RSA 125-M:3 · Mercury Reduction and Control Program

125-M:3 Mercury Reduction and Control Program. – The department shall develop a mercury reduction and control program. The program shall include, but is not limited to, the following:

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I.

Any municipal waste combustor with a design capacity to burn 100 tons per day or more of municipal solid waste shall reduce its mercury emissions to achieve a mercury emission rate of no greater than 0.028 mg/dscm corrected to 7 percent oxygen by volume on a dry basis, or at least 85 percent control efficiency.

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II.

The department shall evaluate the technical and economic feasibility of establishing a mercury emission limit of 0.028 mg/dscm corrected to 7 percent oxygen by volume on a dry basis for:

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(a)

Municipal waste combustors with a design capacity to burn less than 100 tons per day of municipal solid waste; and

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(b)

Hospital, medical and infectious waste incinerators.

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III.

The department shall evaluate the technical and economic feasibility of establishing a mercury emission limit for coal-burning electricity generation plants. Source. 1999, 350:1. 2002, 172:1, eff. May 15, 2002.

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