[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 218 (Thursday, November 9, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67357-67358]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-28807]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[AD-FRL-6899-8]


Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources and Emission 
Guidelines for Existing Sources for Other Solid Waste Incinerator Units

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of revised schedule for promulgation.

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SUMMARY: Section 129 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) directs us to develop 
new source performance standards (NSPS) and emission guidelines (EG) 
for municipal waste combustors (MWC), hospital/medical/infectious solid 
waste incinerators (HMIWI), commercial or industrial solid waste 
incinerators (CISWI), and other solid waste incinerators (OSWI). On 
November 2, 1993, we published a notice in the Federal Register (58 FR 
58498) adopting a schedule for the promulgation of standards for OSWI 
and listing the types of incinerators to be included in that category. 
In that notice, we adopted a date of November 15, 2000 for promulgation 
of NSPS and EG for OSWI. This notice revises that schedule and adopts a 
date of November 15, 2005 for promulgation of NSPS and EG for OSWI.

ADDRESSES: Docket No. A-93-11 contains the supporting information for 
development of NSPS and EG for OSWI and is available for public 
inspection and copying between 8:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, at the Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 
20460, telephone (202) 260-7548, fax (202) 260-4000. The docket is 
available at the above address in Room M-1500, Waterside Mall (ground 
floor). A reasonable fee may be charged for copying.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Fred Porter, Combustion Group, 
Emission Standards Division (MD-13), U.S. EPA, Research Triangle Park, 
North Carolina 27711, (919) 541-5251, electronic mail address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:   

I. Introduction

    Section 129 of the CAA requires us to develop NSPS and EG for 
several categories of solid waste incinerators: MWC, HMIWI, CISWI and 
OSWI. While the CAA specifies the schedule for promulgation of NSPS and 
EG for MWC, HMIWI, and CISWI, it does not specify a schedule for the 
promulgation of NSPS and EG for OSWI. Instead, section 129 requires us 
to publish a schedule for promulgating NSPS and EG for OSWI.
    On November 2, 1993, we published a notice in the Federal Register 
(58 FR 58498) stating that we believed the emissions reductions 
resulting from NSPS and EG for MWC, HMIWI, and CISWI were likely to 
outweigh those that could be achieved by NSPS and EG for OSWI. As a 
result, we announced that we would prioritize our resources and focus 
first on developing NSPS and EG for MWC, second on developing NSPS and 
EG for HMIWI, and third on developing NSPS and EG for CISWI. Based on 
that prioritization and the Administrator's judgement that OSWI are of 
substantially lesser significance than MWC, HMIWI, and CISWI, we 
adopted a date of November 15, 2000 for promulgation of NSPS and EG for 
OSWI.

II. List of Sources in the OSWI Category

    In addition to adopting a date of November 15, 2000 for 
promulgation of NSPS and EG for the OSWI category, we also identified 
an initial list of incinerators within that category.
    Small Incinerators Combusting Municipal Solid Waste are those with 
capacities of less than 35 tons per day burning municipal solid waste 
located at plants burning municipal solid waste. Small incinerators 
burning municipal solid waste are not covered under the NSPS and EG for 
MWC promulgated on

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August 25, 1997 (62 FR 45116 and 62 FR 45124) which apply to MWC with 
capacities greater than 250 tons per day, nor are they covered under 
the NSPS and EG for MWC proposed on August 30, 1999 (64 FR 47275 and 64 
FR 47233) which apply to MWC with capacities greater than 35 tons per 
day, but less than or equal to 250 tons per day.
    Residential Incinerators are those burning municipal solid waste 
located at single and multi-family dwellings, hotels and motels.
    Agricultural Waste Incinerators are those burning agricultural 
waste.
    Wood Waste Incinerators are those burning wood waste which are not 
covered by the proposed NSPS and EG for CISWI or the promulgated or 
proposed NSPS and EG for MWC. There are likely to be very few of those 
incinerators since the NSPS and EG for CISWI, as well as those for MWC, 
cover most incinerators burning wood waste.
    Construction and Demolition Waste Incinerators are those burning 
construction and demolition waste.
    Crematories and Pathological Incinerators are those burning human 
or animal tissue or cremating human or animal remains.
    Petroleum-Contaminated Soil Treatment Facilities are those burning 
petroleum-contaminated soil. Sections 104 and 127 of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act exclude 
petroleum from the definition of hazardous wastes; therefore, those 
incineration units are not regulated as hazardous waste treatment 
facilities.
    Due to the limited information available to date, we cannot state 
with certainty that the OSWI category covers only those incinerators. 
As additional information is collected and assessed, we may add or 
delete incinerators within the OSWI category.

III. Schedule

    As mentioned previously, we initially adopted a schedule of 
November 15, 2000 for promulgating NSPS and EG for OSWI. However, after 
collecting and assessing a limited amount of information on the various 
types of OSWI, we believe there may be substantial differences among 
those incinerators which may merit further subcategorization of OSWI 
for purposes of regulation. As a result, we have concluded that we need 
to collect additional information in order to determine the most 
logical and reasonable approach for developing NSPS and EG for OSWI. 
Consequently, we are adopting a revised schedule of November 15, 2005 
for promulgation of NSPS and EG for the OSWI to allow sufficient time 
for the collection and analysis of additional information.

    Dated: November 3, 2000.
Robert Perciasepe,
Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation.
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