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Helping the Regulated Community Manage Environmental Risk and Solve Environmental Problems™

 

Updated: January 9, 2011

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Evergreen Bio-Mass Co-Generation Plant, East Reading
Exide Smelter, Laureldale
LOCAL NEWS FROM BERKS COUNTY
Bernhart Park Cleanup Deal Moves Closer (Jan 2011) Local Lab Accused of Submitting Fraudulent Reports PaDEP Seeks Public Comment on Revised Draft Air Quality OperatingPermit for Exide’s Lead Smelter in Berks County EPA Orders 14 Berks Municipalities to Improve Stormwater Management Exide Proposes Partial Clean-up of Lead Contamination at Bernhart Park PADEP, Exide Reach Agreement on Stormwater Management Plant	Two Berks County Areas Move Closer to Federal Designation for Unsafe Lead Levels Poultry Plant, Exeter Reach Preliminary Pact New Water Well Hooked Up In Bally; Residents No Longer Need Bottled Water PaDEP Issues Air Quality Permit to Berks County Battery Recycler Final Report Released on Air Toxics Near Riverside Elementary School
NEWS FROM ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH
Pennsylvania’s Governor-Elect, Tom Corbett, Outlines Environmental Priorities (Jan 2011) Applications Now Being Accepted for Home Heating Equipment Rebates Staffers at PADEP Held Personally Liable for $6.5 Million in Damages for Improper Regulatory Conduct PaDEP Extending General Permit to Manage Stormwater Runoff	USTIF 101 - What is it and how does it operate? Advantage Grant Program Opens to Small Businesses Looking to Increase Profitability by Reducing Energy Costs and Pollution Pennsylvania Expands Keystone HELP Loan Program to Help Homeowners Install Money-Saving Geothermal Systems
NATIONAL/GLOBAL NEWS
EPA Completes Framework for Greenhouse Gas Permitting Program (Jan 2011) EPA Announces $10 Million for Communities to Combat Climate Change EPA Finalizes 2008 National U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory	New Lead-Based Paint Rule Takes Effect 22 April 2010 The ABA-EPA Law Office Climate Challenge EPA Extends by One Year the Compliance Date on Spill Prevention Rule for Certain Facilities