epa compliance

November 2, 2015

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final rule on September 29, 2015, seeking to further control emissions of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from petroleum refineries.

This action finalizes the residual risk and technology review conducted for the petroleum refinery source category regulated under the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP; 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart UUU), including the refinery Maximum Achievable Control Technology Standard (MACT) 1 and Refinery MACT 2.

Click here to read the Technical Bulletin 

October 26, 2015

Denver, PA. – SCS Engineers is opening a new office in Denver, Pennsylvania. The professional engineering staff currently serving clients in Reading will be joined by additional environmental consulting staff moving to the larger office space on November 1, 2015. The new office is located at:

SCS Engineers
22 Denver Road, Suite E
Denver, PA 17517
Tel: +1-610-382-3050

Denise Wessels, P.E., and SCS Project Manager stated, “We are strengthening our commitment to the Commonwealth, and the new location enables us to broaden our environmental services in the region, including SCSeTools®.”

SCS provides quality environmental consulting and construction services to municipal and private sector clients, and has recently expanded SCSeTools®, a platform for organizing big data collected at landfills. The tools collect data, and then organize the data into analyses, graphs, and maps that allow landfill owners and operators to predict, assess, and plan the operation and maintenance of their facilities. This insight helps with decision-making for operational excellence and helps to improve the bottom line.

October 14, 2015

Today, the National Waste & Recycling Association hosted a webinar concerning the revised NSPS (New Source Performance Standards for Landfills) Rule. EPA is revising the NSPS rules which will be tentatively published in the Fall, 2015. These rule changes may impact the way air emissions from landfills are being managed and is a significant change from 1996 published standards. During this informative session, attendees learned:

• The specific changes the EPA is revising on NSPS and the impact on air emissions;
• Tactics for landfill owners/operators to minimize the impact;
• A better understanding of what the EPA constitutes as landfill gas.

If you missed this presentation, NWRA has granted SCS permission to post the slide show on our website. We welcome everyone to view the slide show and thank the NWRA for sponsoring the webinar. Webinar presenters include:

• Pat Sullivan, Senior Vice President, and SCS National Expert – Landfill Clean Air Act; NSPS.
• Niki Wuestenberg, Corporate Air Compliance Manager, Republic Services
• Amy Banister, Senior Director of Air Quality, Waste Management

For more information and answers to your questions please contact Pat Sullivan, SCS Engineers or the webinar presenters.

Click for information about NSPS/NESHAP Compliance Services.

September 10, 2015

Read the first and second of three interviews with the EPA. Published in RETA Breeze, PSM/RMP Compliance, by Thomas Britt and Jake Tilley. Stay tuned for Part 3 in October.

Click to read Part 1

Click to read Part 2

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