EPA Sets More Stringent Air Toxics Rule For Off-Site Waste, Recovery Facilities

摘要

The Environmental Protection Agency will require more stringent toxic air pollutant controls for tanks and process vents at facilities that store, treat, recover or dispose of waste, used oil and used solvents, in a final rule published March 18 (80 Fed. Reg. 14,248). The EPA rule (RIN 2060-AR47) updates national emissions standards for hazardous air pollutants (NES-HAP) for off-site waste and recovery operations after the agency finished a review of available control technologies and health risk posed by the industry's toxic emissions. The EPA identified new pollution control technologies available for waste management units and recovery operations as part of its review. The agency said the final rule is expected to cost industry $4.1 million in capital costs and $1.1 million in annualized costs. The regulation is expected to reduce emissions of hazardous air pollutants by 211 tons per year.