by Shea Cofer | Jul 25, 2022 | News
What is Sustainability? Sustainability…what is it and why is it important? This is a significant question, and one that can be answered rather simply. Sustainability, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), is defined by the principal that everything...
by Shea Cofer | Jan 28, 2022 | News
New Addition to the Federal List of Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs) The EPA has granted petitions from the Halogenated Solvents Industry Alliance (HSIA) and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) to add 1‐bromopropane (1‐BP) to the list of...
by Shea Cofer | Dec 13, 2021 | News
New Insights into Plantwide Applicability Limit (PAL) Permitting A Plantwide Applicability Limit (PAL) is an air permitting approach that has been potentially underutilized since its promulgation in 2002. In August of 2020, EPA released a guidance memo on PALs, which...
by Shea Cofer | Dec 6, 2021 | News
Summary of the EPA Strategic Plan for FY 2022 – 2026 Introduction The EPA Strategic Plan is intended to communicate EPA priorities for the coming years and provide a roadmap for achieving its’ goals. This plan is broken down into 7 goals, each of which with various...
by Shea Cofer | Nov 9, 2021 | News
WATER REUSE TECHNOLOGIES AVAILABLE TO INDUSTRY We all recognize that water is essential to life for humans, animals, and plants. Yet, knowing this, we are faced with the harsh reality that 785 million people lack access to clean water.[1][2] That is one in ten people...
by Shea Cofer | Aug 22, 2021 | News
What is the National Emissions Inventory (NEI) and how it can be useful to you? What is the NEI: The NEI is a comprehensive and detailed estimate of air emissions of criteria pollutants, criteria precursors, and hazardous air pollutants from air emissions sources. The...
