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Title: EPA may force scrubbers on industry boilers

Abstract

An Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposal requiring scrubber standards for industrial energy users will force industry to invest in the costly pollution control equipment used mostly by utilities today. The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for sulfur dioxide emissions will require either scrubbing or fluidized-bed combustion regardless of the fuel's sulfur content. Protests from the Council of Industrial Boiler Owners that this is an unfair burden on non-utility boilers note that scrubbing is more costly for smaller boilers, and that it could impede air quality improvement by discouraging the replacement of old boilers. EPA contests these claims.

Authors:
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
5611085
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Energy User News; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 10:19
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 42 ENGINEERING; 29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; SCRUBBERS; STANDARDS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT; US EPA; POLLUTION REGULATIONS; ACID RAIN; BOILERS; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS; CHALCOGENIDES; EQUIPMENT; GOVERNMENT POLICIES; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; RAIN; REGULATIONS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SULFUR OXIDES; US ORGANIZATIONS; 500600* - Environment, Atmospheric- Regulations- (-1989); 424000 - Engineering- Pollution Control Equipment- (1980-1989); 290300 - Energy Planning & Policy- Environment, Health, & Safety

Citation Formats

Hume, M. EPA may force scrubbers on industry boilers. United States: N. p., 1985. Web.
Hume, M. EPA may force scrubbers on industry boilers. United States.
Hume, M. 1985. "EPA may force scrubbers on industry boilers". United States.
@article{osti_5611085,
title = {EPA may force scrubbers on industry boilers},
author = {Hume, M},
abstractNote = {An Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposal requiring scrubber standards for industrial energy users will force industry to invest in the costly pollution control equipment used mostly by utilities today. The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for sulfur dioxide emissions will require either scrubbing or fluidized-bed combustion regardless of the fuel's sulfur content. Protests from the Council of Industrial Boiler Owners that this is an unfair burden on non-utility boilers note that scrubbing is more costly for smaller boilers, and that it could impede air quality improvement by discouraging the replacement of old boilers. EPA contests these claims.},
doi = {},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5611085}, journal = {Energy User News; (United States)},
number = ,
volume = 10:19,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon May 13 00:00:00 EDT 1985},
month = {Mon May 13 00:00:00 EDT 1985}
}