“To amend the Clean Air Act to exclude certain units of facilities from the definition of solid waste incineration unit, and for other purposes.”
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This section revises the definition of solid waste incineration unit under Clean Air Act §129 to exclude (1) units converting or transforming plastic or post-use polymers through pyrolysis, gasification, depolymerization, catalytic cracking, solvolysis, or chemolysis into outputs of which at least 50% by mass (calculated via an EPA rule) are products; (2) units eligible for exclusion via petition by owners or operators, with EPA required to publicize the petition, seek public comment, and approve or deny within 180 days; and (3) defines "product" as a usable substance or material with consumer, commercial, or industrial application that can be sold or used as a manufacturing input (excluding electricity, heat, steam, soot, char, dust, or ash). (As background, solid waste incineration units are subject to stringent new source performance standards and emissions guidelines for pollutants such as dioxins, metals, and acid gases. Thus, the exclusions remove such units from these requirements.)