Environmental Quality Management, Inc. (EQ) is a full-service environmental consulting, engineering, remediation, and construction management firm. Established in 1990 in Cincinnati, Ohio, EQ has a network of offices throughout the United States.
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Best Small Business for 2011
EQ received an award for Best Small Business for 2011 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Louisville District. Jim Zody of EQ received the award from Brian James, President of the Kentuckiana Post of the Society of American Military Engineers (SAME)
Environmental News & More
As part of the Early Stakeholders Outreach program developed by Governor Kasich in 2011, Ohio EPA (OEPA) is seeking comments from stakeholders concerning the Ohio Storm Water rule. OEPA is reviewing this rule as part of the 5-year rule review requirements in Ohio Revised Code 119.032.
On May 18, 2011, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a notice in the Federal Register delaying the effective date of final rules for Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers and Process Heaters at major sources of hazardous air pollutants (known as the boiler MACT major source rule). The area source rules were not affected.
The Ohio EPA has proposed to amend regulations under OAC 3745-31-34 and -77-11 regarding permits for major stationary sources emitting greenhouse gases. The rule establishes an exemption for facilities that use biomass as a fuel in their processes to be consistent with the federal greenhouse gas tailoring rule.
On January 13, 2012, the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee asked the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to postpone by 4 months a deadline for chemical producers and other manufacturers to submit information mandated under the chemical data reporting rule, saying it is confusing and industry needs more time to digest the changes.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cross-state emission rules set to go into effect on January 1, 2012, have been put on hold after a federal appeals court ruled in favor of utilities. The ruling was handed down on December 30, 2011, by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Appeals Court in Washington, D.C. It is unclear when the judges will hear arguments in the case, but it could happen in early spring, industry-watchers say. The judges granted a request by the power-producers to delay the deadline for plants in 27 states to begin reducing emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide while the court considers the rule’s legality.
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