Can we do it

Journal Article · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1993 · Chemical Processing (Chicago); (United States)

OSTI ID:6289508

Locheed, T A

One wonders how a facility will cope with the new Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA). Environmental engineers working in large companies' facilities and in corporate engineering groups already have an idea of how to comply with the regulations for chemical plant equipment leaks. (In fact, the rules will also affect process bins, wastewater, transfer and storage.) But those who work for smaller companies or who have assignments not directly tied to environmental affairs may not have access to the latest thinking on compliance. One of the first challenges in becoming aware of the CAAA regulations is learning the new language, which consists of acronyms, some containing other acronyms. NESHAP, for example, stands for national emissions standards for hazardous air pollutants. Prior to the CAAA, NESHAPs applied to a few specific chemicals, such as benzene. Now the proposed rules establish a HON, a hazardous organic NESHAP. According to David Gustafson, environmental air issues manager with Dow Chemical Company in Midland, MI, the HON mandates broader controls for a very large group of chemicals, including many of those made by the synthetic organic chemicals manufacturing industry (SOCMI).

• OSTI ID: 6289508
• Journal Information: Chemical Processing (Chicago); (United States), Vol. 56:1; ISSN 0009-2630
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING
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US CLEAN AIR ACT
COMPLIANCE
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ENGINEERING
ENGINEERS
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MANUFACTURING
POLLUTANTS
REGULATIONS
STANDARDS
STORAGE
WASTE WATER
ANIMALS
AROMATICS
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HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
LIQUID WASTES
MAMMALS
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PERSONNEL
PRIMATES
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