MACT air pollution control Articles
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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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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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A Case Study in Implementation of the National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants for the Portland Cement Industry at a Major Source
The regulations at 40 CFR 63, Subpart LLL are commonly known as PC MACT because the rule establishes the maximum available control technology for hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) from portland cement plants in the United States. There are 188 HAPs specified in Section 112 of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990. Two classifications of HAP emitters are specified in 40 CFR 63. Major sources of HAPs ...
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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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Three Important Issues
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Proposed Settlement Extends Some MACT Hammer Deadlines
USEPA and the Sierra Club revised their settlement agreement regarding submittal of Part 2 applications for facilities with affected units in source categories subject to pending Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs).** Under the terms of a November 26, 2002 proposed settlement (which revises the previously proposed settlement), Part 2 ...
By AECOM
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Air Rule for Cement Kilns Requires 92 Percent Cut in Mercury Emissions
Portland cement kilns will be required to reduce emissions of mercury by 92 percent as part of an Environmental Protection Agency final rule announced Aug. 9 that imposes controls for several toxic pollutants. Although most of the emissions standards in the final rule are less stringent than what the agency had proposed in 2009, the cement industry said the cost to operate the required controls ...
By Ohio Lumex
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Smart LDAR — more cost-effective?
On December 19, 2008, EPA issued a final rule establishing a voluntary Alternative Work Practice (AWP) to detect leaks of volatile organic compounds (VOC) and hazardous air pollutants (HAP) from process equipment (FR Vol. 73, Number 246), thereby providing the regulated community additional flexibility in complying with leak detection and repair (LDAR) requirements. The AWP allows owners or ...
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