Small Business Clean Air Assistance Program

Industry Specific Regulations

A wide range of industrial categories have regulations written specific to their operations, and we have summarized information on rules affecting those here. These industry specific rules are set based on the emissions reductions achieved by a certain level of technology, either through equipment or materials available for purchase. These technology based rules go by the abbreviations of RACT or MACT, which are defined below.

RACT regulations (Reasonable Available Control Technology) are state air pollution rules controlling the release of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) in Wisconsin's nonattainment area. Businesses in Kenosha, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Sheboygan, Washington and Waukesha counties may be affected by these regulations.

MACT standards (Maximum Achievable Control Technology) are federal air pollution rules intended to protect the public from hazardous air pollutants. MACT standards affect source categories under section 112 of the Clean Air Act Amendments.

  Industry Sectors Included:

• Automotive
• Biofuels
• Chrome Electroplating
• Construction/Demolition
• Dry Cleaning
• Fiberglass Reinforced Plastics
• Gasoline Dispensing
• Printing
• Rock Crushing
• Secondary Aluminum Production
• Wood Furniture
• Other Industry Sector Resources

  AUTOMOTIVE

• Initial Notification Report RACT
• Motor Vehicle Refinishing RACT
• Air Permit Exemption for Auto Body Refinishers
• Autobody repair emissions calculation worksheet (MS Excel)
• On-line Auto Refinish Shop *
• EPA Area Source Rule for Paint Stripping and Miscellaneous Surface Coating - including Autobody Refinishing
• Overall Rule Information
• Appendix A: Requirements for Paint Stripping
• Appendix B: Requirements for Motor Vehicle and Mobile Equipment Surface Coating
• For forms and additional information on the rule, go to the SBCAAP Air Toxics page, scroll to 1/9/08 under Area Source Standards
• Watch the EPA training video (Windows Media file, 59 MB) to learn more about the rule and satisfy one of the training elements required in the rule.

  BIOFUELS

• Wisconsin Small-Scale Biofuels Producer Program - there are a number of regulations that impact biofuels operations.  To learn more about them, you can obtain assistance from a variety of state programs through the Small Scale Biofuels Producer Program.  Read more about the program and find out how to contact them by clicking HERE.

  CHROME ELECTROPLATING

• Chromium Electroplating MACT
• Recent Amendments (September 2004) to rule (link takes you to Chrome MACT page - scroll down to Implementation Documents and download PDF to right of the title)
• Guidebook on How to Comply with Cr NESHAP (EPA-453/B-95-001)
• Initial Notification Report
• Notice of Compliance Status
• Ongoing Monitoring Records
• Ongoing Compliance Status Report
• Notification of Performance Test
• Work Practice Standards

  CONSTRUCTION/DEMOLITION

• Asbestos — Renovation or Demolition Requirements (Air only)
• Pre-demolition Environmental Checklist * (DNR)

• Managing Your Environmental Responsibilities (MYER): A Planning Guide for Construction and Development

  DRY CLEANING

• Dry Cleaning MACT
• Guidebook for Perc Dry Cleaners (EPA-305/B-96-002)
• Plain English Guide for Dry Cleaners
• Initial Notification Report
• Compliance Status Report
• Compliance with Air Regulations for Wisconsin Drycleaners Webcast
• 2009 Dry Cleaner Calendar
  Includes Korean Translated Documents
• Basic Environmental Monitoring
• Monthly Calculation Instructions
  
• Halogenated Hydrocarbon Detector Options

• Strategies for Perc Dry Cleaners (University of Tennessee)
• State Coalition for Remediation of Dry Cleaners

  FIBERGLASS REINFORCED PLASTICS

• Reducing Volatile Emissions in the Fiber Reinforced Plastics Industry (FRP) *
• An alternative for some resin applications may be a product called NOVOC. Check out their web site * for potential uses of the product and test results that show minimal levels of VOC and HAP emissions. We have not evaluated any claims so be sure and ask questions about their product.

  GASOLINE DISPENSING

• Gasoline Dispensing Facilities

• 2009 Compliance Calendar for Gasoline Dispensing Facilities and introductory cover letter
• Initial notification/notification of compliance status form and cover letter
• EPA fact sheet summarizing regulations for controlling air emissions from gasoline dispensing facilities

• Gasoline Distribution Bulk Terminals, Bulk Plants, and Pipeline Facilities

• Initial notification/notification of compliance status form and cover letter
• EPA fact sheet summarizing regulations for controlling air emissions from bulk gasoline facilities
• US EPA rule for gasoline facilities

  PRINTING

• Flexographic & Rotogravure Printing RACT
• Lithographic Printing RACT
• MTE Calculation Sheet
• Compliance Certification Form
• Recordkeeping Form for All Fountain Solutions
• Recordkeeping Form for Refrigerated Fountain Solutions
• Recordkeeping Form for Blanket or Roller Washes (Exempt, Not Exempt)
• New Air Permit Options for Printers - DNR's Printer Page
• Environmental Results Program for Printers

  ROCK CRUSHING

• Nonmetallic Mining Emission Calculations Based on 1998 Nonmetallic Mining Agreement
  

  SECONDARY ALUMINUM PRODUCTION

• Area sources (having less emissions of hazardous air pollutants than major source levels) do have to meet Dioxin/Furan limits in the MACT standard for certain processing units.
• Notice of Compliance Status form
• Compliance Checklist for area sources

• Other USEPA implementation tools are available at http://www.epa.gov/ttn/atw/alum2nd/alum2pg.html.

Unit Specific Requirements:

• Thermal chip dryers — a device that uses heat to evaporate water, oil or oil/water mixtures from unpainted/uncoated aluminum chips.

• Scrap dryers/ delacquering kilns/ decoating kilns — refers to a unit that is primarily used to remove various organic contaminants such as oil, paint, lacquer, ink, plastic, and/or rubber from aluminum scrap—including used beverage containers—prior to melting.

• Group 1 furnaces (or a secondary aluminum production unit [SAPU] with one or more Group 1 furnaces) — these are furnaces of any design that melt, hold or process aluminum that contains paint, lubricants, coatings, or other foreign materials with or without reactive fluxing, or process clean charge with reactive fluxing.

• Sweat furnaces — a unit that is specifically designed to reclaim aluminum from scrap that also contains large quantities of iron. The aluminum has a lower boiling point than iron and will melt off in the furnace at the right temperature while the iron remains solid. (Scrap yards might use a sweat furnace to reclaim aluminum from items like sheet and cast aluminum, while automotive salvage operations can reclaim aluminum from unusable auto parts like transmissions.)

• USEPA Prepared Secondary Aluminum Sweat Furnace Workbook to walk owners through all the requirements in the rule and provides a checklist.

Information for Major Sources:

• Scrap dryers/delacquering kilns/decoating kilns
• Group 1 furnaces

  WOOD FURNITURE

• Wood Furniture Manufacturing RACT
• Initial Notification and Compliance Report (RACT)
• Emissions Averaging Notification (RACT)
• Wood Furniture Manufacturing Operations MACT
• Initial Notification Report (MACT)
• Clean Air Compliance for Wood Furniture Manufacturers (University of Tennessee)

  Other National Industry Sector-Based Resources

EPA's Sector Strategies Program site has assistance and resources for the following sectors:

EPA's Design for the Environment site has publications for a variety of industries for which it has undertaken Partnership Projects: