at a June 1, 2011, session on public involvement, the SAB Staff Office developed additional practices to enhance public involvement in ...
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SAB announces initiatives intended to enhance public involvement in advisory activities
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board (SAB) recently posted a list of fiscal year (FY) 2012 initiatives intended to enhance public involvement in advisory activities. According to the SAB website, in response to suggestions received at a June 1, 2011, session on public involvement, the SAB Staff Office developed additional practices to enhance public involvement in ...
By Acta Group
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Merrimack N.H. Company Will Help Clean Wood Stoves in Southern N.H.; Total Penalty of $101K for Clean Air Violations
A specialty coated products manufacturer has agreed to pay a penalty of $20,200 and to spend $80,800 to replace old, polluting wood stoves in southern New Hampshire with new, cleaner models to settle EPA claims that it violated the federal Clean Air Act. Nashua Corporation has agreed to help homeowners replace their wood stoves with EPA-certified wood stoves or other cleaner, more efficient home ...
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EPA report underscores clean air act’s successful public health protections/landmark law saved 160,000 lives in 2010 alone
EPA A report released today by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that the benefits of reducing fine particle and ground level ozone pollution under the 1990 Clean Air Act amendments will reach approximately $2 trillion in 2020 while saving 230,000 people from early death in that year alone. The report studied the effects of the Clean Air Act updates on the economy, public ...
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Air Regulations Webinar for Power Industry Hosted by TRC Companies
Experts from TRC Companies, Inc. are sharing their best advice about Clean Air Act compliance to those needing to know more about this complex topic via two free, one-hour webinars. On Thursday, November 8, listen to Gale Hoffnagle give updates on MATS, SOx, NOx, CO2, CAIR and 316b regulations; timeframes for compliance; and how to achieve successful compliance. On Thursday, November 15, Edward ...
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A&WMA Takes a “Critical” Look at Air Quality Management
A&WMA Takes a “Critical” Look at Air Quality Management During its 100th Annual Conference & Exhibition John Bachmann, formerly of EPA, to lead a lively exchange on history of air quality management Pittsburgh, PA – As part of its 100th Annual Conference & Exhibition, the Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA), will explore the history of the U.S. National Ambient Air Quality ...
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U.S. and W.Va. Settle Case Against DuPont over Clean Air Act Violations at Washington Works Facility
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont) has agreed to settle alleged Clean Air Act violations at DuPont’s Washington Works Facility, located in Washington, Wood County, West Virginia. A proposed settlement, involving DuPont, the United States, and the State of West Virginia, was filed today in federal district court ...
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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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EPA Clean Air Settlements with Two Industrial Laundry Companies Minimize Emissions in New England Communities
Two separate EPA settlements will require two industrial laundry companies operating in New England to obtain required Clean Air Act permits containing measures designed to minimize air emissions and protect air quality around the communities where they operate. The two companies, UniFirst Corp. based in Mass., and Cintas Corp. based in Ohio, will also pay a total of nearly $460,000 in penalties ...
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EPA Clean Air Act Settlements with Two Industrial Laundry Companies Minimize Emissions in New England Communities
Two separate EPA settlements will require two industrial laundry companies operating in New England to obtain required Clean Air Act permits containing measures designed to minimize air emissions and protect air quality around the communities where they operate. The two companies, UniFirst Corp. based in Mass., and Cintas Corp. based in Ohio, will also pay a total of nearly $460,000 in penalties ...
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California building materials manufacturer agrees to pay $1.4 million to settle clean air act violations
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that CalPortland Company (CPC), a major producer of Portland cement and building materials in the United States, has agreed to pay a $1.425 million penalty to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act at its cement plant in Mojave, Calif. In addition to the penalty, CPC will spend an estimated ...
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Colorado-based QEP field services agrees to pay $4 million and install pollution controls to resolve alleged violations of the clean air act
“Natural gas extraction projects help to fuel our economy, but also need to follow the nation’s laws,” said Cynthia Giles, assistant administrator of EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance. “Today’s settlement will bring cleaner air to the members of the Northern Ute Tribe by ensuring natural gas compressor stations are operated in compliance with ...
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Sinclair oil to pay $3.8 million penalty and install pollution controls at Wyoming refineries to resolve violations of 2008 consent decree
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice announced a settlement with two subsidiaries of Sinclair Oil Corporation to resolve alleged violations of air pollution limits established in a 2008 consent decree at refineries in Casper and Sinclair, Wyo. Sinclair Casper Refining Co. and Sinclair Wyoming Refining Co. will pay stipulated penalties totaling ...
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Recent federal developments
EPA Announces Listening Session On IRIS Draft Toxicological Review Of Methanol: On April 18, 2011, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a 60-day public comment period and listening session on May 26, 2011, for the external review draft human health assessment entitled "Toxicological Review of Methanol (Non-Cancer): In Support of Summary Information on the Integrated Risk ...
By Acta Group
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Statement by EPA administrator Lisa P. Jackson on the ozone national ambient air quality standards
Since day one, under President Obama’s leadership, EPA has worked to ensure health protections for the American people, and has made tremendous progress to ensure that Clean Air Act standards protect all Americans by reducing our exposures to harmful air pollution like mercury, arsenic and carbon dioxide. This Administration has put in place some of the most important standards and ...
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Sulfuric acid manufacturer agrees to spend US$30m to resolve clean air violations
Mosaic Fertilizer will spend approximately $30 million on air pollution controls that are expected to eliminate harmful emissions from sulfuric acid production plants in Uncle Sam, La., and Mulberry, Fla., the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced. The company will also pay a civil penalty of $2.4 million to resolve alleged Clean Air Act violations. Under a ...
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Columbus steel castings to pay $825,000 and install monitoring equipment as sentence for violating clean air act
Columbus Steel Castings Company, Inc., located on the south side of Columbus, Ohio, was sentenced today to pay $825,000 and install additional devices to prevent air pollution after pleading guilty on July 28, 2011 to six counts of violating the Clean Air Act. The violations include failing to operate air pollution controls, failing to report violations, failing to perform required monitoring, ...
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Sarpy county, Neb., landfill to perform diesel retrofits, pay $10,080 penalty to resolve issues over proper air permit (NE)
The Sarpy County, Neb., Sanitary Landfill has agreed to pay a $10,080 civil penalty, and will spend an additional $34,218 on heavy equipment improvements designed to reduce harmful diesel engine emissions, to settle allegations that it failed to make a timely application for a proper environmental permit following the landfill’s expansion in 2005. According to an administrative consent ...
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CPI Replaces Rotary Concentrator System with RTO at Parts Coater
Catalytic Products International (CPI) (CPI) recently installed a Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer (RTO) for the abatement of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) at a Midwest USA specialty and industrial parts coating operation. The new 35,000 SCFM TRITON-35.95 Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer (RTO) replaced an aging rotary concentrator and catalytic oxidizer system. Poor performance of the rotary ...
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EPA signs two rules to further protect ozone layer
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced two final rules that will further cut ozone-depleting pollutants, protecting the Earth’s ozone layer and reducing harmful greenhouse gases. The rules reduce the availability and use of hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), which are primarily used as refrigerants and harm the ozone layer. A diminished ozone layer allows more ...
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