On February 22, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published final rule amendments to the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Miscellaneous Coating Manufacturing (MCM) facilities.1 The EPA amendments establish inorganic HAP standards for process vessels, following the mandated technology review conducted under the Clean Air Act (CAA), originally promulgated in August 2020. Prior to adoption of these amendments, the MCM NESHAP hadn't regulated metal HAP from process vessels.
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