Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: NESHAP for Plywood and Composite Products

This regulation covers both new and existing plywood and composite wood products (PCWP) facilities. Plywood and/or composite products are manufactured by bonding wood material (fibers, particles, strands, veneers, etc.) or agricultural fiber with resin, generally under head and pressure, to form a structural panel or engineered wood product. Plywood and composite products include, but are not limited to, plywood, veneer, particleboard, oriented strand board, hardboard, fiberboard, medium density fiberboard, laminated strand lumber, laminated veneer lumber, wood I-joists, kiln-dried lumber and glue-laminated beams.

Owners/operators of plywood and composite products facilities are required to submit initial notification, performance tests, and compliance status reports. Also, respondents are required to maintain records of the occurrence and duration of any startup, shutdown, or malfunction in the operation of an affected facility, or any period during which the monitoring system is inoperative. Semiannual reports are required. These notifications, reports and records are essential in determining compliance and, in general, are required of all sources subject to NESHAP.

Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of this part shall maintain a file of these measurements, and retain the file for at least five years following the date of such measurements, maintenance reports and records. Performance tests reports are required as this is the Agency's record of a source's initial capability to comply with the emission standard, and they serve as a record of the operating conditions under which compliance was achieved. 

Document ID: EPA-HQ-OECA-2010-0340-0002
Document Type: NOTICES
Docket ID: EPA-HQ-OECA-2010-0340
Comments Due by September 7, 2010

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