Sentences with phrase «hazardous air pollutants»

The bulk of these regulations require national emissions standards for hazardous air pollutants.

The 1990 amendments to the Clean Air Act required EPA to limit cement plant's emissions of hazardous air pollutants such as mercury.

In February, the EPA issued new guidance to weaken a policy that protects us from hazardous air pollutants from major sources like power plants and chemical manufacturing facilities.

Recent scientific studies reveal that, in addition to methane, the oil and gas industry is also responsible for emitting other hazardous air pollutants, including Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), which can form smog, and Benzene, which can cause cancer.

And toxic chemicals that emit hazardous air pollutants are used during manufacturing.

Environmental tobacco smoke contains cancer - causing compounds that the U.S. government regulates as hazardous air pollutants.

Justice Scalia wrote the majority opinion, which hinged on an interpretation of administrative law requirements and did not overturn EPA's ability to regulate hazardous air pollutants from power plants.

The bill's summary states «The draft provides that CO2 and other greenhouse gases may not be regulated as criteria pollutants or hazardous air pollutants on the basis of their effect on global warming.»

We are writing to express concerns related to the air permit for this facility, particularly the failure to address hazardous air pollutants or HAPs.

Professor Steinemann's previous research showed fragranced products emit a range of chemicals, including hazardous air pollutants, but ingredients do not need to be fully disclosed on the product label or safety data sheet.

In response to these cases and others, state and county health officials conducted a series of monitoring projects that found that gas drilling was the area's largest source of several hazardous air pollutants, including benzene and ozone - forming emissions.

But New Yorkers needn't worry — iron and calcium are not considered hazardous air pollutants by the EPA.

Nearly two - thirds of survey respondents said they weren't aware of this lack of disclosure and wouldn't continue to use a fragranced product if they knew it emitted potentially hazardous air pollutants.

150,000 acres are burned each year, emitting more than 2,800 tons of hazardous air pollutants per year.

Contrary to what many uneducated individuals, Carbon (an element) and Carbon Dioxide (an oxide of carbon) are neither «toxic» nor «poisonous», rather excessive carbon dioxide has increased in our atmosphere and is now thought to be (by children in school and uneducated) to be toxic on a scale with hazardous air pollutants like oxides of mercury, lead, or beryllium, or chemical compounds like Freon 12, and other HAPs.

Requires the Administrator to: (1) request information from owners / operators of coal - fired electric generation facilities about hazardous air pollutants other than mercury; and (2) propose and promulgate emission standards.

Rapidly reduce hazardous air pollutants, including the short - lived climate pollutants methane, ozone, black carbon, and hydro fluorocarbons;

Rayon is a man - made fiber created from the cellulose found in plants and trees and processed with a harsh chemical that releases hazardous air pollutants.

«Others acknowledged they would produce hazardous air pollutants or toxic metals.»

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized the reconsideration process for its Clean Air Act pollution standards National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Major Sources: Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers and Process Heaters (known as Boiler Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT)-RRB-, in Spring 2012.

These rules will also reduce VOCs, methane and hazardous air pollutants from certain other sources within this sector.

The Clinton EPA, recognizing the danger of mercury and certain other hazardous air pollutants, chose the «maximum achievable control technology» (MACT) method for controlling dangerous pollution at power plants.

They claim EPA is prohibited from using 111 (d) to regulate carbon emissions from existing coal - fired plants because EPA already regulates air emissions from coal - fired plants under a separate section of the Clean Air Act (section 112, which regulates hazardous air pollutants).

Seven of those facilities each emit at least 10 annual tons of hazardous air pollutants, including the carcinogens benzene and formaldehyde.

«All types of fragranced products tested — even those with claims of «green,» «organic,» and «all - natural» — emitted hazardous air pollutants,» she said.

Toxic use reduction and sourcing replacements for ozone depleting solvents, volatile organic compounds, flammable solvents, hazardous air pollutants and achieving waste minimization

As a result, combined emissions of six common air pollutants have dropped by about 70 percent nationwide since the 1970 passage of the Clean Air Act, which regulates U.S. emissions of hazardous air pollutants.

«As far back as 1990, Congress listed 189 hazardous air pollutants that it wanted the EPA to regulate, but power plants were not on the list,» he says.

The U.S. environmental regulator argued in court on Tuesday that its rule limiting mercury and hazardous air pollutants is «appropriate and necessary,» not an improper interpretation of the federal Clean Air Act as industry groups and some states contend.

WASHINGTON (Reuters)- The U.S. environmental regulator argued in court on Tuesday that its rule limiting mercury and hazardous air pollutants is «appropriate and necessary,» not an improper interpretation of the federal Clean Air Act as industry groups and some states contend.

Last year, EPA finalized a set of New Source Performance Standards for the oil and gas industry limiting smog - creating volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and hazardous air pollutants.

Environmental lawyers will point to other power plant regulations on mercury and hazardous air pollutants that also impacted plants» relative competitiveness as evidence that the Clean Power Plan was well within the norm.

The EPA and the Department of Health and Human Services decided years ago that p - dichlorobenzene was a hazardous air pollutant and possible human carcinogen.

High concern,» said Woodruff, who specializes in research of hazardous air pollutants.

Draft Background Information Document, Proposed Standard for Radon - 222 Emissions to Air from Underground Uranium Mines, US EPA, Office of Radiation Programs, 40 CFR Part 61, National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants, Doc.

US EPA 40 CFR Part 61, Subpart B - National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP)-- Standard for Radon - 222 Emissions from Underground Uranium Mines, Final Rule, April 17, 1985.

Prior research found that common fragranced products — even those labeled «green» or «organic» — emit a range of hazardous air pollutants, the researchers behind the new study said.

This type of product has some excellent benefits, but it should be used in an environment where the toxic and hazardous air pollutants it gives off can be collected and treated appropriately.

Congress adopted Section 111 (d) in 1970 expressly to fill any gaps — to make sure there was authority to curb any dangerous air pollutants from industrial sources that were not taken care of by other parts of the law, including Section 112 on hazardous air pollutants.

The challengers next claim is that EPA is completely barred from limiting power plants» dangerous carbon pollution because EPA has already used another part of the law — Section 112 — to curb the same plants» emissions of mercury and other hazardous air pollutants.

Feb. 8, 2008), as the Act removed oil and coal - fired electric utility steam generating units (EGUs) from the list of sources of hazardous air pollutants and instead regulated the emissions through a cap - and - trade program.

In Maryland, low - income communities and communities of color face higher cancer risks from hazardous air pollutants.

Coal - fired power plants release nearly 400,000 tons of hazardous air pollutants every year, including more than 40 percent of all man - made mercury emissions in the U.S..

While the House - passed version prohibits 111 (d) regulation of any air pollutant «emitted from a source category» regulated under § 112, the Senate - passed version prohibits 111 (d) regulation of any air pollutant listed as a hazardous air pollutant (HAP) under § 112 (b), whether or not EPA is actually regulating sources of that pollutant under § 112.

The EPA also believes that section 108 (g) is the correct amendment because the Clean Air Act Amendments revised section 112 to include regulation of source categories in addition to regulation of listed hazardous air pollutants, and section 108 (g) thus conforms to other amendments of section 112.

Without any new legislation, a set of rules which could have significant impacts on coal - fired power plants are now making their way through the regulatory process — including regulations affecting ambient ozone, SO2 / NO2, particulates, ash, hazardous air pollutants (mercury), and effluent water.