Iron and steel foundry MACT officially proposed in Federal Register. (Washington Alert).On December 23, 2002, the U.S. EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. published in the Federal Register a proposed rule establishing new emissions standards for hazardous air pollutants from iron and steel foundries. While text of the proposed rule has been available through EPA's website, publication in the Federal Register marks the official proposal date and starts the clock for the 60-day public comment period on the proposed standards. Public comments are due to EPA by February 21, 2003. Pursuant to Section 112 of the Clean Air Act, EPA has been working on the development of National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants The National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAPS) are emissions standards set by the United States EPA for an air pollutant not covered by NAAQS that may cause an increase in fatalities or in serious, irreversible, or incapacitating illness. (NESHAP NESHAP National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (US EPA) ) for iron and steel foundries. As part of this process, the agency is setting Maximum Achievable Control Technology (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) ) standards for new and existing metalcasting and/or coremaking departments at any iron and steel foundry that is a major source. Major sources are those facilities that emit 10 or more tons/year of a single toxic air pollutant or 25 tons or more of a combination of toxic air pollutants. Specifically, EPA's proposed rule will apply to metal melting furnaces, scrap preheaters, pouring stations or areas, pouring, cooling, and shakeout lines, molding or coremaking lines, and mold or core coating lines. Emission limits for metal and organic hazardous air pollutants are proposed along with operating limits for capture systems and control devices and work practice requirements. These emission standards could have significant impacts on how castings are manufactured in the U.S. as well as the costs to produce those castings. 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 has formed a MACT AdHoc committee to represent the interest of the metalcasting industry during this rulemaking proceeding. Gary Thoe, Waupaca Foundry, Inc., and a member of the AFS Board of Directors, is chair of the AFS MACT AdHoc Committee. A copy of EPA's proposed NESHAP for iron and steel foundries can be found on the agency's website at http://www.epa.gov/ttn/atw/ifoundry/ifoundrypg.html. For more information, 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 The various combinations of scientific, technical, and advisory activities (including modification processes, i.e., the influence of manmade and natural factors) required to acquire, produce, and supply information on the past, present, and future states of space, atmospheric, at 800/537-4237 or gem@afsinc.org. |
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