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The "Air Pollution Management" Newsletter

October 2012
No. 414

TABLE OF CONTENTS

HOT TOPIC HOUR

·         On-line Boiler Monitoring Improves Efficiency and Reduces Pollutants - Hot Topic Hour on September 13

·         Hot Topic Hour August 24 Covered Highlights of MEGA

·         Hot Topic Hour August 17, 2012 Covered Coal-Gen Highlights

REGULATORY

·         Court Requires Reports from EPA on MATS Reconsideration

·         Court Vacates Cross-State Air Pollution Rule

·         South Carolina Electric & Gas Settles Lawsuit Regarding Discharge of Arsenic

BUSINESS

·         China and U.S. Need to Share Information on Furnace Sorbent Injection (FSI)

MARKETS

·         $5.5 Billion Market for NO_x Control Systems Next Year

·         Cross-State Air Pollution Rule Decision Will Have only Minor Impact on the Equipment Market

·         Cement Industry Fluid/Gas Treatment and Control Purchases Downgraded From $10.5 Billion in 2012 to $8.4 Billion

·         Air Pollution Control Revenues Will be $35 Billion this Year

·         ecoprog Predicts More Coal-fired Power Plant Construction in Europe

·         EPA Proposes to Revise the NAAQS for Fine Particles

·         EPA Finalizing Revisions to Ohio State Implementation Plan (SIP)

·         EPA Grants Temporary Stay for San Juan Coal-fired Power Plant

·         EPA Sets Canyon Smog Rule

·         Court Blocks EPA Regional Haze Rule for Oklahoma Coal-fired Power Plants

INDUSTRY NEWS

·         Power Plant Air Pollution Orders to Exceed $21 Billion this Year

·         Nederman Receives Order Worth 10 MSEK from Mostostal Warszawa SA

·         CET Enters Agreement with EPRI to Offer Particulate Control Technology to Non-Coal Customers

·         Alstom to Modernize Poland's Fleet of Steam Power Plants

·         EPD in India to Survey Cement Plants

·         Gas-to-Liquid to Generate $4 Billion in Annual Investment over the Next Decade

·         DEP Launches Long-term Marcellus Shale Air Monitoring Study in Southwestern Pennsylvania

·         Indian Mining Company NMDC Orders Complete Steelmaking Plant from Siemens

·         Maryland Sinter Plant Exempted from Visible Emissions Provisions

·         Clean Air Action Plans Announced by Ports

·         Shipping Carriers Evergreen, Hamburg Süd North America, Hapag-Lloyd AG, Maersk Line, Nippon Yusen Kaisha and Yang Ming are First to Sign onto the Port of Los Angeles Clean Ship Incentive Program

·         Green Tech Marine's Scrubber Receives DNV Approval

·         Refinery Announces $250 Million Expansion to Cut Emissions

·         Calgon Carbon Reports Net Sales up 9.7 Percent

·         Xebec Reports Current Contract Backlog at $13.1 Million

·         Clear Edge Filtration Acquires Australian Company, FilterTex Media