A publication of Work On Waste USA, Inc., 82 Judson, Canton, NY 13617 315-379-9200 Dec. 1993 - Jan. 1994

The second of our 24-part series summarizes information from the last three Resource Recovery Yearbooks, published in 1988, 1991 & 1993 by Governmental Advisory Associates (GAA) -see references over. Not included in this review are incinerators without energy recovery. Vendor/Operator from GAA’s 1993 edition. Type: M=Mass Burn; R=RDF. Tons-Per-Day = incinerator design capacity. APC = Air Pollution Controls: 1-ESP. 2-Baghouse. 3-Dry Scrubber. 4-NOx Control. 5-Wet Scrubber. Note: No operating U.S. incinerator is equipped with activated carbon injection to reduce mercury emssions.

INCINERATOR V = VENDOR Year Tons-Per-Day

LOCATION O = OPERATOR Type APC On-Line 1988 1991 1993

AL - Huntsville1 V/O: OGDEN MARTIN M 2,3 1990 - 690 690

Tuscaloosa2 V: CONSUMAT.O:Authority M 1 1984 300 300 300

AK - Deadhorse3 V: Basic Environmental M 1 1981 100 100 -

O: Piqniq Management

Sitka4 V: Sigoure Freres M 1,3 1985 24 24 24

O: Sheldon Jackson College

AR - Batesville V: CONSUMAT. O:City M None 1981 100 100 100

North Little V: CONSUMAT M None 1977 100 - -

Rock5 O: J.D. Helms

Osceola6 V: CONSUMAT. Op: City M 2 1980 50 50 50

CA - Commerce7 V: FOSTER WHEELER M 2,3,4, 1987 400 400 360

O: L.A. Sanitation District

Long Beach8 V/O: MONTENAY M 2,3,4 1988 1380 1380 1380

Susanville See Waste Not # 254

Stanislaus Co.9 V/O: OGDEN MARTIN M 2,3,4 1989 - 800 800

CT - Bridgeport10 V/O: WHEELABRATOR M 2,3 1988 2250 2250 2250

Bristol11 V/O: OGDEN MARTIN M 2.3 1988 650 650 650

Hartford12 V: OGDEN MARTIN R 2,3 1988 2000 2000 2000

O: Metropolitan district

Preston13 V/O: American Ref-Fuel M 2,3 1992 - - 600

Wallingford14 V/O: OGDEN MARTIN M 2,3 1989 - 420 420

Windham15 V: CONSUMAT; O:Town M 2,3 1981 108 108 -

DE - Pigeon Point16 V/O: United Power Services M 1 1987 600 - -

in Newcastle

FL - So. Broward17 V/O: WHEELABRATOR M 2,3 1991 - 2250 2250

No. Broward17 V/O: WHEELABRATOR M 2,3 1991 - 1125 2250

Hillsborough18 V/O: OGDEN MARTIN M 1 1987 1200 1200 1200

Key West19 V/O: Montenay M 1 1986 150 150 150

Lakeland20 V: N.A.; O: City R 1,5 1983 300 300 300

Lake Co.21 V/O: OGDEN MARTIN M 2,3 1991 - 528 528

Mayport Naval V: Advanced Combustion M None 1979 50 50 50

Station O: Global Associates

Miami22 V/O: Montenay R 1 1982 - 3000 3000

Miami Airport22a V: Synergy O: Airport M None 1983 60 60 60

West Palm V: Babcock & Wilcox/Bechtel R 1,3 1989 - 2000 2000

Beach 23 O: Babcock & Wilcox

Panama City24 V/O: WESTINGHOUSE M 1 1987 510 510 510

Pasco Co.25 V/O: OGDEN MARTIN M 2,3 1991 - 1050 1050

Pinellas Co.26 V/O: WHEELABRATOR M 1 1983 3150 3150 3150

Tampa27 V/O: WHEELABRATOR M 1 1985 1000 1000 1000

GA - Savannah28 V/O: Katy-Seghers M 1 1987 500 500 500

HI - Honolulu29 V/O: OGDEN MARTIN R 1,3 1990 - 2160 2160

ID - Cassia County30 V: CONSUMAT M None 1980 50 50 -

IL - Chicago31 V: N.A. O: City M 1 1970 1600 1600 1600

IN - Indianapolis32 V/O: OGDEN MARTIN M 2,3 1988 2362 2362 2362

Iowa See Waste Not # 260

KY - Franklin33 V: Cadoux. O: Monarch M None 1986 75 - -

ME - Auburn (old)34 V: CONSUMAT. O: City M 2 1981 200 - -

