This November 2003 applicability determination memo was written by Mr. Michael Alushin, EPA Office of Compliance to Mr. Timothy Hunt of American Forest & Paper Association. This memo indicates that size presses or size press alternative (SP/SPA), and on-machine coaters that apply sizing or water-based clays as a component of papermaking system are not subject to requirement of Subpart JJJJ.

To learn more about rule visit the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Paper and Other Web Coating page.

• Paper and Other Web Coating National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP): Applicability Determination Memo (PDF)(3 pp, 339 K, November 19, 2003)