Economic Impact Analysis for the Supplemental to the Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) NESHAP

摘要

This economic impact analysis is in support of a regulatory action in a supplemental to the national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills. On November 7, 2002, EPA proposed NESHAP for MSW landfills and requested comments on bioreactors. Based on comments to the proposed rule and additional information and analyses, EPA is adding a definition of bioreactors to the rule and is issuing timely control for bioreactors located at MSW landfills with a design capacity greater than or equal to 2.5 million Mg and 2.5 million m(cu) meters. This analysis is intended to provide information on the impacts of this supplemental on directly affected entities, as well as some information on the impacts on indirectly affected entities such as governments and communities. Included also is a profile of landfills and the use of bioreactors at landfills.