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CAIR

• CAIR is Coming Quickly (Apr 2007)

NESHAP, MACT, and NSPS News:

• Final Amendments to Equipment Leak Regulations (June 08)
• Proposed Revisions To The Coal Preparation Plants New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) (June 08)
• Proposed Revisions to the NSPS for Non Metallic Minerals Processing Plants (Apr 2008)
• Proposed Area Source NESHAP for Metal Fabrication and Finishing (Apr 2008)
• Proposed HON Residual Risk Standards (Nov 06)
• NESHAP Miscellaneous Organic Chemical Manufacturing (Nov 06)
• Optional Adherence to Startup, Shutdown and Malfunction Plan under MACT (Nov 06)
• Proposed Amendments to Iron and Steel NESHAP (Oct 05)
• Copper Smelting NESHAP Subpart QQQ Amendment (Oct 05)
• Secondary Aluminum MACT Minor Changes (Oct 04)
• MACT for Boilers and Process Heaters (Sept 04)
• ACC Petitions to Have MIBK Removed From HAP List (July 04)
• Benzene Waste NESHAP Adds New Control Option (July 04)
• EPA Enforcement Priorities Issued (June 04)
• EPA Final Rule: Amendments to Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources  (Jan 04)
• Final MACT Released for Miscellaneous Coating Manufacturing, Subpart HHHHH (Jan 04)
• Site Remediation Final Rule Subpart GGGGG (Jan 04)
• EPA Publishes Final NESHAP for Surface Coating of Metal Cans (Jan 04)
• NESHAP for Surface Coating of Miscellaneous Metal Parts and Products (Jan 04)
• The Secondary Aluminum NESHAP Compliance Date Has Come and Gone (Jan 04)
• EPA Publishes Final Brick and Structural Clay and Clay Ceramics Manufacturing NESHAP Standards (Jan 04)
• EPA Finalizes Case-by-Case MACT (Section 112j) Requirements
• Final NESHAP for Lime Manufacturing Published (Jan 04)
• Proposed Amendments to the Benzene Waste NESHAP (Jan 04)
• Final MACT Released for Miscellaneous Coating Manufacturing (Jan 04)
• EPA Proposes Removal of EGBE from HAP List (Nov 03)
• Smaller Storage Vessels, Process Tanks Exempted from NSPS (Oct 03)
• EPA Finalizing NESHAP/MACT Standards Organic Liquids Distribution (Non-Gasoline) (Sept 03)
• EPA Proposes to Remove MEK from HAP List (June 2003)
• EPA Publishes Final NESHAP for Reinforced Plastic Composites Production (June 03)
• EPA Publishes Final NESHAP for Coke Ovens, Pushing, Quenching and Battery Stacks (May 03)
• EPA Proposes NESHAPS for Stationary Combustion Turbines (March 03)
• EPA Publishes Final NESHAP for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (March 03)
• Four Additional Source Categories Subject to the Generic MACT (Nov 02)

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Permitting News - NSR, PSD, Installation and Title V/Operating:

• EPA Proposes Changes to PSD/NSR – Debottlenecking, Aggregation, and Project Netting (Nov 06)
• WV Proposes Amendments to NSR and PSD Rules (Nov 06)
• Monitoring Sufficiency in Title V Permits – Proposed Rule (Nov 06)
• Proposed NSR Change for Electric Generating Units (EGUs)
• Proposed NSR Change for Electric Generating Units (EGUs) (Oct 05)
• Monitoring Sufficiency in Title V Permits – Proposed Rule (Nov 06)
• Old PTI Application No Longer Accepted after April 1, 2004 (Mar 04)
• Stay Ordered on the Final NSR Reform Rule for Routine Maintenance, Repair, and Replacement Exclusion (March 04)
• Full Delegation of Authority for Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality; Allegheny County (March 03)
• NSR Reform Rules Regarding Net Emission Increase Changes, PALS, Clean Units Provisions and PCP Exclusions (Dec 03)

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Air Emissions Inventory News:

