News Archive

This page archives news items from the News section of the Air Management home page.

August

Boiler MACT (UPDATE): Facilities with Title V permits that have boilers or process heaters may want to request a second extension to the deadline for submittal of Part 2 of the MACT Hammer permit application. For more details, please see Boiler MACT vacatur (8/14/2009) or view an e-mail from the Air Bureau Director on this topic. 8/19/2009

Revised Lead NAAQS: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently revised the primary and secondary lead NAAQS from 1.5 micrograms per cubic meter to 0.15 micrograms per cubic meter. The Department has developed a draft technical support document which shows that all areas of the state should be classified as in attainment of the revised standards. A public hearing will be held on this document on September 28, 2009 at 1:00pm. The Governor is required to make a recommendation for attainment and nonattainment areas to U.S. EPA by October 15, 2009. 8/12/09

New permit fees for non-major sources: The Bureau of Air Management has notified more than 400 facilities concerning changes to the Air Program fee structure for non-major sources of air emissions. [PDF 46KB] 8/5/09

July

Public hearing scheduled: The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources will conduct a public hearing on Tuesday, August 18, 2009, at 1:00 p.m. concerning its 2009 ozone attainment demonstration and redesignation request for nine eastern Wisconsin counties. 7/17/09

June

Fireworks smoke can affect health: Brilliant fireworks displays are fun to watch but have the potential for high concentrations of smoke which can have health effects. Click here to learn more. 6/25/09

Clean diesel grants available: Wisconsin diesel fleet owners can now apply for clean diesel grants from the ARRA Wisconsin Clean Diesel Grant Program. The program is funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Applications must be postmarked by August 3, 2009. 6/9/09

March

Gov. Doyle's letter to EPA on ozone nonattainment - On March 12, 2009, Gov. Doyle wrote to EPA, recommending the agency designate all Wisconsin counties as attainment for the 8-hour ozone standard. 3/16/2009

Boiler MACT - Facilities with Title V permits and have boilers or process heaters may want to request an extension to the deadline for submittal of Part 2 of the MACT Hammer permit application. For more details, please see Boiler MACT vacatur or view an e-mail from the Air Bureau Director on this topic.

February

Ozone Attainment Redesignation -- The six-county Milwaukee-Racine ozone nonattainment area attained the one-hour federal ozone standard two years ahead of the mandated 2007 deadline. The document redesignating these six counties (Kenosha, Racine, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Washington and Waukesha) to attainment for the one-hour federal ozone standard is found below. 02/17/2009

Nonattainment Designations Announced for PM2.5 - EPA has announced that Brown, Columbia, Dane, Milwaukee, Racine, and Waukesha counties fail to meet the federal National Ambient Air Quality Standard for particle pollution (PM2.5). 02/19/2009

January

Upcoming Public Information Meetings on Ozone -- The Department will be holding three public information meetings on the new federal ozone standard and options for which areas could be designated as nonattainment (not meeting the standard). Details are in the announcement below. 1/15/09

Clean Diesel Grant Program Now Accepting Applications -- The Wisconsin Clean Diesel Grant Program was established to help reduce diesel emissions from both public and private vehicle fleets across the state. For more information and to apply for a grant, please see go to the Clean Diesel Grant web page. 1/8/09

Last Revised: Tuesday October 20 2009