Agenda for NHSM EPA Meeting January 23, 2018
Introductions/Meeting Purpose
Background Regulatory Context - NHSM Rule (40 C.F.R. Part 241) and Regulatory Burdens/Restraints Fit with Regulatory Reform Agenda - Burden Reduction
Changing Legal Landscape - Definition of "solid waste" and "discard"
Examples of value Increased Use of Rail Ties & other Biomass as Supplemental Fuels Increased Use Paper Recycling Residuals Others?
Next Steps: Revise NSHM Rule to Remove Undue Regulatory Burdens Reduces Costs, Maintains Environmental Protection; Increases Domestic Energy Sources
Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA
Tier 1
ED 002061 00119145-00001
From Biomass Power Association
Location
Q u a n titV 'tO llS
(existing & projected)
North Carolina Oregon Califontis Wuseoasin California
112.000 40.000 30.000 - 9 0 100,000 40 - 50,000
California California N oth Carolina Nerv York NewY'ork Michigan M idugijn
50 - 80,000 110,000 75.000 15,000 10,000 61,000 61,00
M idiigan Total Tons
71,000 815,000
Boil- Type Stoker: traveling gate Sicker Zum travel grate Stoker CFB CEB Stoker Stoker traveling gate Circulating Flmdized Bed (CFB) Stoker Iravelirsg gate Stoker Stoker Fluidized bed
Equipped with itivi oil d e R v erv sv ih N N N Y (forniedv cosi) Y N N N
Y Y
N N N
O ther Fossil Fatela Used
Nat Gas (fhorsedy pNraapt Gas) Nat Gas
fbmiexiy cosi Nat Gas
Nat Gas {fbetaeriy TE)F;, pet coke, coal) Nat Gas ibtmeriy coal
Foaiterly o ami coal N
Nat Gas Nat Gas Nat Gas (converted from oil)
From AF&PA
S e c o n d a ry M aterial
R ecycling
Process 1 2
R esiduals '
# Mills
C ost to landfill 2010 A m ount and replace w ith
(Tons) n a tu ra l g a s 123
11
1 7 2 ,2 0 0
$ 1 6 ,4 9 0 ,0 0 0
.. 3
R ailro ad ties
12
5 5 0 ,0 0 0
$ 57,600,000
1 = Railroad ties costs include fuel replacement only, not landfilling 2 = Likely underestimate - more than 100 mills that recycle, but not all have on-site boilers
3 = Estimate by a major supplier of RR ties used by the FPI in 2011
Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA
Tier 1
ED 002061 00119145-00002