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National Limerick Day – The TRICORD Competition

Bet you didn’t know that May 12th is National Limerick Day! We decided to have a little fun with the short poems with a friendly TRICORD competition, check out all the awesome limericks the team composed. Limerick Competition Winner With reporting, renewable fuels, EMACT, and fenceline;Do you ever feel like you are flying blind? Rules […]

Happy Cinco de Mayo from TRICORD

Happy Cinco de Mayo from all of us at TRICORD! To celebrate, we want to share Five Facts about the holiday. Five Facts about Cinco de Mayo Cinco de Mayo is not Mexican Independence Day. Cinco de Mayo celebrates an 1862 Mexican Military victory against the French at the Battle of Puebla. Mole poblano is […]

TRICORD Celebrates Earth Day

In honor of Earth Day, we want to celebrate some of the ways we work with our clients to help build a more sustainable future. With Environmental Stewardship being one of the key pillars of sustainability, we partner with many of our industry clients to obtain the environmental permits needed to help ensure that their […]

Giving Spotlight – Valero Texas Open Benefit for Children

One of TRICORD’s Core Values is to maintain a spirit of servant leadership. We encourage all employees to give back to organizations close to their heart and find ways to serve those around them and their communities. In our Giving Spotlight Series, we will be highlighting some of how we give back. TRICORD has been […]

April 7th is right around the corner, which means that the BWON TAB Reports are due!  This report usually requires some heavy lifting to get all the calculation updates and inspection data in order.  What is Required to be Reported on the TAB? BWON annual reports are required to contain a lot of very specific […]

EPA PM2.5 and O3 Draft Modeling Guidance Updates

On February 10, 2020, the U.S.EPA published draft guidance providing updates to the previous Guidance for PM2.5 Permit Modeling to reflect the 2017 revisions to the 40 CFR part 51, Appendix W Guideline on Air Quality Models and incorporate appropriate sections for ozone. [Spoiler Alert] There does not appear to be any unexpected or considerable […]

EPA Opens the Door to Longer Permit Approval Times

In an effort to streamline the Title V petition process, EPA has recently allowed an avenue to stakeholders to potentially delay a permit approval. Stakeholders need only to wait until the end of the review period to submit petitions to reset the EPA 45-day review period. State agencies will be required to respond to “significant” […]

TRICORD Presents on the Consolidate Air Rule (CAR) at AWMA

Recently, TRICORD team members presented “What Can the Consolidate Air Rule (CAR) for SOCMI Do for You?” at the Air and Waste Management Associate (AWMA) Louisiana Section Annual Conference. Presenters Larry Poche and Kelly Jean Bradberry and a guest Speaker, Lauren Jean Rucinski from Keen Miller, discussed this little known regulation abbreviated CAR. The presentation […]