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What Is Audit Privilege? – How Do I Get Audit Immunity?
Many companies and other regulated entities struggle to balance the benefits and risks associated with conducting environmental compliance audits, and more importantly, what to do if non-compliance issues are uncovered, especially in the context of environmental due...
read moreTiered Approach To Vapor Intrusion Screening In Michigan
MDEQ has proposed to use a new tiered process for vapor intrusion, as recommended by the CSA. The Soil and Groundwater Volatilization to Indoor Air Criteria (SVIIC or GVIIC) in the 2013 rules are replaced by the Volatilization to Indoor Air Screening Levels and...
read moreMDEQ Proposed Changes To Cleanup Standards For 1,4-Dioxane
Michigan DEQ is proposing an amendment to the Cleanup Criteria Rules for 1,4-dioxane. Due to the impending expiration of the Emergency Rule and the anticipated timeline for the comprehensive Part 201 Cleanup Criteria Rule amendment package, the DEQ is moving forward...
read moreArkansas Proposes To Withdraw Update To Hazardous Waste Rule
On May 11, 2017, the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) initiated rulemaking to amend Regulation No. 23: Hazardous Waste Management to incorporate rule changes finalized by US EPA. The public notice, public hearing, and public...
read moreTexas Revises Oil and Gas General Operating Permits
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has issued revisions to Oil and Gas General Operating Permits (GOP) 511 and 514. The revisions were needed to to address the applicability status of Wise County. Sites in Wise County are now covered under GOP 511...
read moreNJDEP Issues New General Permit For Emergency Generators
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) Air Quality Permitting Program has revised the Emergency Generator General Permit (GP-005) used by many facilities. Permit GP-005 was revise to incorporate the requirements of revised New Jersey...
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