40 CFR § 98.290
Definition of the source category
June 9, 2020
(a) A soda ash manufacturing facility is any facility with a manufacturing line that produces soda ash by one of the methods in paragraphs (a)(1) through (3) of this section:
(1) Calcining trona.
(2) Calcining sodium sesquicarbonate.
(3) Using a liquid alkaline feedstock process that directly produces CO2.
(b) In the context of the soda ash manufacturing sector, “calcining” means the thermal/chemical conversion of the bicarbonate fraction of the feedstock to sodium carbonate.