Automobile and Light-Duty Truck Surface Coating Operations: New Source Performance Standards (NSPS)
On this page:
Rule Summary
This rule establishes standards of performance to limit emissions of volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from new, modified, and reconstructed automobile and light duty truck surface coatings operations. These standards implement Section 111 of the Clean Air Act (CAA), and are based on the Administrator’s determination that automobile and light-duty truck surface coating operations within assembly plants contribute significantly to air pollution, which may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare.
The intent is to require new, modified, and reconstructed automobile and light-duty truck surface coating operations to use the best demonstrated system of continuous emission reduction, considering costs, non-air quality health and environmental and energy impacts. EPA conducted a review of the standard, as required by CAA section 111(b)(1)(B), and determined there are VOC emission reduction techniques used in practice that achieve greater reductions than those required by the current standard. EPA is proposing these VOC emission reduction techniques to help reduce ambient concentrations of ground level ozone and increase compliance with the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ozone.
Rule History
05/09/2023 - Final Rule (May 2023)
05/18/2022 - Proposed Rule (May 2022)
10/11/1994 – Final Rule (October 1994)
12/13/1990 – Final Rule
09/29/1987 – Proposed Rule
09/09/1985 – Notice of Final Rulemaking
09/24/1984 – Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
02/04/1983 – Notice of Final Rulemaking
08/06/1982 – Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
12/24/1980 – Final Rule
10/05/1979 – Proposed Rule
Related Rules
Control Techniques Guidelines for Automobile and Light-Duty Truck Assembly Coatings (txt)
Additional Resources
Compliance
Applicability Determination Index (ADI) The ADI is maintained by EPA's Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) and provides a data base of memoranda dealing with applicability issues. The database is searchable by Subpart.