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CPA to spend $1.1M for incinerators
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Posted on Mar 08 2006
The Commonwealth Ports Authority is spending a total of $1.1 million to acquire a new airport incinerator and repair an existing one.
CPA executive director Lee Cabrera said the acquisition of a new incinerator would cost some $500,000.
The rest of the funds will be spent for the building renovation to comply with environmental regulations and the repair of the old incinerator, which had been cited by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for non-compliance.
“We’d be spending a total of $1.1 million for these,” said Cabrera.
Cabrera has said that the new equipment is capable of incinerating 750 pounds of waste per hour, while the old one’s incineration rate was just 500 lbs per hour.
Waste disposal operations at the airport include the burning of solid and hazardous waste from airlines, law enforcement agencies, local businesses, and military vessels.
Meantime, Cabrera said that half of the funding for the purchase of the new incinerator is a grant from the U.S. Department of Interior.
In May 2005, the EPA issued a unilateral administrative order against CPA, citing improper storage of oil and handling of hazardous materials, among others.
EPA’s order came following an inspection of the facility, where inspectors found containers of hazardous waste that were left open, allowing the waste to evaporate. EPA inspectors also found hazardous waste and used oil stored in severely corroded and leaking containers.
