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""1- ~.._.1 '.-;" .: .. ,lr' Emission Test Report EMC WA-2-08 Section 1 Revision: 0 Date: September 30. 1999 Page lof2 I"',',', -~,-~ I Section 1. Introduction 1.1 Background EP A is required to set emission standards for the "other solid waste incinerators" (OSWI) category referenced under Section 129(a)(I)(E) of the amended Clean Air Act. This category currently contains pathological waste incinerators and' human crematories. A representative human crematory, located at the Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, New York, was tested in s,upport of setting these emission standards. Testing was conducted in collaboration with the Cremation Association of North America (CANA). ;'! Although emissions data are available from tests at another facility, the unit tested was not controlled and the body containers (caskets) may not have been representative. Thus, the Woodlawn facility, which involves a representative human crematory having einission controls, was selected for baseline ("best controlled similar unit") emissions testing. Additionally, this test project would help determine the effects of secondary chamber temperature on emission levels. ;"l , 1 . , ~ :",J i 'j ',\ ',j 1.2 Scope This EP A work assignment was conducted in collaboration with the Cremation Association of North America (CAN A) and results of testing for both parties are combined in this report. Emissions testing for polychlorinated dibenzo-dioxins (PCDDs) and polychlorinated dibenzo-furans (PCDFs) and process monitoring was conducted under the EP A work assignment. In conjunction with EP A testing, emissions testing for total particulate matter (PM); hydrogen chloride (HCI), cadmium (Cd), mercury (Hg), lead (Pb), sulfur dioxide (S02)' oxides of nitrogen (NOx)' and carbon monoxide (CO), and visual observation of opacity was conducted for CANA. Testing was conducted for three conditions, where secondary chamber temperature was varied at 1,4000, 1,6000, and l,SoooF per test. Each test consisted of three sampling runs at the scrubber inlet and outlet simultaneously with similar container materials, as available, being used for all runs. Each sampling run covered an entire cycle of about 2 hours. u MRI-AED\R49S1-OS,oo Sl.wpd ~ "1~ 0;.