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Consolidated Federal Air Rule (CAR) for Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry

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Rule Summary

The Consolidated Federal Air Rule (CAR) is a pilot rulemaking originating from President Clinton's March 16, 1995 initiative to reinvent environmental regulations. This rule consolidates major portions of the following new source performance standards (NSPS) and national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) applicable to storage vessels, process vents, transfer operations, and equipment leaks within the SOCMI: 40 CFR part 60, subparts A, Ka, Kb, VV, DDD, III, NNN, and RRR; 40 CFR part 61, subparts A, V, Y, and BB; and 40 CFR part 63, subparts A, F, G, and H. The rule pulls together applicable Federal SOCMI rules into one integrated set of rules in order to simplify, clarify, and improve implementation of the existing rules with which source owners or operators must comply. The consolidated rule is an optional compliance alternative for SOCMI sources; sources may simply continue to comply with existing applicable rules or choose to comply with the consolidated rule. The effect of this consolidation will be to improve understandability, reduce burden, clarify requirements, and improve implementation and compliance.

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Rule History

8/27/2006 – Proposal

8/27/2006 - Direct Final

12/14/2000 - Final Rule 

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Additional Resources

9/11/1995 - Summary of 8/30/1995 CAR Stakeholders Meeting (w/o attachments)

8/30/1996 - Summary of 7/17/1996 CAR Stakeholders Meeting (w/o attachments)

6/25/1967 - Summary of 5/29/1997 CAR Stakeholders Meeting (w/o attachments)

Final Rule Fact Sheet

Proposal preamble

Proposed rule

Enabling Document (Plain language explanation of the CAR and other helpful guidance)

Background Information Document (Response to public comments)

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Compliance

The correlation tables are comprehensive cross references between the underlying requirements of the existing rules and the CAR. 

Definitions

Pt 60 subpart A, General Provisions        

Pt 60 subpart Ka, Petroleum Liquid Storage         

Pt 60 subpart Kb, VOL Storage   

Pt 60 subpart VV, SOCMI Equipment Leaks          

Pt 60 subpart DDD, Polymers Process Vents        

Pt 60 subpart III, SOCMI Air Oxidation Process Vents       

Pt 60 subpart NNN, SOCMI Distillation Process Vents      

Pt 60 subpart RRR, SOCMI Reactor Process Vents             

Pt 61 subpart A, General Provisions        

Pt 61 subpart V, Equipment Leaks            

Pt 61 subpart Y, Benzene Storage            

Pt 61 subpart BB, Benzene Transfer Operations 

Pt 63 subpart A, General Provisions        

Pt 63 subpart F, HON General Provisions              

Pt 63 subpart H, HON Equipment Leaks 

Pt 63 subpart G, HON Process Vents       

Pt 63 subpart G, HON Storage    

Pt 63 subpart G, HON Transfer Operations           

Pt 63 subpart G, HON Closed Vent System Leak Inspection Procedures (Sec. 63.148)         

Pt 63 subpart G, HON Recordkeeping and Reporting (Sec. 63.151 and 63.152)

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