An Overview of the Industrial Combustion Coordinated Rulemaking Process

The Industrial Combustion Coordinated Rulemaking (ICCR) [1] has been formed to assist the USEPA to promulgate Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) standards for various types of industrial combustion equipment with a focus on the control of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) under Sections 112 [2] and 129 [3] of the 1990 Clean Air Act (CAA). Also, the ICCR has been charged to consider criteria pollutants under Section 111 of the CAA when appropriate. The regulations are applicable to major sources which are defined as sources that emit more than either 10 tons/year of a single HAP or more than 25 tons/year of multiple HAPs. In some cases, the regulations may cover area sources.