Aerosol cans may soon be added to the universal waste program under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The U.S. EPA is proposing to add hazardous waste aerosol cans to the universal waste program to benefit the wide variety of establishments generating and managing hazardous waste aerosol cans. The EPA formal proposal was published in the Federal Register on March 16, 2018. EPA believes that the regulatory burdens will be eased on retail stores and facilitie

CFR Environmental provided indoor air quality consulting for a West Michigan industrial client that remanufactures truck parts, including drive axles. The drive axle remanufacturing process involves the building-up of worn drive axles using spray welding. Spray welding is a welding process where welding wire is volatilized and sprayed onto the rotating worn axle. After spray welding is completed, the axle diameter is reduced back to OEM specifications on a metal lathe. The sp

The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) Air Quality Division (AQD) just released the FY 2017 Annual Program Report. Overall, the number of inspections and enforcement actions were down from FY 2016. Reviewing the AQD FY 2017 annual report uncovers some interesting highlights: AQD performed a total of 1,262 inspections, 251 for ROP sources and 1,011 for non-ROP sources in FY 2017. This is a decrease of approximately 5% from the prior year. There were 27 enforc