Category: Environmental Permitting

Air Permitting Training: Annual Compliance Certification

By Clare Condon Mar 6, 2013 Environmental Permitting

Updated: Aug 22, 2017

What is a compliance certification? Every source with Title V operating permit must document the facility’s compliance status with respect to each applicable requirement for the previous year by submitting a compliance certification document or form.  The compliance certification must: Identify each condition of the permit, including design specifications, emission limits, operating parameters, work practice […]

$34K Fine for GHG Violations

By Clare Condon Jan 30, 2013 Environmental Permitting

Updated: Aug 22, 2017

The violations were identified and self-disclosed by the company and occurred in late 2011, when the company constructed three steam generators at the oil field without first obtaining a permit for greenhouse gas emissions under the Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) permitting program. EPA granted authority to the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District […]