Auburn (new)35 V/O: American Energy Corp. M 2.3 1993 - - 200

Biddeford36 V: KTI R 2,3 1987 700 607 607

O: Maine Energy Recovery Co

Orrington37 V: KTI O: ESOCO R 2,3 1988 1,100 1,100 1,100

Portland38 V: American Energy Corp. M 1,3 1988 500 500 500

O: Regional Waste Systems

MD - Baltimore39 V/O: WHEELABRATOR M 1 1985 2250 2250 2250

Harford Co.40 V: CONSUMAT; O: ENSCO M 1 1988 360 360 360

MA - Agawam41 V: Fluor Daniel/Vicon O:Fluor M 2,3 1988 360 360 360

Haverhill42 V/O: OGDEN MARTIN M 1,3 1989 - 1650 1650

Lawrence43 V/O: OGDEN MARTIN R 1 1985 900 900 900

Millbury44 V/O: WHEELABRATOR M 1,3 1988 1500 1500 1500

No. Andover45 V/O: WHEELABRATOR M 1 1985 1500 1500 1500

Pittsfield46 V/O: Vicon Recovery Assoc. M 1,5 1981 240 240 240

Rochester47 V: Energy ANSWERS R 1,3 1989 - 1800 1800

(SEMASS) O: BECHTEL

Saugus48 V/O: WHEELABRATOR M 2,3 1975 1500 1500 1500

MI - Fisher Guide V: CONSUMAT M None 1986 100 - -

Div., Detroit O: General Motors

Detroit49 V: OGDEN MARTIN;O:ABB R 2,3 1989 - 4000 4000

Grand Rapids50 V/O: OGDEN MARTIN M 2,3 1990 - 625 625

Jackson51 V: Riley Stoker/Takuma M 2,3 1987 200 200 200

O: Metcalf & Eddy Services

MN - Alexandria52 V: Cadoux/Am.Res.Rec. M 1 1987 80 80 80

O: Pope-Douglas Counties

Duluth53 V: N.A.; O: Sanitary District R 5 1981 400 400 400

Fergus Falls54 V: John Zink; O: City M 5 1988 94 94 94

Minneapolis55 V/O: OGDEN MARTIN M 2,3 1990 - 1200 1200

Perham56 V: Synergy/Quadrant M 1 1986 116 116 116

Polk County V: John Zink: O: County M 1 1988 80 80 103

Red Wing57 V: CONSUMAT. O:City M 1 1982 72 72 72

Rochester58 V: Riley Stoker/Takuma M 1 1987 200 200 200

O: Olmstead County

Savage V: Morse Bougler/Brule M 1 1982 57 57 57

O: Richards Asphalt Co.

1993-1994 Resource Recovery Yearbook, Directory & Guide, by Eileen Berenyi, Ph.D. and Robert N. Gould, 718 pages, published by Governmental Advisory Associates, Inc. (a private consulting/research group), 177 East 87th Street, NY, NY 10128. Tel: 212-410-4165. Fax: 212-410-6607. Available for $350 for non-profit/government groups; $495 for others.

1991 Resource Recovery Yearbook, Directory & Guide, 746 pages, published in 1991. Ibid. Available for $200.

1988-1989 Resource Recovery Yearbook, Directory & Guide, 718 pages, published in 1988. Ibid. Available for $200.

Table 2: Operating & Under Construction MSW Incinerators:

Tons-Per-Day compared to State’s Population and Square Miles*

Area 1990 TPD per TPD per

State TPD (Square Miles) Population Square Miles 1,000/people

Florida 18,698 54,090 12,937,926 0.35 1.45

New York 11,863 47,831 17,990,455 0.25 0.66

Massachusetts 9,450 7,826 6,016,425 1.21 1.57

Pennsylvania 8,802 44,966 11,881,643 0.20 0.74

Vrginia 6,330 39,780 6,187,358 0.16 1.02

Connecticut 6,420 4,862 3,287,116 1.32 1.95

New Jersey 5,822 7,521 7,730,188 0.77 0.75

Ohio 5,650 41,004 10,847,115

Michigan 4,825 56,817 9,295,297 0.08 0.52

Maryland 4,410 9,837 4,781,468

California 2,640 156,299 29,760,021

Maine 2,407 30,995 1,227,928

Minnesota 2,322 79,289 4,375,099 0.03 0.53

* Ref: The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 1992, Pharos Books, NY, 1991.

