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State of the Art (SOTA) Manual for Commercial Sterilizers and Fumigators using Ethylene Oxide. Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3TQ62BC
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Main TitleState of the Art (SOTA) Manual for Commercial Sterilizers and Fumigators using Ethylene Oxide
PublisherState of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Air Quality Permitting Program
Date Created1997-07-01
Subject (Geographic - Hierarchical)
Country: United States
State: New Jersey
County: NA
Country: United States
State: New Jersey
County: NA
Subject (Topical)air; air pollution; contamination; environmental law; pollution intervention; chemicals; SOTA; performance limits; pollution prevention; emission reduction; air pollution control; ethylene oxide; sterilizers; fumigators
DescriptionThe State of the Art (SOTA) performance levels outlined in this manual apply to newly constructed and reconstructed commercial sterilization/fumigation sources using ethylene oxide in sterilization or fumigation operations, with annual ethylene oxide usage of greater than or equal to 1 ton per year. The performance levels specify emission rates and control technologies applicable to each class of sterilizers based on annual ethylene oxide usage. Emission levels and control technologies are specified for sterilizer sterilization chamber vents, aeration room vents and chamber exhaust vents. As promulgated in the New Jersey Air Pollution Control Act N.J.S.A. 26:2C-9.2C, and as set forth in the implementing regulations of the Air Pollution Control Act (N.J.A.C. 7:27-8 and N.J.A.C. 7:27-22.35), newly constructed, reconstructed, or modified equipment and control apparatus is required to incorporate advances in the art of air pollution control developed for the kind and amount of air contaminant emitted by the applicant's equipment or control apparatus. The Air Pollution Control Act of New Jersey directed the Department to publish technical manuals that would include performance levels with respect to air pollution control, to be used by some permit applicants for demonstrating advances in the art of air pollution control. 'Advances in the art of air pollution control' is commonly referred to as 'State-of-the-Art' or SOTA. SOTA generally includes performance limits that are based on air pollution control technology, pollution prevention methods, and process modifications or substitutions that will provide the greatest emission reductions that are technologically and economically feasible. There are 17 SOTA manuals included in this series. They cover the following topics: volatile organic storage tanks; transfer operations; petroleum refineries; asphalt plants; chemical and pharmaceutical processing and manufacturing industries; degreasers and other solvent based metal surface cleaners; surface coating operations; commercial sterilizers and fumigators using ethylene oxide; municipal wastewater/sludge handling and treatment systems; non-hazardous onsite remediation processes; bakery ovens; broilers; internal combustion engines; stationary gas turbines; glass industry; paint, ink, and adhesive manufacturing industries; graphic arts industry.
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