The proposed rules, which also cover confidential business information, would require underground coal mines, industrial wastewater treatment systems, industrial waste landfills and magnesium production facilities to report their GHG emissions by the end of March 2012.
The Department of Environmental Quality has approved the pilot take-back program, which begins today.
The leak at Pacific Seafood Group's warehouse and distribution center apparently was caused by an incorrect setting on a pressure relief valve.
EPA is giving remodelers and contractors more time to get trained; the new enforcement deadline is Oct. 1.
Many of the company's treatment plants have maintained Phase III certification for 10 years.
The agency has rejected the Texas Council on Environmental Quality's flexible permit program.
Oxarc, which has agreed to pay more than $19,000, did not update its Risk Management Program, according to EPA.
In new interim guidance, the agency is encouraging employees to be involved during Risk Management Program inspections.
Digital photography can replace certified smoke readers to measure opacity.
RS Hydro will install more than 250 flow monitoring stations for the cement supplier, using Siemens and Adcon technologies.
The regulation would prioritize toxic chemicals and products, require manufacturers to seek safer alternatives to toxic chemicals in their products, and create tough governmental responses for lack of compliance.
The revised regulation requires CAFOs that discharge to seek coverage under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit.
Twelve new testing methods offer users greater flexibility for detecting Dalaphon, Radium-226, Uranium, Radioactive Cesium, Iodine and Gamma emitters, Tritium, and E.coli.
Water utilities would have to take action when monitoring results indicate that contamination or a pathway to contamination is present.
EPA said E.I DuPont de Nemours and Company exceeded its NPDES permit for mercury for eight months.
Between 35,000 and 60,000 barrels of oil per day may be leaking from the BP oil well in the Gulf of Mexico.
The agency estimates that households will pay between $79 to $149 per year to further clean energy development.
National Toxicology Program reviews Ramazzini Institute studies and suggests further pathology reviews are needed to resolve differences of opinion.
The agency issued administrative orders to road and property development construction entities in Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina and Tennessee.
States and the public may comment on EPA's plans until Aug. 16.