EPA

Obama Administration Makes Two Regulatory Moves On Oil, Gas Operations
June 2012, Vol. 67 No. 6

The Obama administration took its first two regulatory steps -- one final, one tentative -- toward guarding against air and ground water pollution from fracking.

Recent Developments Encouraging For The Re-Examination Of Styrene’s Designated Status
Jeff Griffin, Senior Editor
June 2012, Vol. 67 No. 6

For more than a year, the styrene industry and professional organizations that represent its varied interests have focused on challenging efforts to designate styrene as a “reasonably anticipated carcinogen” by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

Editor's Log: Acts Of Nature
May 2012, Vol. 67 No. 5

By now, most people in North America – indeed, around the world – are well aware of the growing energy treasure trove being discovered in shale rock.

EPA issues permit for storm water discharges from construction sites
April 2012, Vol. 67 No. 4

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing a new permit, in accordance with the Clean Water Act, that will provide streamlined permitting to thousands of construction operators, while protecting our nation's waterways from discharges of polluted storm water from construction sites.

Wichita gets grant for storm sewer project
February 2012, Vol. 67 No. 2

EPA has awarded $123,000 to the city of Wichita, KS, for improvements to its storm sewer system. The project is expected to be completed by the fall of 2012.

U.S. Clean Water Act settlement in Chicago to reduce sewage overflows
February 2012, Vol. 67 No. 2

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Department of Justice (DOJ), and the state of Illinois announced a Clean Water Act (CWA) settlement with the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD) to resolve claims that untreated sewer discharges were released into Chicago area waterways during flood and wet weather events.

EPA awards grant to Missouri city for sewer project
February 2012, Vol. 67 No. 2

EPA has awarded $1,455,000 to the city of Lee’s Summit, MO, for improvements to its sewer system. The project is expected to be completed by the summer of 2014.

Rule Changes, Proposals Could Prove Significant For 2012 Underground Market
Stephen Barlas, Washington Editor
February 2012, Vol. 67 No. 2

The One-Call and excavation damage provisions included in the new pipeline safety bill passed by Congress in December will trigger a number of state and federal responses in 2012. However, a rule allowing the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) to impose civil penalties on excavators -- ordered by the 2006 pipeline safety bill but never finalized -- would be even more significant. A proposed rule moving that requirement forward is expected this year, finally, perhaps as early as this winter.

Pipeline VOC Emission Limits Soon To Be Finalized; EPA Makes Changes To Pipeline GHG Reporting Rule
February 2012, Vol. 67 No. 2

Natural gas transmission companies are very unhappy with the EPA's decision to tighten industry air emission limits. A consent decree signed by the EPA requires the agency to revise both New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) and national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for the natural gas industry, including for pipelines, by the end of February. Those are two separate EPA regulatory programs.

EPA Develops Planning Approach To Improve Water Quality In Cities
December 2011, Vol. 66 No. 12

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced a commitment to using an integrated planning process to help local governments dealing with difficult financial conditions identify opportunities to achieve clean water by controlling and managing releases of wastewater and stormwater runoff more efficiently and cost effectively.

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