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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 ...
EPA issues these limitations based on the performance of pollution control and prevention technologies. [22] For existing dischargers, this level of treatment is equivalent to "Best Available Technology Economically Achievable" (BAT) and for new discharges, the treatment level is "New Source Performance Standards" (NSPS). [23]
Section 202(a)(1) of the Clean Air Act requires the Administrator of the EPA to establish standards "applicable to the emission of any air pollutant from…new motor vehicles or new motor vehicle engines, which in [her] judgment cause, or contribute to, air pollution which may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare" (emphasis added). [3]
The EPA announced stricter standards Wednesday. When Michigan set clean drinking water standards in 2020, they were considered among the toughest in the U.S. The EPA announced stricter standards ...
According to public EPA documents, the agency will provide water systems in small and rural communities with an array of exemptions and time extensions to comply with the new standards that it ...
The New Source Performance Standards, 42 U.S.C. 7411, was added to the CAA in 1970 and is a required permitting process in an attainment and non-attainment area. The NSPS imposes emission standards for pollutants in new or reconstructed stationary sources that undergo "modification."
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 ...