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Co-fired combustor

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-005517

Unit combusting hospital waste and/or medical/infectious waste with other fuels or wastes (e.g., coal, municipal solid waste) and subject to an enforceable requirement limiting the unit to combusting a fuel feed stream, 10 percent or less of the weight of which is comprised, in aggregate, of hospital waste and medical/infectious waste as measured on a calendar quarter basis. For purposes of this definition, pathological waste, chemotherapeutic waste, and low-level radioactive waste are considered “other” wastes when calculating the percentage of hospital waste and medical/infectious waste combusted.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-005517
FieldEnvironment
SubjectBuilt environments
References40 CFR 60.51c (CFR 2013); 40 CFR 62.14490 (CFR 2018)
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-005517",
  "term": "Co-fired combustor",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Co-Fired Combustor",
  "definition": "Unit combusting hospital waste and/or medical/infectious waste with other fuels or wastes (e.g., coal, municipal solid waste) and subject to an enforceable requirement limiting the unit to combusting a fuel feed stream, 10 percent or less of the weight of which is comprised, in aggregate, of hospital waste and medical/infectious waste as measured on a calendar quarter basis. For purposes of this definition, pathological waste, chemotherapeutic waste, and low-level radioactive waste are considered “other” wastes when calculating the percentage of hospital waste and medical/infectious waste combusted.",
  "subject": "Built environments",
  "references": [
    "40 CFR 60.51c (CFR 2013); 40 CFR 62.14490 (CFR 2018)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/co-fired-combustor/"
}

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