The “trio of permit-applicability” rules helps you determine whether your equipment needs a permit or registration.
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3 Ways the New Rules for Air Toxics Can Impact Your Next Big Project
What’s all of the buzz related to air toxics and the new health risk guidelines put out earlier this year? Does it have the ability to impact the operations at your facility? Let’s take a look. The Back Story Earlier this year, the California agency responsible for assessing environmental health hazards released an updated guidance document related to assessing the health risk from air toxics. If you’re dying to know the name of this agency, it’s called, the “Office of Environment Heath and Hazards Assessment” otherwise known as “OEHHA.” Now, this health risk assessment document is not new. In fact, […]
Read MoreWhat Jeff Foxworthy Can Teach Us About Odors and SCAQMD Compliance
Jeff Foxworthy can teach you something about odors and compliance with the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD). At 8 seconds into the video, he mentions that “men and women both appreciate smells, but we don’t appreciate the same kind of smells.” And the bottom line? Our definition of what smells and what doesn’t is subjective … … so what smells bad to one person, may not be a problem to the next and that can cause a problem when it comes to compliance. Odors and SCAQMD Rule 402 Under Rule 402, a Notice of Violation (NOV) for a […]
Read More4 Ways To Maintain Compliance During a Breakdown Event: Understanding AQMD Rule 430
Back in February 2015, an explosion at a Southern California refinery in Torrance shook nearby residents. The blast produced tremors equivalent to a 1.7-magnitude earthquake. Current reports published by the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) indicate that the explosion was the due over-pressing of an air pollution control device at the refinery. So what can the refinery explosion teach us when it comes to breakdowns, communication during a breakdown, and compliance with SCAQMD? For those answers, we turn to SCAQMD Rule 430 and its implementation during a breakdown event. SCAQMD Rule 430: The One Rule That Could Keep You in […]
Read MoreSCAQMD Proposes to Reduce Emissions From Vacuum Truck Operations With Rule 1188
If your business operates a vacuum truck within the SCAQMD, you’ll want to know about Proposed Rule 1188, which will target the VOC emissions from the venting of vacuum truck operations.
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