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Managing Air Toxics Under the New Clean Air Act Amendments
journal contribution
posted on 1991-01-01, 00:00 authored by Winston Chow, Michael J. Miller, James Fortune, Greg Behrens, Edward RubinEdward RubinThe Clean Air Act Amendments of
1990 greatly expand EPA's rulemaking
authority over toxic or hazardous air pollutants.
The law lists 189 chemicals that
would be subject to control. Sources that
emit 10 tons/yr or more of any one pollutant,
or 25 tons/yr or more of any combination
thereof, must apply maximum
available control technology (MACT). By
definition, MACf is at least as stringent
as best available control technology
(BACf) for similar sources. However,
consideration of the cost and feasibility of
control, energy impacts and environmental
factors will be given in MACf.