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EPA and Construction Industry’s Jan. 19th, 2017 Construction General Permit (CGP) Needs Correction
Last summer I wrote about EPA’s proposed rule on Construction General Permit (CGP) and the ridiculous requirements about testing for PCBs from caulk in all demolition debris. The EPA had, perhaps with good intention, over-reached, because PCB in demolition debris is...
EPA’s Ferroalloy Regulation Is Not Transparent But Tucked A Gift for All Industries Inside
On August 29 EPA closed its comment period for its limited reconsideration on an obscure ferroalloy regulation. To oversimplify, ferroalloy production is essential to make steel and we only have two of these companies in the U. S. So their NESHAP is not exactly the...
WSJ Story Today on Regulations Not to Be Missed
Many of us in regulated industries have worried about increasing scope of regulations. Perhaps sometimes industry comes across in the news like we don't approve of any regulations or don't even like stop signs. Of course that is not the case. This Wall Street Journal...
EPA’s proposed rule for construction industry’s debris should give one pause
We have all been overwhelmed with tragic news and sometimes in that process we lose track of other smaller stories. Earlier in July the Washington Examiner had a story about the U. S. EPA regulations that made me think. Of course we need national and state regulations...