Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources and Emission Guidelines for Existing Sources: Large Municipal Waste Combustors Voluntary Remand Response and Five-Year Review
EPA published a voluntary remand response and five-year review of Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources and Emission Guidelines for Existing Sources concerning Large Municipal Waste Combustors. The action addresses performance standards and emission guidelines for both new and existing municipal waste combustion facilities.
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→The EPA's voluntary remand of its 2006 large municipal waste combustor rule represents a rare instance of the agency proactively revisiting emissions standards outside the standard five-year review cycle. This action affects approximately 70 large waste-to-energy facilities nationwide that process municipal solid waste, potentially requiring updates to emissions monitoring systems and operating procedures. The combination of remand response and five-year review suggests the agency identified significant technical or legal deficiencies in the original rule's New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) and Emission Guidelines that warrant immediate correction rather than waiting for routine review.
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Abstract
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is finalizing new source performance standards (NSPS) and emission guidelines (EG) for the large municipal waste combustion (MWC) source category. This final rule responds to a voluntary remand of the preceding rule for this source category and announces the results of the non-discretionary review at five-year intervals required by Clean Air Act (CAA)...