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Pulp & Paper MACT II

Air Toxics Notebook

Pulp & Paper MACT II

Applicability

eCFR Subpart MM [ecfr.gov]

This subpart applies to:

  1. Affected sources at kraft, soda, sulfite, or stand-alone semichemical pulp mills that are Major Sources of HAPs*.

Affected sources:

  1. Existing chemical recovery systems at kraft or soda pulp mills;
  2. New nondirect contact evaporator recovery furnaces and associated smelt dissolving tanks at kraft or soda pulp mills;
  3. New direct contact evaporator recovery furnace systems and associated smelt dissolving tanks at kraft or soda pulp mills;
  4. New lime kilns at kraft or soda pulp mills;
  5. Sulfite combustion units at sulfite pump mills;
    1. Except Unit # AP-10 at Weyerhaeuser Paper Company's Cosmopolis Washington facility.
  6. Semichemical combustion units at stand-alone semichemical pulp mills.


*Major Sources of HAPs emit or have the potential to emit:

  • ≥ 10 tons/year of any single HAP; or
  • ≥ 25 tons/year of total HAPs.
  • Area Sources emit less than Major Sources.
Rules apply to small, area sources?
No
Known Sources in NDEE Jurisdiction

No

Date of Original Final Rule
Amendments Dates

11/05/2020 - Final Amendment
10/31/2019 - Proposed Amendments
10/11/2017 - Final Amendments; Residual Risk and Technology Review
05/06/2004 - Technical Corrections
12/05/2003 - Technical Corrections
08/05/2003 - Amendments
07/18/2003 - Amendments
05/08/2003 - Corrections
02/18/2003 - Amendments
07/19/2001 - Technical Corrections
03/26/2001 - Amendments

State Regulations

As of September 28, 2022: Title 129, Chapter 13, Section 002.26

Previously: Chapter 28, Section 001.51.

Sources are also responsible for ensuring they are in compliance with current federal requirements found for this subpart in the CFR.

Federal Regulations
40 CFR 63.860
Related Rules

NSPS – 40 CFR Part 60

Subpart BB – Kraft Pulp Mills

 

NESHAP – 40 CFR Part 63

Subpart S – Pulp and Paper Industry

FAQ's, Fact Sheets, and Rules Summaries

Texas CEQ - Rule Flowchart [tceq.texas.gov]

EPA's Subpart MM Website [epa.gov] - contains federal register notices, technical information, and implementation tools

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