EPA Moves To Strip Malfunction Waiver From Waste Combustors Air Rule

EPA is proposing to remove regulatory exemptions for periods of malfunction from its rule governing air toxics from hazardous waste combustors (HWC), in line with its broader policy requiring the removal of exemptions for startup, shutdown and malfunction (SSM) waivers from its air rules. In a notice published in the July 24 Federal Register , EPA proposes to remove a malfunction exemption for the sector, to add electronic reporting provisions, and to amend emergency safety vent provisions. “The removal of...