In December 2012, the U.S. EPA finalized changes to its National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Area Source Boilers at 40 C.F.R. Part 63, Subpart JJJJJJ. Under this regulation, owners or operators of...more
Anyone who has read the newspaper or watched the news in the past month will know that EPA has proposed a regulation that would require coal-powered plants to reduce greenhouse gas (primarily carbon dioxide (CO2)) emissions. ...more
U.S. EPA recently finalized amendments to its rules regulating boilers at small facilities all over the country. The rule, called the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Industrial,...more
The Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) and other environmental groups recently filed petitions urging EPA New England, along with other EPA offices in the Mid-Atlantic and Southwest, to use EPA’s Residual Designation Authority...more
On March 13th, 2013, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit held that pre-suit notice for a citizen enforcement action under the Clean Water Act (“CWA”) does not need to spell out every violation in detail. ...more
Boiler owners beware – EPA has “finalized” its Boiler MACT, GACT, CISWI and NHSM rules and the compliance clocks have begun ticking. EPA expects the rules to affect about 200,000 boilers and that annualized compliance costs...more
On January 30, 2013, EPA published amendments to its regulations at 40 C.F.R. Part 63, Subpart ZZZZ (aka EPA’s RICE Rule) regulating emissions of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) from reciprocating internal combustion engines...more