On September 9, 2020, EPA published final amendments to the electronic reporting requirements specified in 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart UUUUU, National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Coal- and Oil-Fired Electric Utility Steam Generating Units (also known as the MATS Rule) in the Federal Register.Read more »
Category: Industry News
EPA Issues Proposed Revisions to Subpart DDDDD (Boiler MACT Rule)
Updated Original Post Dated: July 20, 2020
On July 8, 2020, the EPA Administrator signed proposed revisions to 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart DDDDD, National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Major Sources: Industrial, Commercial, and Municipal Boilers and Process Heaters.Read more »
EPA Publishes Final Revisions to Subpart AAAAA for Lime Manufacturing Plants
The EPA published final revisions in the Federal Register to 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart AAAAA, National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Lime Manufacturing Plants in late July with changes impacting several key sections.Read more »
EPA Issues Interim Part 75 Rule Concerning Quality-Assurance Requirements During COVID-19 National Emergency
On April 17, 2020, the EPA Administrator issued Continuous Emission Monitoring; Quality Assurance Requirements During COVID-19 National Emergency (40 CFR § 75.68), interim final rule (IFR) to temporarily amend the Part 75 emission monitoring and reporting regulations for the Acid Rain Program, Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) and the NOx SIP Call. A copy of the IFR can be found here. Read more »
VIM Technologies Working with EPA Clean Air Markets Division
VIM Technologies will be working with the EPA Clean Air Markets Division (CAMD) on the EPA’s upcoming ECMPS changes and 2020 software development plans.
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DAHS Updates for Recent ECMPS Changes
We’re pleased to report that over 75% of all CEMLink users have upgraded to a CEMLink release that complies with the latest schema changes rolled out by EPA in the ECMPS Q3 2019 ECMPS release. Read more »
DAHS Updates for Part 75 XML Reporters
On Wednesday, September 11, 2019, EPA announced the 2019 Quarter 3 release of the ECMPS client tool. Included in this release are checks to allow reporting of system and component ID’s during periods of missing data. In reality, the changes are much more broad than that, and also include changes to formula ID’s, MODC and reporting of emissions data for combined cycle units with bypass stacks. The VIM Technologies development and compliance teams have been working closely with EPA since they originally announced these changes in March 2019.
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Industry News Changes for 2019 Q2 Reporting (UPDATED)
*UPDATE May 1, 2019 – The EPA has delayed this requirement until Q3.*
By now, most VIM customers that report using ECMPS have heard that the EPA is adding System and Component IDs during missing data periods beginning with the 2019 Q2 reporting period. Here is a summary of what you need to know if you are using VIM’s software:Read more »