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Document Record Detail
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| Title: | CLARIFICATION ON THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THERMAL DESORBERS AND |
| RCRA Online Number: | 14266 |
| Date: | 06/12/1998 |
| To: | Brugge |
| From: | Luftig |
| Organization of Recipient: | Patton Boggs, LLP |
| Description: | Thermal desorbers utilizing controlled flame combustion (e.g., a directly fired chamber and/or a fired afterburner) meet the definition of incinerator. Thermal desorbers not using controlled flame combustion (e.g., an indirectly heated chamber with no afterburner) would be classified as miscellaneous units. Discusses the use of thermal desorption as a presumptive remedy for CERCLA sites with volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in soils. |
| Regulatory Citation(s) : | 260.10, 264.340, 264.600, 265.340, 265.370  |
| Statutory Citation(s): | NA Read US Code 42, Chapter 82 |
| Topic(s): | Combustion of Hazardous Waste; Miscellaneous Units; Treatment |
| Approximate Number of Hardcopy Pages: | 4 |
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| EPA Publication Number: | NA |
| RPPC Number (if applicable): | NA |
| Official OSW Policy: | No |
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