SMG POV
Funding available to Replace or Retrofit Nonroad Diesel Construction Engines
December 4, 2013
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is offering $2 million in funding for rebates to help public and private construction equipment owners replace or retrofit older nonroad diesel construction engines. Rebates will be offered under The National Clean Diesel Rebate Program as part of the Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA) of 2010, which aims to […]
EPA releases its Draft FY 2014-18 Strategic Plan
December 3, 2013
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced the availability of the Draft FY 2014–2018 EPA Strategic Plan for public review and comment. The agency anticipates the final Strategic Plan will be submitted to Congress in February 2014. The Strategic Plan provides the Agency’s long-term direction and strategies for advancing human health and the […]
USING MOVING CARS TO MEASURE RAINFALL
December 2, 2013
Researchers at University of Hanover in Germany have come up with “Rain cars, an initiative that aims to use GPS-equipped moving cars as devices to measure rainfall. With a lab equipped with rain simulator, the researchers have been able to put their idea to the test. They placed cars with different wiper systems under the […]
Kentucky Chamber Energy Conferece Preview
November 29, 2013
As we highlighted last week, SMG is a significant participant in the upcoming Kentucky Chamber Energy Conference on December 17, 18, 2013. The conference will focus on a number of issues that are in the news or in flux. Josiah Frey of SMG will join Acting Director Peter Goodman of Kentucky’s Division of Water in […]
ASTM Standard for Phase I Environmental Site Assessments Awaits Approval
November 27, 2013
ASTM Standard 1527-13 for Phase I Environmental Site Assessments is now on the streets but it does not have EPA’s stamp of approval quite yet. In August, EPA issued a final rule stating that the soon-to-be-released 1527-13 Standard would be acceptable, alternatively, to the 1527-05 Standard. In reaction to a slew of comments which were […]