NY State Subsidies for MSW Incinertors. Money NY State Grants for

Status from the 1972 NY State Environmental Quality Bond Act Reuse/Recovery --

New York As of 1986 As of 1989-1990 Not for MSW

State Incinerator State Incinerator State Incineration

Location Cost Subsidy Status Cost Subsidy As of November 1989

In Millions In Millions

Incinerator Location Tons-Per-day Project Cost New York State Waste Not Comments

Subsidy on Status of Project

DEC Region 1: Long Island In Millions

Babylon 750 $82.3 $14 O: Ogden Martin Hempstead 2,505 $225 $2 O: Am. Ref-Fuel

North Hempstead $120 $4 Defeated

Huntington 750 $89.5 $14 O: Ogden Martin

Islip 518 $38.4 $7.5 O: Montenay

Oyster Bay $120 $5.057

Smithtown $5.4 $2.7

DEC Region 2:

New York City 3,000 $340 $46.871 Subsidy was promised when 5 incinerators were considered.

Today it’s a 3,000 tpd project.

DEC Region 3:

Dutchess County 500 $53.5 $13.5 O: Westinghouse

Westchester 2,250 $236.97 $34.865 O: Wheelabrator

DEC Region 4:

Albany 600 $13.284 $6.642 O: NY State Run Greene/Columbia Counties1 $16 $6

DEC Regiion 5:

Washington County 400 $60 $1.7 O: Foster Wheeler

DEC Region 6:

Oneida County 200 $13.2 $3.5 O Clear Air/R.W.Taylor

St. Lawrence County 250 $16 $6.083 Defeated Harbert-Triga

DEC Region 7:

Broome County $47 $8.8 Defeated Foster Wheeler

Onondaga County $650,000 $295,000 under constr. Ogden Martin

Oswego County 200 $15.94 $4.583 O: Consumat

DEC Region 8:

Chemung County $2 $556,000

Monroe County $65 $19.5

Western Finger Lakes $60 $1.5

DEC Region 9:

Allegany County $2 $500,000

Cattaraugus County 112 $8.8 $2.55 Shut down,Synergy/Clear Air Chautauqua County $1.148 $287,000

Erie County $15.6 $7

24. Genesee County1 (Eastern Kodak?) $8 $3

Putnam County2 $1 $500,000

References:

pp50-53, 1989-1990 New York State Update Draft Solid Waste Management Plan,published Nov 1989 by NY State DEC

Ref 1. pp 55-55, December 1986 Draft New York State Solid Waste Management Plan, published by NY State DEC, 50 Wolf Road, Albany, NY 12233-0001.

Ref 2, pp 17-18, March 25, 1986, NY State Solid Waste Management Strategy.

DEC 518-474-2121

Resource Recovery Bureau,

TALK TO Jeff Snit: 457-7336. What was the forumala is assigning bond money? ie

Onondaga

Bob McCarty: 457-7336.

1-13-94: THURSDAY:

certain provsions of regulated medical waste. case by case. allowed NYDEC regulations/medical waste/subpart 360-3. special allowance for that.

363.3 J, waste control plan. 6NYCRR Part 360, solid waste management facility regulations, Oct 9, 1993, effective.

360-3.3 (J) (2)

other may be accepted at msw/rdf/pyrolysis

separately maintained thurghout entre facility.

it is an option for untreated med waste, we do not normally encourage. treated/destroyed, shredded into confetti sized.

no one has appplied for that option to take in untreated med waste

treated: autoclaved/microwave/shred chlornate/radio ways. 30-40 different alternate tratment technologies.

DOH, in charge of regulated medcal Salkin, Ivor, Dr. 518-474-7413.

Town of Babylon is taking treated med waste.

Dutchess County was considering, very cautious handling, working safety. has to be a sepfcially requested approval through the DEC.

60-75% of medical waste is leaving NY State.

Autoclave: commercial opertions: 2, BFI in western NY, 96 tpd; Sharps facility on LI, autoclave sharps;

microwave commercial: not yet.

l permit NY Autoclave, in permittingprcess in the bronx.

dry-heat sterilization process in the Brnonx. in permitting process.

permitting process for autoclave in