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Grain Elevator Permitting Requirements and Documents
The Environmental Protection Commission adopted new grain elevator permitting rules on January 15, 2008. The rules will become effective on March 19, 2008. Click below for more information to assist you in meeting the March 31st, 2008 deadline for submittal of registration forms or permit applications...
READ ABOUT IT- Posted 1/28/08
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Inventories From Central Iowa Minor Sources and all Portable Plants Due May 15
Inventories from Central Iowa Minor Sources and All Portable Plants are due to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) May 15. A complete air pollutant inventory is required by Section 567 of the Iowa Administrative Code, sub rule 21.1(3)...
READ ABOUT IT- Posted 5/9/08
Public Meetings Will Discuss Air Pollution Areas in Scott and Muscatine Counties
The Department of Natural Resources Air Quality Bureau will hold a public meeting April 29 at 6:30 p.m. at the Scott County Administrative Center’s Board Room; and another April 30 at 6:30 p.m. at the Muscatine County Conservation Board’s Environmental Learning Center on proposed nonattainment areas in eastern Iowa...
READ ABOUT IT- Posted 4/28/08
Caution Urged for Outdoor Wood-Fired Boilers
The high cost of petroleum-based fuels for home heating has Iowans looking at alternative sources. In both rural and residential areas, some Iowans have purchased or are considering outdoor wood-fired boilers (OWBs) or furnaces. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) officials caution against burning any wood other than untreated, well-seasoned wood and advise that OWBs can be more polluting and less efficient than other home heating devices...
READ ABOUT IT- Posted 4/10/08
Climate Advisory Council to Discuss Policy Options to Reduce Greenhouse Gases
Policy options that may reduce statewide greenhouse gas emissions will be discussed Friday at the Iowa Climate Change Advisory Council (ICCAC) beginning at 9 a.m. at the Iowa Department of Natural Resources Air Quality Bureau...
READ ABOUT IT- Posted 4/9/08
MidAmerican Energy Joins the Climate Registry
MidAmerican Energy has become a Founding Reporter in The Climate Registry. The Climate Registry is a non-profit organization established to measure and publicly report greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in a common, accurate and transparent manner consistent across industry sectors and borders...
READ ABOUT IT- Posted 4/4/08



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What's New?
Last Modified: 5-9-08

5/8/08
A presentation depicting an example of the PSD permitting process has been posted

A PSD permitting of Coal-Fired boilers Q and A has been posted

4/25/08
Information about the PM2.5 nonattainment areas is now available

4/18/08
Several dispersion modeling source characterization guidance documents have been posted

4/16/08
An EPA report on U.S. greenhouse gas emissions and sinks has been posted

4/4/08
The Iowa Ambient Air Monitoring 2007 Network Plan has been posted

4/3/08
The minor source emission inventory SPARS training manual has been posted

3/27/08
The final regional haze SIP has been posted

3/26/08
PM2.5 design values for the period 2005 through 2007 have been posted

3/21/08
The Emissions Inventory website has been updated and reorganized

Information about Iowa's greenhouse gas emissions and current DNR climate change activities has been posted

3/17/08
The SPARS website has been updated and reorganized

3/14/08
2008 NAAQS exceedance data updated

3/12/08
The student climate change contest entries have been posted

3/10/08
Greenhouse gas emissions inventory forms updated



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