§ 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.