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Posted Date: 2002-07-10T04:00Z

N
RESEARCH
GROUP.
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C
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MEMORANDUM
TO:

FROM:

DATE:
June
12.2002
SUBJECT:
Walt
Stevenson,
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AlCombustion
Group
Jason
Huckaby.
Eastern
Research
Group.
Inc
2000
National
Inventory
of
Large
Municipal
Waste
Combustion
(
MWC)
Units
This
memorandum
presents
a
year
2000
national
inventory
of
large
municipal
waste
combustion
(
MWC)
units.
This
inventory
is
an
update
of
the
earlier
1995
inventory
of
large
MWCs'.
This
2000
inventory
represents
MWC
units
that
are
affected
by
the
Subpart
Cb
emission
guidelines
for
large
MWC
units'.
The
Subpart
Cb
emission
guideIines
were
adopted
1995,
States
where
large
MWCs
are
located
were
required
under
Secti
AA)
to
adopt
and
implement
a
State
plan
that
assures
dl
large
MWC
units
in
the
State
are
in
compliance
with
the
emission
guidelines
by
December
19?
2000.
Many
States
CFR
part
62.
EPA
adopted
a
Federal
plan
to
assure
compliance
 or
large
MWC
units
not
covered
by
an
approved
State
plan,'
In
this
inventory
and
Subpa
WC
unit
is
defined
as
an
MWC
unit
with
a
municipal
solid
waste
(
MSW)

combustion
capacity
greater
than
250
tons
per
day.

This
2000
nationd
inventory
is
based
on
updated
data
submitted
by
Iarge*
MWC
units
following
maximum
achievable
control
technology
(
MACT)
compliance
in
December
2
creating
the
2000
inventory.
the
previous
large
MWC
database
was
updated
induding
changes
to
reflect
MWC
plant
ciosings.
combustor
type.
combustion
unit
capacity.
and
air
pol
device
used
%
I
yep
2000
to
comply
with
MACT
requirements.

Table
A­
1
provides
s
u
m
m
q
information
for
each
MWC
rype.
In
2000.
the
large
MWC
category
contains
I67
units
distributed
into
two
groups
of
combustion
unit
types
as
follows:

133
mass
burn
units
and
34
refuse­
derived
he1
units.
Table
A­
2
shows
the
change
that
has
w
e
d
in
the
large
MWC
population
since
1995.

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Table
B
presents
the
MWC­
s
for
year
2000
for
this
large
national
inventory.
This
includes:
plant
lo
plant.
large
MWC
unit
capacity,
1
construction
date,
and
start­
up
date.

located
at
66
MWC
plants
with
a
total
Compared
to
the
1995
Iarge
MWC
n
number
of
large
MWC
units
(
from
1
(
from
63
to
66
plants),
and
a
I
perce
MWCunits.
air
pollution
control
equipment,

operating
capacity
of
89,477
tons
per
day
MSW.

(
from
88,652
to
89
By
location,
the
States
with
th
(
1
8
units),
and
Pennsylvania
(
1
6
uni
EPA
regions
with
the
most
Iarge
M
and
Region
I
(
31
units)
4.
Massachusetts
(
6
units).
On
a
regional
basis,
*
e
Region
4
(
39
units),
Region
3
(
33
units),

Attachment
I
provides
a
list
of
acrony
References
I.
Memorandum
from
Lauri
Stevenson,
EPA.
"
Large
July
7,
1997.
(
Docket
A­
90­
4
1Ieen
h
e
,
Eastern
Research
Group,
Inc.
to
Walt
WC
Inventory
Database."

2.
Emission
Guidelin
ustion
Unirs
Consirwed
o
Cb
or
60
FR
65415.
December
19
1
­
I
3.
Federal
Plan
Requireme
he
fore
Sepiernber
20,
I9
See
Am@
ment
2
for
E
4.
Table
A­
1:
Summary
of
Table
A­
2:
Summary
of
the
National
Inventory
of
Large
MWC
Units
for
years
1995
and
2000
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SA
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SD
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List
of
Acronyms
Used
in
Table
B
carbon
injection
(
activated
carbon)
dry
sorbent
injection
excess­
air
electrostatic
precipitator
fluidized
bed
fabric
filter
(
baghouse)
mass
bum
modular
combustion
municipal
solid
waste
municipal
waste
combustor
rotary
combustor
refuse­
derived
he1
refiactory­
walled
combustor
starved­
air
spray
dryer
(
semi­
dry
scrubber)
selective
non­
cataiytic
reduction
tons
per
day
wet
scrubber
waterwail
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Map
of
EPA
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electronidly
at
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Regional
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responsible
within
its
states
for
the
execution
of
the
Agency's
programs.
Select
a
region
by
cli
the
area
of
the
map
covered
by
the
region,
or
use
the
links
located
below
the
map
to
go
directly
to
a
region.

