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Tom Petersen
Feb 26, 20054 min read
Ground Level Ozone
Ground level ozone is a pollutant formed by the interaction of nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds in the presence of...
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Tom Petersen
Feb 15, 20052 min read
Clean Air Act Section 112(r) Risk Management Plan Audits
Under the provisions of 40 CFR Part 68, at § 68.58 EPA requires audits of Risk Management Plans at least once every three years....
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Tom Petersen
Feb 15, 20051 min read
Title V Operating Permit Renewal
Many U.S. manufacturing facilities are in the process of renewing their Title V Operating Permits (as required by the 1990 Clean Air Act)....
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Tom Petersen
Feb 6, 20052 min read
New Regulations for Surface Coating Operations
Does your facility (or your clients’ facility) have surface coating operations? Want to know about recent changes in regulations for...
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Tom Petersen
Feb 1, 20052 min read
Hazardous Air Pollutant Regulations for Boilers and Process Heaters
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers and Process Heaters 40 CFR...
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Tom Petersen
Jan 10, 20052 min read
What Happens When an Incident Occurs that Requires Large Scale Investigation?
Just what is an incident that requires large-scale investigation? We’re not talking about the small oil spill that’s contained and...
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Tom Petersen
Dec 15, 20042 min read
Lead Emissions Reporting Greatly Expanded
Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) reports due on July 1, 2002 will include data on lead and lead compound emissions from United States...
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Tom Petersen
Nov 27, 20042 min read
Excerpt from Presentation IAQ for Commercial and Industrial Facilities
Excerpts from an article written by EES President, Tom Petersen, and presented at a recent breakfast seminar and at a National...
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Tom Petersen
Nov 2, 20042 min read
Ethanol is in New Jersey's Future Says Industry
WASHINGTON – Speaking recently with farmers in the State of New Jersey, ethanol industry experts said ethanol is definitely in the future...
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Tom Petersen
Nov 1, 20042 min read
Indoor Air Quality Tops List of Workers Concerns
WASHINGTON – Indoor air quality is the biggest issue currently facing the American worker, according to a newly released membership...
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Tom Petersen
Oct 26, 20042 min read
Philadelphia Water Works Restoration
On May 25, 2000, the Environmental Professionals Association of the Philadelphia Region (EPAPR), in cooperation with several other local...
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Tom Petersen
Oct 18, 20041 min read
Registering your Safety Committee with the State
Is your Safety Committee (or your clients’ Safety Committee) registered with your state’s labor department? Both the Pennsylvania...
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Tom Petersen
Oct 15, 20042 min read
U.S. EPA Environmental Accounting Project
Many potentially beneficial pollution prevention (P2) projects are discounted because all the relevant costs and benefits of the project...
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Tom Petersen
Sep 28, 20043 min read
State, Local Agencies Map Global Warming Strategies, Harmonize With Controls on Smog and Soot
There is significant evidence that global warming is occurring and that it is partially due to the increased concentration of greenhouse...
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Tom Petersen
Sep 24, 20042 min read
Title V Operating Permit Renewal
Many U.S. manufacturing facilities are in the process of renewing their Title V Operating Permits (as required by the 1990 Clean Air...
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Tom Petersen
Sep 15, 20044 min read
Proposed Radon In Drinking Water Rule
In case you didn’t have enough to worry about … radon in drinking water is a significant issue that the U.S. EPA is trying to solve....
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Tom Petersen
Sep 3, 20041 min read
Air Quality and Compliance Improving in Pennsylvania
According to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s (PADEP) 1998 Annual Report, both air quality and the compliance...
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Tom Petersen
Aug 30, 20041 min read
Revisions to NJ Worker and Community Right-to-Know Regulations
The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) recently issued a final rule that modifies the state’s Worker and...
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Tom Petersen
Aug 24, 20042 min read
OSHA Proposal for Ergonomics Program Rule
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will soon publish a proposal for an ergonomics program rule in the Federal...
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Tom Petersen
Aug 5, 20041 min read
New Cost Benefits of 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments
On November 16, 1999, the EPA announced that the economic value of the public health and environmental benefits that Americans enjoy from...
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EES has been providing environmental health & safety consulting and engineering services for more than 25 years, serving healthcare, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, aerospace and higher education organizations across the United States and Canada.
President and Engineer Tom Petersen, P.E. has more than 36 years of environmental engineering, health & safety and process safety experience.
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