Hitchiner Manufacturing Co., Inc. 

Old Wilton Road 

P.O. Box 2001 

Milford, NH 03055-2001 

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Final RACT ORDER 

ARD-02-001 

A. Introduction 

This Final RACT Order is issued by the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services, Air 

Resources Division, to Hitchiner Manufacturing Co., Inc., pursuant to RSA 125-C. 

B. Parties 

1. The New Hampshire Department ofEnvironmental Services, Air Resources Division ("DES"), is a 

duly constituted administrative agency of the State ofNew Hampshire having its principal offices 

at 6 Hazen Drive, Concord, NH 03302-0095, telephone number (603) 271-1370. 

2. Hitchiner Manufacturing Co., Inc. ("Hitchiner") is a New Hampshire corporation, having a mailing 

address of P.O. Box 2001, Elm Street, Milford, NH 03055-2001, telephone number (603) 673-

1100. 

C. Statements of Fact and Law 

1 . Hitchiner owns and operates an investment casting foundry located on Old Wilton Road in 

Milford, NH. As part of the investment casting process, Hitchiner has two shell building 

processes, Plants 1 and 2, where the ceramic molding operation results in emissions of volatile 

organic compounds (VOCs) into the atmosphere. As of July 1, 2002, Hitchiner will cease its 

ceramic molding process in Plant 2. The process will be transferred to Hitchiner's VOC-free ACF 

facility located nearby. 

2. Effective August 19, 1995, DES re-adopted PART Env-A 1204 VOLATILE ORGANIC 

COMPOUNDS (VOCs) regulations with amendments. 

3. Hitchiner filed a Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) Order application on April 

16, 2002 and requests to certify and use emissions reductions credits (ERCs) for the facility. 

4. Hitchiner reported to DES. that the 1998/1999 baseline average annual non-exempt VOC 

emissions were 79 tons for the purpose of ERC generation. 

5. Hitchiner proposed limiting its annual emissions to less than 50 tons, which will generate 29 

ERCs, which it will use (supplemented by credits acquired on the open market if necessary) at a 

ratio of 0.81: 1 ton of actual emissions from Plant 1 as RACT after June 30, 2002. 
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Hitchiner Manufacturing Co .. Inc. 

D. Order 

June 21 , 2002 

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Based on the above findings and detenninations, DES hereby orders Hitchiner to meet the following 

requirements as RACT effective July 1, 2002: 

I . _, Comply with an 81% reduction in actual VOC emissions by using credits in accordance with E., 

below, 

'"> Record the monthly usage/emissions of all VOCs (as lbs VOC/month) from the ceramic molding 

operations and keep these records for a period of at least 5 years, 

3. Report this infonnation to DES annually by April 15th for each preceding calendar year, 

4. Cease Plant 2 ceramic molding operations, and 

5. VOC emissions at Hitchiner shall not exceed 50 tons per year on a 12-month rolling average basis. 

E. Emissions Reductions Credits 

I. Hitchiner shall be allowed to use discrete emissions reductions (DERs) or emissions reductions 

credits (ERCs), for the purpose of satisfying the requirements of this Order, by acquiring DERs or 

ERCs on the open market or by self-generating ERCs in accordance with the attached protocols 

and the Notice of ERC Generation submitted by Hitchiner on April 16, 2002 as described in rule 

Env-A 3000 as adopted on January21, 1997 . 

., This Order grants approval to Hitchiner to use those reductions in accordance with the procedures 

described in the attached protocol and the Request to Use ERCs submitted by Hitchiner on April 

16. 2002 as described in rule Env-A 3000 as adopted on January 21 , 1997. 

3. Hitchiner shall acquire either approved ERCs orDERs prior to use to supplement its own selfgenerated ERCs to mitigate actual emissions above the requirements in D.1. at any time after June 

30, 2002 in accordance with rules Env-A 3000 and Env-A 3100 and the attached protocols. 

Please address any correspondence and communication in reference to this Order to Joe Fontaine, NHDES, 

Air Resources Division, 6 Hazen Dr., P.O. Box 95, Concord, NH 03302-0095 or by calling (603) 271-

6794. 

Robert 

N~d_~ R. Scott 

Chief Air Programs Manager 

Air Resources Division 
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE 

Department of Environmental Services 

Air Resources Division 

Certificate of 

Emissions Reductions Credits Generation 

ERC Certificate No: 

County: 

Pollutant: 

Gross Total TonsNear Reduced: 

Total Tons/Year Increased Due to Load Shift: 

Net Total Tons/Year after Load Shift: 

02VHitchiner01 C 

Hillsborough 

VOCs 

29 

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29 

Tons/Ozone Season: 

Tons/Non-ozone season: 

Total Tons/Year Certified: 

12 

11 

29 

This certifies, in accordance with Env-A 3004, that the following facility has been granted Emissions Reductions Credits 

(ERCs) for the following action to the following process: 

Facility: Hitchiner Manufacturing Co., Inc. (Hitchiner), Milford, NH 

ERC Generation Activity: Shutdown 

Process: Plant II 

State Permits to Operate: PO-BP-2542 

This certificate is valid as of July I, 2002, provided that the credited reductions remain real, quantifiable, surplus, 

enforceable, and pennanent for the life of this certificate. This certificate is valid provided that the certificate holder 

complies with all the legally enforceable conditions specified below: 

I. Hitchiner shall be subject to the New Hampshire Rules Governing the Control of Air Pollution, including but not 

limited to Chapter Env-A 3000 and Env-A 1400, and the attached VOC ERCs Certification Statement and 

protocol. 

2. No later than June 30, 2002, Hitchiner shall transfer all shell building from Plant lito the VOC-free ACF building, 

and shell building in Plant II shall be eliminated. 

3. Hitchiner shall only use these ERCs to comply with RACT regulation Env-A 1204 and the following conditions, 

and shall not use these ERCs for other purposes prior to obtaining written consent from the department, in 

accordance with Env-A 3006.11. 

a) For VOC RACT compliance P.Urposes, total annual tons emitted shall be offset by the use of credits at a ratio of 

0.81 credits per ton emitted rounded up to the next highest whole ton of total annual credits. 

b) Hitchiner may use any or all of its 29 self-generated ERCs for RACT compliance or may use either VOC or 

NOx ERCs orDERs obtained in advance from another facility within New Hampshire. 

4. Plant I VOC emissions shall be limited to less than 50.0 tons per year on a 12-month rolling average basis. 

5. These ERCs, generated from shutdown of the above process, shall only be used by Hitchiner in accordance with 

Env-A 3006.10, and Hitchiner may not sell, transfer, or trade these ERCs. 

SEE ATTACHED Letter & Certification Statement dated April 12, 2002 

Concord, NH June 21, 2002 

Chief 

M~~ Air Programs Manager, Air Resources Division