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<br />The ll,S, Environmental
<br />Protection Agcncy (I-:PAI
<br />reccntly included crematories in a
<br />dran listing of solid waste
<br />incincrators it considcrs of lesser
<br />priority in tcnns of developing ne\\'
<br />pcrfonnance and cmission
<br />standards, According to thc 1-:1' ^..
<br />ncw Clcan Air Act rcgulations l'or
<br />crcmutorics will bc issued, if at all.
<br />hv the veal' 2000,
<br />Undcr the 1990 amcndmcnts to thc
<br />Clean Air Act, thc ErA is rcquircd
<br />to develop ncw source performance
<br />standards and emission guidelines
<br />1<11' four classes of solid waste
<br />incinerators, The four classcs arc
<br />I ) municipal waste combustors
<br />(MWCs); 2) medical waste
<br />IIIcincrators (MWIs); 3) industrial
<br />and cOllll11crcial waste incincralors
<br />(ICWIs); and 4) other solid \\'ast<.:
<br />incinerators (OSWls) Thc FI'A has
<br />proposed to include crcmatones in
<br />the fourth class of incinerators:
<br />()SW(s,
<br />Due to the limited IIIfonnat IOn on
<br />(JSW[s available to EI'A at this
<br />tnne, the agency docs not kno\\'
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<br />Taken from: American ('ellle!eIY
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<br />WASHINGTON
<br />REPORT
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<br />(4)' ~lcl'h"lI L, ~1('r~"II, l'CE. E:xecutive Vice Pr~'Sidellt,
<br />.",,1 f.:"l.crl M, FJI" Geller..j CoulISJ
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<br />priority
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<br />of
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<br />regulating
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<br />crema tories
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<br />\\hether regulations will in (;Ict hc
<br />issncd IClI' all t\'pcs or OSWls,
<br />Thc schcduled dcadlinc Ic)r issuing
<br />an\' such n:gulations is November
<br />15.2000
<br />Thc Clean Air Amendments
<br />rcquirc thc EI'A to cstablish
<br />cmission limits ror acid gases (such
<br />as sulfur dioxidc and hydrogen
<br />chloridc), particulat<.: matta,
<br />opacity, mclals (such as cadmium,
<br />lead and mcrcury), organics (such
<br />as dioxin/rurans), carhon monoxidc,
<br />and nilrogcn oxides from solid
<br />\\'aste incincration units, 111e ErA
<br />stalcd that cmission rcductions to bc
<br />deri\'cd rrom rcgulating thc lirst
<br />thrcc catcgories of incineration, as
<br />notcd abo\'c, "arc expected to
<br />outweigh those that can bc achievcd
<br />in regulating the categorics of
<br />incinerators included in the dran
<br />list orOSWls,"
<br />In addition to crematories, other
<br />t\'pes or incinerators included in the
<br />dran OSWI list arc sl11allmunicipal
<br />\\astc combustcrs (with capacitics
<br />01':19 tons/d or less), rcsidential
<br />!ncuterators, agricultural waste
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<br />ineincrators, wood waste
<br />incinerators, construction and
<br />demolition wastc incinerators, and
<br />petroJcum contaminated soil
<br />treatment facilities, The EPA has
<br />agreed to publish a linallist of
<br />OSWIs and a regulatol)' schedule by
<br />December 31, 1993,
<br />EPA plans to prioritize the use of
<br />its resources by focusing lirst on
<br />MWCs or municipal waste comhus-
<br />tors, then on MWls or medical
<br />waste incinerators, and linally on
<br />ICWls or industrial and conunercial
<br />waste incinerators, '!lle selection of
<br />the year 2000 for publication of
<br />OSWI regulations was based on thc
<br />EPA Administrator's judgment
<br />"that the proposed categories of
<br />OSWls are of lesser signilicance
<br />than MWCs, MWls, and ICWIs,
<br />and upon the Administrator's
<br />conclusion that it will be a more
<br />efficient use of EPA 's resources to
<br />regulate those three source
<br />categories lirst."
<br />ACA members w'ishing a copy of
<br />the EPA notice should call head-
<br />quarters at I-ROO-645-7700, II
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<br />lEE: P.O. Box 547796 . Orlando, Florida 32854-7796 . 800-327-2831 . Fax: 407-888-5990 . 407-886-5533
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<br />ALL: P.O, E!ox 5472~8 ' Or!qodQ. Flt;lrida 32854-7248 . 800-321-0772 ' Fax: 407-886-7643 . 407.886-0777 "
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