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GHG REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR FOUR EMISSIONS SOURCES
OIL-SKIMMING SUPERTANKER TESTED
JAY SAYS |
GHG Reporting Requirements for Four Emissions Sources |
| June 30, 2010
The EPA is finalizing requirements under its national mandatory greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting program for underground coal mines, industrial wastewater treatment systems, industrial waste landfills and magnesium production facilities. These source categories will begin collecting emissions data on Jan. 1, 2011, with the first annual reports submitted to the EPA on March 31, 2012.
Methane is the primary GHG emitted from coal mines, industrial wastewater treatment systems and industrial landfills and is more than 20 times as potent as carbon dioxide at warming the atmosphere. The main fluorinated GHG emitted from magnesium production is sulfur hexafluoride, which has an even greater warming potential than methane, and can stay in the atmosphere for thousands of years.
More information on the final rule to add reporting requirements for four source categories is available at www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/remaining-source-categories.html. http://www.pollutionengineering.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000852884 |
Oil-Skimming Supertanker Tested
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| by Roy Bigham
July 2, 2010 A 1,100-foot long supertanker that was converted to the world's largest oil skimmer will be tested on Saturday, July 3, 2010. Supertankers are known for their capacity to haul large volumes of oil across the oceans. The ship is being called A Whale nd is owned by TMT shipping out of Taiwan.
The conversion is expected to create a machine capable of skimming up to 500,000 barrels (at 42 gallons per barrel that is 21 million gallons) of oil from the surface of the ocean waters.
The tests will last 48 hours the Coastguard will oversee the activity. The company hopes the test will result in a contract with BP to increase their capacity to recover oil escaping into the Gulf of Mexico. Sanio Radhakrishnan, the ship's captain, told reporters that the ship was previously tested in waters off the coast of Portugal. However, the tests now have to prove to the Coastguard and BP that it will work in these waters with this waste stream.
BP currently has about 500 to 650 boats taking part in skimming operations. A total of 595,000 barrels of oil and water have been collected from the sea in the first 68 days of the spill event. A Whale could gather up to 300,000 barrels in eight to 10 hours. There is not a good estimate of just how much oil is currently floating on the water. http://www.pollutionengineering.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000855337 |
JAY SAYS |
Dear Reader, The BP oil spill and the recent high temperature waves in the Northern USA may be the fuel to advance the long feared Cap and Trade policy the Obama administration has been proposing. The question we need to ask ourselves is, "How will the US economy handle another burden in a recession recovery period?".
Best Regards, Jay Klaus Klaus Equipment Company jklaus@klausequipment.com |
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