Question

What is the difference between a technology standard and an emission standard?

Answer 1

Technology based standards Refers to discharge limits that a specific industry could economically achieve if it were to use the best pretreatment technology currently available, such as neutralization, precipitation, clarification, and filtration.

Emission standard- The regulatory criteria regulating air pollution emitted into the atmosphere are pollution limits. The pollution standards lay down objective limitations on the acceptable quantity of particular air contaminants that can be emitted over specific timeframes from specific sources. They are normally meant to meet air quality requirements and to preserve human life.