Environmental Quality Management Inc

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Environmental Quality Management, Inc. (EQ) is a full-service environmental consulting, engineering, remediation, and construction management firm. Established in 1990 in Cincinnati, Ohio, EQ has a network of offices throughout the United States.
Upcoming/Ongoing USEPA NAAQS Regulatory Initiatives

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has underway an unprecedented amount of regulatory activity under the Clean Air Act (CAA). Much of this activity is being driven by litigation by States and environmental groups to enforce deadlines and other requirements in the CAA. For example, in the last several years, EPA has substantially tightened the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for PM2.5, lead, ozone, nitrogen dioxide (NO2), and sulfur dioxide (SO2). EPA has proposed even more stringent standards for ozone and plans to propose revisions to the secondary (welfare-based) standards for NO2 and SO2 and revised NAAQS for carbon monoxide (CO) and particulate matter in the next year. Each of these NAAQS changes sets off a chain of regulatory actions, including nonattainment designations (PM2.5 and lead), new source review (NSR) guidance, and State Implementation Plan (SIP) guidance and deadlines. The result is increasingly stringent and ever-changing controls and requirements on States and the regulated community.

On October 20, 2010, the U.S. EPA published final rules regarding the regulation of fine particles (PM2.5) under the Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) permitting program. First, EPA set annual and maximum 24-hour PSD increments for PM2.5. Any new or modified source receiving a PSD permit after October 20, 2011, must demonstrate compliance with the new PM2.5 increments if it is “major” for PM2.5.
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On October 28, 2010, U.S. EPA published technical corrections clarifying and adding other amendments to the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Reporting Rule that was originally published on October 30, 2009. In general, the amendments do not change the overall requirements of the rule but improve clarity and ensure consistency across the calculation, monitoring and data reporting requirements.

On September 17, 2010, EPA sent its guidance on conducting best available control technology (BACT) assessments for greenhouse gases to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for their review.

On September 21, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) laid out possible strategies for regulating drinking water contaminants in groups, suggesting it might establish categories based on similar health effects, analytical or detection methods, treatment technologies, and occurrence or sources.

On October 7, 2010 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) extended the compliance date by one year for certain facilities subject to recent amendments to the Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) rule. The agency also announced that some facilities will not be eligible for the one-year extension and will have to comply by the current date of November 10, 2010.

On October 15, 2010, USEPA proposed rules and regulations under 40 CFR 60, Subparts LLLL and MMMM, to set forth new source performance standards (NSPS) for new sewage sludge incineration units and emission guidelines and compliance schedules for existing sewage sludge incineration units.