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Compliance Planning Services
The environmental requirements applicable to the power industry are constantly changing, and forward-looking strategic planning is essential to ensure timely and cost-effective compliance with federal, state, and local laws and regulations. One of the most important services Sargent & Lundy offers is an understanding of the environmental requirements applicable to power projects and the options available to satisfy those requirements most advantageously. We continuously monitor statutory and regulatory changes and federal and state court decisions to maintain current knowledge of the environmental laws and regulations that affect the power industry. We then combine that knowledge with a deep understanding of power plant design and operation to develop cost-effective compliance plans for individual plants and utility fleets.
Our compliance planning experience includes the evaluation of issues such as the following:
- Cross media (air/water/solid waste) compliance strategies
- Optimization of compliance strategies for overlapping air quality regulations:
- Mercury and Air Toxics Standard (MATS)
- Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) and Cross State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR)
- National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) revisions
- New Source Review, including greenhouse gas Best Available Control Technology (BACT) requirements
- Regional Haze Rule and Best Available Retrofit Technology (BART) requirements
- Analysis of emerging environmental issues:
- Greenhouse gas emission standards for new and existing sources
- Startup, shutdown, and malfunction emissions rule
- Cooling water intake structure regulations
- Wastewater effluent guidelines
- Coal combustion residue regulations
- Integrated resource planning support:
- Existing and future regulatory requirements
- Renewable portfolio standards
- Compliance options