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Emission Guidelines for Large Municipal Waste Combustors that are Constructed on or before September 20, 1994 - Subpart Cb

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Emission Guidelines for Large Municipal Waste Combustors that are Constructed on or before September 20, 1994 - Subpart Cb

Applicability

eCFR Subpart Cb [ecfr.gov]

This subpart applies to:

  1. Each municipal waste combustor (MWC) unit with a combustion capacity greater than 250 tons/day of municipal solid waste (MSW) that commenced construction on or before September 20, 1994.


Not subject to this subpart*:

  1. MWC capable of combusting more than 250 tons/day of MSW that have a federally enforceable permit limiting them to combusting 11 tons/day.
  2. Qualifying small power production facilities that burn homogenous waste to produce electricity (see section 3(17)(C) of the Federal Power Act (16 USC 796(17)(C)).
  3. Qualifying cogeneration facilities that burn homogenous waste to produce electricity or other forms of useful energy (see section 3(18)(B) of the Federal Power Act (16 USB 796 (18)(B)).
  4. Any unit combusting a single-item waste stream of tires.
  5. Any unit required to have a permit under Section 3005 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act
  6. Any materials recovery facility that combusts waste for the primary purpose of recovering metals.
  7. Any cofired combustor (defined in 60.51b of Subpart Eb) that has a combustion capacity of 250 tons/day or more.
  8. Air curtain incinerators (defined in 60.51b of Subpart Eb) that have a combustion capacity of 250 tons/day or more and combust only yard waste. These units must still meet the opacity standard under 60.37b.
  9. Pyrolysis/combustion units that are an integrated part of a plastics/rubber recycling unit.
  10. Cement kilns firing MSW.

*Many units in the above list must notify EPA and/or the state of their exempt status, provide proof of their exemption qualifications, and maintain relevant records. Please see the rule text for full details.

Date of Original Final Rule
Amendments Dates

05/10/2006 Proposed Reconsideration
07/14/2004 Final Rule
08/25/1997 Final Rule & Court Ordered Remands
12/19/1995 Final Rule

State Regulations

N/A

Federal Regulations
40 CFR 60.30b
Related Rules

NSPS - 40 CFR Part 60

Subpart E - Incinerators with a capacity greater than 50 tons/day constructed or modified after Aug 17, 1971

Subpart Ea - Large MWC (>250 tons/day) constructed after Dec 20, 1989 and on or before Sep 20, 1994; or reconstructed or modified after Dec 20, 1989 and on or before June 19, 1996.

Subpart Eb - Large MWC (>250 tons/day) constructed after Sep 20, 1994 or reconstructed after July 19, 1996

Subpart AAAA - Small MWC (35-250 tons/day) constructed after Aug 30, 1999, or reconstructed after June 6, 2001

Subpart BBBB - Small MWC constructed on or before Aug 30, 1999


 

NESHAP - 40 CFR Part 63

Subpart EEE - Hazardous Waste Combustors

FAQ's, Fact Sheets, and Rules Summaries

EPA's Large Municipal Waste Combustors Website [epa.gov] - contains federal register notices and technical information

EPA Sponsored Combustion Portal [combustionportal.org] - Federal & state compliance information & sustainability content for combustion processes

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