by Caltha Company | Oct 3, 2013 | Water
EPA has approved the Missouri Department of Natural Resources’ (MDNR) new and revised recreational use designations for 102 water bodies and disapproved MDNR’s designations for 41 water bodies. These designated uses protect Missouri’s waters for purposes of...
by Caltha Company | Oct 3, 2013 | Waste
EPA has announced that it is considering the development of proposed revisions to the hazardous waste export-import related requirements in 40 CFR Parts 262-265. The revisions would make existing export and import related requirements more consistent with the current...
by Caltha Company | Sep 30, 2013 | Hazardous Materials
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has proposed to amend the hazardous materials procedural rules to prohibit a person who fails to pay a civil penalty as ordered, or fails to abide by a payment agreement, from performing activities...
by Caltha Company | Sep 27, 2013 | Environmental Review, Hazardous Materials, Water
The Minnesota Depart of Health (MDH), Health Risk Assessment Unit has adopted revisions to the Rules relating to health risk limits (HRL) for groundwater standards in the Minnesota. The amendments add (to Part 4717.7860 of the rule) health-based guidance values for...
by Caltha Company | Sep 26, 2013 | Air Quality
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed Clean Air Act standards to reduce carbon emissions from new power plants. Under the proposal, new large natural gas-fired turbines would need to meet a limit of 1,000 pounds of CO2 per megawatt-hour, while...
