EPA Promulgates Pulp and Paper National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants

Summary

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued new standards to reduce hazardous air pollutant emissions from the pulp and paper industry, replacing an existing requirement with a new baseline for 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) and adsorbable organic halides (AOX) emissions, effective April 15, 1998, as amended by the Clean Air Act.