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Hampshire.
Rhode
Island.
and
Vermont.

Region
2
­
responsible
within
the
states
of
New
Jersey.
New
York,
Puerto
Rico
and
lhe
U.
S.
Virgin
islands.

Reaion
3
­
responsible
within
the
states
of
Delaware.
Maryland.
Pennsylvanla.
Virginia,
West
Virginia.
and
the
District
of
Columbia.

ReQion
4
­
responsible
within
the
states
of
Alabama.
Florida.
Georgia.
Kentucky.
Mississippi.
North
Carolina.
South
Caroitna.
and
Tennessee.

Reaion
5
­
responsible
within
the
states
of
liilnois.
fnalana,
Mtchlgan.
Minnesotz,
Ohio.
and
Wisconsin.

Reaion
6
­
responsible
within
the
states
of
ArKansas.
Louisiana.
New
Mexico.
Oklahoma.
ana
Texas.

Reaion
7
­
responsible
within
the
states
of
Iowa.
Kansas,
Missourr.
and
Nebraska.

Reaion
8
­
responsible
within
the
states
of
Colorado,
Montana.
North
Dakota.
South
Dakota.
Utah.
and
Wyoming.

Region
9
­
responsibie
within
the
states
of
Arizona,
California.
Hawaii.
Nevada.
and
the
terntortes
of
Guam
and
American
Samoa.

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You
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responsible
within
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states
of
Alaska,
Idaho,
Oregon.
and
Washington,

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EASTERN
RESEARCH
GROUP,
INC.

Vlll­
B­
6
MEMORANDUM
TO:
Walt
Stevenson,
EPNCombustion
Group
FROM:
Jason
Huckaby,
Eastern
Research
Group,
Inc
DATE:
June
12,2002
A­
90­
45
SUBJECT:
2000
National
Inventory
of
Large
Municipal
Waste
Combustion
(
n/
iwC)
Units
This
memorandum
presents
a
year
2000
national
inventory
of
large
municipal
waste
combustion
(
MWC)
units.
This
inventory
is
an
update
of
the
earlier
1995
inventory
of
large
MWCsl.
This
2000
inventory
represents
MWC
units
that
are
affected
by
the
Subpart
Cb
emission
guidelines
for
large
MWC
units2.
The
Subpart
Cb
emission
guidelines
were
adopted
December
19,
1995.
States
where
large
MWCs
are
located
were
required
under
Section
129
of
the
Clean
Air
Act
(
CAA)
to
adopt
and
implement
a
State
plan
that
assures
all
large
MWC
units
in
the
State
are
in
complidce
with
the
emission
guidelines
by
December
19,2000.
Many
States
adopted
State
plans,
as
listed
in
40
CFR
part
62.
EPA
adopted
a
Federal
plan
to
assure
compliance
for
large
MWC
units
not
covered
by
an
approved
State
p
h
3
In
this
inventory
and
MWC
unit
is
defined
as
an
MWC
unit
with
a
municipal
solid
waste
(
MSW)
ty
greater
than
250
tons
per
day.
This
2000
national
inventory
is
based
on
updated
data
submitted
by
large
MWC
units
/

