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Thanks for another great year!
As 2024 wraps up, we’d like to take a moment and say thank you. We appreciate your business and look forward to assisting you in the new year!
The McCoy office will be closed from December 23, 2024, through January 1, 2025, to give our team an opportunity to rest and spend time with family and friends. While we’re away, you can still reach us at hello@mccoyseminars.com.
We wish you a safe and happy holiday season. From all of us here at McCoy and Associates, thank you. We’ll see you in 2025!
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VOL tanks face new standard
For the first time in nearly four decades, facilities operating volatile organic liquid (VOL) storage vessels have a new standard with which to contend. New storage vessels must now comply with NSPS Subpart Kc, a significantly more stringent standard than Subpart Kb. The new provisions eliminate exemptions, reduce control requirement applicability thresholds, increase control device efficiency targets, and strengthen monitoring requirements. READ MORE
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Chumash Marine Sanctuary
Designated in 2024, the brand-new Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary off of California’s coast is a 4,543-square-mile area dedicated to preserving marine life while honoring the native homelands of the Chumash people. The Chumash people have lived along the California coastline for over 13,000 years and collaboratively worked with NOAA to make their sanctuary one of the largest in the National Marine Sanctuary System.
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New regs for managing HFCs
A new rule regulating refrigerants just hit the air and waste books. In a two-part effort, EPA promulgated new provisions for hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) and their substitutes under Part 84 and recycled refrigerants under Part 266. The requirements are designed to reduce emissions and encourage recycling of these ozone-depleting substances. If you operate refrigeration equipment, then you’ll need to study up since these regs are already in effect. READ MORE
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EPA’s international e-waste guide
Facilities engaged with importing or exporting e-waste will need to brush up on new Basel Convention amendments that take effect January 1, 2025. Though the United States has not ratified the convention, many U.S. trading partners will implement the Basel requirements. And despite the fact that e-waste regulation within the country is not changing, transboundary shipments will be subject to a new classification regime and prior informed consent for both hazardous and nonhazardous e-waste. More information, including webinar recordings, is available on EPA’s website.
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CoffeeBots!
Scientists at George Mason University have created a new way to remove pollutants like oil and microplastics from water with none other than… coffee grounds? You read that right! Using coffee grounds to clean up oil spills is not entirely new, but this team is the first to make their coffee grounds magnetic. These “CoffeeBots” not only outperform normal coffee grounds, but they also can be reused multiple times.
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CAA New Year’s resolution
There’s still time to register for next month’s January 14-16, 2025 .VIRTUAL CAA seminar! So, why not kick off the new year right with McCoy training? Over the three days, we’ll break down complex topics and show you how each program fits together, giving you a clear understanding of the entire act. It’s the perfect New Year’s resolution!
Register today
Class agenda
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Explore the RCRA forest
The forest of RCRA can be vast, dense, and tangled with regulations. So, if you’re unsure which path to take, our February 3-7, 2025 .VIRTUAL RCRA seminar is designed to be your guide. Join us, and we’ll venture the deep depths of the RCRA wilderness together… and don’t worry, we’ve got the map.
Start your RCRA journey
Full seminar schedule
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Beyond the basics—McCoy Refreshers
Go beyond the basics at McCoy’s .VIRTUAL RCRA Refresher, being held February 19-20, 2025. It’s your opportunity to ask questions as they come up, engage with the presenters, and get the answers you need. Take on most of the contents of the 5-day course over two fast-paced days and boost your RCRA knowledge to the next level!
2-Day agenda
Next .V Refresher in June
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Unravel Cali T-22 RCRA
Step right up, California’s one-of-a-kind RCRA regulations are ready to be unraveled at our .VIRTUAL Cali Title 22-RCRA seminar, broadcasting live April 14-17, 2025. We’ll cover everything from federal RCRA and California-only hazardous waste rules to the California Health and Safety Code (HSC)—all tailored to help you understand the distinctions between the various programs. If you’ve taken a McCoy seminar before and work with California RCRA, this is the seminar for you.
4-day agenda
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Cleanup program formerly know as…
Tired of being misunderstood, the RCRA corrective action program will now be called the "hazardous waste cleanup program." This program is designed to ensure RCRA-permitted facilities do not become future Superfund sites. However, EPA believes many people are not familiar with the statute-derived term “corrective action.” Thus, the agency has officially renamed the program to the “hazardous waste cleanup program.” Through April 2025, EPA will use the name “Hazardous Waste Cleanup Program (formerly Corrective Action Program)” to remind everyone of the name change.
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Preventing plastic pollution
Macro and microplastics don’t only end up in landfills or the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, they also end up in our bodies. EPA’s recently released National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution presents a 10-year vision of opportunities for governments, businesses, and consumers to reduce plastic waste. The multi-pronged approach begins with evaluating petrochemical and plastic production facilities, moves on to material and product design, and culminates with capturing and removing plastic from our waterways. This plastics management strategy is just the next step in expanding the nation’s circular economy.
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2024–2025 Seminars
3-Day CAA Seminars
.VIRTUAL: January 14–16, 2025
.VIRTUAL: April 1–3, 2025
.VIRTUAL: August 5–7, 2025
5-Day RCRA Seminars
Las Vegas: December 9–13, 2024
.VIRTUAL: February 3–7, 2025
Virginia Beach: March 10–14, 2025
.VIRTUAL: May 5–9, 2025
Denver: June 9–13, 2025
.VIRTUAL: July 21–25, 2025
Lake Tahoe: August 18–22, 2025
2-Day RCRA Refreshers
.VIRTUAL: February 19–20, 2025
.VIRTUAL: June 24–25, 2025
Visit understandrcra.com to register or call us at 303-526-2674.
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