by Shea Cofer | Mar 31, 2021 | Archive
Use of Ozone NAAQS to Control CO2 Emissions How the Ozone NAAQS Could Be Used to Reduce CO₂ Emissions In the March 18, 2021 Opinion Section of the Wall Street Journal, there is an article entitled “Biden’s ‘BackDoor ‘ Climate Plan”. This article describes how the...
by Shea Cofer | Jan 4, 2021 | Archive
2021 Regulatory Updates & Reminders Tennessee The General Stormwater permit was renewed verbatim for a two year period until June 30, 2022. All requirements are still in effect. The Hazardous Waste Generator Improvement Rules are expected to be effective in Summer...
by Shea Cofer | Sep 29, 2020 | Archive
Regulatory Update – 172 PFAS Chemicals Added to EPCRA TRI Reporting List Background PFAS are used in a wide variety of industries and various commercial products such as leather, textiles, aqueous film forming foams (AFFF), semi-conductors, metal finishing, food...
by Shea Cofer | Jul 17, 2020 | Archive
TDEC Air Permitting Procedural Update – RICE Background: Federal RICE Standards and Permitting Impacts When the Federal Standards for reciprocating internal combustion engines (RICE) became active, TDEC began receiving thousands of permit applications from all over...
by Shea Cofer | Jun 10, 2020 | Archive
TDEC 2020 NPDES Industrial Stormwater General Permit Permit Renewal Overview June 10, 2020 – TDEC plans to renew the expired 2015 NPDES Industrial Stormwater General Permit for two years. This will allow continued coverage until 2022 for those facilities that...
by Shea Cofer | Apr 30, 2020 | Archive
TN Industrial Stormwater General Permit Expiration Tennessee Multi-sector General Permits (TMSP) expired on April 14, 2020. All permitted facilities will continue to meet compliance under the existing permit until the new permit is issued. Once the new permit is...