EPA Combustor Plan Floats Eased Method For Unregulated Air Toxics

EPA is proposing new limits for previously unregulated pollutants emitted by hazardous waste combustors (HWC), but it is using a broader and less-stringent approach than in previous air toxics rule reviews, making extensive use of alternatives to traditional numeric limits such as work practice requirements and “health-based” standards. In a notice signed by Administrator Lee Zeldin on Oct. 28 ahead of its upcoming publication in the Federal Register , EPA proposes to modify the national emission standards for hazardous air...