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NESHAP source category list
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- There are numerous NESHAP source categories each with unique subparts under which they are regulated.
The following table lists source categories under the National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAPs) and the subpart under which they are regulated.
Acrylic/Modacrylic Fiber (area sources) | 40 CFR 63 Subpart LLLLLL (6L) |
Aerospace | 40 CFR 63 Subpart GG |
Asbestos | 40 CFR 61 Subpart M |
Asphalt Processing and Asphalt Roofing Manufacturing | 40 CFR 63 Subpart LLLLL |
Asphalt Processing and Asphalt Roofing Manufacturing (area sources) | 40 CFR 63 Subpart AAAAAAA (7A) |
Auto and Light Duty Truck Surface Coating | 40 CFR 63 Subpart IIII |
Auto Body Refinishing (area sources) — see Paint Stripping and Miscellaneous Surface Coating Operations | |
Benzene Transfer Operations | 40 CFR 61 Subpart BB |
Benzene Waste Operations | 40 CFR 61 Subpart FF |
Beryllium | 40 CFR 61 Subpart C |
Beryllium Rocket Motor Firing | 40 CFR 61 Subpart D |
Boat Manufacturing | 40 CFR 63 Subpart VVVV |
Boilers (see Industrial-Commercial-Institutional Boilers) | |
Brick and Structural Clay Products Manufacturing (see also Clay Ceramics) | 40 CFR 63 Subpart JJJJJ |
Carbon Black Production (area sources) | 40 CFR 63 Subpart MMMMMM (6M) |
Cellulose Products Manufacturing | 40 CFR 63 Subpart UUUU |
Chemical Manufacturing Industry (area sources): CMAS | 40 CFR 63 Subpart VVVVVV (6V) |
Chemical Preparations Industry (area sources) | 40 CFR 63 Subpart BBBBBBB (7B) |
Chromium Electroplating | 40 CFR 63 Subpart N |
Chromium Compounds (area sources) | 40 CFR 63 Subpart NNNNNN (6N) |
Clay Ceramics Manufacturing (see also Brick and Clay Products) | 40 CFR 63 Subpart KKKKK |
Clay Ceramics Manufacturing (area sources) | 40 CFR 63 Subpart RRRRRR (6R) |
Coke Ovens: Charging, Top Side, and Door Leaks | 40 CFR 63 Subpart L |
Coke Ovens: Pushing, Quenching, and Battery Stacks | 40 CFR 63 Subpart CCCCC |
Coke Oven By-product Recovery Plants | 40 CFR 61 Subpart L |
Combustion Sources at Kraft, Soda, and Sulfite Pulp & Paper Mills (Pulp and Paper maximum achievable control technology (MACT) II) (see also Pulp and Paper noncombust MACT) | 40 CFR 63 Subpart MM |
Commercial Sterilizers (see Ethylene Oxide Emission Standards for Sterilization Facilities) | |
Degreasing Organic Cleaners (see Halogenated Solvent Cleaners) | |
Dry Cleaning | 40 CFR 63 Subpart M |
Electric Arc Furnace Steelmaking Facilities (area sources) | 40 CFR 63 Subpart YYYYY |
Engine Test Cells/Stands (see also Beryllium Rocket Motor Firing) | 40 CFR 63 Subpart PPPPP |
Ethylene Oxide Emission Standards for Sterilization Facilities (see also Hospital Ethylene Oxide Sterilizers) | 40 CFR 63 Subpart O |
Fabric Printing, Coating and Dyeing | 40 CFR 63 Subpart OOOO |
Ferroalloys Production (major sources) | 40 CFR 63 Subpart XXX |
Ferroalloys Production (area sources) | 40 CFR 63 Subpart YYYYYY (6Y) |
Flexible Polyurethane Foam Fabrication Operation | 40 CFR 63 Subpart MMMMM |
Flexible Polyurethane Foam Production and Fabrication (area sources) | 40 CFR 63 Subpart OOOOOO (6-O) |
Flexible Polyurethane Foam Production | 40 CFR 63 Subpart III |
Friction Products Manufacturing | 40 CFR 63 Subpart QQQQQ |
Gasoline Dispensing Facilities (area sources) | 40 CFR 63 Subpart CCCCCC (6C) |
Gasoline Distribution (Stage 1) | 40 CFR 63 Subpart R |
