EPA Issues Revised Boiler & Incinerator Rules After Extensive Public Input
The EPA has issued proposed revisions to emissions standards for boilers and solid waste incinerators. These new rules once finalized will lead to increased demand for dust collection systems throughout industry. December 23, 2011 Baghouse.com News – The Environmental Protection Agency proposed several revisions to its emissions standards for boilers and solid waste incinerators. The EPA...
Read MoreCalifornia Recycling Plant Fined Millions For Lacking Baghouse
October 17, 2011, Baghouse.com News – A California recycling company has been accessed millions in fines by the EPA for failing to install and maintain baghouses at several of its plants. SA Recycling LLC was primarily fined for failure to repair/reinstall a baghouse dust collector at its Terminal Island, California, plant after a dust explosion there destroyed the original collector in...
Read MoreEPA Admits Error In Mercury Rule
Golden Stack Testing Nuggets: The EPA Admits Error in Proposed Mercury MACT Rule. Calculation used to determine emissions limits for mercury and other toxic air substances was off by nearly 1,000. http://air-quality-testing.blogspot.com/2011/05/epa-admits-error-in-proposed-mercury.html Here is an interesting article about the EPA’s new mercury standards from our good friend Ron McCulloch...
Read MoreIndustrial Air Permits & Your Dust Collection System – Unfair & Confusing Enforcement
Confusing regulations, conflicting methods of application, and unpredictable enforcement of industrial emissions regulations often leave many companies scratching their heads at what they did wrong. This article is part of a series about industrial air permits and their relationship with your dust collection system. See earlier article: Industrial Air Permits – Overcoming the...
Read MoreObama Orders EPA to Scrap Proposed Ozone Regulations Due to Economy
September 2nd, 2011 | Baghouse.com - Bowing to pressure from all directions, President Obama announced Friday that he was ordering the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) to scrap plans to tighten the federal clean air regulations regarding ozone and smog. The controversial proposal has long been singled out as an unnecessary “job killer” by opposition republican law makers, and a...
Read MoreLead Smelter Ordered By EPA to Repair Dust Collection Systems
A lead smelting facility has been ordered by the EPA to upgrade its existing pollution control technology, including its dust collection systems, and review operational procedures regarding environmental issues. Arecibo, Puerto Rico – A lead smelting facility in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico has been served with an order from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to reduce air and...
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