Contents:

• Upgrading RDF Boilers – by the 1/2 Dozen
• Boiler MACT Updates – Final Rulings
• Update on Biomass Boiler Combustion System Upgrades
• Jansen Technical Papers and Industry Presentations
• New Employees: Mark LeBel and Andrea Striz
• Jansen Projects in Canada
• News Briefs
• Our Website Has Been Updated
• Jansen at Pacific West Biomass Conference & Expo
• Receive Our Newsletter by E-mail
• Boiler House Cartoon
• Dates & Locations Biomass Boiler Workshops in 2011

Boiler MACT Update – Final Rulings

EPA Posted Final Ruling in February… Now What?

EPA’s efforts to establish Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs) emissions limits for industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers and process heaters (referred to as Boiler MACT rules) continues on its long and twisted path.

The EPA first promulgated Boiler MACT rules in 2004 in response to requirements in the 1990 Clean Air Act – and owners of industrial boilers and process heaters worked diligently to comply with the ruling within the allotted three years. However, just before the compliance period culminated in 2007, the US Court of Appeals vacated teh ruling on the basis of complaints that portions of the ruling were not stringent enough, not inclusive enough, and required better definition of fuel classifications. After a lengthy data collection period, the EPA put forth a new, more stringent, ruling in April, 2010. Limits were established for filterable particulate matter (PM), carbon monoxide (CO), hydrochloric acid (HCI), mercury, and dioxins/furans. PM, CO, and HCI emissions were to be used as surrogates for heavy metals, volatile organic compounds, and acid gases, respectively. The ruling was to be finalized in January 2011, following a comment period.

Upgrading RDF Boilers – by the 1/2 Dozen

Recently, Jansen provided mechanical design and supplied equipment for the combustion system upgrade of six RDF boilers in operation at three different E-f-W faciliites in the US.