by Caltha Company | Dec 17, 2012 | Air Quality
In response to a court order, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized an update to its national air quality standards for fine particulate material (PM2.5), setting the annual health standard at 12 micrograms per cubic meter. The update has no...
by Caltha Company | Dec 3, 2012 | Air Quality
On November, 30, 2012, EPA published a proposed rule in the Federal Register to reconsider certain new source and startup and shutdown issues as they apply to the national air pollution standards for utilities and industrial steam-generating units. As background, in...
by Caltha Company | Nov 10, 2012 | Air Quality
In 2012 under a Section 114 letter, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) received responses from wool fiberglass companies which conducted furnace emissions testing for chromium compounds. According to EPA, the industry data show that wool fiberglass area...
by Caltha Company | Nov 10, 2012 | Air Quality
EPA has announced that the agency is reviewing new technical information associated with the new source limits for toxics emitted from new power plants under the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS). According to EPA, the new information indicates that there may be...
by Caltha Company | Nov 6, 2012 | Air Quality
US EPA has proposed to review and revise, if needed, theĀ National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) standard forĀ Reinforced Plastic Composites Production, especially as it relates to small businesses. The EPA promulgated NESHAP for reinforced...