Existing Stationary Facility

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-010358",
  "term": "Existing Stationary Facility",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Any of the following stationary sources of air pollutants, including any reconstructed source, which was not in operation prior to August 7, 1962, and was in existence on August 7, 1977, and has the potential to emit 250 tons per year or more of any air pollutant. In determining potential to emit, fugitive emissions, to the extent quantifiable, must be counted.Fossil-fuel fired steam electric plants of more than 250 million British thermal units per hour heat input,Coal cleaning plants (thermal dryers),Kraft pulp mills,Portland cement plants,Primary zinc smelters,Iron and steel mill plants,Primary aluminum ore reduction plants,Primary copper smelters,Municipal incinerators capable of charging more than 250 tons of refuse per day,Hydrofluoric, sulfuric, and nitric acid plants,Petroleum refineries,Lime plants,Phosphate rock processing plants,Coke oven batteries,Sulfur recovery plants,Carbon black plants (furnace process),Primary lead smelters,Fuel conversion plants,Sintering plants,Secondary metal production facilities,Chemical process plants,Fossil-fuel boilers of more than 250 million British thermal units per hour heat input,Petroleum storage and transfer facilities with a capacity exceeding 300,000 barrels,Taconite ore processing facilities,Glass fiber processing plants, andCharcoal production facilities.",
  "references": [
    "40 CFR 51.301 (CFR 2013)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/existing-stationary-facility/"
}