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EPA/AR RIN: 2060-AQ72 Publication ID: Spring 2011 
Title: ●Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources and Emission Guidelines for Existing Sources: Other Solid Waste Incineration Units 
Abstract: EPA promulgated emissions standards for Other Solid Waste Incineration (OSWI) units on December 16, 2005. Units covered under this rule include certain very small municipal waste combustion and institutional waste incineration units. Because EPA did not have emissions test data on OSWI units specifically, the 2005 rulemaking was based on test data from hospital, medical, infectious waste incineration (HMIWI) units, which were considered to be similar to OSWI units. EPA did not issue standards or guidelines for sewage sludge incinerator units, pathological waste incinerator units, and other categories of units. In 2007, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision vacating EPA's definition of "solid waste incineration unit". In that decision, the court held that any facility that combusts any solid waste material is a commercial or industrial solid waste incineration unit.. Based on that decision, EPA has reevaluated some of the categories of units for which EPA did not issue standards or guidelines in the 2005 OSWI rule -- for example, pathological waste incinerators -- and concluded that such units are in fact solid waste incineration units and as such must be regulated under Clean Air Act section 129. This rule will require that an information collection request (ICR) be used to gather data necessary to develop MACT floors and emission limits for the various subcategories of OSWI. 
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)  Priority: Other Significant 
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-Term Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined 
CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined     (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act section 129   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  To Be Determined    
Final Action  To Be Determined    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: Undetermined 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Ketan Patel
Environmental Protection Agency
Air and Radiation
E143-05,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone:919 541-9736
Fax:919 541-3207
Email: patel.ketan@epa.gov