It’s the beginning of the calendar year, a time when many environmental professionals begin to gather their 2011 environmental data to generate reports that your regulatory agencies require. How much fuel did your stationary combustion sources burn in the past year? How many times was a certain condition exceeded in the past quarter? Were there [...]

September 26, 2011 The Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Reporting Rule (GHGRR), found in 40 CFR Part 98, has a major deadline in front of us. The first reports of GHG emissions for 2010 are required to be submitted to the USEPA electronically by this Friday, Sept. 30. The USEPA set up an electronic data submission system [...]

February 1, 2011 Because of the recession and other factors many companies relegate environmental concerns below most other management areas. EHS is considered “back office”. Keep a low profile; just make sure we comply and don’t get fined. Some either accept this as reality or embrace this as being steady, low risk, and keeping the [...]

The EPA has “finalized” its GHG calculation and reporting rule (see a summary in http://www.ccesworld.com/news). I put that in quotes because EPA put about a dozen industrial categories on hold pending further review before their finalization. But even those industries must comply soon with Subpart C (Combustion). And of course, Congress is debating a GHG [...]