EPA Reconsiders Plan To Clarify Air Rules For Pyrolysis, Gasification Units

September 7, 2021
EPA is launching a long-term effort to clarify the Clean Air Act obligations of industrial pyrolysis and gasification processes that recycle plastics, create energy or produce fuel from food waste and other feedstocks, soliciting public input on the burgeoning field under a pre-rule plan that jettisons Trump-era proposals in favor of a fresh approach. In an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) slated for publication in the Federal Register Sept. 8, EPA says “there is considerable confusion in the...


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