Methodologies for estimating one-time hazardous waste generation for capacity generation for capacity assurance planning

Tonn, Bruce; Hwang, Ho-Ling; Elliot, Scott; Peretz, Jean H.; Böhm, Robert; Hendrucko, B.

doi:10.2172/10191446

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“…Most one-time wastes are derived from the cleanup of Superfund sites, RCRA corrective action sites, and other contaminated sites. The EPA is generating a report 24 to understand this issue. At the time of this writing, an evaluation of this report indicated that much more work was needed regarding the methodology used to identify the impact of onetime waste generation on future capacity needs.…”

Section: Anticipated Demandmentioning

confidence: 99%

An Evaluation of Commercial Hazardous Waste Thermal Destruction Capacity

Jensen

Batterman²

1994

Air & Waste

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Thermal destruction capacity for commercial hazardous waste in the United States is examined to determine current and future capacity requirements. This study focuses on commercial incinerators and cement kilns burning conventional hazardous wastes. Aggregate maximum and available capacity estimates are derived using the most recent information. On a national basis, available capacity far exceeds present demand. On a regional basis, capacity appears sufficient with the exception of the California area. However, this shortfall appears insignificant given the overall capacity situation. While incineration demand may increase for solids and sludges as a consequence of Land Ban disposal restrictions and other reasons, capacity for these wastes again appears sufficient to meet current and projected demands. Thus, arguments that additional commercial incineration capacity will be needed to accommodate an expected increase in incinerable hazardous waste cannot be supported by the available information. The analysis raises concerns about the determination of realistic capacity estimates, and the lack of interaction between the capacity assurance process that documents the need for capacity and state siting processes for new waste management facilities. The excess incineration capacity shown in this paper will contribute to the successful implementation of EPA's goal to reduce national capacity.

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Section: Anticipated Demandmentioning

confidence: 99%

An Evaluation of Commercial Hazardous Waste Thermal Destruction Capacity

Jensen

Batterman²

1994

Air & Waste

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“…The decision rules are expressed in terms of IF-THEN statements. The IF portion contains conditions for which a site would be evaluated; the THEN part indicates the fraction of the total volume of hazardous wastes moved off-site for treatment or disposal (see Tonn et al, 1993b). Three levels of estimates (high, medium, and low) are provided for each operable unit in the OFFCAP database.…”

Section: Decision Rules For Off-site Demandmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Due to space limitations, only one is discussed here (ORNL methodology). For information on the other methodology based on EPA's "Regulatory Impact Analysis for the Final Rulemaking on Corrective Action for Solid Waste Management Units (RIA methodology)" (EPA, 1993a), see Tonn et al, 1993b. The methodology presented here builds on previous work by ORNL in its analysis of the costs of RCRA corrective action (Tonn et al, 1993a).…”

Section: Rcra Corrective Action Hazardous Waste Volumesmentioning

confidence: 99%