• Pennsylvania Diesel Idling Reduction Rule (Apr 2008)
• Ohio EPA Announces New Reporting Software Coming March 3, 2008 (Jan 2008)
• Ohio EPA Makes Available Ten Model General Air Permits for Application (Oct 05)
• Emissions Reporting Requirement to be Expanded in Ohio (Mar 05)
• New AP-42 Draft Section 12.5.1 Minimills (Jan 05)
• Interstate Air and Mercury Rules Proposed for Power Plants (Oct 04)
• Cleanest Air in 3-Decades (Oct 04)
• ACHD Requests Exhaust Point Coordinates for 2004 Reporting Year (Sept 04)
• Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Enforcement Priorities Issued (July 04)
• International Methane to Market Partnership (July 04)
• FTIR Reference Methods Increasing in Use (June 04)
• PADEP puts Emission Inventory Reporting Pilot Program on Web (June 04)

SARA, CERCLA, and EPCRA News:

• TRI Reporting Form R and Form A Modifications (Oct 05)
• Toxics Release Inventory Reporting Forms Modification Rule (Jan 05)
• Toxic Release Inventory Reporting (May 04)
• EPA Stakeholder Group Examining Ways to Reduce Burden of TRI Reporting (Nov 03)

Source Sampling and CEMS Testing News:

• Air Quality: Revision to Definition of Volatile Organic Compounds- Exclusion of HFE–7300 (Jan 08)
• Notice of Broadly Applicable Alternative Test Methods (Jan 08)
• UPDATE to CEMS Methods (Nov 06)
• EPA Studies Mercury CEMS (Oct 05)
• Minimum Requirements for USEPA Protocol Gases (Nov 03)
• Proposed Rule to Update and Streamline Five Test Methods for Measuring Air Pollution (Oct 03)
• Continuous Source Monitoring Manual (CSMM) (Sept 03)

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NAAQS News:

• Final Rule on the Implementation NSR Provisions for PM2.5 (June 08)

• Proposed Revisions to The National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Lead (June 08)

• National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Lead (Jan 08)
• EPA Designates New Areas as Ozone Non-Attainment Areas (Oct 04)
• Timetable for Implementing the PM2.5 Standard (Oct 04)
• Non-Road Diesel Engine Rule Keeps Refiners and Engine Manufacturer’s Running (May 04)
• Washington DC Proposed Ozone Re-designation (Nov 02)
• Pittsburgh Area in Allegheny County Designated Attainment for CO (Nov 02)

Miscellaneous:

• Radon Resistant Home Construction Techniques Reduce Risk at a Lower Cost (Apr 2008)
• EPA Publishes Annual National Greenhouse Gas Inventory (Apr 2008)
• Climate Registry Releases Final General Reporting Protocol (Apr 2008)
• New WATER9 Version 3 Software Available (Nov 06)
• Biodiesel in Your Boiler? (Nov 06)
• EPA Proposes to Extend Performance Test Deadlines (Nov 06)
• Allegheny County Air Quality Program 2004 Emission Inventory Checklist (Dec 05)
• SPCC Deadline Extension (Dec 05)
• Ohio EPA Updates (Oct 05)
• Risk Management Program – General Duty Clause (Mar 05)
• Pennsylvania Finalizes NOx Rules for Small Sources, Cement Kilns and Large Internal Combustion Engines (Mar 05)
• Locating Sample Ports and Ductwork around Control Systems (Mar 05)
• How will USEPA’s New PM 2.5 Designations Affect You? (Mar 05)
• How Do You Measure Heat Input?? (Jan 05)
• Are SNCR and SCR NOx Controls the Future at Cement Plants? (Aug 04)
• WATER9, Version 2.0 (Aug 04)
• Non-Road Diesel Engine Rule Keeps Refiners and Engine Manufacturer’s Running (May 04)
• Michael O. Leavitt to Head the EPA (Nov 03)
• EPA Regions 3 and 6 to Expand Use of Multi-Media Inspections (Oct 03)
• EPA Proposing to Exclude 4 Compounds from VOC List (Sept 03)
• EPA’s New Web Site for Compliance History Information - ECHO (March 03)
• Revised SPCC Requirements (Feb 03)

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