following
maximum
achievable
control
technology
(
MACT)
compliance
in
December
2000.
In
creating
the
2000
inventory,
the
previous
large
MWC
database
was
updated
including
changes
to
closings,
combustor
type,
combustion
unit
capacity,
and
air
pollution
control
2000
to
comply
with
MACT
requirements.
rovides
summary
information
for
each
MWC
type.
In
2000,
the
large
MWC
67
units
distributed
into
two
groups
of
combustion
unit
types
as
follows:
133
mass
burn
units
and
34
refuse­
derived
fuel
units.
Table
A­
2
shows
the
change
that
has
occurred
in
the
large
MWC
population
since
1995.
Table
B
presents
the
MWC­
specific
data
for
year
2000
for
this
large
MWC
unit
national
inventory.
This
includes:
plant
location,
plant
capacity,
number
of
large
MWC
units
at
each
plant,
large
MWC
unit
capacity,
large
MWC
unit
type,
air
pollution
control
equipment,
and
start­
up
date.
There
are
167
large
MWC
units
in
the
2000
inventory
C
plants
with
a
total
natiqnal
operating
capacity
of
89,477
tons
per
day
MSW.
Compared
to
the
1995
large
MWC
national
inventory1,
t
b
s
shows
a
2
percent
increase
in
the
number
of
large
MWC
d
t
s
(
from
164
to
167),
a
5
percent
increase
in
the
number
of
plants
(
from
63
to
66
plants),
and
a
1
percent
increase
in
capacity
(
from
88,652
to
89,477
tpd)
for
large
MWC
units.
By
location,
the
States
with
the
most
large
MWC
units
are
Florida
(
29
units),
New
York
(
1
8
units),
and
Pennsylvania
(
16
units),
and
Massachusetts
(
6
units).
On
a
regional
basis,
the
EPA
regions
with
the
most
large
MWC
units
are
EPA
Region
4
(
39
units),
Region
3
(
33
units),

ides
a
list
of
acronyms
used
in
Table
B.
I
morandum
from
Laurie
Cone
and
Colleen
Kane,
Eastern
Research
Group,
Inc.
to
Walt
Stevenson,
EPA.
"
Large
and
Small
MWC
Units
in
the
1995
MWC
Inventory
Database."
July
7,
1997.
(
Docket
A­
90­
45;
Item
VI­
B­
2).

2.
Emission
Guidelines
and
Compliance
Times
for
Large
Municipal
Waste
Combustion
Units
Constructed
on
or
Before
September
20,
1994.
40
CFR
part
60,
Subpart
Cb
or
60
FR
65415.
December
19,1995.

3.
Federal
Plan
Requirements
for
Large
Municipal
Waste
Combustors
Constructed
on
or
before
September
20,1994.
40
CFR
part
62,
Subpart
FFF.

4.
See
Attachment
2
for
EPA
Region
Listing.
*
­
*
e
Large
MWC
Unit
Type
Mass
burn
Refuse­
derived
fuel
Total
:
Table
A­
1:
Summary
of
the
National
Inventory
of
Large
MWC
Units
for
year
2000
(
Distributed
into
types
of
large
MWC
units)

Number
of
Large
Number
of
Capacity
(
tpd)
Percent
MWC
Plants
Large
MWC
Capacity
Units
of
Total
53
133
67,968.
76%
13
34
21,509
24%
66
167
89,477
­

I
Year
Number
of
Large
RlwC
Number
of
Large
MWC
Capacity
(
tpd)
Plants
Units
I
I
Mass
burn
includes
mass
burn­
water
wall,
mass
burn­
refkactory,
and
mass
burn­
rotating
combustion
units.
Refuse­
derived
fuel
includes
all
combustion
units
that
combust
refuse­
derived
fuel.

1995
2000
Table
A­
2:
Summary
of
the
National
Inventory
of
Large
MWC
Units
for
years
1995
and
2000
63
164
88,652
66
167
89,477
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ATTACHMENT
1
List
of
Acronyms
Used
in
Table
B
CI
=
carbon
injection
(
activated
carbon)

DSI
=
dry
sorbent
injection
EA
=
excess­
air
ESP
=
electrostatic
precipitator
FB
=
fluidizedbed
FF
=
fabric
filter
(
baghouse)

MB
=
massburn
MOD
=
modular
combustion
MSW
=
municipal
solid
waste
MWC
=
municipal
waste
combustor
RC
=
rotarycombustor
RDF
=
refuse­
derived
fuel
REF
=
refi­
actory­
walled
combustor
SA
=
starved­
air
=
spray
dryeEQemi­
dry
scrubber)

SNCR
=
selective
non­
catalytic
reduction
TPD
=
tonsper
day
WS
=
wet
scrubber
WW
=
watenvall
ATTACHMENT
2
Map
of
EPA
Regions
(
available
electronically
at
http://
wyw.
epa.
gov/
epahome/
whereyoulive.
htm)

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