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Nitric Acid Plants: Proposed NSPS Revisions
PROPOSED REVISIONS TO NEW SOURCE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS (NSPS) FOR NITRIC ACID PLANTS On September 30, 2011, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed to strengthen air pollution limits for nitric acid plants. Most nitric acid is used to produce fertilizer. The proposed standards, known as New Source Performance Standards (NSPS), would limit emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) ...
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U.S. EPA holds trucking company accountable for failure to install emissions controls on its California fleet
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that Estes Express Lines will pay a $100,000 penalty for violations of the California Truck and Bus Regulation, for failing to install particulate filters on 73 of its heavy-duty diesel trucks (15% of its California fleet). In California, mobile sources of diesel emissions, such as trucks and construction equipment, are one of the largest ...
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EPA reduces smokestack pollution, protecting Americans’ health from soot and smog/clean air act protections will cut dangerous pollution in communities that are home to 240 million Americans
Building on the Obama Administration’s strong record of protecting the public’s health through common-sense clean air standards – including proposed standards to reduce emissions of mercury and other air toxics, as well as air quality standards for sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide – the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today finalized additional Clean Air Act ...
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EPA Proposes to Reduce Smog-Forming Pollution Transported Across State Lines
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing updates to the agency’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) to address interstate air quality impacts for the 2008 ozone air quality standards. The proposed updates would reduce summertime emissions of oxides of nitrogen (NOx) from power plants that contribute to downwind ozone problems in the eastern half of the U.S. ...
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