The Clean Air Technology Center (CATC) serves as a resource on all
areas of emerging and existing air pollution prevention and control
technologies, and provides public access to data and information on
their use, effectiveness and cost. In addition, the CATC will provide
technical support, including access to EPA’s knowledge base, to government
agencies and others, as resources allow, related to the technical and
economic feasibility, operation and maintenance of these technologies.
Data Resources
- RACT/BACT/LAER Clearinghouse (RBLC) - Query, view and download
data you select on
- Source Specific Technology Applications
- Air Pollution Regulatory Requirements
- CATC PRODUCTS - download technical reports, cost information
and software
Related Programs and Centers
- CICA - U.S.-Mexico Border Information Center on Air Pollution / Centro
de Información sobre Contaminación de Aire
- International Technology Transfer Center for Global Greenhouse Gases
Public Access and Information Transfer
The CATC’s INTERNET World Wide Web (WWW) Home Page provides full access
to most CATC products and services and links to related programs and
web sites. The CATC Home Page is part of EPA’s Technology Transfer Network
WWW site (TTNWeb). Download CATC and RBLC products, access CICA
services and products through the link to this special site, search technology
and regulation data and generate your own report, check air quality along
the U.S.-Mexico border or send us an E-Mail with your question or comments.
Just open our WWW site and check it out. Remember to add a bookmark in
your web browser because you will want to come back!
Communications
If you want to do things the old fashioned way and talk to a real
live person, give us a call on the CATC Info-Line. CICA, the CATC’s
technical support program for the U.S.-Mexico border, also provides
a Spanish language Info-Line and toll-free service from Mexico. You
can call the CATC on any of these numbers. We will be happy to answer
your questions or direct you to an EPA staff expert on the subject or
an appropriate EPA information source or service. If you do happen to
get our voice mail we will usually get back to you the same day. Our
normal business hours are 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. eastern time Monday
through Friday. Voice-mail is available during non-business hours and
we will return your call the next business day.
Communications
CATC Info-Line: (919) 541-0800 (English)
CATC/CICA Info-Line:(919) 541-1800 (Spanish)
Toll-Free from Mexico (800) 304-1115 (Spanish)
FAX: (919) 541-0242
E-Mail: catcmail@epamail.epa.gov
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Data Resources/RBLC
CATC maintains a technology data base called the RACT/BACT/LAER Clearinghouse
* or RBLC. The RBLC provides data on prevention and control technology
determinations made primarily by state and local permitting agencies.
The Clearinghouse contains over 3,500 determinations that can help you
identify appropriate technologies to mitigate or treat most air pollutant
emission streams. The RBLC was designed to help permit applicants and
reviewers make pollution prevention and control technology decisions
for stationary air pollution sources and includes data submitted by 50
states and territories in the U.S. on over 200 different air pollutants
and 1,000 industrial processes.
The Clearinghouse also has a rule data base that summarizes all emission
standards issued by EPA’s Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards
(OAQPS). This includes new source performance standards (NSPS), national
emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP), and maximum
achievable control technology (MACT) standards. The rule data base also
includes prevention and control technology cost information related
to each rule and references to supporting documentation.
You query the RBLC data on-line and choose what you want to see by
making selections in a user-friendly query routine or selecting search
criteria. The result is a data set that you have created that can either
be viewed, printed or downloaded to your PC. You are in control!
Data Resources/CATC Products
The CATC WWW site provides access to CATC products including products
generated by its predecessor, the Control Technology Center (CTC). Products
include reports, software tools, fact sheets and brochures generated
by the CATC, RBLC, and CICA. CICA products are accessed
through links to this specialized WWW site.
CICA - U.S.-Mexico Border Information Center on Air Pollution /
Centro de Información sobre Contaminación de Aire
CICA provides technical support and assistance in evaluating air pollution
problems along the U.S. -Mexico border. It provides a bilingual (Spanish/English)
information line and WWW site. The WWW site includes air quality data
for the border, information on border air quality programs and CICA
projects, downloadable products generated by CICA and others on border
air pollution problems and solutions, and links to other related WWW
sites. Access CICA through the CATC WWW site, or access CICA directly
at http://www.epa.gov/ttn/cica.
International Technology Transfer Center for Global Greenhouse
Gases
The International Technology Transfer Center for Global Greenhouse
Gases provides technology transfer regarding greenhouse gas emissions.
This assistance includes characterizations of global emissions from
anthropogenic sources, and available prevention, mitigation, and control
technologies/ strategies for major sources of greenhouse gases. Information
is available for methane emissions from landfills and other waste management
facilities, the natural gas industry, and coal mining. In addition,
information is available on biomass utilization for energy generation
and production of liquid fuel, and for pollution prevention technologies.
* NOTE: Are you wondering what “RACT, BACT and LAER”
stand for and why these acronyms are part of the Clearinghouse name?
Well, they are acronyms for different program requirements required
under the Clean Air Act which also gave us the name “RACT/BACT/ LAER
Clearinghouse.” RACT, or Reasonably Available Control Technology, is
required on existing sources in areas that are not meeting national
ambient air quality standards (i.e.,non-attainment areas). BACT, or
Best Available Control Technology is required on major new or modified
sources in clean areas (i.e., attainment areas). LAER, or Lowest Achievable
Emission Rate, is required on major new or modified sources in nonattainment
areas. However, data in the Clearinghouse is not limited just to sources
subject to these requirements. Noteworthy prevention and control technology
decisions are included in the RBLC even if they are not related to RACT,
BACT, or LAER decisions.
Clean Air Technology Center
Sponsored by
Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards
U.S. EPA (MD-D243-05)
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
In cooperation with the
National Association of Clean Air Agencies (formerly STAPPA and ALAPCO)
FURTHER INFORMATION:
For additional information on the CATC, contact:
Clean Air Technology Center (MD-D243-05)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
(919) 541-0800
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