Wastes from the Combustion of Fossil Fuels Volume 1 – Executive Summary

By Environmental Protection Agency

Book Id: WPLBN0000052281
Format Type: PDF eBook:
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Reproduction Date: 2007

Title:	Wastes from the Combustion of Fossil Fuels Volume 1 – Executive Summary
Author:	Environmental Protection Agency
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Language:	English
Subject:	Ecology, Natural resource issues, Environemtal protection
Collections:	Environmental Awareness Library Collection
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Publisher:	United States Environmental Protection Agency


Citation APA MLA Chicago Protection Agency, B. E. (n.d.). Wastes from the Combustion of Fossil Fuels Volume 1 – Executive Summary. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Description
Excerpt: The report is organized into seven chapters that address the study factors required under Section 8002(n) of RCRA. Chapter 2 provides an overview of FFC in the United States, including a brief description of the utility and non-utility sectors and a discussion of projected trends for the industry. Chapters 3 through 7 parallel the categories of remaining wastes listed above in Section 1.2. Chapter 3 focuses on comanaged utility coal combustion waste and also covers coburning by utilities. Chapter 4 examines non-utility coal combustion waste. Chapters 5 and 6 discuss fluidized bed combustion wastes and oil combustion wastes, respectively. Chapter 7 focuses on natural gas combustion wastes. Chapters 3 through 6 each provide overviews of their relevant sectors; describe the wastes generated, their characteristics, and volumes; and examine current waste management practices, potential and documented dangers to human health and the environment, existing regulatory controls, waste management alternatives, and costs and economic impacts. Chapter 7 presents a brief overview of natural gas combustion technology (additional discussion of natural gas combustion wastes is not warranted because of minimal waste generation). Finally, each of the chapters presents the Agency’s findings and recommendations.

Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 1.0 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 1.1 BACKGROUND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 1.2 SCOPE AND ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT TO CONGRESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 2.0 INFORMATION SOURCES AND METHODS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 3.0 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS: COAL-FIRED UTILITY COMANAGED WASTES . . . . . . . . . 3-1 4.0 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS: NON-UTILITY COAL COMBUSTION WASTES . . . . . . . . . . 4-1 5.0 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS: FLUIDIZED BED COMBUSTION WASTES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1 6.0 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS: OIL COMBUSTION WASTES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1 7.0 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS: NATURAL GAS COMBUSTION WASTES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1 REFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R-1 GLOSSARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G-1