part_subject: "STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE FOR NEW STATIONARY SOURCES (CONTINUED)"
subpart_code: "A"
subpart_subject: "AAA—Standards of Performance for Small Municipal Waste Combustion Units for Which Construction is Commenced After August 30, 1999 or for Which Modification or Reconstruction is Commenced After June 6, 2001"
section_number: "60.1435"
section_subject: "What is an air curtain incinerator?"
cfr_reference: "40 CFR 60.1435"
title_name: "Title 40"
title_subject: "Protection of Environment"
parts_covered: "Part 60 (§ 60.500 to end of part 60 sections)"
revised_date: "Revised as of July 1, 2019"
publication_date: "As of July 1, 2019"
contains_description: "Containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect"
publication_info: "Published by the Office of the Federal Register National Archives and Records Administration as a Special Edition of the Federal Register"
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An air curtain incinerator operates by forcefully projecting a curtain of air across an open chamber or open pit in which combustion occurs. Incinerators of that type can be constructed above or below ground and with or without refractory walls and floor.