Compilation of RCRA closure plan conditions applicable to boilers and industrial furnaces at cement plants
- Schreiber, Yonley and Associates, St. Louis, MO (United States)
A prudent approach to closure plan development will assist preparers of closure plans to ensure that a cement kiln BIF unit and associated Resources conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) units are effectively closed in a manner that minimizes potential threats to human health and the environment, as well as facilitating closure in an economical and timely manner. Cement kilns burning hazardous waste-derived-fuel (HWDF) must comply with the general facility standards of Subpart G Closure and Post-Closure requirements of 40 CFR parts 264 or 265 in addition to the RCRA Part b permitting requirements of 40 CFR parts 270.13 and 270.22 (e) and (f). As a result, approved closure plans for BIF facilities (or individual BIF units) will contain general and site-specific permit conditions that will mandate numerous closure activities be conducted to successfully implement the partial or final closure of a permitted or interim status BIF unit or facility. Currently, a scarce amount of published information is available to the cement industry in the form of agency guidance documents that would assist facilities with BIF unit closures. A review of seven approved or implemented closure plans revealed significant differences between plans approved recently versus a few years ago as well as observed differences in acceptable closure criteria between EPA regions and various states agencies. The intent of this paper is to first familiarize readers with general closure plan requirements, followed by a detailed discussion of closure requirements that are pertinent to BIF unit facilities. Comparisons are presented to provide an overview of typical components of BIF unit closure plans.
- OSTI ID:
- 347809
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9804112-; TRN: IM9923%%347
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Waste combustion in boilers and industrial furnaces specialty conference, Kansas City, MO (United States), 15-17 Apr 1998; Other Information: PBD: 1998; Related Information: Is Part Of Waste combustion in boilers and industrial furnaces: Proceedings; PB: 370 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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