Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: July 5, 2024) |
Title 40 - Protection of Environment |
Chapter I - Environmental Protection Agency |
SubChapter C - Air Programs |
Part 98 - Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting |
Subpart CC - Soda Ash Manufacturing |
§ 98.290 - Definition of the source category.
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§ 98.290 Definition of the source category.
(a) A soda ash manufacturing facility is any facility with a manufacturing line that produces soda ash by one of the methods in paragraphs (a)(1) through (3) of this section:
(1) Calcining trona.
(2) Calcining sodium sesquicarbonate.
(3) Using a liquid alkaline feedstock process that directly produces CO2.
(b) In the context of the soda ash manufacturing sector, “calcining” means the thermal/chemical conversion of the bicarbonate fraction of the feedstock to sodium carbonate.