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| 97-29149 | National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants Pesticide Active Ingredient Production | Proposed Rule | This action proposes national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for the pesticide active ingredient (PAI) production source category under section 112 of the Clean Air Act as amended (CAA). The intent of the proposed standard is to reduce emissions of hazardous air pollutants (HAP) from existing and new facilities that manufacture PAI used in herbicides, insecticides, and fungicides. The proposed standards protect human health and the environment by reducing HAP emissions to the level corresponding to the maximum achievable control technology (MACT) through the use of pollution prevention measures and control strategies. The major HAP emitted by facilities covered by this proposed rule include toluene, methanol, methyl chloride, and hydrogen chloride (HCl). All of these pollutants can cause reversible or irreversible toxic effects following exposure. The proposed rule is estimated to reduce HAP emissions from existing facilities by 5,150 megagrams per year (Mg/yr) (5,680 tons per year (tons/yr)), a reduction of 76 percent from the baseline emission level. Because many of these pollutants are also volatile organic compounds (VOC), which are precursors to ambient ozone, the proposed rule would aid in the reduction of tropospheric ozone. 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 (the Act), as amended in 1990, 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.'' The July 16, 1992 source category list included an agricultural chemicals industry group that contained 10 source categories. Today's notice groups these 10 agricultural chemicals source categories into one source category, renames the source category, and adds additional chemicals to the source category. | 1997-11-10 | 1997 | 11 | https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/11/10/97-29149/national-emission-standards-for-hazardous-air-pollutants-pesticide-active-ingredient-production | https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1997-11-10/pdf/97-29149.pdf | Environmental Protection Agency | 145 | This action proposes national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for the pesticide active ingredient (PAI) production source category under section 112 of the Clean Air Act as amended (CAA). The intent of the proposed standard is... |