Deadline For Boiler Tune-Ups Approaches

EPA's March 21, 2011 National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Area Sources: Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers (commonly referred to as the Minor HAP Source Boiler GACT rule) requires owners/operators of affected boilers to conduct tune-ups by March 21, 2012.

On December 23, 2011, EPA published proposed amendments to the Boiler GACT regulation and the related Boiler MACT, CISWI, and NHSM regulations. EPA's proposed amendments would delay the compliance deadline for tune-ups under the Boiler GACT rule by one year to March 21, 2013. However, EPA is not expected to finalize the December 23, 2011 proposed revisions to the Boiler GACT rule by the current March 21, 2012 deadline. Therefore, the new proposed deadline (March 21, 2013) will not be effective until after the existing deadline has come and gone. We understand that EPA is considering various approaches to address this conundrum with respect to the Boiler GACT tune-up