AFS, metalcasting industry agree to dismiss secondary aluminum MACT EPA suit. (AFS/CMI News).On December 30, the U.S. EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. issued final revisions to the applicability provisions of its Secondary Aluminum MACT MACT Maximum Achievable Control Technology MACT Maximum Available Control Technology MACT Men of All Colors Together MACT Minnesota Association of Community Theatres MACT Maulana Azad College of Technology (Bhopal, India) rule (40 C.F.R. part 63, subpart RRR See Required Rate of Return. ) concerning aluminum diecasters and foundries. The revisions amend the existing regulations by clarifying that aluminum diecasters, foundries and extruders that melt only clean charge, customer returns and internal scrap, and that do not operate a sweat furnace, chip dryer or delacquering kiln are not "secondary aluminum producers" or subject to regulation under this rule. These final revisions follow up on the May 2002 actions of the U.S. Dept. of Justice and the U.S. EPA in which they ratified a settlement agreement with AFS A distributed file system for large, widely dispersed Unix and Windows networks from Transarc Corporation, now part of IBM. It is noted for its ease of administration and expandability and stems from Carnegie-Mellon's Andrew File System. AFS - Andrew File System , the Non-Ferrous Founder's Society (NFFS NFFS Nonfederal Financial Support (Public Broadcasting) NFFS Nonferrous Founder's Society ) and the North American Die Casting Assn. (NADCA NADCA National Air Duct Cleaners Association NADCA North American Die Casting Association NADCA National Aboriginal Dance Council Australia NADCA National Animal Damage Control Association NADCA North American Draft Cross Association, Inc ) resolving a legal challenge to U.S. EPA's national emissions standards for secondary aluminum production facilities that had been filed by the three metalcasting associations. Since the revisions issued in December were consistent with the settlement agreement, the industry and U.S. EPA have jointly stipulated to voluntarily dismiss the legal challenge. "This interdependent teamwork by AFS, NADCA and NFFS has produced positive results for the aluminum sector of the U.S. metalcasting industry," said Dwight Barnhard, AFS executive vice president. In announcing the dismissal, a spokesperson for the collective effort of the three metalcasting associations said, "The industry's collective effort saves aluminum foundries and diecasters thousands of dollars in needless administrative and compliance changes and ensures that the industry's and EPA's scarce resources are applied where they are most needed, and where they will provide the biggest 'bang for the buck."' For more information on Secondary Aluminum MACT, contact Gary Mosher A mosher is a person who is crossed between goth/punk/skater they have long hair and listen to music like slipknot and metal music. Some people call them headbangers. At certain music shows they have something called a mosh pit, basically its a fight pit with loads of people bashing each other. , AFS vice president of environmental services, at 800/537-4237 ext. 228 orgem@afsinc.org or Dwight Barnhard, AFS executive vice president, at 800/537-4237 ext. 222 or dbarnbard@afsinc.org. |
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