Compliance with the new emissions guidelines for existing municipal waste combustion facilities
- Burns and McDonnell Engineering, Kansas City, MO (United States)
The EPA proposed air emission guidelines for existing Municipal Waste Combustion (MWC) facilities on December 20, 1989. The regulation, 40 CFR Subpart Ca, was eventually issued on February 11, 1991, but Section 129 of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 required the EPA to review and revise the regulations. On October 31, 1995, Subpart Ca was withdrawn and replaced by a more stringent regulation, 40 CFR Subpart Cb. The new guidelines apply to all existing MWC facilities for which construction began before September 20, 1994 and have a capacity to combust over 35 megagrams per day. Most facilities will be required to be in compliance with the new regulations four years from the date Subpart Cb was issued, or by December 19, 1999. Subpart Cb requires significant capital expenditures and increases in operating costs. The major modifications EPA based the guidelines on are summarized. Pollutants of concern include sulfur dioxide, hydrochloric acid, dioxin/furans, metals, particulates, nitrogen oxides and carbon monoxide.
- OSTI ID:
- 287475
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960345--; ISBN 0-7918-1227-8
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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