SMG POV
Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) Electronic Reporting Rule Finalized
September 25, 2013
EPA has published a final rule requiring facilities to report all non-trade secret Toxics Release Inventory data to EPA using the TRI-MEweb online reporting application. This rule is effective from January 21, 2014. Once the rule becomes effective, facilities submitting non-trade secret TRI reporting forms for the 2013 TRI reporting year (forms due on July […]
Chemical Safety Executive Order
September 24, 2013
An ammonium nitrate explosion occurred at a fertilizer company in West Texas in April and in June an explosion at a Louisiana Chemical Plant killed one and injured several. These are only a couple of several tragic chemical accidents at facilities across the United States this year. On August 1, 2013, in response to the […]
EPA Rulemaking: Fast and Furious
September 23, 2013
With all of the buzz surrounding the release of the GHG NSPS Proposed Rule, several water-related pieces of EPA rulemaking have gotten lost. First, on September 4th, EPA released the long-awaited proposed rulemaking on Water Quality Standards. Next, on September 17th, EPA and the US Army Corps of Engineers finally sent to OMB a proposed rule […]
New Rules for Power Plants
September 20, 2013
Earlier today Gina McCarthy, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, introduced EPA’s revised rules for new power plants. Under the proposed rules, large natural gas-fired turbines emissions would be to less than 1,000 pounds of carbon dioxide per MWh . New small natural gas-fired turbines would be limited to emission of less than 1,100 pounds […]
SMG Summer Intern Diary – Week 9
September 18, 2013
As the week wraps up, this one in particular feels the most accomplished. I bounced back and forth between submitting a historical summary write up I have been working on the past couple weeks for review and making final edits, and analyzing and organizing water quality data and submitting Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. […]