Summary of State Programs and Data on Abandoned Underground Storage Tanks and...
In December of 2017, the Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (ASTSWMO) published a Summary of State Programs and Data on Abandoned Underground Storage Tanks (USTs) and...
View ArticleWill We See You at the Gulf Coast Food and Fuel Expo?
PPM is looking forward to the 2018 Gulf Coast Food and Fuel Expo in Biloxi, MS. In 2017 this expo hosted 600 attendees from thirteen states, and it provided opportunities to meet top decision-makers...
View ArticleJoin PPM at the Annual LSWA Environmental Conference
The Louisiana Solid Waste Association Environmental Conference will be held at the Louisiana Cajun Dome on March 14-16 in Lafayette, Louisiana. The conference will be geared towards “working to...
View ArticleEPA Proposes to Add Spent Aerosol Cans to Universal Wastes
Rule Summary EPA is proposing to add hazardous waste aerosol cans to those “universal wastes” regulated under title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), part 273. This change in the Resource...
View ArticleJoin Us at the Brownfield 101 Workshop in Bay Minette, AL
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will conduct an introductory workshop on brownfield redevelopment for community stakeholders in...
View ArticleUpdate on the Hazardous Waste Generator Improvements Rule
On November 28, 2016, EPA published the Hazardous Waste Generator Improvements Rule which became effective on May 30, 2017. This rule finalizes a much-needed update to the hazardous waste generator...
View Article2008 8-Hour Ozone Maintenance Plan Revision for Baton Rouge
In 2008 EPA revised the 8-hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) from 0.08 part per million (ppm) to 0.075 ppm. The Baton Rouge area, consisting of five parishes (Ascension, East...
View ArticleLouisiana Designated as Attainment/Unclassifiable for the 2015 Ozone National...
On April 30, 2018, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) took the next step in the Clean Air Act (CAA) process to implement the 2015 Ozone NAAQS by designating nearly all the remaining areas....
View ArticleMay Membership Breakfast
Trey Hess, director of brownfields and economic development at PPM Consultants, will be speaking for the Partners for Environmental Progress (PEP) on “Economic Impacts of Brownfields Redevelopment”...
View Article2015 Ozone Rule Timeline (Update)
On April 30, 2018, the EPA took the next step in the Clean Air Act (CAA) process to implement the 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) by designating nearly all the remaining areas....
View ArticleEPA Final Area Designations for National Ambient Air Quality Standards
On April 30, 2018, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published their Final Area Designations for the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone Established in 2015. EPA has...
View ArticleProposed Risk Management Program (RMP) Reconsideration Rule
More than 5 years after President Obama issued Executive Order (EO) 13650, sending us down this winding road, the EPA is proposing changes to a final rule, the Risk Management Program (RMP) Amendments...
View ArticleILTA – Introduction to Terminals: Environmental Compliance Basics
The International Liquid Terminal Association held its Annual Convention at the Marriott Marquis in Houston, Texas, June 11-14, offering educational opportunities for pipeline terminal industry...
View ArticlePPM Sponsors Mississippi Gulf Coast Brewery Tour
Please join PPM at the MEDC (Mississippi Economic Development Council) Annual Conference and register for the Gulf Coast Brewery Tour sponsored by PPM on July 12, 2018 in Biloxi, MS. Brewery Tour...
View ArticleEnvironment Audits Don’t Have to be Scary Business
PPM Consultants routinely receives calls from small to medium size industries inquiring the need for an environmental compliance audit. Environmental audits can come in many shapes and forms but the...
View ArticleFPMA Sunshine Expo
Please join PPM, booth 632, at the 2018 FPMA Sunshine Expo on July 27-29 at the Orlando World Center Marriott in Orlando, Florida. Friday, July 27 * Registration and Continental Breakfast 7:30am –...
View ArticlePPM Working to Improve Local Communities
PPM is working to improve local communities as we explore a Brownfield site in Bastrop, Louisiana. From our team, Lucero Solis and Jordan Harper with the Mayor of Bastrop, Henry Cotton.
View ArticleNed Coleman, P.E. Joins PPM Consultants as Senior Environmental Engineer
MOBILE, Ala. – Ned Coleman has joined PPM Consultants as a Senior Environmental Engineer in the firm’s Mobile, Alabama office. Coleman has nine years of experience in air quality and compliance that he...
View ArticleThinking About Tomorrow Today
Charles Ray presented on the topic: “Lake Okeechobee and Environmental Justice”, at the Florida Brownfields Association Environmental Justice and Social Equity Symposium. The focus of the presentation...
View ArticlePFAS Chemicals and the EPA’s Plan
Trey Glenn, EPA Region 4 Administrator, recently penned an article expressing EPA’s concerns about a class of “emerging contaminants” that are showing up in aquifers and surface waters across the...
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