federal_register: 96-32237
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| 96-32237 | National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Flexible Polyurethane Foam Production | Proposed Rule | This proposed rule would reduce emissions of hazardous air pollutants (HAP) from existing and new facilities that manufacture flexible polyurethane foam. In the production of flexible polyurethane foam a variety of HAP are used as reactants or process solvents. The HAP emitted by the facilities covered by this proposed rule include methylene chloride, toluene diisocyanate, methyl chloroform, methylene diphenyl diisocyanate, propylene oxide, diethanolamine, methyl ethyl ketone, methanol, and toluene. Methylene chloride comprises over 98 percent of the total HAP emissions from this industry. This proposed rule is estimated to reduce emissions of these pollutants by over 12,500 Megagrams per year (Mg/yr), with over 99 percent of this total expected to be methylene chloride emission reductions. The emission reductions achieved by these standards, when combined with the emission reductions achieved by other similar standards, will achieve the primary goal of the Clean Air Act, which is to ``enhance the quality of the Nation's air resources so as to promote the public health and welfare and the productive capacity of its population.'' This proposed rule implements section 112(d) of the Clean Air Act of 1990 (CAAA), which requires the Administrator to regulate emissions of HAP listed in section 112(b) of the CAAA. The intent of this rule is to protect the public by requiring the maximum degree of reduction in emissions of HAP from new and existing major sources, taking into consideration the cost of achieving such emission reduction, and any nonair quality, health and environmental impacts, and energy requirements. | 1996-12-27 | 1996 | 12 | https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1996/12/27/96-32237/national-emission-standards-for-hazardous-air-pollutants-for-flexible-polyurethane-foam-production | https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1996-12-27/pdf/96-32237.pdf | Environmental Protection Agency | 145 | This proposed rule would reduce emissions of hazardous air pollutants (HAP) from existing and new facilities that manufacture flexible polyurethane foam. In the production of flexible polyurethane foam a variety of HAP are used as reactants or process... |