EPA publishes tough proposal for waste combustors’ emissions

EPA Jan. 23 published its plan to tighten air emissions limits for large municipal waste combustors (MWCs) in the Federal Register , setting a deadline for public comment on the proposal, which environmentalists and community activists have long sought, but which the waste-to-energy sector and municipal governments are resisting. The plan, unveiled Jan. 11 , seeks to tighten new source performance standards (NSPS) for new plants and emissions guidelines (EGs) for existing plants, and to update the definition of “new...