EPA deems wood boilers potential air hazards. (Trends & News).The once-thought environmentally sound practice of burning scrap wood to generate heat, steam or electricity may soon be a memory. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and has proposed new clean air rules that the American Furniture Manufacturers Assn. says could make it economically unfeasible for many manufacturers to continue operating wood-fired boilers. The EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. has ascertained that some industrial boilers being used in the wood manufacturing industry may be major sources of hazardous air pollutants covered by the 1990 amendments to the Federal Glean Air Act. The agency's proposed rules could lead to regulations on small wood- and coal-fired boilers allowing them to be treated in the same manner as larger counterparts that burn coal, oil and gas. In addition, enforcement of this proposed regulation would force casegoods makers to retrofit their boilers with emissions control equipment, such as scrubbers or electrostatic participators to capture minute particulate matter. AFMA AFMA Australian Fisheries Management Authority AFMA Australian Financial Markets Association AFMA American Film Marketing Association (now known simply as AFMA) AFMA American Furniture Manufacturers Association estimates that the compliance cost could exceed $1 million per boiler. AFMA says the proposed rules have been forwarded from the EPA to the Office of Management and Budget The Office of Management and Budget (OMB), formerly the Bureau of the Budget, is an agency of the federal government that evaluates, formulates, and coordinates management procedures and program objectives within and among departments and agencies of the Executive Branch. , the federal government's regulatory gatekeeper. The OMB's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) is an office of the United States Government that Congress established in the 1980 Paperwork Reduction Act. OIRA is located within the Office of Management and Budget, which is an agency within the Executive Office of will analyze the costs and benefits of the proposed regulations. Obtaining approval from the OMB/OIRA is one step in the process to pass new EPA regulations. If OMB OMB abbr. Office of Management and Budget Noun 1. OMB - the executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget Office of Management and Budget approves, a final rule will be written and published in the Federal Register, which could take up to a year. Publication will be followed by a usually 60- to 90-day comment period. According to Christopher Pearce, AFMA's director of congressional and regulatory affairs, the association's Government Affairs Office has already submitted preliminary comments and is currently looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. factories operating wood-fired boilers that would like to get Involved In the organization's grassroots campaign to present the industry's side of the issue. For more information, contact Pearce at (202) 466-7362. |
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