The EPA has issued proposed emission standards for the first three of 11 industrial-manufacturing categories involving coating application.
ST. LOUIS – The EPA, in the first of several actions designed to reduce emissions of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) from a variety of industrial coating processes, has issued proposed emission standards for the first three of 11 industrial-manufacturing categories involving coating application. Proposed standards for the eight other categories are scheduled to be issued over the next several months.
The EPA in July issued a proposed National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants, called a NESHAP, for metal coil coating, with a public-comment period on the proposal concluding on Sept. 18. Also in July, the agency issued a proposed NESHAP for boat manufacturing, including coating and adhesive-application processes, with the comment period closing on Sept. 14. But development of the boat-manufacturing regulation has been moved to an EPA group that is focusing on chemicals, not coatings. The standards are scheduled to be finalized within one year after the proposed rules are issued.