Gasoline Distribution Bulk Terminals, Bulk Plants, and Pipeline Facilities (area sources) | 40 CFR 63 Subpart BBBBBB (6B) |
Generic MACT I — Acetal Resins | 40 CFR 63 Subpart YY |
Generic MACT I — Hydrogen Floride | 40 CFR 63 Subpart YY |
Generic MACT I — Polycarbonates Production | 40 CFR 63 Subpart YY |
Generic MACT I — Acrylic/Modacrylic Fibers | 40 CFR 63 Subpart YY |
Generic MACT II — Spandex Production | 40 CFR 63 Subpart YY |
Generic MACT II — Carbon Black Production | 40 CFR 63 Subpart YY |
Generic MACT II — Ethylene Processes | 40 CFR 63 Subpart YY |
Glass Manufacturing (area sources) | 40 CFR 63 Subpart SSSSSS (6S) |
Glass Manufacturing — Inorganic Arsenic | 40 CFR 61 Subpart N |
Gold Mine Ore Processing and Production (area sources) | 40 CFR 63 Subpart EEEEEEE (7E) |
Halogenated Solvent Cleaning | 40 CFR 63 Subpart T |
Hazardous Organic NESHAP (Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry) | 40 CFR 63 Subpart F, G, H, I |
Hazardous Waste Combustors | 40 CFR 63 Subpart EEE |
Hospital Ethylene Oxide Sterilizers (area sources) (see also Ethylene Oxide Sterilizers) | 40 CFR 63 Subpart WWWWW |
Hydrochloric Acid Production | 40 CFR 63 Subpart NNNNN |
Industrial, Commercial and Institutional Boilers and Process Heaters (major sources) | 40 CFR 63 Subpart DDDDD |
Industrial, Commercial and Institutional Boilers (area sources) (see also Boiler Compliance at Area Sources) | 40 CFR 63 Subpart JJJJJJ (6J) |
Industrial Process Cooling Towers | 40 CFR 63 Subpart Q |
Inorganic Arsenic Emissions from Primary Copper Smelters | 40 CFR 61 Subpart O |
Inorganic Arsenic from Arsenic trioxide and Metallic Arsenic Production | 40 CFR 61 Subpart P |
Integrated Iron and Steel | 40 CFR 63 Subpart FFFFF |
Iron and Steel Foundries (major sources) | 40 CFR 63 Subpart EEEEE |
Iron and Steel Foundries (area sources) | 40 CFR 63 Subpart ZZZZZ |
Large Appliances Surface Coating | 40 CFR 63 Subpart NNNN |
Lead Acid Battery Manufacturing (area sources) | 40 CFR 63 Subpart PPPPPP (6P) |
Leather Finishing Operations | 40 CFR 63 Subpart TTTT |
Lime Manufacturing | 40 CFR 63 Subpart AAAAA |
Magnetic Tape Surface Coating | 40 CFR 63 Subpart EE |
Manufacturing Nutritional Yeast (formerly Baker’s Yeast) | 40 CFR 63 Subpart CCCC |
Marine Vessel Loading Operations | 40 CFR 63 Subpart Y |
Mercury Cell Chlor-Alkali Plants | 40 CFR 63 Subpart IIIII |
Mercury Production | 40 CFR 61 Subpart E |
Metal Can Surface Coating | 40 CFR 63 Subpart KKKK |
Metal Coil Surface Coating | 40 CFR 63 Subpart SSSS |
Metal Fabrication and Finishing Source Nine Categories (area sources) | 40 CFR 63 Subpart XXXXXX (6X) |
Metal Furniture Surface Coating | 40 CFR 63 Subpart RRRR |
Mineral Wool Production | 40 CFR 63 Subpart DDD |
Miscellaneous Coating Manufacturing | 40 CFR 63 Subpart HHHHH |
Miscellaneous Metal Parts and Products Surface Coating | 40 CFR 63 Subpart MMMM |
Misc. Organic Chemical Production and Processes (MON) | 40 CFR 63 Subpart FFFF |
Municipal Solid Waste Landfills | 40 CFR 63 Subpart AAAA |
Natural Gas Transmission and Storage | 40 CFR 63 Subpart HHH |
Nonferrous Foundries: Aluminum, Copper, and Other (area sources) | 40 CFR 63 Subpart ZZZZZZ (6Z) |
Off-Site Waste Recovery Operations | 40 CFR 63 Subpart DD |
Oil and Natural Gas Production includes Area Sources | 40 CFR 63 Subpart HH |
Oil-Water Separators and Organic-Water Separators | 40 CFR 63 Subpart VV |
Organic Liquids Distribution (non-gasoline) | 40 CFR 63 Subpart EEEE |
Paints and Allied Products Manufacturing (area sources) | 40 CFR 63 Subpart CCCCCCC (7C) |
