INDUSTRIAL BURNING OF KATRINA WASTE FACES AIR PERMIT, COST HURDLES

EPA and other federal agencies are working with industry and Gulf Coast states to identify administrative ways to overcome permitting barriers so that the large volume of wood and other debris from Hurricane Katrina and other storms can be burned as fuel in industrial facilities. EPA and industry sources are arguing that burning the enormous amount of debris in boilers and other industrial facilities is more environmentally sound and useful than open burns or landfills. But federal, state and industry...