Earlier this year we shared our community involvement volunteer experience with DeGage Ministries in Grand Rapids. More recently, we had another opportunity to give back by participating with Michigan State University’s College of Engineering in selecting participants in the Environmental Challenge International (ECi) competition sponsored by the Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA). The ECi is an annual competition open to undergraduate students, graduate students, Ph

For decades, well before the promulgation of NSPSs for storage tanks, internal floating roofs (IFR) have been used to reduce the evaporation of petroleum and chemicals during storage. The vast majority of this evaporation is due to “breathing” losses. This includes rim seal, deck seam and deck fitting losses. Inevitably, storage tank owners and operators wonder how they can reduce emissions to stay in compliance. Of course, additional controls could be used but a simpler