EPA Seeks To Dramatically Tighten Air Limits For Large Waste Combustors

Seeking to better protect the health of nearby communities, EPA is proposing a steep tightening of emissions standards for large municipal waste combustors (MWCs), toughening limits for harmful pollutants in a reappraisal long sought by environmentalists and required by a federal appeals court. In a proposal unveiled Jan. 11, EPA 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 source” to apply to plants...