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Plywood and Composite Wood Products (PCWP) NESHAP Summary


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5. What Are the Work Practice Requirements?

Door & flameThe work practice requirements in the PCWP MACT rule apply to softwood veneer dryers, dry rotary dryers, veneer redryers, hardwood veneer dryers, and group 1 miscellaneous coating operations. For softwood veneer dryers, the work practice requirements require the source to minimize fugitive emissions from the veneer dryer doors (by applying appropriate operation and maintenance procedures) and from the green end of the dryers (through proper balancing of hot zone exhausts). For group 1 miscellaneous coating operations, the work practice requirements specify that the source must use a non-HAP coating. The work practice requirements also specify parameters that the source must monitor to demonstrate that each dry rotary dryer, veneer redryer, and hardwood veneer dryer continuously operates in a manner consistent with the definitions of these process units provided in the PCWP MACT rule, as follows:
  • If the source operates a dry rotary dryer, they must maintain the inlet dryer temperature at or below 600[deg]F and maintain the moisture content of the wood particles entering the dryer at or below 30 weight percent, on a dry basis.
  • If the source operates a veneer redryer, they must maintain the moisture content of the wood veneer entering the dryer at or below 25 percent, by weight.
  • If the source operates a hardwood veneer dryer, they must process less than 30 percent, by volume, softwood species each year.



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