Metalcasting group to work with EPA on new area source rule.The 1990 Clean Air Act requires the 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. ) to regulate the emissions of Hazardous Air Pollutants pollutants see environmental pollution. (HAPs) from non-major (i.e. area) sources in certain industry sectors. All iron and steel metalcasting facilities not covered not covered Health care adjective Referring to a procedure, test or other health service to which a policy holder or insurance beneficiary is not entitled under the terms of the policy or payment system–eg, Medicare. Cf Covered. by the 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) requirements could be subject to these new area source regulations. The agency has more flexibility in how it structures the area source rules and how it addresses the HAPs emissions from these facilities. EPA began work in mid-2005 on the development of the area source emission standards for iron and steel metalcasting facilities and plans to have draft regulatory rule language drawn up by the fall of 2006. 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 recently formed the Area Source Working Group with the primary goal of developing industry input on the rulemaking. Any interested facilities, especially smaller operations, can join this group. Metalcasting representatives within the Area Source Working Group met on Feb. 1 to discuss the framework for the rule, identify ways to limit the rule's applicability to smaller facilities and suggest potential cost-effective methods for non-major sources to control HAPs. The group also began development of the industry's strategy for ensuring the rule has the lowest impact on non-major metalcasting facilities as possible. The metalcasting representatives met again on March 9 before bringing industry recommendations to EPA. For more information on the area source rule, visit EPA's Air Toxics website at http://www.epa.gov/ttn/atw/urban/arearules.html. |
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