The
EPA announced on Tuesday, June 30, 2009, it will now grant California's waiver
request, enabling the state to enforce its greenhouse gas emissions standards
for new motor vehicles
The proposed revisions would establish a
one-hour NO2 standard at a level between 80 and 100 ppb,
and retain the current annual average NO2 standard of 53
ppb.
The
EPA on Thursday, June 25, 2009, announced in the Federal Register that is will
revise its area source category lists when issuing final "generally
available control technologies," or "GACT" emission standards
for new and existing sources.
The
EPA's Justice Resource Guide, a handbook for community
organizers and decision-makers, is now available from the EPA's Region 9
(Pacific Southwest) Environmental Justice Office.
On
Wednesday, June 24, the EPA in the Federal Register released its latest version
of the rule controlling exemptions for use of ozone-depleting chemicals.
The
report assessed 180 air toxics plus diesel particulate matter from stationary
sources of all sizes and from mobile sources such as cars, trucks, buses and
construction equipment.
The
EPA on Tuesday amended its national volatile organic compound (VOC) emission
standards for aerosol coatings, which establishes national reactivity-based
emission standards for the aerosol coatings category under section 183(e) of
the Clean Air Act.
The
EPA on Tuesday will amend the EPA Acquisition Regulation (EPAAR) to update
policy, procedures and contract clauses, according to a release in the Federal
Register.
Regulatory
entities may adopt a new online system that will enable regulated NPDES
facilities to begin reporting discharge monitoring reports (DMRs) online.
The
rule amendment extends the dates by which the owner or operator of an
SPCC-regulated facility or farm must prepare or amend and implement an SPCC
plan to Nov. 10, 2010.
The
EPA on Wednesday, June 10, announced the availability of updated national
recommended water quality criteria for the protection of human health for
acrolein and phenol.
The
EPA announced Wednesday, June 10, it is extending the public comment deadline
to Sept. 4, 2009 on a proposal to slash mercury emissions
and other pollutants from Portland cement kilns
The
Government Accountability Office (GAO) is happier with the EPA's efforts on
behalf of that agency's Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) database.
The
Hydraulic Institute (HI), Parsippany, N.J., under the approval of the American
National Standards Institute (ANSI), announced Tuesday, June 9, that it is
seeking qualified individuals in North America to participate in the review
process for the draft of updated Standard ANSI/HI 9.6.3, Rotodynamic Pumps for
Allowable Operating Region.
On May 22, 2008, the
EPA published a final rule in the Federal Register that made
technical corrections to five test methods. Inadvertent printing errors were
made in the publication. Text insertions were misplaced, duplicate insertions
were made, and the definition for system bias was inadvertently revised. On
Friday, the agency re-released the test method changes, with corrections.
The grandfather clause in the proposed PM2.5
standards is going to get another look-see before the rule goes into effect,
the EPA announced Monday in the Federal Register.
The EPA on Monday proposed a new set of national
emission standards for control of hazardous air pollutants (HAP) for the Paints
and Allied Products Manufacturing area source category.
