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New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) are pollution control standards issued by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The term is used in the Clean Air Act Extension of 1970 (CAA) to refer to air pollution emission standards, and in the Clean Water Act (CWA) referring to standards for water pollution discharges of industrial wastewater to surface waters.
A New Source Review (NSR) is a permitting process created by the US Congress in 1977 as part of a series of amendments to the Clean Air Act.The NSR process requires industry to undergo an Environmental Protection Agency pre-construction review for environmental controls if they propose either building new facilities or any modifications to existing facilities that would create a "significant ...
The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) are air pollution standards issued by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The standards, authorized by the Clean Air Act, are for pollutants not covered by the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) that may cause an increase in fatalities or in serious, irreversible, or incapacitating illness.
The new rule will slash more than 6,200 tons (5,624 metric tonnes) of toxic air pollutants annually and implement fenceline monitoring, the EPA said, addressing health risks in surrounding ...
The lawsuits will seek to block an EPA rule finalized last month that lowered the average allowable concentration of fine particulate matte US Republican states, industry groups challenge EPA's ...
This article was written by Oilprice.com -- the leading provider of energy news in the world The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency published a rule on January 9, 2014 requiring oil and gas ...
EPA Tailoring Rule Fact Sheet: July 2011 EPA finalized a three-year deferral of GHG permitting for facilities that use biomass. EPA Biogenic Fact Sheet: September 2011 EPA will [when?] propose GHG guidelines under the "New Source Performance Standards" (NSPS), which will establish emission levels for new and existing power plants.
1970 – Reorganization Plan No. 3 created the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by Presidential Executive Order; 1970 – Clean Air Act (Extension). Major rewrite of CAA, setting National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) Hazardous Air Pollutant standards, and auto emissions tailpipe standards.