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Sierra Club/EPA Agreement Changes MACT
Standard Compliance Calendar
updated October 30, 2003
The United States Environmental Protection
Agency and the Sierra Club have agreed to a legal settlement*
that could require many industrial facilities to develop case-by-case
MACT (maximum achievable control technology) standards on
a staged schedule (see Table 1, below). The agreement-driven
amendment promulgated by the EPA on May 8, 2003, creates the
following MACT Hammer Part 2 application submittal categories.
If the EPA succeeds in promulgating the MACT standards prior
to the category deadlines, a Part II application will no longer
required.
For the whole story, read the summary
Barr has prepared for our clients. You can also access the
EPA’s MACT information at http://www.epa.gov/ttn/atw/eparules.html.
*Note that on June 10, 2003, the Sierra
Club notified the Department of Justice of its intent to request
that the agreement be vacated, thereby reinstating the original
MACT Hammer provisions. On October 8, 2003, the United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit denied the Club's petition.
Table 1: MACT Hammer Part 2 Application
Due Dates
(Federal Register, Vol. 68, 32586; May 30, 2003)
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October 30, 2003
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- Combustion Turbines—final signed 08/29/03
- Lime Manufacturing—final signed 08/25/03
- Site Remediation—final signed 10/08/03
- Iron and Steel Foundries—final signed 08/29/03
- Taconite Iron Ore Processing—final signed 08/25/03
- Miscellaneous Organic Chemical Manufacturing (see
Table 2 for 23 subcategories)—final signed 08/25/03
- Organic Liquids Distribution—final signed 08/25/03
- Primary Magnesium Refining—final signed 10/10/03
- Metal Can (Surface Coating)—final signed 08/29/03
- Plastic Parts and Products (Surface Coating)—final
signed 08/29/03
- Mercury-Cell Chlor-Alkali Plants—final signed
08/29/03
- Miscellaneous Metal Parts and Products (Surface
Coating) (and Asphalt/Coal Tar Application—Metal
Pipes)—final signed 08/20/03
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April 28, 2004
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- Industrial Boilers, Institutional/Commercial Boilers,
and Process Heaters (that burn no hazardous waste)—proposed
01/13/03
- Plywood and Composite Wood Products—proposed
01/09/03
- Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines—proposed
12/19/02
- Auto and Light-Duty Truck (Surface Coating)—proposed
11/26/02
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August 13, 2005
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- Industrial Boilers, Institutional/ Commercial Boilers,
and Process Heaters (that burn hazardous waste)—Proposed
01/13/03
- Hydrochloric Acid Production—Proposed 09/18/01
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Table 2: MON Source Subcategories (10/30/03
due date; final signed 08/20/03)
- Manufacture of Paints, Coatings,
and Adhesives
- Alkyd Resins Production
- Maleic Anhydride Copolymers Production
- Polyester Resins ProductionPolymerized
Vinylidene Chloride Production
- Polymethyl Methacrylate Resins
Production
- Polyvinyl Acetate Emulsions Production
- Polyvinyl Alcohol Production
- Polyvinyl Butyral Production
- Ammonium Sulfate Production-Caprolactam
By-Product Plants
- Quaternary Ammonium Compounds
Production
- Benzyltrimethylammonium Chloride
Production
- Carbonyl Sulfide Production
- Chelating Agents Production
- Chlorinated Paraffins Production
- Ethylidene Norbornene Production
- Explosives Production
- Hydrazine Production
- OBPA/1,3-Diisocyanate Production
- Photographic Chemicals Production
- Phthalate Plasticizers Production
- Rubber Chemicals Manufacturing
- Symmetrical Tetrachloropyridine
Production
May 15, 2003
Note: On March 3, 2003, the
EPA announced the signing of final rules for all of
the May 15 category industries. Part 2 applications
will not be required for this category.
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- Municipal Solid Waste Landfills
- Flexible Polyurethane Foam Fabrication Operations
- Coke Ovens: Pushing, Quenching, and Battery Stacks
- Reinforced Plastic Composites Production
- Semiconductor Manufacturing
- Refractories Manufacturing
- Brick and Structural Clay Products Manufacturing
and Clay Ceramics Manufacturing
- Asphalt Roofing Manufacturing and Asphalt Processing
- Integrated Iron and Steel Manufacturing
- Hydrochloric Acid Production and Fumed Silica
- Engine Test and Rocket Testing Facilities
- Metal Furniture (Surface Coating)
- Printing, Coating, and Dyeing of Fabrics
- Wood Building Products (Surface Coating)
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