EPA to Lead Session on Boat Builder Residual Risk Review at IBEX
Brian Storey, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) specialist responsible for the boat manufacturing Residual Risk Review, will be presenting a boat builder update at IBEX on Wednesday, October 2 at 8:30 am (Session 408). If you are a boat builder, this is a can’t-miss IBEX session; the EPA Boat Manufacturing Residual Risk Review final rule could have a significant impact on your boat plant operations.
Residual Risk Review is the last boat builder program in the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, which requires the EPA to look at any additional risk that the hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) emitted from boat manufacturing plants may have on the local community. It also requires the EPA to determine if any hazardous air pollutants were not regulated under MACT, and finally if there may be a new technology since MACT that could be applied to boat building to further reduce HAP emissions.
This session will provide you with the current status of the rulemaking directly from the EPA staff person who is responsible for drafting the proposed rule. You will also hear what NMMA is doing to further prepare boat builders in the event that styrene or other HAPs emitted from boat plants were to be reclassified to a category with increased risk.
Following the session, Brian will tour the exhibit hall and meet with the resin and gel coat and equipment folks to check out the new materials, processes and technologies.
Contact John McKnight with questions, [email protected].