Permitting a wood-burning boiler in a major metropolitan area

Journal Article · Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1982 · J. Air Pollut. Control Assoc.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1080/00022470.1982.10465476· OSTI ID:6586629

Foster, K L ^[1]; Scherr, R C; Dickson, R E

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1. Procter and Gamble Co., Cincinnati, OH

With the cost of fuel continuing to fluctuate, alternate energy sources continue to be examined. In 1980, The Procter and Gamble Company began investigating the feasibility of burning wood waste as an alternate fuel source. The paper describes the necessary steps and data required to obtain federal, state, and local air construction permits for this modification. The first step was to determine the regulatory classification for the Staten Island area. It was nonattainment for CO, HC, and attainment for TSP, NO/sub x/, and SO/sub x/. The second step was to determine the wood-burning emissions. This was done after an extensive literature search was completed. The result was a significant reduction in the pollutant factors from those published earlier by EPA. The next step was to analyze the air quality impact from the change in pollutant emissions. Due to the projected increase in TSP and CO in excess of 100 tpy, the modification was classified as major under current PSD and nonattainment rules. New York had no approved SIP for CO, so construction of the modification was blocked by the construction moratorium under the 1977 Clean Air Act. After lengthy negotiations with the state and federal agencies, efforts were begun to redesignate the area for CO through modeling. Redesignation and final permit approvals were received by Feb. 1, 1982.

• OSTI ID: 6586629
• Journal Information: J. Air Pollut. Control Assoc.; (United States), Vol. 32:8
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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