Tham khảo tài liệu 'environmental management in practice part 3', kỹ thuật - công nghệ, cơ khí - chế tạo máy phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Community Ecology and Capacity Advancing Environmental Communication Strategies among Diverse Stakeholders 51 Management Inc. of Houston Texas owns Wheelabrator Technologies Inc. which operates several waste-to-energy facilities across the United States. Wheelabrator operates two such municipal solid waste incinerators in Claremont New Hampshire NH and Concord NH respectively. The Claremont NH facility began operation in 1987 and provides disposal of up to 200 tons of municipal solid waste daily for approximately 70 000 people. This facility can provide electricity to 5 600 homes. The Concord NH facility began operation in 1989 and provides disposal of up to 500 tons of municipal solid waste daily for approximately 150 000 people. This facility can provide electricity to 17 000 homes Wheelabrator 2010 . These facilities use the same waste-to-energy method and are considered Title V operating facilities by the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services NHDES . The purpose of the Title V permitting process is to ensure that facilities will not emit hazardous pollutants to a degree which could negatively affect human health. Specifically facilities which emit over 100 tons of any regulated pollutant such as carbon monoxide and sulfur oxides emit over 50 tons of nitrous oxides or emit 10 tons of any of the federally regulated hazardous air pollutants need to apply to the state environmental agency for a Title V permit ARD 2008 . As required by current NHDES permits the Wheelabrator sites continuously monitor carbon monoxide sulfur dioxide particulate matter as well as other emission indicators such as steam flow and temperature. All monitoring and operational information are maintained in facility records in accordance with state and federal requirements. NH DES oversees and witnesses the performance of annual relative accuracy tests and audits facility records in order to ensure the accuracy of Wheelabrator s continuous emissions monitoring system. NH DES also
