Permitting Issues For Mass Burn Facilities
Some of the major issues associated with mass burn facilities include:
- Ability to meet air quality requirements
- Possible classification of the ash as a hazardous material
- Disposal of ash and other by-products
- Possible conflict with adjacent land uses
- Disturbances to biological resources
- Use of large amounts of water for cooling purposes (if wet cooling towers are used)
- Changes to visual quality due to power plant structures and traffic patterns
- Transportation impacts from numerous truck trips from the refuse source to the mass burn facility (note that collection and transportation would already be occurring, so the mass burn facility would only cause a change in traffic patterns)
- Likely public opposition because of uncertainties over health, safety, odor, and traffic impacts (since it is most economical for the facility to be located near urban centers where the waste is generated)
- Possible conflicts between using MSW for electricity generation and programs/goals for waste reduction techniques and recycling
- Possible hazardous materials leakage that may necessitate site cleanup after facility closure
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