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<br />Cremation Association of North America Environment <br /> <br />Page I of 2 <br /> <br /> <br />Association of North An1erica <br /> <br /> <br />Environmental/Safety Issues: <br /> <br />Emissions Tests Provide Positive Results for <br />Cremation Industry <br />Ajoint effort by CANA and EPA produced evidence that <br />crematories are capable of low emission without the addition <br />of pollution equipment and that higher temperatures can <br />increase pollutants . <br /> <br />Cremationist <br /> <br />Stati sti c s <br /> <br />Envlronrnenta.J <br /> <br />Links <br /> <br />The Cremation Association of North America recently <br />participated in a detailed emissions study of a crematory as <br />part of an effort by the U.S. Environmental Protection <br />Agency to develop environmental regulations for <br />crematories. <br /> <br />History <br /> <br />Burial At Sea <br /> <br />The crematory emissions testing, which took place from <br />June 11 through June 17, 1999 at The Woodlawn Cemetery, <br />Bronx, New York, was funded jointly by CANA and the EPA. <br /> <br />The EPA is required by the Clean Air Act to establish regulations for the year <br />2000 for several different types of combustion equipment, including <br />crematories. <br /> <br />Sensing the importance of being involved with the EPA in developing the <br />regulations, CANA selected the environmental team of Dale Walter and Paul <br />Rahill from Industrial Equipment & Engineering Company to represent the <br />interests of CANA members during the development process. <br /> <br />Efforts to create the crematory regulations began in 1996 and the regulations <br />were expected in November 1999. The regulations are now expected in the <br />Spring of 2000 because priority has been given to other types of facilities. The <br />CANA environmental team has participated in every step of the process to <br />insure proper representation of the cremation industry. <br /> <br />The fact that EPA considers crematories a low priority would also have meant <br />that testing funds would not have been available. However, the CANA <br />environmental team felt that because these regulations could have such a <br />large impact on the cremation industry it was important that they be based on <br />complete test data. At this point EPA agreed to a CANA proposal to share the <br />testing costs. This joint effort was made possible through donations from <br />CANA members, and industry associations. <br /> <br />http://www .cremationassociation.org/hq-nl/environmen t.html <br /> <br />0612012001 <br />