| EPA establishes new
rules for smallest incinerators Dec. 2 Federal environmental regulators have established new performance standards to reduce emissions of air pollutants from the last remaining category of waste incinerators requiring Clean Air Act Regulation. The new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rules apply to municipal waste incinerators burning less than 35 tons per day and institutional waste incinerators at schools, churches and civic organizations. The new rules are expected to reduce air pollution by 1,900 tons per year from about 250 incinerators that will be subject to the new standards. The EPA previously issued rules for emissions from all other classifications of incinerators. Details are available online at www.epa.gov/ttn/oarpg/t3/factsheets/32435oswi_fs.html .
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