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Air & Waste Management Association offers new source review workshop
The Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA) will offer its industry-leading workshop, “Clearing the Air on NSR,” September 18 –19, in Orlando, FL. This workshop will discuss the regulatory requirements for the New Source Review (NSR) Rule for fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) issued by the Environmental Protection Agency in May 2008, information relevant to the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2007 ...
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U.S. Oil and Refining Co. in Tacoma, wash. settles with federal and local air authorities for clean air act violations (WA)
U.S. Oil & Refining Co. will pay a $230,000 fine for violations of federal air laws and spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on voluntary projects to reduce environmental impacts, according to a consent decree entered jointly by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Justice and the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency. The company owns and operates a petroleum refinery ...
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Monitoring finds air toxics near Concord Elementary School below levels of concern (WA)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 10 today released the final report on analysis of air toxics monitoring data near Concord Elementary School in Seattle, Washington. The report is posted at: http://www.epa.gov/schoolair. EPA found that concentrations of air toxics measured near the school are below the levels of concern associated with health problems from either short- or ...
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Air & Waste Management’s Workshop and Audio+Web Presentation Focus on the Latest Developments in New Source Review Compliance
Industry Experts to Shed Light on Dynamic Issue In an effort to provide insight into one of the most dynamic air quality issues of the day, the Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA) will offer its acclaimed New Source Review (NSR) workshop Sept. 20-21 in Albuquerque, NM, with the most up-to-date information and straightforward, expert instruction available anywhere. Additionally, a ...
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State Air Pollution Officials Urge National Climate Law
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (ENS) - The professional association of state and local air pollution control officials this week took aim at global warming. At its spring membership meeting in Louisville, the National Association of Clean Air Agencies formally adopted a statement calling on Congress to 'promptly enact a mandatory economy-wide greenhouse gas emission reduction program with quantifiable ...
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Air toxics near St. Helens Elementary School are below levels of concern - EPA posts final air toxics monitoring report today (WA)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 announced today that the final report based on the school air toxics monitoring data from St. Helen’s Elementary School in Longview, Washington, has been posted on the Agency’s website. EPA found air toxics concentrations are below the levels of concern associated with health problems from short-term or long-term exposures to ...
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Air Quality Awareness Week in the US from 28 April
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Weather Service are urging Americans to 'Be Air Aware' during Air Quality Awareness Week, April 28 - May 2, 2008. Upcoming State and Local Air Quality Awareness Week Activities As Follows California San Joaquin Valley - The National Weather Service - San Joaquin Valley ...
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EPA to propose stricter smog standard
Coming full circle on a campaign promise, the Obama administration will propose Wednesday to reduce the amount of smog-forming pollution allowed in the air, which has been linked to asthma, lung damage and other health problems. The stricter standard makes good on a pledge President Barack Obama made during his first campaign for the White House and one of his first environmental actions as ...
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Lafarge North America Inc. Agrees to Environmental Projects as Part of Clean Air Act Agreement
Under an agreement announced today with U.S Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Justice and New York State, Lafarge North America Inc. has agreed to fund $1.5 million in projects to reduce air pollution in the community surrounding its Ravena, New York cement plant. The agreement also provides Lafarge additional time to reduce air pollution from the cement plant. A March 2010 ...
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New Yakima Valley air monitor measures particulate pollution
The Yakima Regional Clean Air Agency will begin operating a new air quality monitor to measure fine particulate matter in the Sunnyside region of the Yakima Valley. The monitor, which will gather data on particulate matter for a year, will allow regulatory agencies to develop effective strategies to protect air quality in the Yakima Valley and inform burn ban decisions. The monitor is located at ...
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EPA awards $5.6 million to spur new clean diesel technologies (HQ)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded $5.6 million for emerging technologies projects as part of a summer-long roll out of $120 million in clean diesel grants. The awards will provide opportunities to advance cutting-edge technologies in the marketplace, and support both environmental innovation and green jobs to reduce diesel emissions. Diesel pollution is linked to ...
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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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Settlement with Ash Grove Cement Company to Reduce Thousands of Tons of Air Emissions
Today’s agreement will reduce more than 17,000 tons of harmful nitrogen oxides (NOx) and sulfur dioxide (SO2) pollution each year across plants located in Foreman, Ark.; Inkom, Idaho; Chanute, Kan.; Clancy, Mont.; Louisville, Neb.; Durkee, Ore.; Leamington, Utah; Seattle, Wash.; and Midlothian, Texas. “Today’s settlement will reduce air pollution that can harm human health and ...
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Clearing the Northwest’s air with clean diesel technology
Clean diesel technology is coming to the Northwest thanks to nearly $3.9 million in U.S. Environmental Protection Agency grants for advanced diesel and heat recovery technology. Dennis McLerran, Regional Administrator for EPA Region 10, highlighted the grants at an event in Portland, Oregon showcasing the Northwest states’ grant recipients. The grants are funded under the Diesel Emissions ...
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Climate change plan faces high-profile legal test
The cornerstone of President Barack Obama's plan to address climate change is still months away from being finished, but it's already facing a high-stakes legal challenge from critics who want to halt the process in its tracks. A federal appeals court hears arguments Thursday in two cases challenging the Environmental Protection Agency's far-reaching proposal to cut Earth-warming pollution from ...
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Top environmental professionals to be honored by A&WMA
Each year, the Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA) honors top environmental professionals for outstanding accomplishments and leadership in environmental service. These awards were established by the Association to encourage environmental professionals to serve as models for others and to further the mission and key objectives of A&WMA. This year’s awards will be presented June 18 at ...
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EPA Awards $1.9 Million to Reduce Diesel Emissions in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $1,919,653 in Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA) funding to Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington to reduce diesel, greenhouse gas and black carbon emissions from large polluting diesel sources, such as trucks and buses. In the Pacific Northwest and Pacific Southwest Regions, the DERA program is administered by EPA’s West Coast ...
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EPA Issues Analysis of Potential Benefits and Costs of Proposed Revisions to Air Quality Standards for Ground-Level Ozone
Washington, D.C. --The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its assessment of the potential benefits and costs of meeting the standards in its proposed revisions to the nation's air quality standards for ground-level ozone. EPA has proposed to strengthen the standards, based on the most recent scientific evidence about the health effects of ozone -- the primary component of smog. ...
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Court Revives EPA Rule on Cross-State Pollution
In a major anti-pollution ruling, the Supreme Court on Tuesday backed federally imposed limits on smokestack emissions that cross state lines and burden downwind areas with bad air from power plants they can't control. The 6-2 ruling was an important victory for the Obama administration in controlling emissions from power plants in 27 Midwestern and Appalachian states that contribute to soot and ...
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United states announces two major clean air act new source review settlements at 28 industrial plants nationwide
The United States today filed two major Clean Air Act settlements to reduce air emissions from container glass and Portland cement plants throughout the country, announced Cynthia Giles, assistant administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance and Ignacia S. Moreno, Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural ...
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