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EPA/SWER RIN: 2050-AE01 Publication ID: Fall 1999 
Title: Revised Standards for Hazardous Waste Combustion Facilities 
Abstract: Under the Clean Air Act (CAA) Amendments of 1990, EPA is required to establish National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAPs) for most hazardous waste combustors (HWCs) (i.e., incinerators, cement kilns, boilers, and some types of smelting furnaces). In addition, under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), EPA is required to establish standards for all HWCs as necessary to ensure protection of human health and the environment. EPA is concerned that its current RCRA standards for HWCs may not be adequately protective given that the standards do not take into account indirect pathways of exposure and that there have been advances both in risk assessment and control technologies since promulgation of the current standards. Consequently, the Agency established new emissions standards for HWCs for cement kilns, LWAKs and incenerators under joint CAA and RCRA authority. This will avoid duplicative Agency effort and piecemeal regulation of the hazardous waste combustion industry. The Agency is in the process of developing a proposal to address boilers and other industrial furnaces. 
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)  Priority: Other Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-Term Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 60    40 CFR 63    40 CFR 260    40 CFR 264    40 CFR 265    40 CFR 266    40 CFR 270   
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6924 RCRA sec 3004    42 USC 6925 RCRA sec 3005    42 USC 7412 CAA sec 112    42 USC 7414 CAA sec 114   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
NPRM  Judicial    01/31/2001 
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM Cement Kilns & Lightweight Aggregate Kilns & Incinerators  04/19/1996  61 FR 17358   
Final Action MACT Fasttrack  06/19/1998  63 FR 33782   
Final Action Cement Kilns & LWAKs & Incinerators (Final-Phase I)  09/30/1999  64 FR 52828   
NPRM Boilers & Other Industrial Furnaces  01/00/2001    
Additional Information: SAN No. 3333
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: State 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
Agency Contact:
David Hockey
Environmental Protection Agency
Solid Waste and Emergency Response
5303P,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone:703 308-8846
Email: Hockey.David@epa.gov