EPA, Air & Waste Management Assn. Offer Clean Air Transport Rule Webinar September 10

The Pittsburgh-based Air & Waste Management Association will host a webinar September 10 at 11:30 a.m. featuring U.S. Environmental Protection Agency air quality officials who will provide detailed information and insight into the new Clean Air Transport Rule.
            Sam Napolitano, Director, Clean Air Markets Division for EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation, and Richard Wayland, Director of EPA’s Air Quality Assessment Division, will discuss CATR in depth, offering insight and instruction to participants in A&WMA’s “Urgent CAIR: EPA’s New Clean Air Transport Rule (CATR)” Webinar. Neal Fann, EPA Air Quality Benefits Analyst, will present information on the projected benefits of CATR implementation.
            “The new Transport Rule, which replaces 2005’s CAIR regulation, will impact 31 states and the District of Columbia” said Jeffry Muffat, A&WMA 2011 President Elect and Manager of Environmental Regulatory Affairs for 3M Environmental Operations. “Because the new rule has facets that vary by state and region, EPA and A&WMA are looking to provide specific education to those responsible for managing air pollution reductions.”
            CATR requires new emissions reductions of ozone precursors and fine particulate matter from fossil-fuel power plants. CATR calls for cuts to begin in 2012, with a goal of reducing nitrogen oxides (NOx) by 52 percent and sulfur dioxide (SO2) by 71 percent of 2005 levels by 2014.
            The “Urgent CAIR: EPA’s New Clean Air Transport Rule” Webinar is open to both A&WMA members and non-members. Registration and pricing information for the CATR Webinar is available online


9/6/2010

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