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ENVIRONEWS EVENTS ● BUSINESS ● PEOPLE PE Events SEPT 2008 22-24 Hydrogen from Renewable, National Starting Clean New owners can get lower penalties if they quickly act to disclose their dirty laundry. And a new website will make this process easier than ever. r n interim policy adopted by the EPA would give new business owners who correct environmental violations at regulated facilities a break. Under the new policy, new owners may get lower penalties than long-term proprietors. Under the current EPA audit policy, the agency offers reduced penalties to companies that self-audit their facilities, promptly disclose and correct any violations. Under the interim policy, an owner who acquires a new facility may get additional penalty reductions from disclosing an even greater range of violations. f il i To streamline the process, the agency also created a website to facilitate self-reporting of violations. The pilot project will allow regulated facilities nationwide to self-disclose environmental violations in a secure environment on the agency’s website. This electronic self-disclosure system, titled eDisclosure, should reduce transaction costs for companies by ensuring that each disclosure contains complete information. Under the pilot, regulated facilities nationwide will be able to disclose violations of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act. Regulated facilities located in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma or Texas will be able to disclose violations of all environmental laws. Based on the results of the pilot, the agency said it will consider expanding eDisclosure to other states in the near future. The new audit policy provides incentives to companies that voluntarily discover, promptly disclose, and correct and prevent future environmental violations. The agency may reduce or waive penalties for violations if the facility meets the conditions of the policy. However, the agency will not waive or reduce penalties for repeat violations, or violations that resulted in serious actual harm. Visit http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-17715.pdf for a copy of the Federal Register notice. Hydrogen Assoc., Golden, Colo., www.hydrogenassociation.org 22-25 AFS Infrastructure, Sustainability & Testing Management Conference, Charlotte, N.C., www.afssociety.org/fall2008 29-25 Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference, Pittsburgh, www.engr.pitt.edu/pcc 30-01 ASTM Committee F20 on Hazardous A Substances and Oil Spill Response, Miami Beach, Fla., www.astm.org/COMMIT/F20.htm 30-3 Aquatech Amsterdam, Amsterdam RAI, www.amsterdam.aquatechtrade.com/ aquatechamsterdam2008/e OCT 2008 1-3 1st International Conference on Hazardous Waste Management, Crete, Greece, www.hwm1.tuc.gr Designing Bio/Infiltration Best Management Practices for Storm Water Quality Improvement, Madison, Wisc., http://epdweb.engr.wisc.edu/webK214 International Activated Carbon Conference, Pittsburgh, Pa., www.pacslabs.com Clean Energy Asia 2008, Singapore, www.terrapinn.com/2008/clean PST 2008, The International Exhibition on Fluid, Air & Gas Handling Systems, Guangzhou, China, www.psseries.com/china 4th Annual BBI Biofuels Workshop & Trade Show – Western Region, Portland, Ore., www.biofuelsworkshop.com RENEXPO 2008, Augsburg, Germany, www.renexpo.com 6-7 7-8 7-10 9-11 9-11 9-12 10-14 SEPT 2008 WEFTEC.08, 81st Annual Technical Exhibition & Conference, Chicago, www.weftec.org 13-16 Solar Power Conference & Expo, San 23-25 IFAT China 2008, Shanghai JAN 2009 28-29 EAW 2009 (Everything MARCH 2009 3-5 New International Expo Centre, Shangai, www.ifat-china.com About Water), New Delhi, India, www.eawater.com Remediation Technology Summit, RemTEC 09, Atlanta, www.remtec09.com Diego, www.SolarPowerConference.com Visit the Calendar of Events at www.pollutionengineering.com for additional information. SEPTEMBER2008 www.pollutionengineering.com 11 http://www.hydrogenassociation.org http://www.afssociety.org/Fall2008/ http://www.engr.pitt.edu/pcc http://www.astm.org/COMMIT/F20.htm http://www.amsterdam.aquatechtrade.com/aquatechamsterdam2008/e http://www.hwm1.tuc.gr http://epdweb.engr.wisc.edu/webK214 http://www.pacslabs.com http://www.terrapinn.com/2008/clean http://www.psseries.com/china http://www.biofuelsworkshop.com http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-17715.pdf http://www.renexpo.com http://www.weftec.org http://www.eawater.com http://www.weftec.org http://www.remtec09.com http://www.ifat-china.com http://www.eawater.com http://www.SolarPowerConference.com http://www.pollutionengineering.com http://www.pollutionengineering.com

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Pollution Engineering - September 2008 Contents The Editor’s Desk Reader Comments EnviroNews PE Events Legal Lookout Environmental Management The Green Files Guest Dialog 500-Year Storm Control How Do You Clean Up 100 Years of Pollution? SPCC: Don’t Wait and See The Next Wave in Air Purification An Invitation to the Windy City Flood Control Infrastructure Saves ‘Green’ Puts a New Spin on Pest Control Instrumentation Products Material Safety and Storage Equipment PE Products Classified Marketplace Advertisers Index State Rules

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