EPA Will Treat Biomass as Fuel Rather Than Waste
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson recently wrote in a letter to Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME) that EPA will promulgate a rule revision that will define biomass as a fuel subject to its boiler maximum...
View ArticleFinal Combustion Rules Scale Back Limits, Extend Compliance
EPA’s final combustion air rules for boilers and incinerators were issued on December 21. They include national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants for “major” source boilers and for...
View ArticleIndustry and Environmental Groups Challenge New Rules for Commercial and...
Petitions have been filed in the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, challenging EPA rules, finalized in December, for control of emission of hazardous air pollutants from...
View ArticleEPA Uses Informal Assurances to Allow Classification of Waste Streams as Fuel
Since publication of EPA’s non-hazardous secondary material (NHSM), boiler maximum achievable control technology (boiler MACT) and commercial and industrial solid waste incinerator (CISWI) rules...
View ArticleEPA Defends Standards for Air Toxics from Solid Waste Incinerators
The EPA is currently defending its process for establishing standards for emissions of hazardous air pollutants from solid waste incinerators before the D.C. Court of Appeals.[1] Historically, EPA...
View ArticleEPA Modifies Boiler Start-Up Requirements in Response to Industry Comments
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has revised its air toxics standards for major source industrial boilers in response to criticisms and comments from industry groups regarding the...
View Article
