Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0072-0052
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2002-10-03T04:00Z

MEMORANDUM
DATE:
September
18,2002
SUBJECT:
Addition
to
Performance
I
Test
Data
for
Large
Municipal
(
MWCs)
at
MACT
Compliance
(
Year
2000
data)

FROM:
Bradley
Nelson
Alpha­
Gamma
Technologies,
Inc.

Walt
Stevenson,
EPAEmission
Standards
DivisiodCombus
TO:

The
attached
table
in
this
memorandum
is
a
companion
table
to
the
memorandum,

"
PerformanceJTest
Data
for
Large
Municipal
Waste
Combustors
(
MWCs)
at
MACT
Compliance
ear
2000
Data)"
Docket
A­
90­
45;
Item
VIII­
 3­
2.
The
attached
table
provides
emission
factors
in
units
of
pollutant
emissions
per
electrical
generation
(
kg
pollutantlMWe­
hr).
These
emission
factors
were
developed
using
the
emission
factors
from
Table
3
in
the
companion
memorandum
and
developing
a
conversion
factor
to
convert
from
tons
of
municipal
solid
waste
(
MSW)
fired
to
nerated.
The
conversion
factor
was
developed
by
totaling
the
MSW
fired
by
all
MWCs
(
Mg
per
year)
and
dividing
by
the
total
electrical
power
generated
(
m
e
­
h
r
per
year),

based
on
EIA
data
(
Year
2000).
The
conversion
factor
was
calculated
to
be
1.5
tons
MSWIMWe­
hr.

1
Table
3b.
Emission
Factors
of
Large
MWC
units
after
MACT
Retrofits
Section
129
Pollutants
(
kg
pollutant
per
(
kg
pollutant
per
'
The
emissions
factors
(
kg
emissions
per
Mg
waste
fired)
were
developed
by
totaling
the
emissions
of
all167
units
and
dividing
by
the
total
waste
combusted.
(
see
Docket
A­
90­
45;
Item
VIII­
B­
3).

'
The
emissions
factors
in
the
first
coliumn
(
kg
emissions
per
Mg
waste
fired)
were
converted
into
units
of
ons
per
electrical
generation
by
using
a
conversion
factor
of
1.5.
The
conversion
factor
is
based
on
EIA
data
(
year
2000).
The
conversion
factor
was
developed
by
totaling
the
waste
fired
by
all
MWCs
(
Mg
per
year)
and
ding
by
the
total
electrical
power
generated
(
W
e
­
h
r
per
year).
(
The
Tulsa
MWC
was
excluded
because
of
incomplete
data).