IDEM Releases New Remediation Program Guide for Public Comment
On Oct. 4, 2011, the Indiana Department of Environmental Management released for public comment the draft Remediation Program Guide. It serves as the partner document to the draft Remediation Closure Guide released for public comment in May 2011. The draft RPG provides information regarding how IDEM intends to administer the investigation, remedy selection and closure of contaminated sites pursuant to the RCG for sites managed under Indiana’s remediation programs including the Indiana Brownfields Program, the Leaking Underground Storage…
Read the full article >>IDEM’s Proposed CFR Update Rule to Incorporate Boiler MACT and CISWI Rules
On Sept. 14, 2011, the Indiana Department of Environmental Management released for public notice its Findings of Amendments to Rules Concerning References to the Code of Federal Regulations in the Indiana Register. The rule proposes to update several CFR references from the 2010 edition of the CFR to the 2011 edition. The rulemaking has been brought in accordance with Indiana’s expedited rulemaking code, which allows for only one public notice period and then allows IDEM to proceed straight…
Read the full article >>EPA Issues Draft Guidance on State Implementation of New 1-Hour SO2 NAAQS
New draft guidelines have been released by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, addressing 1-hour SO2 National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) in relation to State Improvement Plans. On Sept. 21, 2011, draft guidance submissions became available for public review and comment. The new draft guidance would supplement earlier EPA guidance for implementation of the 1-hour primary SO2 NAAQS adopted by the agency on June 2, 2010 (the 1-hour standard is 75 parts per billion, based on the three-year…
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