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AIR > Overview If your lab or campus has a medical waste incinerator it is regulated by the EPA under the Clean Air Act (CAA), and likely under state and local requirements. Under the CAA the EPA requires that stationary air pollution sources, such as a medical incinerators meet specific operating requirements and emission limits. These are established under Standards for Performance for New Stationary Sources and Emission Guidelines for Existing Sources for specific types of sources. In 1997, the EPA established specific requirements for Hospital, Medical, and Infectious Waste Incinerators (HMIWI). The requirements include emission limits for specific air pollutants such as particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, hydrogen chloride, oxides of nitrogen, carbon monoxide, lead, cadmium, mercury, dioxins and dibenzofurans, and fugitive ash dust. In addition the standards set out requirements for operator qualifications and training, monitoring and testing procedures, operational parameters, and inspections. Other EPA programs that have air emission monitoring components that may apply to medical incinerators include:
Continue on through this EVC section to learn more about air pollution control requirements associated with air emissions monitoring potentially applicable to medical incinerators.
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