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Municipal Waste Combustors: Wheelabrator Saugus
Waste & Recycling: Municipal Waste Combustors: Wheelabrator Saugus
Facility & Trend Information

Wheelabrator Saugus Facility Overview

Location: 100 Salem Turnpike, Saugus, MA 01906

Number of Units: 2

Total Capacity Per Day: 1,500 tons (750 tons per unit average)

Combustion Process: Mass Burn

Pollution Controls: Fabric filters, dry scrubber, selective non-catalytic reduction, carbon injection

Ash Disposal Facility: RESCO Ash Landfill, Saugus

Contract Communities (15): Beverly, Chelsea, Everett, Gloucester, Ipswich, Lynn, Malden, Marblehead, Medford, Milton, Revere, Rockport, Saugus, Swampscott, Woburn

Wheelabrator Saugus Technical Profile

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Facility Profiles for All Units Subject to 7.08(2)

MS Excel 25 KB | PDF 12 KB

Searchable facility data, emissions & trend reports

Web page

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Waste & Recycling: Municipal Waste Combustors: Wheelabrator Saugus
Emission Control Plan

Final Approval of Wheelabrator Saugus ECP 

MS Word 128 KB

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Waste & Recycling: Municipal Waste Combustors: Wheelabrator Saugus
Class II Recycling Program

Class II Recycling Program Waste Characterization Study, March 2011

310 CMR 19.300 requires Massachusetts combustion facilities to conduct waste characterization studies within 18 months of receiving their Class II Recycling Program certifications from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP).  Wheelabrator Saugus has completed this requirement.  MassDEP expects to conduct additional analysis of this data and will post additional related information as it becomes available. 

MS Word 2.1 MB | PDF 853 KB

Final Approval of Permit Modification, September 2009

MassDEP Cover Letter
MS Word 37 KB | PDF 36 KB

MassDEP Final Decision
MS Word 236 KB | PDF 91 KB

Provisional Approval of Permit Modification, August 2009

MassDEP Cover Letter
MS Word 37 KB | PDF 51 KB

MassDEP Provisional Decision
MS Word 158 KB | PDF 86 KB

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Waste & Recycling: Municipal Waste Combustors: Wheelabrator Saugus
Material Separation Plans (MSPs)

What is a Material Separation Plan?

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MSP Spending & Results Comparisons for all Facilities Subject to 7.08(2)

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Wheelabrator Saugus MSP5: January 2010 to December 2012

Final Plan
MS Word 96 KB | PDF 58 KB

Modified Budget Summary
MS Word 28 KB | PDF 19 KB

Budget Modification Cover Letter
PDF 74 KB

Summary of Budget
MS Word 29 KB | PDF 20 KB

Wheelabrator Saugus MSP4: January 2007 to December 2009

MassDEP Extension of MSP4
MS Word 33 KB | PDF 53 KB

2008 MSP4 Modification
MS Word 34 KB | PDF 19 KB

Request to Modify MSP4 for 2008
MS Word 30 KB | PDF 18 KB

Proposed Modification & MassDEP Approval
MS Word 101 KB | PDF 98 KB

Draft & Final Plan, with MassDEP Approval Letter
MS Word 96 KB | PDF 100 KB

MassDEP Comments
MS Word 48 KB | PDF 51 KB

Wheelabrator Response
MS Word 26 KB | PDF 13 KB

Draft Approval
MS Word 31 KB | PDF 53 KB

2009 Final Budget
MS Word 32 KB | PDF 17 KB

MassDEP Approval of 2009 Final Budget
MS Word 34 KB | PDF 50 KB

2008 Annual Report with MassDEP Approval Letter
MS Word 109 KB | PDF 121 KB

2008 Annual Report Appendices
MS Excel 25 KB | PDF 7 KB

2007 Annual Report
MS Word 121 KB | PDF 73 KB

2007 Annual Report Appendices
MS Excel 28 KB | PDF 24 KB

MassDEP Approval of 2007 Annual Report
MS Word 32 KB | PDF 50 KB

Wheelabrator Saugus MSP3: July 2004 to December 2006

Plan
MS Word 83 KB | PDF 108 KB

2004 Annual Report  
MS Word 108 KB | PDF 179 KB

2005 Annual Report
MS Word 77KB | PDF 62 KB

2005 Annual Report Appendices
MS Excel 28 KB | PDF 16 KB

2006 Annual Report
MS Word 74 KB | PDF 58 KB

2006 Annual Report Appendices
MS Excel 26 KB | PDF 15 KB

Wheelabrator Saugus MSP2: July 2002 to June 2004

Plan
PDF 67 KB

Draft Approval
MS Word 34 KB

Plan Modification 
MS Word 24 KB | PDF 7 KB

2003 Annual Report
PDF 171 KB

Wheelabrator Saugus MSP1: To June 2002

Extension
MS Word 97 KB

2001 Annual Report
MS Word 140 KB

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