For the second time in recent months, one of three boilers at Montgomery County’s Dickerson incinerator has been shut down after emitting levels of pollutants in excess of state limits, according to Montgomery County officials.
The Dickerson facility has been in operation since 1995. County officials have said the facility — operated by Reworld, a New Jersey-based company — processes approximately 60,000 tons of waste each year.
In a Friday statement, the county Department of Environmental Protection said compliance tests of the facility’s Unit 2 found the average levels of dioxins and furans emitted from the boiler were 226% above the state permitted limit…