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...
by Caltha, LLP | Dec 10, 2016 | Air Quality, Hazardous Materials, Waste
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has extended its compliance deadline for one important change to its policies regarding management of spent aerosol cans and gas cylinders. Historically, the MPCA had elected not to take enforcement action against hazardous waste...
by Caltha Company | Sep 16, 2016 | Air Quality, Waste
In Minnesota, generators can puncture waste aerosols or gas cylinders that have been shown to be empty or that have been evaluated as non-hazardous, as long as any unavoidable liquid residuals are collected and properly managed. However, hazardous waste aerosols and...
by Caltha Company | Feb 29, 2016 | Air Quality
The Iowa DNR is proposing to create a new air quality construction permit option called a Collection of Air Permits (CAP). Current construction permit practice is to issue one permit per emission point. The new CAP permit option will still assign a permit number to...
