“This provides a path for oil refineries to save money and shrink their carbon footprint,” said Maia Bellon, Ecology director.
A benefit of the Refinery RACT (Reasonably Available Control Technology) rule is that less carbon pollution will be emitted into the air. Refineries also will save money, use less water and generate less waste.
“We continue to actively work toward reducing carbon pollution in a variety of ways,” said Bellon. “This means cleaner air today and for future generations.”
The agenda includes over 188 proposed and recently completed regulations. Some of the highlights are listed below. For more information on any of these rules, click on the Regulation Identifier Number in the second column.
EPA’s New Solvent Wipe, Shop Towel Rule Demystified
- Does the rule apply to both cloth and paper wipes and rags?
- What solvents can be on the towels, and which are prohibited?
- Does the rule also apply to towels that contain characteristic hazardous waste?
- Can P or U-listed wastes be on the towels?
- How must the towels be stored on-site?
- Do they need to be tested for anything?
- How long can they be stored?
- How must the containers be marked or labeled?
- How must they be prepared for transportation?
- Where can you ship them and what are the disposal and recycling options?
- What are the documentation requirements?
- Can the rule be applied to uniforms or spill absorbents?
- How is the new rule impacted by current state regulations?
Irvine RCRA and DOT Training
Dayton RCRA and DOT Training
Raleigh RCRA, DOT, and EHS Training
How to Implement OSHA’s Globally Harmonized Hazard Communication Standard
OSHA has issued a final rule revising its Hazard Communication Standard, aligning it with the United Nations’ globally harmonized system (GHS) for the classification and labeling of hazardous chemicals. This means that virtually every product label, material safety data sheet (now called “safety data sheet” or SDS), and written hazard communication plan must be revised to meet the new standard. Worker training must be updated so that workers can recognize and understand the symbols and pictograms on the new labels as well as the new hazard statements and precautions on SDSs.
Environmental Resource Center is offering live online training for you to learn how the new rule differs from current requirements, how to implement the changes, and when the changes must be implemented.
What’s on EPA’s 2014 Agenda?
Title
Waste
Regulation Identifier Number
Management Standards for Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals
2050-AG39
Improvements to the Hazardous Waste Generator Regulatory Program
2050-AG70
Additions to List Section 241.4 Categorical Non-Waste Fuels
2050-AG74
Hazardous Waste Export-Import Revisions Rule
2050-AG77
Management Standards for Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals
2050-AG39
Improvements to the Hazardous Waste Generator Regulatory Program
2050-AG70
Additions to List Section 241.4 Categorical Non-Waste Fuels
2050-AG74
Amending the National Contingency Plan (NCP) Provisions for Public Notices for Specific Superfund Activities
2050-AG76
Hazardous Waste Export-Import Revisions Rule
2050-AG77
Standards for the Management of Coal Combustion Residuals Generated by Commercial Electric Power Producers
2050-AE81
Revising Underground Storage Tank Regulations—Revisions to Existing Requirements and New Requirements for Secondary Containment and Operator Training
2050-AG46
Rulemaking on the Definition of Solid Waste
2050-AG62
Revisions to the Export Requirements of the Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) Rule
2050-AG68
RCRA Smarter Waste Reporting
2050-AF01
Revisions to Land Disposal Restrictions Treatment Standards and Amendments to Recycling Requirements for Spent Petroleum Refining Hydrotreating and Hydrorefining Catalysts
2050-AG34
Hazardous Waste Management and the Retail Sector: Providing and Seeking Information on Practices to Enhance Effectiveness to the RCRA Program
2050-AG72
Revisions to RCRA Subtitle D Research, Demonstration & Development Permit Rule
2050-AG75
Title
Water
Regulation Identifier Number
NPDES Regulations to Address Water Quality Impacts From Forest Road Discharges
2040-AF43
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Application and Program Updates Rule
2040-AF25
Definition of “Waters of the United States” Under the Clean Water Act
2040-AF30
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for Unconventional Oil and Gas Extraction Including Coalbed Methane and Shale Gas Extraction
2040-AF35
Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pollutants Under the Clean Water Act; Analysis and Sampling Procedures
2040-AF48
Water Quality Standards for the State of Florida’s Lakes and Flowing Waters; Withdrawal
2040-AF50
Rulemaking to Provide Process for Tribes to Obtain “Treatment in the Same Manner as a State” Status for the CWA Section 303(d) Impaired Water Listing and Total Maximum Daily Load Program.
