EPA issues final emissions rule for nonferrous metalcasting area sources.The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and (EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. ) has issued a final regulation to reduce hazardous air pollutants pollutants see environmental pollution. (HAPs) from aluminum, copper and other nonferrous metalcasting area sources, or facilities that emit small amounts of HAPs. The final rule is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on June 25. Throughout the rulemaking process, 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 , in conjunction with the Non-Ferrous Founders' Society, Park Ridge Park Ridge, city (1990 pop. 36,175), Cook co., NE Ill., a suburb adjacent to Chicago, on the Des Plaines River; inc. 1873. It is chiefly residential. Several national and international corporations have their headquarters in Park Ridge. Nearby is O'Hare International Airport. , Ill., have worked closely with EPA officials and provided technical information regarding the operation of aluminum, copper and other nonferrous metalcasting facilities. Under the final rule, facilities that melt less than 600 tons of aluminum, copper and other nonferrous metal annually are not subject to the rule. All aluminum, copper and other nonferrous metalcasting area sources subject to the rule must implement management practices to reduce HAP HAP. An old word which signifies to catch; as, "to hap the rent," to hap the deed poll." Techn. Dict. h.t. emissions and prepare a written management plan. In addition, copper and other nonferrous facilities that melt 6,000 tons or more of copper and other nonferrous metal annually must also comply with a new emissions limit for particulate matter particulate matter n. Abbr. PM Material suspended in the air in the form of minute solid particles or liquid droplets, especially when considered as an atmospheric pollutant. Noun 1. . "AFS is proud to be one of the leading associations working on behalf of nonferrous metalcasters during the development of these area source rules," said Jerry Call, AFS executive vice president. "It is critical that we work with the EPA in every way possible to support these efforts." Because aluminum, copper and other nonferrous metalcasting facilities are generally well controlled and have significantly reduced HAP emissions from 1990 levels, EPA does not anticipate any additional reductions of HAP emissions from the final rule. The rule is designed to continue the environmental progress already achieved by these facilities. "While the final rule will impose some new management practices, recordkeeping and reporting requirement on metalcasting facilities, the technical data and practical expertise provided by AFS helped EPA develop a rule that minimizes HAP emissions from aluminum, copper and other nonferrous metalcasting area sources using the engineering controls and management practices that are already in place at most of these facilities," said Jeet Radia, chairman of the AFS Technical Committee (10-E) on Air Quality. A copy of the final rule and an EPA Fact Sheet is available on the AFS website at www.afsinc.org/2009nonferrousareasource. |
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