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Small Municipal Waste Combustors (SMWC): New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) and Emission Guidelines (EG)

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Rule Summary

Section 129 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) directs the Administrator to develop regulations under section 111 of the Act limiting emissions of nine air pollutants (i.e., particulate matter, carbon monoxide, dioxins/furans, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, hydrogen chloride, lead, mercury, and cadmium) from four categories of solid waste incineration units: municipal solid waste; hospital, medical and infectious solid waste; commercial and industrial solid waste; and other solid waste.

The new source performance standards (NSPS) and Emission Guidelines (EG) for new and existing small municipal waste combustors fulfill the requirements of sections 111 and 129 for incinerators that combust from 35 to 250 tons per day of municipal solid waste. The rule and guidelines, which address only the incineration of nonhazardous solid wastes, protect public health and the environment by reducing emissions of harmful air pollutants.

Rule History

01/31/2003 – Final Rule (Subpart JJJ)

06/14/2001 – Proposed Rule (Subpart JJJ)

12/06/2000 – Final Rule (Subparts AAAA (65 FR 76350) & BBBB (65 FR 76378) )

08/30/1999 – Proposed Rule (Subparts AAAA (64 FR 47276) & BBBB (64 FR 47234) )

Additional Resources

Small Municipal Waste Combustion Units Air Toxics Rules Fact Sheets

Small Municipal Waste Combustors Background Information Document for New Source Performance Standards and Emission Guidelines Public Comments and Responses

Legacy Docket Numbers:

A-89-08

A-90-45

A-98-18

Related Rules

Large Municipal Waste Combustors (LMWC): New Source Performance Standards (NSPS), Emissions Guidelines and Compliance Times

Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration Units (CISWI): New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) and Emission Guidelines

Hospital, Medical, and Infectious Waste Incinerators (HMIWI): New Source Performance Standards (NSPS), Emission Guidelines, and Federal Plan Requirements Regulations

Sewage Sludge Incineration Units (SSI): New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) and Emission Guidelines

Other Solid Waste Incinerators (OSWI): New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) and Emission Guidelines for Existing Sources

Compliance

Status of Section 111(d)/129 State Plans (SP) for Small Municipal Waste Combustors (MWC) Units

Applicability Determination Index (ADI).  The ADI is maintained by EPA's Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) and provides a data base of memoranda dealing with applicability issues.  The database is searchable by Subpart.