2040-AF52
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES): Use of Sufficiently Sensitive Test Methods for Permit Applications and Reporting
2040-AC84
Development of Best Management Practices for Recreational Boats Under Section 312(o) of the Clean Water Act
2040-AF03
Oil and Gas Construction Stormwater Rule
2040-AF05
Stormwater Regulations Revision to Address Discharges From Developed Sites
2040-AF13
Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category
2040-AF14
National Primary Drinking Water Regulations for Lead and Copper: Regulatory Revisions
2040-AF15
Water Quality Standards Regulatory Revisions
2040-AF16
Effluent Guidelines and Standards for the Dental Point Source Category
2040-AF26
National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Regulation of Perchlorate
2040-AF28
National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Group Regulation of Carcinogenic Volatile Organic Compound (VOCs)
2040-AF29
National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Finished Water Storage Facility Inspection Requirements Addendum to the Revised Total Coliform Rule
2040-AF37
Title
Air
Regulation Identifier Number
Section 610 Review of Control of Emissions of Air Pollution From Nonroad Diesel Engines and Fuel
Revised Regulation for Environmental Radiation Protection Standard for Nuclear Power Operations
Standards for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills
New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) Review Under CAA Section111(b)(1)(B)
Protection of the Stratospheric Ozone: Motor Vehicle Air Conditioning System Servicing
Standards of Performance for Grain Elevators
Review of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone
Electronic Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements for New Source Performance Standards Rulemaking
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP): Brick and Structural Clay Products Manufacturing and Clay Ceramics Manufacturing
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Ferroalloys Production
Residual Risk and Technology Review Amendments to the Phosphoric Acid Manufacturing and Phosphate Fertilizer Production National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP)
Residual Risk and Technology Review Amendments to the Secondary Aluminum Production National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP)
Review of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Lead
Fine Particulate Matter National Ambient Air Quality Standard--State Implementation Plan Requirements
Petroleum Refinery Sector Risk and Technology Review and NSPS
Residual Risk and Technology Review Amendments to the Primary Aluminum Reduction National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP)
National Emission Standards for Aerospace Manufacturing and Rework Facilities Risk and Technology Review
Data Requirements Rule for the 1-Hour Sulfur Dioxide Primary National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS)
New Source Review and Title V Operating Permit Programs—Reconsideration of PSD Requirements for Particulate Matter Less Than 2.5 Micrometers (PM2.5) and Revision to Public Notice Requirements
Carbon Pollution Guidelines for Existing Power Plants: Emission Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) From Off-Site Waste and Recovery Operations Residual Risk and Technology Review
NESHAP Emissions for Primary Lead Processing: Residual Risk and Technology Review Reconsideration
Performance Specification 18 for Hydrogen Chloride Continuous Emission Monitoring Systems
Carbon Pollution Standards for Modified & Reconstructed Power Plants: Standards of Performance for GHG Emissions From Modified & Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units
Revisions to Ambient Monitoring Quality Assurance and Other Requirements
Oil and Natural Gas Sector: Reconsideration of Natural Gas Well Completion
Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Listing of Substitutes for Refrigeration and Air Conditioning and Revision of the Venting Prohibition for Certain Refrigerant Substitutes
Interstate Transport Rule for the 2008 Ozone NAAQS
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Major Sources: Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers and Process Heaters; Notice of Reconsideration
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Area Sources: Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers; Notice of Reconsideration of Final Rule and Request for Public Comment
Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources and Emission Guidelines for Existing Sources: Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration Units; Notice of Reconsideration
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants Risk and Technology Review Reconsideration: Oil and Natural Gas Sector
National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for the Portland Cement Manufacturing Industry and Standards of Performance for Portland Cement Plants; Amendments
Technical Amendments to Inadvertent Errors in Air Quality Designations for Fine Particles, Ozone, Lead, Nitrogen Dioxide and Sulfur Dioxide
Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles—Phase 2
Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Change of Listing Status for Certain Substitutes Under the Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) Program
Revision—Health and Environmental Protection Standards for Uranium and Thorium Mill Tailings and Uranium In Situ Leaching Processing Facilities
Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Revision to the Venting Prohibition for Specific Substitute Refrigerants
Stationary Combustion Turbine New Source Performance Standard (NSPS) Amendments to Address UARG Reconsideration Petition
Revisions to Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements, and Proposed Confidentiality Determinations Under the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program
NESHAP Risk and Technology Review for the Mineral Wool and Wool Fiberglass Industries; NESHAP for Wool Fiberglass Area Sources
Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From New Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units
General Permits and Permits by Rule for the Tribal Minor New Source Review Program
Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Adjustments to the Allowance System for Controlling HCFC Production, Import, and Export for 2015-2019
RFS Pathways II and Amendments to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2)
Review of New Sources and Modifications in Indian Country—Amendments to the Indian Country Minor New Source Review Rule