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Introduced Session

This bill would supplement the "Air Pollution Control Act (1954)," P.L.1954, c.212 (C.26:2C-1 et seq.) (APCA), to require certain solid waste incinerators to install baghouse filters whenever the facility undertakes a modification or expansion. A baghouse filter uses long cylindrical pieces of fabric to filter particulates from exhaust gases. They are commonly used in various industrial applications such as power plants and steel mills. The bill would apply only to solid waste incinerators that are considered "major facilities" under the APCA, due to the quantity of certain air pollutants that they emit on an annual basis, and that do not currently utilize baghouse filters or better filtering systems. As defined in the APCA, a "modification" means a physical change in, or change in the method of operation of, existing equipment or control apparatus that increases the amount of any air contaminant emitted by that equipment or control apparatus or that results in the emission of any air contaminant not previously emitted. As defined by the bill, "expansion" means an increase in the area of the footprint of a facility, the construction of a new building in the facility, or an increase in the amount of solid waste annually combusted by the facility that is greater than 10 percent of the average amount of solid waste combusted by the facility during the preceding 5 years.

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Bill Moen (D)*,  Bill Spearman (D)*, 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Environment, Natural Resources, and Solid Waste Committee (on 01/09/2024)

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