New Technology Offers Faster Leak Detection at Industrial Facilities
EPA is issuing a final amendment to the leak detection and repair requirements allowing the use of optical gas imaging technology to locate emission leaks. ...
PVC Manufacturers Agree to Reduce Air Pollutants, Strengthen Control of Hazardous Wastes
The Justice Department and EPA announced that Shintech Inc. and its subsidiary, K-Bin Inc., agreed in a settlement to spend $4.8 million to comply with the Clean Air Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) at their manufacturing facilities in Freeport, Texas. These actions will reduce harmful chlorofluorocarbon emissions and improve hazardous waste management at these facilities beyond the requirements imposed by environmental laws....
Nurses Unveil Web Site Highlighting Bush Administration’s Last-Minute Regulatory Changes
The California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee (CNA/NNOC) launched a new Web site, http://www.SendBushPacking.com, to call attention to some of the Bush administration’s last-minute regulatory changes that could impact healthcare services and workplace safety....
National Demolition Association Hosting Landmark Construction and Demolition Recycling Symposium in 2009
The National Demolition Association, the trade organization for the global demolition industry, is planning for an inaugural International Symposium on the State of C&D (Construction & Demolition) Recycling, to be held in Chicago in the fall of 2009....
EIP: Mercury Pollution Up at Most of the 50 Worst U.S. Coal-Fired Power Plants
In the wake of a February 2008 appeals court decision striking down weak regulations proposed by EPA, a new report from the nonprofit Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) finds that the top 50 most-polluting power plants in the United States emitted 20 tons of the dangerous neurotoxin mercury into the nation's air in 2007...
Attack of the Toxic Air Handler
When you apply that proposition to the air circulating through buildings, you may think there's no problem because the air is filtered or cleaned by the...
EPA, DOJ and State of Illinois Reach Agreement with Crane Composites on Clean Air Act Violations
The Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Justice and the state of Illinois have reached an agreement with Crane Composites, a fiberglass panel manufacturer formerly known as Kemlite Inc., on alleged violations of the Clean Air Act at the company's plastics manufacturing plant in Channahon, Ill....
EIP: Carcinogenic Pollution from U.S. Refineries Increased from 2004 to 2006
In a disturbing reversal of a positive trend in earlier years, emissions of carcinogens from U.S. refineries increased more than 2 percent between 2004 and 2006, according to a new study by the nonprofit and nonpartisan Environmental Integrity Project (EIP). ...
Choosing the Right Technology for Clean Indoor Air
Office, commercial and special purpose buildings (restaurants, daycare and wellness centers, etc.) have significant air pollution sources, other than...
An Overview of the Clean Air Act
The 1970 Clean Air Act launched an ambitious set of federal programs to establish air quality goals and to impose pollution control technology requirements...
The Clean Air Act: What You Need to Know
If managed correctly, the Clean Air Act can provide flexibility for businesses competing in the new global economy. If managed poorly, which is all too...
