Ohio EPA Releases Guidance on Disposal of Fracking Wastes at Municipal Landfills
This week, EPA released a letter sharing regulatory guidance on compliance requirements at landfills receiving solid waste generated from hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) activity in the Utica/Point Pleasant and Marcellus shale formations. In general, this guidance outlines the regulatory changes brought about by House Bill 59, which changed rules regarding the storage, recycling, treatment and disposal of brine and other waste substances at Ohio landfills. A more in-depth s
Unavoidable Malfunctions to Get Penalties Under EPA's New Proposal
On September 17, 2014, United States Environmental Protection Agency (“USEPA”) released a supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking that significantly modified its proposed revisions to its startup, shutdown and malfunction (“SSM”) policy under the Clean Air Act (“CAA”). In an attempt to ensure that emissions limitations required under the CAA are applied “continuously”, USEPA proposed in February 2013 to eliminate provisions allowing for blanket exemptions from emissions l
