GAS-L: "gasifier definition"-regulatorily driven

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    In order to separate gasification from combustion, a certain step must be 
taken and this is most important for regulatory reasons and technical 
reasons. If a gasifier has the same properties as an incinerator, regardless 
of the fact it may be a two stage combuster as some incinerators are, there 
needs to be a defined point at which it is considered a gasifier and not an 
incinerator. My recommendation on this is that the gas can be used physically 
separately from the gasifier to qualify as a gasifier. 
    This has been an argument which I have posed to the regulators, if we 
take the gasifier and put it in New Mexico and the gas is piped over to Texas 
for use, who has jurisdiction? This cannot be said for close coupled systems 
or for incinerators. 
    If gasifiers are put into the same category as incinerators, regulatory 
concerns will prevent their deployment. 

Sincerely,
Leland T. Taylor
 President
 Thermogenics Inc. 
7100-2nd St. NW, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87107 
phone 505-761-5633 fax 505-341-0424
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