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EPA issues Clean Air Act operating permit to Veolia
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has issued a Clean Air Act operating permit to Veolia Environmental Services for its hazardous waste combustion facility, 7 Mobile Ave., Sauget, Ill. Normally, Clean Air Act operating permits are issued by states. In this case, EPA issued the permit because of a lawsuit by the Sierra Club and the American Bottom Conservancy. Details of the history ...
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DeFRA Calls Time on T8 Exemptions
The Statement indicates the intent of “closing loopholes” and “preventing Exemptions from being misused”. DeFRA, “will also introduce greater record-keeping requirements for all waste Exemption holders; impose limits and controls on how multiple exemptions can be managed at one site; and ban the use of exemptions at a site operating under an environmental ...
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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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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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Nacah Tech LLC’s President, Bob Keibler, was recently interviewed by Pollution Engineering magazine
Nacah Tech LLC’s President, Bob Keibler, was recently interviewed by Pollution Engineering magazine and the resulting audio was distributed by the publisher as a podcast. A transcript of the interview is available on both the Environmental Expert site under Nacah Tech or at www.nacahtech.com/articles.html. Bob describes how new U.S. federal regulations may impact a plant’s existing ...
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EPA Region 7 issues notice of violation to Grain Processing Corporation, Inc., of Muscatine, Iowa, for clean air act issues
EPA has issued a notice of violation to Grain Processing Corporation, Inc. (GPC), alleging the company has violated the Iowa State Implementation Plan and the federal Clean Air Act for issues related to construction and operating permits issued for its facility at Muscatine, Iowa. EPA Region 7 has coordinated with the State of Iowa on the notice of violation, which is separate from a civil ...
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Standard Lithium to Present at the 31st Annual ROTH Conference on March 19th
Standard Lithium Ltd. (“Standard Lithium” or the “Company”) (TSXV: SLL) (OTC-Nasdaq Intl. Designation: STLHF) (FRA: S5L), is scheduled to participate in the 31st Annual ROTH Conference on Tuesday, March 19, 2019 at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Orange County, CA. CEO Robert Mintak is scheduled to present on Tuesday, March 19, 2019 at 2:30 pm Pacific Time. The presentation ...
By Siemens AG
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Printing Company and EPA reach settlement for alleged clean air violations in agawam, mass.
A printing company near Springfield, Mass. has paid a penalty of $118,600 to settle claims by the US Environmental Protection Agency that it violated the federal Clean Air Act. Suddekor, Inc., which is owned by a German company, is an international manufacturer of décor printed papers in Agawam, Mass. At its Agawam facility, paper is printed with inks containing hazardous air pollutants. ...
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No formal application received from TCSR for Nuneaton soil treatment plant
The Environment Agency has reassured the people of Nuneaton (UK) that, although no formal application has yet been received from TCSR for a permit to operate a soil treatment plant at Judkins quarry, a thorough consultation process will follow if and when such an application is received. Warwickshire County Council Planning committee is still deciding their final position on the planning ...
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Car breaker fined for illegal site
Car breaker and exporter Adel Elkabir has been fined £5,000 and ordered to pay full costs of £3,996 by Deputy District Judge Roscoe today for running an illegal site in Fengate, Peterborough. Elkabir started operating from the site without an Environmental Permit despite advice from the Environment Agency, which brought the prosecution. The court heard the permit, which was approved ...
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New Jersey Appeals Against Polluting Pennsylvania Power Plant
TRENTON, New Jersey, September 17, 2007 (ENS) - The state of New Jersey has filed an appeal in federal court seeking review of a decision by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, that rejected the state's opposition to an operating permit for a coal-fired power plant in Pennsylvania. Attorney General Anne Milgram said that the appeal was filed with the U.S. Third Circuit Court of ...
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Commission refers Sweden back to Court over industrial permits, asks for fines
The European Commission is taking Sweden back to Court for its failure to license industrial installations that are operating without permits. Despite an earlier Court judgement on this matter, Sweden has still not licensed two major industrial installations. On the recommendation of Environment Commissioner Janez Potočnik, the Commission is therefore referring Sweden back to the European ...
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New Jersey Sues U.S. EPA Over Pennsylvania Power Plant Pollution
TRENTON, New Jersey (ENS) - New Jersey Attorney General Stuart Rabner today filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, for failing to act on a petition from New Jersey objecting to a proposed operating permit for a coal-fired power plant in Pennsylvania. 'This facility is directly across the river from New Jersey and has emitted more than 30,000 tons of ...
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Standard Lithium Files Preliminary Economic Assessment and Updated Mineral Resource Technical Report for Its Southern Arkansas Lithium Brine Project
Standard Lithium Ltd. ("Standard Lithium" or " the Company") (TSX Venture: SLL) (OTCQX: STLHF) (FRA:S5L) is pleased to announce the filing of a technical report titled “Preliminary Economic Assessment of LANXESS Smackover Project” (the “PEA”) with an effective date of August 1, 2019. The results of the PEA were previously announced in the Company’s news release ...
By Siemens AG
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EPA proposes to keep greenhouse gas permitting requirements focused on largest emitters
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing not to change the greenhouse gas (GHG) permitting thresholds for the Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) and Title V Operating Permit programs. Today’s proposal is part of EPA’s common-sense, phased-in approach to GHG permitting under the Clean Air Act. EPA is also proposing steps that would streamline the ...
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EPA greenhouse gas permitting requirements maintain focus on largest emitters
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that it will not revise greenhouse gas (GHG) permitting thresholds under the Clean Air Act. Today’s final rule is part of EPA’s common-sense, phased-in approach to GHG permitting under the Clean Air Act, announced in 2010 and recently upheld by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. The final rule maintains a ...
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Environment Agency to meet English soil plant developer
The Environment Agency is set to meet Directors from TCSR, the company who are proposing to develop a contaminated land treatment plant in Nuneaton. Following a successful afternoon meeting the public on Tuesday 22 July 2008, David Hudson, Environment Manager for the Environment Agency said: 'We had some frank discussions with local residents on Tuesday afternoon and I think we now ...
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Commission takes Slovenia back to Court for failure to issue industrial permit for a major cement factory and asks for fines
The European Commission is referring Slovenia back to Court for its failure to license industrial installations that are operating without permits. Such permits should only be issued if a number of environmental criteria are met. In 2010 the Court ruled that Slovenia was failing in its obligation to ensure that all installations operate in line with EU rules on pollution prevention and control. ...
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Two Companies to Pay $970,000 in Settlement for Clean Air Violations in Springfield, Mass.
Two companies operating a chemical plant in Springfield, Mass. will pay a penalty of $970,000 and take other actions, under a settlement announced today between Solutia Inc. and INEOS Melamines LLC, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice. The settlement is contained in a consent decree filed today in federal court, and settles EPA claims for alleged Clean ...
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Omni Water Solutions Granted Commercial Mobile Recycling Permit for Eagle Ford Shale
Omni Water Solutions, Inc., a provider of highly automated mobile water systems for water treatment and re-use, has been granted a permit by the Railroad Commission of Texas to operate commercial water recycling units in the Eagle Ford Shale. The permit, effective immediately, enables the company to provide mobile water treatment services to oil and gas companies who are utilizing ...
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