EPA Finalizes Air Toxics Standard for PVC Production

EPA has released its final air toxics emission limits for polyvinyl chloride (PVC) production units, replacing a 2002 standard that a federal court ordered EPA to replace. The technology-based standard applies to air toxic emissions from manufacture of polyvinyl chloride and copolymers production, but not from process units that produce vinyl chloride as the monomer, EPA says.  The Clean Air Act requires EPA to issue Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) standards for industrial sectors that emit air toxics. The final PVC rule sets emission...

This information is only available to Chemical Week subscribers.

Forgot your user ID or password?
Click here to have it sent to you.

Email Address First Name Last Name

Not an IHS Chemical Week 24/7 member yet? Here's why you should be: Searchable online archive access of the last 2 years of Chemical Week. Print or digital magazine subscription Price and market change alerts Economic data and statistics Buyers' Guides Webcasts | whitepapers