Development of federal air standards to reduce sulfur dioxide emissions from new industrial boilers. (Journal version). Rept. for Oct 79-Apr 84

Technical Report · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:6880030

Byrne, D M; Sedman, C B; Pahel-Short, R L

This paper gives EPA's conclusions from analyses that led to the decision to propose percent reduction Federal new source performance standards (NSPS) to control air emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO/sub 2/) from new industrial boilers. It summarizes the NSPS. The NSPS would require boiler owners to reduce SO/sub 2/ emissions by 90% and meet an emission limit of 1.2 lb/million Btu of heat input for coal-fired boilers, and 0.8 lb/million Btu for oil-fired boilers. In developing the NSPS, several regulatory options were considered. The environmental, economic, and cost impacts of each option were analyzed. National impacts were estimated by a computer model that projects the population of new boilers over the 5-years following the proposal, predicts the compliance strategy that will be used to comply with the particular option (always assuming that the lowest-cost compliance method will be selected), and estimates the resulting emission reductions and costs. Impacts on specific industries and on model boilers were also analyzed.

• Research Organization: Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC (USA). Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards
• OSTI ID: 6880030
• Report Number(s): PB-87-145488/XAB; EPA-600/J-86/188
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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