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1. What Sources and Operations Are Subject to the NESHAP?

Aluminum boatsThe final National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Boat Manufacturing will regulate Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAP) from major sources that manufacture aluminum recreational boats (that is, noncommercial and nonmilitary aluminum boats) and all types of fiberglass boats. Coating operations on vessels used for commercial and military purposes are covered by the Shipbuilding and Repair NESHAP (40 CFR part 63, subpart II). The final boat NESHAP applies to fiberglass boat manufacturers making all sizes and types of fiberglass boats using the operations listed below:
  • All open molding operations, including pigmented gel coat, clear gel coat, production resin, tooling resin, and tooling gel coat.
  • All closed molding resin operations. (If a resin application operation meets the definition of closed molding specified in the boat manufacturing MACT rule, there is no requirement to reduce emissions from that operation.)Spray booth
  • All resin and gel coat application equipment cleaning.
  • All resin and gel coat mixing operations.
  • All carpet and fabric adhesive operations.
The final NESHAP applies to aluminum recreational boat manufacturing facilities performing the operations listed below:
  • All aluminum recreational boat surface coating and associated spray gun cleaning and wipedown solvent operations.
  • All carpet and fabric adhesive operations.
The final Boat NESHAP applies to facilities that are major sources of Hazardous Air Pollutants (i.e., with a potential to emit [PDF] at least 10 tons per year (tpy) of any individual HAP or 25 tpy total HAP)

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