Tag: publicly owned treatment works

EPA Affirms ‘Zero Discharge’ Rule for Unconventional O&G Facilities

By William C. Schillaci Jul 18, 2019 Special Topics in Environmental Management

Updated: Jul 18, 2019

After acquiring new information, the EPA has decided not to revise its June 28, 2016, Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Oil and Gas Extraction Point Source Category. That action finalized pretreatment standards for unconventional oil and gas (UOG) facilities based in part on the Agency’s understanding that no such facilities in the country […]

EPA Inspectors Find TRI Data Errors for Publicly Owned Treatment Works

By William C. Schillaci Apr 15, 2019 Chemicals

Updated: Apr 15, 2019

According to a rare Management Alert from the EPA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG), information reported to the Agency on chemicals released to the environment by publicly owned treatment works (POTWs) conflicted with information the OIG obtained separately from the Agency.