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Show 5.9.2 LIQUID INJECTION INCINERATION AN ULTIMATE SOLUTION TO HAZARDOUS WASTE COMBUSTION Joseph J. Santoleri Four Nines, Inc. Plymouth Meeting, PA INTRODUCTION The past few years have generated a great deal of activity in industry, government and the public sector as a result of the Resource Recovery and Conservation Act (RCRA) and SUPERFUND. The U.S. E.P.A. and State environmental agencies have spent a great deal of effort finalizing the federal and state regulations associated with proper disposal of hazardous wastes. At the present time, the generators, transporters and disposers of this waste are finalizing the Part "B" Permit for their particular facility. The requirements for the interim permit - Part "A" - were minimal and allowed many operations to continue without investigation by the federal or state agencies. With the detailed requirements of the Part "B" Permit, many marginal operations now realize the costs of compliance will not allow continuation as a profitable enterprise. As a result, certain truckers, landfill, and disposal operators, have decided not to file for permanent status, under RCRA and will no longer be available to handle hazardous waste materials. In many states, landfilling of hazardous liquids is no longer permissible, resulting in sharply increased costs for this method of disposal.(1) Other disposal schemes include chemical fixation, solvent absorption and incineration. Present regulations require a 99.99% Destruction and Removal Efficiency (DRE) of all Principal Organic Hazardous Constituents (POHC).(2) Incineration is "the only answer" to the ultimate disposal of these hazardous waste materials. (3) Industry has gained a considerable amount of expertise in these areas over the past 20 years. Many incineration systems operating today dispose the hazardous liquid wastes and attain the four-nines destruction. |