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| 95-14908 | National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants From Secondary Lead Smelting | Rule | This action promulgates national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for new and existing secondary lead smelters pursuant to section 112 of the Clean Air Act (the Act) as amended in 1990. Secondary lead smelters have been identified by the EPA as significant emitters of several chemicals identified in the Act as hazardous air pollutants (HAP's) including but not limited to lead compounds, arsenic compounds, and 1,3-butadiene. Chronic exposure to arsenic and 1,3-butadiene is associated with skin, bladder, liver and lung cancer and other developmental and reproductive effects. Exposure to lead compounds results in adverse effects on the blood, central nervous system and kidneys. Children are particularly sensitive and exposure to lead compounds can also result in reduced cognitive development and reduced growth. This rulemaking will affect secondary lead smelters that use blast, reverberatory, rotary, or electric smelting furnaces to recover lead metal from scrap lead, primarily from used lead-acid automotive-type batteries. The purpose of the final rule is to reduce HAP emissions from secondary lead smelting. This rule is estimated to reduce emissions, including metal HAP's and organic HAP's, by about 1,300 megagrams (1,400 tons) per year. [[Page 32588]] The NESHAP provides protection to the public by requiring all secondary lead smelters to meet emission standards reflecting the application of the maximum achievable control technology (MACT). The NESHAP regulates emissions of lead compounds and total hydrocarbons (THC's) as surrogates for metal HAP's and organic HAP's, respectively. The EPA is also adding secondary lead smelters that are area sources to the list of source categories that are subject to MACT standards. | 1995-06-23 | 1995 | 6 | https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1995/06/23/95-14908/national-emission-standards-for-hazardous-air-pollutants-from-secondary-lead-smelting | https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1995-06-23/pdf/95-14908.pdf | Environmental Protection Agency | 145 | This action promulgates national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for new and existing secondary lead smelters pursuant to section 112 of the Clean Air Act (the Act) as amended in 1990. Secondary lead smelters have been... |