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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05.a.2) (Handout) Report on Environmental Protection Agency final sewage sludge incinerator regulations (Section 129) Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources and Emission Guidelines for Existing Sources: Sewage Sludge Incineration Units Board Meeting MARCH 3, 2011 Margaret P. Orr, P.E ti .. Central Contra Costa Sanitary District pro(&Hna Fubik Health and the Environment Regulatory Journey • EPA Issued Other Solid Waste Incinerator (OSWI) 12/2005 • NRDC Request for reconsideration 2/2006 • Sewage sludge not included in definition of solid waste • Court decision all solid waste subject to 129 6/2007 • Litigation • EPA adequate regulation 503 • NRDC regulate under 129 • Court defined sewage sludge solid waste - subject to 129 6/2010 • OSWI became 4 rules - SSI 1 r CI Journey continued • EPA requested CCCSD Stack Testing 12/2009 • Draft rule published in Federal Register 10/14/2010 • Public Comment NC 10/29/2010 • Written Comment November 29, 2010 • EPA request for extension denied 1/20/2011 • EPA required to sign rule by 2/21/2011 • Pre - Publication Version signed • Final Rule Effective 60 -days after Publication in Federal Register What are requirements? • Concentration limits - 9 pollutants • Annual Operator training/ certification • Federal testing • Continuous parametric monitoring/ limits • Currently monitor 57, add 2 • Scrubber pH, Flow • Ash Handling • Annual source testing • $50,000 • Recordkeeping/ reporting • Implementation -Title V Permit 2 Stack Emissions 129 CCCSD CCCSD POLLUTANT LIMIT AVERAGE STD DEV Cd (mg/dscm @ 7% 0 0.095 0.027 0.011 Dioxin/Furans (ng totaVdscm @ 7% 0 5.0000 0.0100 0.0026 Dioxin/Furans (ng TEO/dscm @ 7% 0 0.3200 0.0010 0.0001 CO (ppmvd @ 7% 0 3,800 770 216 HCI (ppmvd @ 7% 0 1.20 0.76 0.07 Hg (mg/dscm ® 7% 0 0.28 0.07 0.02 NOx (ppmvd @ 7% 0 220 127 60 Pb (mg /dscm @ 7% 0 0.300 0.085 0.064 PM (mg/dscm fa 7% 02) 80.0 26.1 9.7 SO (ppmvd @ 7% 0 26.0 3.7 4.22 Compliance Status • Meet 129 emission limits • • Based on the data in hand • Full compliance March 2016 • 3 q • Next Steps • NACWA considering file petition reconsideration • Fluidized Bed • NRDC considering file petition reconsideration • Lower Mercury limits • CCCSD • Annual source testing • Standard Operating Procedures • Capital 4