Local Firm PPM Consultants Honored with ENR Top 200 Award
PPM held its own in 2017 among top environmental firms to win its 12th award from ENR despite many changes to the market and environmental regulations. The company experienced one of its strongest...
View ArticleDC Circuit Court Vacates Risk Management Program (RMP) Delay Rule
More than five years after President Obama issued Executive Order (EO) 13650, sending us down this winding road, on August 17, 2018, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the RMP Delay Rule. The...
View ArticleEPA Proposes Changes to Storage Tank Emission Calculation Guidance
On July 25, 2018, EPA proposed revisions to AP-42 Section 7.1 – Organic Liquid Storage Tanks. This section, lasted updated in November 2006, provides guidance for calculating air emissions from fixed...
View ArticleRECENT STUDIES FIND DECLINES IN CONTAMINANTS FROM MANUFACTURING EMISSIONS
A recent study from two University of California Berkeley economists, Joseph Shapiro and Reed Walker, has found that pollution emissions from U.S. manufacturing fell by 60 percent between 1990 and...
View Article2015 UST Rules to Begin Full Implementation
The 2015 Revised Underground Storage Tank (UST) Regulations will begin full implementation in some states and 16 non-program approved states on October 13, 2018. The revisions strengthen the 1988...
View ArticleUpcoming Compliance Dates for Refinery Sector Rule 40 CFR 63 CC
Compliance Date and Summary of Requirements January 30, 2019, is rapidly approaching, and for those facilities with flares subject to the requirements in Subpart CC, that’s your compliance deadline for...
View ArticleBrandon Bass, P.E. Joins PPM Consultants as Project Engineer
Brandon Bass joined PPM Consultants as a Project Engineer in the firm’s Birmingham, Alabama office. Bass has seven years of experience in air quality and compliance that he brings to PPM. Bass has...
View ArticleA Year-End Review of EPA’s Recent Air Permitting Guidance Changes
On November 15, 2018, EPA’s reconsideration of an earlier action in 2009 that clarifies what is considered a “project” under New Source Review (NSR) and when projects should be aggregated together...
View ArticleDeregulation Trends in the Wake of “In-One-Two-Out” Policy
On January 30, 2017, the day President Donald Trump took office, one of his first measures was to sign in Executive Order 13771.1 This executive order became known as the “In-One-Two-Out” policy...
View ArticleMerry Christmas from Our Family to Yours
One of the traditions we look forward to the most at PPM is sending to our clients a special Christmas greeting. Each year our card’s art is drawn by one of our team member’s children, and we love...
View ArticleA Year-End Review of EPA’s Recent Air Permitting Guidance Changes
As we enter into 2019, it is important to reflect on the air permitting guidance changes we have seen in what has been a very active year in EPA air permitting guidance. These guidance changes,...
View ArticlePPM Celebrates 25 Years
This month PPM Consultants is celebrating our 25th anniversary in business. The celebration will continue throughout the year in appreciation of our wonderful clients and exceptional team. The company...
View ArticleEPA Enforcement Annual Results for Fiscal Year 2018
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently released its annual enforcement results for the 2018 fiscal year (ranging from October 1, 2017, to September 30, 2018). The report highlights the...
View ArticleWill We See You at the Gulf Coast Food and Fuel Expo?
PPM is looking forward to the 2019 Gulf Coast Food and Fuel Expo in Biloxi, MS. In 2018 this expo hosted over 600 attendees from thirteen states, and it provided opportunities to meet top...
View ArticleJoin PPM at the Annual LSWA Environmental Conference
The Louisiana Solid Waste Association’s Environmental Conference will be held at the Louisiana Cajun Dome on March 20-22 in Lafayette, Louisiana. PPM Principal, Todd Perry, will be presenting 35 Years...
View Article35 Years of UST Compliance, How Far Have We Come
35 years ago in 1984, underground storage tanks (USTs) began their official regulated journey. However, the beginnings of the UST regulations began prior to that with concern of inventory loss due to...
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Merry Christmas from Our Family to Yours
One of the traditions we look forward to the most at PPM is sending to our clients a special Christmas greeting. Each year our card’s art is drawn by one of our team member’s children, and we love...
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A Year-End Review of EPA’s Recent Air Permitting Guidance Changes
As we enter into 2019, it is important to reflect on the air permitting guidance changes we have seen in what has been a very active year in EPA air permitting guidance. These guidance changes,...
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PPM Celebrates 25 Years
This month PPM Consultants is celebrating our 25th anniversary in business. The celebration will continue throughout the year in appreciation of our wonderful clients and exceptional team. The company...
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EPA Enforcement Annual Results for Fiscal Year 2018
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently released its annual enforcement results for the 2018 fiscal year (ranging from October 1, 2017, to September 30, 2018). The report highlights the...
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