DNR West Central Region - CHIPPEWA FALLS - The potential for open water duck hunting on Lake Wissota will be discussed at an informational public meeting scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 9, in Chippewa Falls.
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MONTHLY ENERGY REVIEW AUGUST 2010 RELEASE - August 31, 2010
Summary data on energy production, consumption, stocks, trade, and prices
The August 2010 Monthly Energy Review (MER), EIA’s primary report of recent energy statistics , was released on August 31, 2010. Preliminary data indicate the following changes in the first 5 months of 2010 compared with the first 5 months of 2009:
* U.S. primary energy consumption rose by 2%, due primarily to increases in the consumption of coal, natural gas, and biomass. Total energy consumed by the industrial sector increased by 7%.
* U.S. energy imports decreased by 3%, due primarily to a decrease in the imports of crude oil and petroleum products imports; U.S. energy exports increased by 18%, due primarily to an increase in coal and petroleum product exports.
* Carbon dioxide emissions from energy consumption rose by 2%, due primarily to an increase in the consumption of coal and natural gas.
The MER provides monthly and annual data on total energy production, consumption, and trade; energy prices; overviews of petroleum, natural gas, coal, electricity, nuclear energy, renewable energy, and international petroleum; carbon dioxide emissions; and data unit conversions. See What’s New in the MER for a record of changes.
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*EPA Disapproves Components of TCEQ’s Air Permitting Program*
(DALLAS - Aug. 31, 2010) Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) disapproved aspects of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality’s (TCEQ) clean-air permitting program that do not meet federal Clean Air Act requirements. EPA sought public comment on its proposed disapproval of New Source Review (NSR) program which was published in the Federal Register in September 2009 and considered comments in reaching its final decision.
EPA has been working with the state and interested parties to better align TCEQ’s air permitting program with federal requirements and existing state programs, so that air permitting in the state will better protect air quality for all Texans. TCEQ continues to have the authority to issue permits under prior EPA approval of its 1992 NSR program.
The NSR program is one of the core elements of the federal Clean Air Act, and it is implemented in the state by TCEQ. The NSR program requires the best type of pollution control technology, requires permits in order to emit air pollutants, looks at how reducing one form of air pollution can sometimes cause another form of pollution to increase, and provides the state, federal government, and the public the means to know what pollutants are being emitted. Importantly, the NSR program requires that state-of-the art emission control technology is installed at new plants or existing plants that are undergoing a major modification.
EPA determined the revisions proposed by TCEQ’s New Source Review program did not meet federal Clean Air Act requirements. One example is the Pollution Control Project Standard Permit revision offered by TCEQ. The permit is designed to streamline permitting of changes within a plant but lacked adequate review of impacts on total air pollution levels should the changes be approved.
The Clean Air Act ensures that businesses across the country operate efficiently and cleanly. States have flexibility in carrying out the Act’s requirements, but states must still adhere to standards of public process, transparency, and public health protection.
Under the Clean Air Act, all states must develop plans approved by EPA for meeting federal requirements to protect public health. Since EPA approved Texas’ major clean-air permitting plan in 1992, the state has submitted over 30 regulatory changes to the EPA approved plan. Today’s action represents EPA’s firm commitment to uphold the law and to work to protect public health, while working with permit holders and applicants to obtain the necessary permits they need to comply with the law.
Over the last several months, EPA has worked directly with refiners, utilities, and other businesses seeking to obtain state-issued permits that are consistent with federal requirements. EPA will continue this productive relationship with permit holders. In addition, EPA is continuing productive discussions with TCEQ about several elements of its air permitting program, and the Agency is hopeful that those discussions will result in changes so that the state can operate a permitting program that conforms to legal requirements.
In July 2009, the EPA and the Business Coalition for Clean Air (BCCA) Appeal Group, the Texas Association of Business, and the Texas Oil and Gas Association reached an agreement regarding the timing of federal review of regulatory changes to Texas’ air permitting program. Today’s action is the latest in a series of actions under that agreement.
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The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality opens a public comment period Sept.1 on closure options for Portland General Electric’s coal-fired power plant in Boardman. DEQ’s options outline the pollution controls necessary for plant closure in 2015-16, 2018 or 2020. PGE has also submitted a new alternative 2020 closure plan for comment.
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Weather permitting; the Mosquito Control Section is planning the following insecticide application during daylight hours on Tuesday, August 31, 2010 and Wednesday, September 1, 2010.
Application of Trumpet EC (Naled) with an airplane and/or helicopter to control adult mosquitoes beginning a half an hour before and until two hours after sunrise and/or two hours before and until a half an hour after sunset in the following areas:
Near Milford Neck.
For the purpose of beekeeper notification, spraying will take place in spray block numbers: 102, 103, 110, and 111.
All insecticides to be used are registered with the USEPA for mosquito control and will be applied according to USEPA approved label instructions. The USEPA has determined that the insecticides to be used do not pose unreasonable risks to human health, wildlife or the environment.
Weather permitting; the Mosquito Control Section is planning the following insecticide application during the evening hours on Tuesday, August 31, 2010 and during the morning hours on Wednesday, September 1, 2010.
Application of Permanone (permethrin/PBO) with truck-mounted sprayer to control adult mosquitoes in the following areas:
In and near Rehoboth Beach and near Bethany Beach, Millville, Georgetown, and Greenwood.
All insecticides to be used are registered with the USEPA for mosquito control and will be applied according to USEPA approved label instructions. The USEPA has determined that the insecticides to be used do not pose unreasonable risks to human health, wildlife, or the environment.
Weather permitting, the Mosquito Control Section is planning the following insecticide application(s) beginning as early as 7:00 pm on Tuesday Aug. 31, 2010 and continuing up until midnight as conditions permit.
Application of Permanone (permethrin/PBO) with truck-mounted sprayer to control adult mosquitoes in the following areas:
Select individual rural properties in greater Smyrna & Dover plus select properties in the town of Little Creek and the communities of Kitts Hummock and Woodland Beach.
All insecticides used are EPA-registered for mosquito control and applied according to EPA-approved label instructions, which the EPA has determined can be used without posing unreasonable risks to human health, wildlife or the environment.
DNR Northeast Region - Grant requested for Stewardship Land Acquisition project in Town of Baileys Harbor
BAILEYS HARBOR, Wis. - The Ridges Sanctuary has applied for a 50% matching grant from the Knowles-Nelson …
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Due to the Federal government holiday on Monday of next week, the retail gasoline prices will be released on Tuesday by 5:00 P.M. (Eastern standard time). The data will still represent Monday’s prices.
RETAIL GASOLINE: (Self Service Prices per Gallon, Including Taxes) This report contains price estimates for gasoline sold in ozone non-attainment areas which require the sale of reformulated gasoline (RFG) as designated by the Environmental Protection Agency, and Conventional areas which includes both attainment areas and carbon monoxide non-attainment areas. Mogas web site url http://www.eia.gov/oil_gas/fwd/wrgp.html
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