Shri Vani Sripada
Progress in reduction of Urban Air Toxics – EPA’s Urban Air Toxics Report to Congress
-August 26, 2014
U.S. EPA released the Second Integrated Urban Air Toxics Report to Congress which is the final of two reports required under the Clean Air Act (CAA) to inform Congress of progress in reducing public health risks from urban air toxics. Air toxics, also known as toxic air pollutants or hazardous air pollutants (HAPs), are those […]
EPA Warning on Recharging Air Conditioners with Wrong Refrigerant
-August 1, 2014
EPA is cautioning homeowners, manufacturers of propane-based refrigerants, home improvement contractors and air conditioning technicians of the safety hazards related to the use of propane in existing motor vehicle and home air conditioning systems. Number of refrigerants with “22a” or “R-22a” contain highly flammable hydrocarbons, such as propane. Using propane based refrigerant in an air […]
Local Limits Re-evaluation Submission Document
-May 22, 2014
The Pretreatment section of KY Division of Water now has a Local Limits Re-evaluation Submission Document that needs to be submitted by the Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTWs) at the time of re-evaluation of local limits. The general Pretreatment Regulations establish responsibilities of Federal, State, and local government, industry and the public to implement Pretreatment […]
How’s My Waterway?
-April 25, 2014
How’s my waterway – an app and a website by EPA which helps people to find out information on the condition of thousands of lake, rivers and streams across the United States. This app/website uses GPS technology or a user-entered zip code or city name to provide information about the quality of local water bodies. […]
KYDEP TRI Analysis for 2012 Reporting Year
-March 20, 2014
The study of annual reporting data by Kentucky industries indicates a continued reduction in toxic environmental releases in 2012, according to KY DEP. In 2012, there were a total of 431 facilities in Kentucky and 154 chemicals were reported. According to the report, over 89 percent of the amount of TRI chemicals reported were related to recycling, […]
Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) Pollution Prevention Search Tool
-February 28, 2014
As we wrote in an earlier post, TRI collects information to track industry progress in reducing waste generation and moving towards safer waste management alternatives. This search tool shows how facilities in your neighborhood compare to similar facilities across the country when it comes to pollution prevention progress. This tool also helps in: 1) Tracking […]
Oil Well Operators in Hart County, KY, Sentenced for Violations of the Safe Drinking Water Act
-January 24, 2014
Two oil well operators in Hart County and Logsdon Valley Oil Co. Inc., were ordered to pay fines for the continued conspiracy to inject fluids, without a permit, into sinkholes and wells from March 13, 2008 through July 18, 2012, in violation of the Safe Drinking Water Act. Specifically, they configured piping to inject produced […]