Tag: environmental compliance
The Rise of Consent Decrees
On Thursday, August 6th , 2015, EPA announced that Arch Coal, Inc. will enter into a Consent Decree for Clean Water Act violations. Arch Coal is the latest example of EPA levying Consent Decrees as a preferred enforcement tool in recent years. EPA’s website shows that it has enforced Consent Decrees and levied multi-million dollar […]
Start Ups, Shut Downs and Upsets
On June 12, 2015, EPA published a final rule (80 Fed. Reg. 33839) concluding that the State Implementation Plan (SIP) of many states, including Kentucky, is deficient due to their defenses for excess emissions during startup, shutdown, and malfunction. The rule, entitled “State Implementation Plans: Response to Petition for Rulemaking; Restatement and Update of EPA’s […]
Tennessee Tests a New Silt Fence Product
The Tennessee Department of Transportation has conducted tests over an eight month period on the performance of a new silt fence product. Silt-Saver Inc. is the name of the company that produces the Staged Release Silt Fence (SRSF). The study site was along interstate I-65 near Franklin, TN. Testing was completed by the end of […]
Local Limits
This entry of my blog will talk about local limits and the factors triggering development of local limits. As mentioned in my previous blog, local limits address the specific needs and concerns of a POTW, its sludge, its receiving waters and protection of POTW personnel. Local limits are developed for pollutants that could cause interference, […]
Tis the reporting season!
Tis the semi-annual monitoring report season! Many facilities with KPDES general wastewater discharge permits and/or with air permits have semi -annual reports due on July 28 (DMRs) or July 30 (SAMRs). KPDES Discharge Monitoring Reporting (DMRs) for general industrial stormwater permit KYR00 have a semi-annual reporting deadline of January 28 and July 28. To help […]