What types of waste material result from the baseline incineration disposal process?
The baseline incineration process results in three types of waste: solid residues, liquid brine and metal parts. All of these wastes are disposed according to federal and state standards. Solid residues include ash, metal parts and fiberglass. These are packaged and transported to approved landfills. The liquid brine, resulting from the treatment of acid gases in the pollution control systems, is made up of mostly water and salt. It is dried, packaged and sent to an approved landfill. Thermally decontaminated metal parts are certified to be agent-free and are sold commercially as scrap. No agent-related wastes are present in these discharges. What is discharged from the incinerator stacks? Approximately 99 percent of the discharge from the incinerator stacks is made up of carbon dioxide and water vapor. The remaining one percent consists of minute quantities of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide and particulates. Quantities of these discharges are continuously monitored t
