Environmental Consulting

Combustion Specialty

Trinity provides expert direction to facilities to ensure critical combustion specialty implementation plans are developed and ongoing compliance is maintained.

Trinity provides guidance and expertise in the regulatory requirements for combustion of hazardous wastes, non-hazardous wastes, and secondary materials. These regulations are designed to ensure that waste combustion does not harm public health or the environment.

Trinity has been involved in industry and regulatory work groups for these regulations since their inception decades ago, and through each new regulation that has been enacted since. We continuously work with facilities to ensure critical implementation plans are developed and ongoing compliance is maintained. Consequently, we are uniquely able to help facilities navigate the solid and hazardous waste provisions of a RCRA Part B permit as well as the various National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAPs) such as the Hazardous Waste Combustor MACT (HWC MACT) or the Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incinerator Rule (CISWI).

Combustion specialty services applies to all units that combust materials other than traditional fossil fuels, including coal, natural gas, propane, fuel oil, diesel, etc.

Some of our related expert services include:

  • HWC MACT implementation and compliance
  • CISWI interpretation and implementation
  • Construction and operating permitting support
  • Compliance plans and training
  • Comprehensive emissions stack test planning, oversight, and report development
  • Emissions studies and control strategies
  • Multi-pathway human health risk assessments
  • Regulatory agency and public communications support
  • Comprehensive and targeted compliance auditing

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Regulatory Background

Combustion Specialty Overview

What is Combustion Specialty

Combustion of hazardous wastes, non-hazardous wastes, and secondary materials is subject to overlapping regulatory requirements for waste combustors and energy recovery operations implemented to fulfill the Clean Air Act (CAA) and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).

Combustion specialty services applies to all units that combust materials other than traditional fossil fuels, including coal, natural gas, propane, fuel oil, diesel, etc. The list of non-traditional (or alternative) type fuels is extensive and includes fuels such as, but not limited to, the following:

  • Hazardous wastes
  • Spent acids
  • Liquids, including waste oils and waste waters
  • Municipal wastes
  • Medical wastes
  • Agricultural byproducts, both solid and liquid
  • Scrap wood and pallets
  • Scrap tires, both whole and shredded
  • Plastics
  • Paper products
  • Mixed wastes

Who needs Combustion Specialty Services

Trinity's serves a wide range of industrial clients with combustion services including:

  • Hazardous waste combustors
  • Commercial and industrial solid waste incineration operators
  • Hospital, medical, and infectious waste incinerators
  • Municipal waste incinerators
  • Sewage sludge incinerators
  • Large municipal waste combustors
  • Other solid waste incinerators
  • Industrial boilers & energy recovery units
  • Cement, lime, and lightweight aggregate plants

Meet the Team

Steve Reale

Managing Consultant
Brian-Barry

Branden Barry

Senior Consultant

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