Impact of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 on By-Product Coke Oven Production for Blast Furnaces and Compliance Paths

摘要

January 1, 1998 was a crossroads in compliance paths under the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 ("Act"). On that date, existing coke batteries chose either the maximum achievable control technology ("MACT") or the lowest achievable emission rate ("laer") routes to compliance.