EPA issues BACT guidance, allows biomass

Ethanol Producer Magazine
November 2010
By Kris Bevill
Posted Nov. 10, 2010

On Nov. 10, the U.S. EPA issued guidance for developing best available control technologies (BACT) to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions at industrial facilities. The guidance can be used by affected entities and state permitters to assist in determining preferred GHG emission-reduction methods at a facility-level, according to the agency. BACT should be determined on a case-by-case basis, however, and therefore the EPA stressed that its guidance should not be viewed as a rule but rather as basic information. During a conference call, Assistant Administrator Gina McCarthy said the issuance of broad guidance is “business as usual for the BACT process” and should be familiar to state permitters as well as industry participants.

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