Friday, October 22, 2010

Nexterra - Gasification Technology

This is the gasification technology targetted for the proposed U of M Missoula biomass boiler:

Nexterra - Gasification Technology

Monday, October 18, 2010

NSPS & NESHAP References

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (CEQ) collection of NSPS and NESHAP. Many include flow charts and requirement reference tables:

NSPS

NESHAP

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Nebraska DEQ website with lots of helpful information regarding specific NESHAPs (true at least for Subpart ZZZZ):

Nebraska DEQ Air Toxics Notebook -- Guide to NESHAPs

Nebraska DEQ NSPS notebook
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Refinery Emissions Estimation

EPA's proposed guidelines for estimating emissions from oil refinery sources:

Review Version Dec. 2009

Public Comments March 2010

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Monday, October 11, 2010

Montana Legislature: Publications and Reports - Environmental Quality Council

Several possibly useful publications from the Montana Environmental Quality Council. Note especially the 2010 "Permitting in Montana" document and the 2008 "Montana Index of Environmental Permits" documents. The first includes a nice graphic of permitting steps and timelines for air quality. The second is a 261 page description of all the permits that may apply to a large variety of projects.

Montana Legislature: Publications and Reports - Environmental Quality Council

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Thursday, October 7, 2010

PM2.5 Implementation

Cyra sent this summary to Joe Peterson on 10/6:

PM2.5 Implementation Highlights

Notice the increments don't become effective until one year after publication in the federal register, which occurred October 20, 2010:

Final Rule, Federal Register Notice, October 20, 2010

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Monday, October 4, 2010

Equipment Leak Fugitive VOC Emissions Estimation

EPA-453/R-95-017

See Tables 2-1 through 2-4 for source-category-specific emission factors. Multiply kg/hr by 2.2046 to get lb/hr.

1995 Protocol for Equipment Leak Emissions Estimates

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