Feb 23, 2022 | Environmental, Industry News, Newsletter, Regulatory Updates
In November 2021, ASTM International published E1527-21, an update Standard Practice for Environmental Site Assessments: Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Process. Previous iterations of the Phase I standard were released in 1997, 2000, 2005, and the last...
Feb 17, 2022 | Environmental, Regulatory Updates
Pennsylvania’s Industrial Stormwater General Permit (PAG-03) was issued on September 24, 2016 and included a standard five year term. On September 18, 2021, the existing PAG-03 permit was extended to September 23, 2022. If the 2016 permit is not renewed by...
Feb 14, 2022 | Health and Safety, Industry News, Newsletter, Regulatory Updates
The US Department of Treasury published the final rule to adjust its civil monetary penalties (CMPs) for inflation as mandated by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990. In order to improve the effectiveness of CMPs and to maintain their...
Feb 11, 2022 | Environmental, Newsletter, Regulatory Updates
The USEPA has added 1-bromopropane (1-BP – CAS# 106-94-5), also known as n-propyl bromide (nPB) to the Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs) list, at the end of December 2021. The rule became final on February 4, 2022. This is the first time the USEPA has added...
Aug 21, 2019 | Environmental, Regulatory Updates
On June 19, 2019 the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued the final Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule.The ACE rule consists of three main actions:the Clean Power Plan (CPP) from the previous administration is now repealed;Created emission guidelines that...
Apr 18, 2019 | Environmental, Industry News, Regulatory Updates
On March 29, 2019, the EPA announced its final Oil & Natural Gas Exploration and Production Facilities New Owner Audit Program Agreement (Oil & Gas New Owner Audit Policy, or Policy). This new program is completely voluntary and provides total civil penalty...