Metal Parts Electroplating Facility: Arkansas Department Of Environmental Quality and Nashville, Arkansas Facility Enter into Elective Site Clean-Up Agreement
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and Jan-Eze Plating Corporation (“JPC”) entered into an April 18th Elective Site Clean-Up Agreement (“ESCA”) See LIS 19-037. The ESCA addresses JPC’s metal parts electroplating facility (“Facility”) located in Nashville Arkansas. Various…
TDI Emission Calculator: American Chemistry Council/Center for the Polyurethanes Industry
The American Chemistry Council (“ACC”) referenced in a April 17th news release the availability of a Center for the Polyurethanes Industry TDI Emission Calculator (“TDI Calculator”). The TDI Calculator is described as a “convenient method” to estimate TDI emissions from typical process activities…
Wind and Solar Power Projects: U.S. Energy Information Administration Addresses Timing
The United States Energy Information Administration (“EIA”) addressed timing issues associated with wind and solar projects in a discussion titled: New Wind and Solar Power Projects Tend to Come Online at the End of the Year (“Article”) The EIA Article states that new electricity generating…
Waters of the United States/U.S. EPA Proposed Rule: Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Comments
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has received thousands of comments in the Administrative Docket for the proposed revisions to the Clean Water Act definition of Waters of the United States (“WOTUS”). See Docket No. : EPA-HQ-OW-2018-0149. A few of the submitted comments have…
Air Enforcement: Alabama Department Of Environmental Management and Bibb County, Alabama Lime Processing Facility Enter into Consent Order
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and Alabama Pigment Company, LLC, (“APC”) entered into an April 9th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of an air permit. See No. 19-_______-CAP. The CO provides that APC owns and operates a hematite, magnetite, and lime…