Paint Stripping and Miscellaneous Surface Coating Operations (area sources) (see also Collision Repair Campaign) | 40 CFR 63 Subpart HHHHHH (6H) |
Paper and Other Web Surface Coating | 40 CFR 63 Subpart JJJJ |
Pesticide Active Ingredient Production | 40 CFR 63 Subpart MMM |
Petroleum Refineries | 40 CFR 63 Subpart CC |
Petroleum Refineries | 40 CFR 63 Subpart UUU |
Pharmaceuticals Production | 40 CFR 63 Subpart GGG |
Phosphoric Acid | 40 CFR 63 Subpart AA |
Phosphate Fertilizers | 40 CFR 63 Subpart BB |
Plastic Parts Surface Coating | 40 CFR 63 Subpart PPPP |
Plating and Polishing Operations (area sources) | 40 CFR 63 Subpart WWWWWW (6W) |
Plywood and Composite Wood Products (formerly Plywood and Particle Board Manufacturing) | 40 CFR 63 Subpart DDDD |
Polyether Polyols Production | 40 CFR 63 Subpart PPP |
Polymers & Resins I | 40 CFR 63 Subpart U |
Polymers & Resins II | 40 CFR 63 Subpart W |
Polymers & Resins III | 40 CFR 63 Subpart OOO |
Polymers & Resins IV | 40 CFR 63 Subpart JJJ |
Polyvinyl Chloride and Copolymers Production | 40 CFR 63 Subpart HHHHHHH (7H) |
Polyvinyl Chloride and Copolymers Production (area sources) | 40 CFR 63 Subpart DDDDDD (6D) |
Portland Cement Manufacturing | 40 CFR 63 Subpart LLL |
Prepared Feeds Manufacturing (area sources) | 40 CFR 63 Subpart DDDDDDD (7D) |
Primary Aluminum | 40 CFR 63 Subpart LL |
Primary Copper Smelting | 40 CFR 63 Subpart QQQ |
Primary Copper Smelting (area sources) | 40 CFR 63 Subpart EEEEEE (6E) |
Primary Lead Processing | 40 CFR 63 Subpart TTT |
Primary Magnesium Refining | 40 CFR 63 Subpart TTTTT |
Primary Nonferrous Metals-Zinc, Cadmium, and Beryllium (area sources) | 40 CFR 63 Subpart GGGGGG (6G) |
Printing and Publishing Surface Coating | 40 CFR 63 Subpart KK |
Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTW) | 40 CFR 63 Subpart VVV |
Pulp and Paper (non-combust) MACT (see also Combustion Sources at Kraft, Soda, and Sulfite Pulp & Paper Mills —Pulp and Paper MACT II) | 40 CFR 63 Subpart S |
Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines (RICE) includes area sources | 40 CFR 63 Subpart ZZZZ |
Refractory Products Manufacturing | 40 CFR 63 Subpart SSSSS |
Reinforced Plastic Composites Production | 40 CFR 63 Subpart WWWW |
Rubber Tire Manufacturing | 40 CFR 63 Subpart XXXX |
Secondary Aluminum | 40 CFR 63 Subpart RRR |
Secondary Copper Smelting (area sources) | 40 CFR 63 Subpart FFFFFF (6F) |
Secondary Lead Smelters | 40 CFR 63 Subpart X |
Secondary Nonferrous Metals Processing (Brass, Bronze, Magnesium and Zinc) (area sources) | 40 CFR 63 Subpart TTTTTT (6T) |
Semiconductor Manufacturing | 40 CFR 63 Subpart BBBBB |
Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Surface Coating | 40 CFR 63 Subpart II |
Site Remediation | 40 CFR 63 Subpart GGGGG |
Solvent Extraction for Vegetable Oil Production | 40 CFR 63 Subpart GGGG |
Stationary Combustion Turbines | 40 CFR 63 Subpart YYYY |
Steel Pickling — Hydrochloric Acid (HCl Process | 40 CFR 63 Subpart CCC |
Taconite Iron Ore Processing | 40 CFR 63 Subpart RRRRR |
Utility NESHAP | 40 CFR 63 Subpart UUUUU |
Vinyl Chloride | 40 CFR 61 Subpart F |
Wet Formed Fiberglass Mat Production | 40 CFR 63 Subpart HHHH |
Wood Building Products Surface Coating (formerly Flat Wood Paneling Products) | 40 CFR 63 Subpart QQQQ |
Wood Furniture Surface Coating | 40 CFR 63 Subpart JJ |
Wood Preserving (area sources) | 40 CFR 63 Subpart QQQQQQ (6Q) |
Wool Fiberglass Manufacturing | 40 CFR 63 Subpart NNN |
Wool Fiberglass Manufacturing (area sources) | 40 CFR 63 Subpart NN |