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Air Quality News (Archive)
Revised Air Dispersion Modeling Documents Now Available
Several modeling guidance documents have been updated to include recent changes in regulations and procedures. These guidance documents describe the department’s current modeling procedures and should be used for modeling analyses performed by industry or their consultants...
READ ABOUT IT- Posted 11/10/09
AWMA Workshop Features Air Quality Regulatory Topics
The Iowa DNR will discuss the following topics at a workshop with the Iowa Chapter of the Air & Waste Management Association on Tuesday, November 10, from 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. The workshop location is at the Little Amana – Clarion Inn, I-80 Exit 225 (one exit east of Williamsburg)...
READ ABOUT IT- Posted 11/9/09
Grant Recipients Announced for $1.6 Million to Support Diesel Exhaust Reduction
The Iowa Environmental Protection Commission approved funding $1.6 million for 12 diesel exhaust reduction projects at its monthly meeting on Oct. 20. The competitive grant program, known as Reduce Iowa’s Diesel Exhaust (RIDE), was developed with funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and is managed by the Department of Natural Resources Air Quality Bureau...
READ ABOUT IT- Posted 10/22/09
EPA Offers Applicability Tool and Training Sessions for Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule
The final rule on Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) was signed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator September 22, 2009. Under the rule, suppliers of fossil fuels or industrial GHGs, manufacturers of vehicles and engines, and facilities that emit 25,000 metric tons of GHGs or more are required to submit annual emission reports to EPA...
READ ABOUT IT- Posted 10/7/09
Title V Fee Information Meetings Scheduled for October 28
The Air Quality Bureau will hold Title V information meetings Wednesday, October 28, to discuss operating permit fees and how these and state and federal funds are spent by the Bureau...
READ ABOUT IT- Posted 10/6/09
EPA Finalizes Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson signed EPA’s Mandatory Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Reporting Rule September 22, 2009. The rule will become final 60 days after it is published in the Federal Register. Under the rule, suppliers of fossil fuels or industrial greenhouse gases, manufacturers of vehicles and engines, and facilities that emit 25,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents (mtCO2 e) or more per year are required to submit annual reports to EPA...
READ ABOUT IT- Posted 10/1/09



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What's New?
Last Modified: 11-16-09

11/16/09
An informational brochure about open burning has been posted

11/12/09
The gasoline bulk plant presentation from the PMCI Expo has been posted

11/10/09
Several dispersion modeling guidance documents have been revised

11/5/09
Additional NESHAP information relating to engines, paint booths and gasoline bulk plants is available

10/30/09
The presentation from the recent Budget 101 meeting has been posted

10/22/09
A list of the RIDE grant award recipients is now available

10/7/09
An information brochure about the effects of diesel engine exhaust in Iowa with strategies for diesel exhaust reduction has been posted

10/6/09
Updated Bus Emissions Education Program (BEEP) information has been posted

10/1/09
The NESHAP presentation from the 9/16/09 Association of Business and Industry (ABI) Environmental Conference has been posted

9/30/09
Information regarding the EPA greenhouse gas mandatory reporting rule has been posted

9/17/09
A presentation on the air quality regulations and permitting requirements for generators has been posted



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