by Caltha Company | Jan 14, 2017 | EPCRA, Hazardous Materials
On November 28, 2016, the USEPA published a final rule that adds a HBCD category to the TRI list of reportable chemicals. The HBCD category includes two CASRNs: 3194-55-6 (1,2,5,6,9,10-HBCD) and 25637-99-4 (HBCD). Since the HBCD category meets the TRI criteria for a...
by Caltha Company | Jan 14, 2017 | Hazardous Materials, Spill Prevention, Water
In 2016, the USEPA issued a letter of intent to initiate rulemaking to implement Section 311(j)(1)(C) of the CWA. This Clean Water Act (CWA) provision authorizes USEPA to enact rules to protect the waters of the US from releases of hazardous substances, similar to...
by Caltha Company | Jan 14, 2017 | Industrial Wastewater, Water
EPA has finalized specific changes to analytical test procedures that are used by industries and municipalities to analyze the chemical, physical, and biological components of wastewater and other environmental samples that are required by Clean Water Act regulations...
by Caltha Company | Jan 14, 2017 | Air Quality
The national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for area source boilers (40 CFR part 63, subpart JJJJJJ) was published in the Federal Register on March 21, 2011 and EPA finalized changes to the rule in the Federal Register on September 14, 2016....
by Caltha Company | Jan 14, 2017 | Air Quality, Hazardous Materials, Product Stewardship
USEPA released the final rule revising the refrigerant management program requirements of Section 608 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) in November 2016. The key changes to the regulation include: lowering the leak rate threshold for repair of systems normally containing at...
