Federal Regulations for New Source Performance Standards

A comparative evaluation of the major pollution control programs in the United States and West Germany

“…This provides for a quick response emission control program for hazardous air pollutants to prevent significant deterioration of ambient air quality, as opposed to the slow process of setting additional air quality standards and having the states adopt implementation plans for them (High 1976). The USEPA's procedure for determining New Source Performance Standards was informal.…”

Analysis of the environmental control technology for oil shale development

“…Currently in the United States there are 19 such national industrial standards in force. These are referred to as the new source performance standards (NSPS) (31 ). These all apply to new installations in existing industries.…”