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Final Rule for Industrial Process Cooling Towers: Fact Sheet

Fact sheet concerning a final rule to reduce air toxics emissions from industrial process cooling towers. Air toxics are those pollutants known or suspected of causing cancer or other serious health effects.

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Final Rule for Industrial Process Cooling Towers: Fact Sheet (PDF)(2 pp, 16 K, August 1, 1994)