Startup, shutdown and malfunction plans coming for large industrial boilers

Journal Article · Wed Aug 15 00:00:00 EDT 2007 · Power Engineering (Barrington)

OSTI ID:21004909

Kasarabada, A N ^[1]

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1. Black and Veatch (United States)

The US Boiler MACT (maximum achievable control technology) regulations (codified under 40 CFR Part 63) in its current form requires existing large coal-fired industrial and utility boilers (under 25 MW) to meet emission limits for particulate matter or total selected metals, mercury and hydrogen chloride, as well as other operational limits. The MACT provision also requires affected facilities to develop startup, shutdown and malfunction plans (SSMP). The original date for Boiler MACT compliance for existing units had been 13 September 2007. However, on 8 June the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued an order effectively killing all existing MACT rules for industrial boilers. The Court instructed the US EPA to rewrite two sets of regulations. (Prior to April 2006 the MACT general provisions said the SSMPs needed to be 'developed and implemented'.) It seems unlikely that any new revision of the Boiler MACT by the EPA will take effect before mid-2008. Regardless of which direction the MACT rule is headed, now is the time to be prepared to comply with the SSMP requirements. The article sets out recommended steps for developing an effective SSMP.

• OSTI ID: 21004909
• Journal Information: Power Engineering (Barrington), Vol. 111, Issue 8; ISSN 0032-5961
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING
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AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
POLLUTION REGULATIONS
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