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		<title>Georgia NPDES Storm Water Permits Are Expiring</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Georgia 2006-2011 NPDES General Permit for Storm Water Discharges Associated with Industrial Activity, Permit No. GAR000000, will expire on July 31, 2011.   A draft of this permit is not yet available so we are not able to comment on &#8230; <a href="http://www.desconsultants.com/environmental-news-blog/georgia-npdes-storm-water-permits-are-expiring/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Benefits of Staying Environmentally Compliant</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Environmental compliance is in the news every day.  Which kind of publicity would you prefer for your business? The following company received one of the EPA Environmental Quality Awards in 2009. Toyota Motor Sales/Ryan McMullan Torrance, California The associates of &#8230; <a href="http://www.desconsultants.com/environmental-news-blog/benefits-of-staying-evironmentally-compliant/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Long Reach of the EPA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I continue to be amazed at the things EPA gets involved in.  The Mission Statement of the EPA is to protect human health and the environment.  It further contains seven bullet points that expand on this statement and a list &#8230; <a href="http://www.desconsultants.com/environmental-news-blog/the-long-reach-of-the-epa/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What Does the EPA Do?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[About a week ago as I was doing my early morning look through of the Federal Register Table of Contents, I wondered if the average person actually knows what the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) does.  I decided to take an informal &#8230; <a href="http://www.desconsultants.com/environmental-news-blog/what-does-the-epa-actually-do/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>EPA Lists &#8220;General Aviation Gasoline&#8221; as a Source of Lead in the Air</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a November 16 news release, the EPA determined that 16 areas across the country are not meeting the agency’s national air quality standards for lead. These areas, located in 11 states, were designated as “nonattainment” because their 2007 to &#8230; <a href="http://www.desconsultants.com/environmental-news-blog/epa-lists-general-aviation-gasoline-as-a-source-of-lead-in-the-air/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.desconsultants.com/environmental-news-blog/epa-lists-general-aviation-gasoline-as-a-source-of-lead-in-the-air/</link>
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		<title>What Does the SPCC Rule Deadline Really Mean?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Another deadline for updating SPCC Plans to new EPA Federal requirements is about to come and go.  Once again the EPA has extended the deadline for onshore facilities to comply with regulations that were published several years ago and amended &#8230; <a href="http://www.desconsultants.com/environmental-news-blog/spcc-rule-deadline/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.desconsultants.com/environmental-news-blog/spcc-rule-deadline/</link>
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		<title>Are the &#8220;Little Guys&#8221; fed up with the &#8220;Big Guys&#8221; and the Regulators?  You Betcha!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is a growing sentiment among pilots of some general aviation aircraft that what they call the “alphabets” (referring to the coalition formed by general aviation professional organizations) are not headed in the right direction to find a solution to &#8230; <a href="http://www.desconsultants.com/environmental-news-blog/mogas/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Unleaded Avgas is Coming &#8211; Part 4 – The Dual Fuel Solution</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is an interesting division developing related to the unleaded avgas issue. The Coalition, comprised of aviation related organizations working with the FAA, is taking the position that a replacement for 100LL is the sole option. As previously mentioned in &#8230; <a href="http://www.desconsultants.com/environmental-news-blog/unleaded-avgas-is-coming-part-4-%e2%80%93-the-dual-fuel-solution/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.desconsultants.com/environmental-news-blog/unleaded-avgas-is-coming-part-4-%e2%80%93-the-dual-fuel-solution/</link>
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		<title>Unleaded Avgas is Coming &#8211; Part 3 &#8211; Solutions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are two ways to approach finding a solution to the leaded AvGas issue.  First, develop a new fuel to replace leaded AvGas (100LL).  Second, develop new engines and modify existing engines to run on fuel that is now readily &#8230; <a href="http://www.desconsultants.com/environmental-news-blog/unleaded-avgas-is-coming-part-3-solutions/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.desconsultants.com/environmental-news-blog/unleaded-avgas-is-coming-part-3-solutions/</link>
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		<title>Are U.S. Waters At Risk From Milk Pollution?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dairy farmers are up in arms over the EPA listing of milk as an oil based substance in conjunction with the Oil Pollution Prevention Control regulation (40 CFR 112) more commonly known as the SPCC reg. Anyone who has aboveground &#8230; <a href="http://www.desconsultants.com/environmental-news-blog/milk-pollution/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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