Curtis Bay Energy employs the best-available emissions control technology and practices. Curtis Bay Energy exercises particular care in handling mercury and dioxin, which are known to be some of the most hazardous emissions that must be restricted by incinerators and other industries that involve combustion. Average emissions of dioxin and mercury at Curtis Bay Energy are currently far below state and federal limits. In Maryland, autoclave emissions are neither tracked nor restricted by the state or federal government. If medical waste sent to an autoclave facility contains mercury, it is possible that the facility will produce unmonitored mercury emissions.
