The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board (“Board”) issued a January 26th Technical Secretary’s Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Order”) to Wacker Chemical Corporation (“Wacker”). See Division of Air Pollution Control Case No. APC20-0116.
The Order states that Wacker had been issued a construction permit (“Permit”) for an amorphous fumed silica production operation in Charleston, Tennessee.
The Permit is stated to include Condition 10 which contains the following language:
Carbon monoxide (CO) emissions from this source shall not exceed 0.69 lbs/hr (3.04 tons/yr) on a daily average basis .. .. Initial compliance shall be determined by stack test as required by Condition 12.