EPA Close To Easing Incinerator Air Rule, Possibly Exempting Pyrolysis

EPA is nearing release of a long-delayed rule that would substantially relax air pollution limits for small waste incinerators, with provisions that are expected to exclude pyrolysis, a process used in plastics recycling, from the definition of incineration while also exempting many Alaskan units from regulation. The agency May 6 sent its final rule reviewing air emission standards for new and existing “other” solid waste incinerators (OSWI) to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for prepublication review,...