Administrative Watch
On April 23, 2016, the Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board (EQB) published a final-form rule that requires major sources of nitrogen oxides (NOx) and/or volatile organic compounds (VOCs) to meet reasonably available control technology (RACT) by January 1, 2017. See 46 Pa.B. 2036. The final rulemaking adopts presumptive RACT requirements and emission limitations. Major sources that are not subject to any presumptive RACT requirements or emission limitations will need to develop their own RACT requirements. The final-form rulemaking will affect a wide array of combustion sources in several industrial sectors and may require the installation of costly control technologies or implementation of new work practices.
