Tag: epa
EPA announcing $4 Million Grant Program to Improve Air Quality in Port Communities
EPA is announcing $4 million in grant funding to establish clean diesel projects aimed at reducing emissions from marine and inland water ports, many of which are in the areas that face environmental justice challenges. Most of the country’s busiest ports are located near large metropolitan areas and as a result people in nearby communities […]
EPA releases its Draft FY 2014-18 Strategic Plan
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced the availability of the Draft FY 2014–2018 EPA Strategic Plan for public review and comment. The agency anticipates the final Strategic Plan will be submitted to Congress in February 2014. The Strategic Plan provides the Agency’s long-term direction and strategies for advancing human health and the […]
ASTM Standard for Phase I Environmental Site Assessments Awaits Approval
ASTM Standard 1527-13 for Phase I Environmental Site Assessments is now on the streets but it does not have EPA’s stamp of approval quite yet. In August, EPA issued a final rule stating that the soon-to-be-released 1527-13 Standard would be acceptable, alternatively, to the 1527-05 Standard. In reaction to a slew of comments which were […]
Proposed Water Quality Regulations - Webinar
On November 14th, EPA will host a webinar to explain their Proposed Water Quality Regulations. As part of the webinar, EPA promises “a review of the current regulation, and a summary of the clarifications in the proposed rule. Clarifying questions from the public will be addressed at each session, as time permits.” Registration for the […]
Coal Ash Rules to be Promulgated
by Ken Kirk (kenk@smithmanage.com) On October 29, 2013, U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to come up with a schedule to finalize its delayed rules on the handling and disposal of coal ash from power plants within 60 days. EPA promised federal regulations on the handling and disposal of coal […]