Priorities for new source performance standards under the Clean Air Act amendments of 1977

Technical Report · Sat Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1978

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6791731· OSTI ID:6791731

Monarch, M. R.; Cirillo, R. R.; Cho, B. H.; Concaildi, G. A.; Smith, A. E.; Levine, E. P.; Brubaker, K. L.

The Clean Air Act (CAA) as amended provides the fundamental enabling legislation for controlling air pollution in the U.S. It provides a number of different mechanisms by which the federal government can regulate the emissions of air pollutants. One of the more important mechanisms is commonly referred to as New Source Performance Standards (NSPS). It is the purpose of this work to develop and apply a systematic methodology for choosing the source categories that should be considered first for in-depth analysis prior to NSP promulgation. The objective of this exercise is to conduct a preliminary, but comprehensive, screening of source categories to select those of most concern in developing NSPS and to present decision-makers with sufficient technical information upon which to make informed policy choices as to where limited resources are best spent. Those source categories for which an NSPS has already been proposed or promulgated have been excluded from consideration. This reduces the number of sources to be considered somewhat but still leaves the number in excess of 200 categories. The pollutants considered here include the criteria pollutants (particulates, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, hydrocarbons, carbon monoxides), lead, sulfuric acid mist, hydrogen sulfide, and fluorides. The first five have had a National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) promulgated for them. Lead has a NAAQS proposed. The others are designated pollutants and have had NSPS set for some sources.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., Ill. (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 6791731
• Report Number(s): EPA-450/3-78-019
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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