Plating and Polishing Operations

This rule affects plating and polishing facilities, and applies to plating and polishing tanks, dry mechanical polishing operations, and thermal spraying operations that use or emit compounds of one or more of the following metal toxic air pollutants: cadmium, chromium, lead, manganese, and nickel.

• EPA’s 6W NESHAP Plating and Polishing website with rule, technical and implementation information 

• EPA resources for clean air standards for all metal production facilities

• The Surface Technology Environmental Resource Center provides a one-stop shop for industry-specific environmental compliance and pollution prevention resources

  • Compliance assistance materials specific for air rules, including 6W

• TN Deparment of Environment & Conservation has published several 6W NESHAP resources, including example notification documents and a comliance checklist