Re: Government won't build

[Dave Derenzo <dave@uic.edu>]

At 11:25 AM 03/29/2000 -0600, you wrote:
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>Can anyone answer the following:
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>1)  Who regulates medical (hospital or otherwise) incinerators?

EPA, fed or state

>2)  How are they regulated, if at all?

Lots of regulations and permit requirements

>3)  I stack monitoring always required?

Sometimes

>4)  If yes, what is analysis is required?

See the EPA regs or wait for a more knowledgeable person to answer, I am 
not totally familiar with them.

>My direction is toward the generation of dioxins.  Hospital are often in
>the heart of populated areas.  Mercury is often a contaminant.  I'm not
>opposed to their necessary use or location.  I am concerned about double
>standards, even in the name of medicine.
>
>Thank you
>Glenn Roberts
>
>The thoughts expressed are my own . . .


Dave Derenzo, RSO (dave@uic.edu)
UIC Radiation Safety Section, M/C 932
Phones: Voice (312) 996-1177  Fax: (312) 996-8776

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