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EPA/OAR | RIN: 2060-AO18 | Publication ID: Spring 2024 |
Title: New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) and Emission Guidelines (EG) for Large Municipal Waste Combustors (MWCs) | |
Abstract:
This action addresses the Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources and Emission Guidelines for Existing Sources for Large Municipal Waste Combustors promulgated under section 129 of the Clean Air Act (CAA). The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS), subpart Eb, and the Emission Guidelines, subpart Cb, were first established on December 19, 1995, and amended on May 10, 2006, pursuant to CAA section 129(a)(5) which requires review of these standards every 5 years. The NSPS and emission guidelines established emission limitations based on maximum achievable control technology for controlling emissions of hazardous air pollutants and criteria pollutants from large municipal waste combustors. The EPA received a petition for reconsideration of the 2006 rulemaking and, in 2007, EPA announced its reconsideration of the provisions to allow provisionally certified chief facility operator or certified shift operator the data availability requirements for continuous emissions monitoring systems (CEMS), and status of operating parameters during the 2 weeks prior to mercury and dioxin/furan testing. Additionally, following a challenge to the 2006 rulemaking, the D.C. Circuit granted EPA a voluntary remand in 2008 for the Agency to re-evaluate the MACT floors established in 1995 based on the D.C. Circuit’s decisions in Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Facility v. EPA, 358 F.3d 936 (D.C. Cir. 2004) and related cases. The EPA proposed updated NSPS and emission guidelines for large municipal waste combustors on January 23, 2024 (89 FR 4243). This action will respond to the voluntary remand and review of the NSPS and emission guidelines pursuant to CAA section 129. |
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Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) | Priority: Other Significant |
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda | Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage |
Major: No | Unfunded Mandates: State, local, or tribal governments |
CFR Citation: 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart Cb 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart Eb (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.) | |
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. Clean Air Act 42 U.S.C. 7414, 7601 |
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Additional Information: EPA-HQ-OAR-2017-0183. | |
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No | Government Levels Affected: Local, State |
Small Entities Affected: No | Federalism: Yes |
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No | |
RIN Information URL: https://www.epa.gov/stationary-sources-air-pollution/large-municipal-waste-combustors-lmwc-new-source-performance | Public Comment URL: https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EPA-HQ-OAR-2017-0183 |
Sectors Affected: 562213 Solid Waste Combustors and Incinerators; 924110 Administration of Air and Water Resource and Solid Waste Management Programs | |
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No | |
Agency Contact: Charlene Spells Environmental Protection Agency Office of Air and Radiation 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, Mail Code E-143-05, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone:919 541-5255 Fax:919 541-3470 Email: spells.charlene@epa.gov Jodi Howard Environmental Protection Agency Office of Air and Radiation Mail Code E143-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone:919 541-4607 Fax:919 541-0246 Email: howard.jodi@epa.gov |