EPA found that WCJ failed to comply with federal monitoring, notification, recordkeeping, inspection and planning requirements for its sweat furnace afterburner used to destroy hazardous dioxins and furans. The violations were discovered during an EPA inspection June 15, 2005. In order to resolve these issues, EPA has issued an Administrative Order to WCJ which provides WCJ not operate the Sweat Furnace and that if the sweat furnace is sold EPA must be notified prior to the closing of the sale. It also provides that if the sweat furnace is placed into operation, it must comply with Subpart RRR.
The Direct Environmental Benefit cannot be quantified as Emission Reductions since only limited testing has been conducted on Sweat Furnaces. Thus, any estimates of potential or actual Dioxin/Furan emissions would be merely speculative.