Metropolitan Knox Solid Waste Authority (Knox County, Ten- nessee)
MRF
material recovery facility
MSW
municipal solid waste
MW
megawatts
MWC
municipal waste combustor
NJDEP
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
NPS
U.S. National Park Service
NSPS
New Source Performance Standards
NSWMA
National Solid Wastes Management Association
OTA
Office of Technology Assessment, U.S. Congress
PAB
private-activity bond
P&C
Property and Casualty Insurance Firms
PCDD/PCDF
dioxin/furan
PURPA
Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978
PVC
polyvinyl chloride
RCRA
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1980
RDF
refuse-derived fuel
RECA
Revenue and Expenditure Control Act of 1968
RISWMC
Rhode Island Solid Waste Management Corporation
RRRASOC
Resource Recovery and Recycling Authority of Southwest Oak- land County ( Michigan)
SERI
Solar Energy Research Institute
SOCRRA
Southeast Oakland County ( Michigan) Resource Recovery Au- thority
SWM
solid waste management
TLDA
Tennessee Local Development Authority
tpd
tons-per-day
TRA86
Tax Reform Act of 1986
TRB
taxable revenue bonds
U.S. EPA
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
WMI
Waste Management, Inc.
WTE
Waste-to-Energy
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Publication Information: Book Title: Waste-To-Energy in the United States: A Social and Economic Assessment. Contributors: T. Randall Curlee - author, Susan M. Schexnayder - author, David P. Vogt - author, Amy K. Wolfe - author, Michael P. Kelsay - author, David L. Feldman - author. Publisher: Quorum Books. Place of Publication: Westport, CT. Publication Year: 1994. Page Number: xviii.
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