ADEQ will be hosting a webinar to discuss the Federal Navigable Waters Protection Rule. The webinar will discuss how the rule affects the surface water in Arizona and resulted in changing how Waters of the US (WOTUS) would be determined. ADEQ staff has developed a screening toolkit that is helping us better understand the impact …
Rupesh Patel Air Program Manager forPima County Department of Environmental Quality Rupesh received his graduate degree in Civil Engineering with Management from the University of Sunderland, England in 1997. Upon graduation, he worked for Parsons Brinkerhoff Ltd. undertaking Phase I and II ground investigations, earthworks and construction quality assessments. In 2001, he began work as an Environmental …
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You’re Invited. myDEQ Webinar Series Join an Upcoming myDEQ Webinar ADEQ is holding this quarterly webinar series to provide demos of myDEQ, ADEQ’s online portal. The webinars will help familiarize businesses and myDEQ users with online processes for managing environmental permits, submitting compliance reports, paying fees and more. The webinars will also include an opportunity …
Biohazardous Medical Waste Rulemaking Workshop Biohazardous Medical Waste (BMW) generators and transporters have communicated to ADEQ over the years that updates are necessary to make the process of handling and transporting BMW clearer while remaining protective of human health and the environment. The current COVID-19 epidemic has highlighted the need to make these changes now. ADEQ is seeking input from …
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Meeting Information Now Available on ADEQ Website. Thank you to those who participated in September meetings introducing ADEQ’s initial screening toolkit, designed to provide guidance to Arizona permittees as they interpret the new Navigable Waters Protection Rule. The web page devoted to meeting resources for Waters of the United States and the Navigable Waters Protection …
Does a facility need a Clean Water Act AZPDES Permit? NWPR Screening Toolkit Presentation PPT – 9/15/2020 Attendees Questions and Comments Video of NWPR Screening Toolkit Presentation
2021 Arizona Regional Haze SIP Revision 6th Stakeholder Meeting September 22nd, 2020 Presentation
PRESS RELEASE | ADEQ continues to invest in dust mitigation projects to reduce blowing dust and improve air quality in Pinal County PHOENIX (September 25, 2020) –Work is underway in Coolidge to reduce dust and improve air quality with Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) grant funding to Pinal County Air Quality for road improvements …
WEBINAR | New Source Performance Standard, Subpart OOO – Nonmetallic Minerals Processing ADEQ is holding this free webinar for operators of rock crushing and screening plants and hot mix asphalt plants to cover the New Source Performance Standard (NSPS), Subpart OOO – Nonmetallic Minerals Processing. Date: Oct. 13, 2020Time: 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. MSTLocation: Webinar Registration Information …
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