MACT emissions Articles
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Risk Assessment: Refinery MACT 1 and 2
Section 112(f)(2) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) requires the U.S. EPA to determine for source categories subject to Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) standards whether the emission standards provide an ample margin of safety to protect public health. This assessment is carried out by the U.S. EPA in a two-step process that includes the primary objective of developing regulations to ...
By All4 Inc.
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Bionomic Boiler MACT Emission Control Technologies
Introduction Bionomic Industries' extensive line of field-proven, cost effective wet and dry scrubber and electrostatic technology choices can easily and economically help you achieve compliance with EPA Boiler MACT regulations for hydrochloric acid, particulate or mercury control. Bionomics' wide range of equipment enables selection of the best control technology to remove a specific or ...
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INTO THE VOID...U.S. EPA`s recent boiler MACT and CISWI information collection request
Background - The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (court) has been quite busy in the last few years hearing environmental cases, particularly air quality related topics. On June 8, 2007, the court vacated and remanded two (2) U.S. EPA rules promulgated under the Clean Air Act (CAA)-The Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration (CISWI) definitions rule ...
By All4 Inc.
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Boiler mact compliance at Boise Wallula case study
Lundberg Helped Boise Wallula Reduce Emissions with a Geoenergy E-Tube WET ESP A major pulp and paper supplier in the northwest was in need of a cost effective solution to reduce their particulate emissions from a biomass fired boiler. Lundberg provided a Geoenergy Wet ESP to meet their needs. The result was a ten fold decrease in particulate emissions and they now meet current Boiler MACT ...
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Boiler mact - what the new emissions limits on industrial boilers mean for you
Generically known as “Boiler MACT”, the new possible industrial boiler limits directly address emissions of Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs) from industrial boilers and indirectly address the way that industrial sources operate their boilers. This white paper explains how Boiler MACT affects you and how to maintain operating flexibility while addressing compliance issues. The most ...
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Legal lookout: Court sides with EPA on MACT
On June 6, 2008, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia denied the Natural Resources Defense Council's (NRDC) petition for review of EPA's 2006 national emissions standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for the synthetic organic chemical manufacturing industry (SOCMI). Background The NRDC challenged EPA's residual-risk rulemaking and their periodic review of emission ...
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Proposed boiler MACT sets aggressive emission limits
On June 4, 2010, U.S. EPA proposed National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers and process heaters at both major and area sources of hazardous air pollutants (HAP) emissions. EPA proposed separate rules for units at major sources of HAP emissions (greater than 10 tons per year [tpy] of any single HAP and/or greater than ...
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INTEGRATING CANSOLV® SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY INTO YOUR SOUR GAS TREATING/SULFUR RECOVERY PLANT
Untitled Document The CANSOLV®, System SO2 scrubbing technology is an emerging regenerable process for economical, highly selective capture of SO2 from gas streams, down to a few ppm if desired. In gas production and sweetening plants (GTU&rsquo,s), the technology can be used to control sulfur emissions from sulfur recovery units (SRU&rsquo,s), cogeneration units, and power ...
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PC MACT proposal may signal widespread change
On May 6, 2009, EPA proposed amendments to the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants from the Portland Cement Manufacturing Industry (PC MACT) in response to numerous petitions and court mandates. The proposed revisions present significant challenges to the portland cement industry by establishing a new lower maximum achievable control technology (MACT) floor that would require ...
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New requirements finalized in RICE NESHAP
EPA finalized portions of the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines (RICE NESHAP). The rule was promulgated into the existing RICE standards located in 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart ZZZZ on March 3, 2010. The newly incorporated standards were originally proposed on February 25, 2009 and apply only to stationary RICE. The proposed ...
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New requirements finalized in RICE NESHAP
On February 17, 2010, EPA finalized portions of the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines (RICE NESHAP). The rule was promulgated into the existing RICE standards located in 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart ZZZZ on March 3, 2010. The newly incorporated standards were originally proposed on February 25, 2009 and apply only to stationary RICE. ...
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`Utilizing Compliance Management Solutions to Implement an Effective SSM plan,` published in Chemical Engineering Progress, August 2002
Section 112(d) of the Clean Air Act, as amended in 1990, mandates EPA to regulate HazardousAir Pollutants (HAPs) for a variety of source categories. The intent of these regulations is torequire affected major sources to apply the Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT)as a method for minimizing HAP emissions.1 These MACT standards are also known as NationalEmission Standard for Hazardous Air ...
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Utility MACT and HAPs
C 6.1 | The Utility MACT Rule: An Industry Perspective Michael Rossler | Manager, Environmental Programs, EEI EPA is proceeding with the Utility MACT rulemaking for coal- and oil-based EGUs. The rule is to be proposed by March 16 and finalized November 16. This rule will be unprecedented in its scope and range across a large sector of the US economy. What will the MACT look like? ...
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New boiler MACT and affiliated rules proposed
EPA proposed three related rules (with final rules expected by December 16, 2010), intended to reduce the emission of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) from industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers and process heaters as well as commercial and industrial solid waste incinerators. Simultaneously, it also proposed a definition of solid waste that could potentially affect some units currently ...
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The Wait Is Over; The New Boiler MACT Is Here
The Wait Is Over; The New Boiler MACT Is Here April 29, 2010 was a busy day for U.S. EPA and marked the culmination of months and years of background effort and planning related to air toxic emissions from boilers. U.S. EPA has released pre-publication versions of four (4) proposed rules on their website that, when finalized, will impact thousands of facilities. The proposed rules are all ...
By All4 Inc.
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MACT Monitoring, Recordkeeping, and Reporting - The Hidden Requirements
ABSTRACT The maximum achievable control technology (MACT) standards established under the national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAPs) of 40 CFR 63 may include easily overlooked, sometimes onerous and questionably appropriate requirements incorporated by reference to the MACT General Provisions of 40 CFR 63, Subpart A. These requirements are easily overlooked during the ...
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Tuning Your Boiler for EPA Boiler MACT Compliance
The EPA’s Boiler MACT regulations are heating up. Boiler MACT is an EPA rule to limit hazardous air pollutants (HAP) from commercial and industrial boilers and process heaters. Originally proposed in 2011 as a mandate driven by the Clean Air Act, the rules are Area Source Boiler MACT 40 CFR 63, subpart JJJJJJ for smaller boilers (stores, hotels, apartments, small manufacturers, etc.) and ...
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EPA Proposed “Franken-MACT” for Utilities
EPA published the highly anticipated proposed Maximum Available Control Technology (MACT) Standard for the utility sector (40 CFR 63 Subpart UUUUU). When considered together with the growing list of proposed and final rules impacting the utility sector (Transport Rule/Cross-State Rule, Coal Combustion Byproducts Rule, Cooling Water Intake Rule, Regional Haze Rule, revised National Ambient Air ...
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Comparison of a Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer to a Rotary Concentrator
INTRODUCTION The regenerative thermal oxidizer (RTO) is a very durable, well-proven technology suitable for treating a wide variety of emission streams. However, The RTO may not be the most economical technology available. Two very common systems for treating emissions from coating and finishing processes are the RTO and the concentrator/ oxidizer system. To determine which system is best suited ...
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Widespread Applicability and Energy Assessment highlight the Proposed New Boiler MACT Rules
As we reported in last month’s 4 The Record, April 29, 2010 was a busy day for U.S. EPA and marked the culmination of years of background effort and planning related to air toxic emissions from boilers. U.S. EPA has proposed four (4) rules that, when finalized, will impact thousands of facilities. Two (2) of these rules are intended to reduce emissions of toxic air pollutants from boilers ...
By All4 Inc.
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