Md. Code Regs. 26.11.08.01 - Definitions
A. In this chapter,
the following terms have the meanings indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) Bag Leak Detection System.
(a) "Bag leak detection system" means an
instrument that is capable of monitoring PM loadings in the exhaust of a fabric
filter in order to detect bag failures.
(b) "Bag leak detection system" includes, but
is not limited to, an instrument that operates on triboelectric, light
scattering, light-transmittance, or other effects to monitor relative PM
loadings.
(1-1) "Batch HMIWI" means an HMIWI that is designed so that neither waste charging nor ash removal can occur during combustion.
(2) "Biologicals" means
preparations made from living organisms and their products, including vaccines
and cultures, intended for use in diagnosing, immunizing, or treating humans or
animals or in research pertaining thereto.
(3) "Blood products" means any product
derived from human blood, including blood plasma, platelets, red or white blood
corpuscles, and other derived licensed products, such as interferon.
(4) "Body fluids" means liquid emanating or
derived from humans and limited to blood, dialysate, amniotic, cerebrospinal,
synovial, pleural, peritoneal, and pericardial fluids, and semen and vaginal
secretions.
(5) "Bypass stack"
means a device used for discharging combustion gases to avoid severe damage to
the air pollution control device or other equipment.
(6) "Chemotherapeutic waste" means waste
material resulting from the production or use of antineoplastic agents used for
the purpose of stopping or reversing the growth of malignant cells.
(7) "Co-fired combustor" is defined at
40 CFR §
60.51c.
(7-1) "Commercial HMIWI" means a HMIWI which
offers incineration services for hospital/medical/infectious waste generated
off site by firms unrelated to the firm that owns the HMIWI.
(7-2) Continuous Burning.
(a) "Continuous burning" means the
continuous, semi-continuous, or batch feeding of municipal solid waste for
purposes of waste disposal, energy production, or providing heat to the
combustion system in preparation for waste disposal or energy
production.
(b) "Continuous
burning" begins once municipal solid waste is fed to the
combustor.
(8)
"Continuous emission monitoring (CEMS)" means a monitoring system for
continuously measuring and recording the emissions of a pollutant from an
affected facility.
(9) "Continuous
HMIWI" means an HMIWI that is designed to allow waste charging and ash removal
during combustion.
(9-1) "Crematory " means a furnace where a human or animal corpse is burned with:
(a) The
container or bag in which the human or animal corpse is placed or transported;
and
(b) The animal bedding, if
applicable.
(10)
"Dioxin/furans" means the combined emissions of tetra through octa chlorinated
dibenzo-para-dioxins and dibenzofurans as measured by EPA Reference Method
23.
(11) "Dry scrubber" means an
add-on air pollution control system that injects dry alkaline sorbent (dry
injection) or sprays an alkaline sorbent (spray dryer) to react with and
neutralize acid gases in the HMIWI exhaust stream forming a dry powder
material.
(12) "Existing municipal
waste combustor (existing MWC)" means a municipal waste combustor for which the
Department issued a permit to construct or for which construction began on or
before September 20, 1994.
(13)
"Fabric filter or baghouse" means an add-on air pollution control system that
removes particulate matter (PM) and nonvaporous metal emissions by passing flue
gas through filter bags.
(14)
"Facilities manager" means the individual in charge of purchasing, maintaining,
and operating the HMIWI or the owner's or operator's representative responsible
for the management of the HMIWI. Alternative titles may include director of
facilities or vice president of support services.
(15) "Hazardous waste incinerator" means a
hazardous waste incinerator as defined in COMAR
26.13.01.03 a B(33).
(16) "High-air phase" means the stage of the
batch operating cycle when the primary chamber reaches and maintains maximum
operating temperatures.
(17)
"Hospital" is defined at 40
CFR §
60.51c.
(18) "Hospital, medical and infectious waste
incinerator (HMIWI)" means a special medical waste incinerator that combusts
any amount of hospital, medical, and infectious waste.
(19) Hospital waste.
(a) "Hospital waste" means discards generated
at a hospital, except unused items returned to the manufacturer.
(b) "Hospital waste" does not include human
corpses, remains, and anatomical parts that are intended for interment or
cremation.
(20)
Incinerator.
(a) "Incinerator" means a furnace
or combustion unit that uses controlled flame combustion for the thermal
destruction of municipal solid waste, industrial waste, special medical waste,
or sewage sludge.
(b) "Incinerator"
does not mean a hazardous waste incinerator.
(c) "Incinerator" does not mean any unit
owned or operated by a government agency to destroy illegal or prohibited
goods. The exclusion does not apply to items either confiscated or incinerated
by private, industrial, or commercial entities.
(21) "Incinerator operator" means:
(a) For a municipal waste combustor (MWC),
the facility manager (chief facility operator), shift foreman (supervisor), and
incinerator control room personnel;
(b) For any other incinerator, the person who
controls the waste feed and performs the necessary equipment adjustments to
ensure efficient performance.
(22) "Industrial waste" means any solid,
liquid, or semiliquid waste, generated by a manufacturing industry, that does
not contain hazardous waste.
(23)
"Infectious agent" means any organism (such as a virus or bacteria) that is
capable of being communicated by invasion and multiplication in body tissues
and capable of causing disease or adverse health impacts in humans.
(24) "Intermittent HMIWI" means an HMIWI that
is designed to allow waste charging, but not ash removal, during
combustion.
(25) Large HMIWI.
(a) "Large HMIWI" means:
(i) an HMIWI that has a maximum design waste
burning capacity of more than 500 pounds per hour;
(ii) A continuous or intermittent HMIWI that
has a maximum charge rate of more than 500 pounds per hour; or
(iii) A batch HMIWI that has a maximum charge
rate of more than 4,000 pounds per day.
(b) "Large HMIWI" does not mean:
(i) A continuous or intermitent HMIWI that
has a maximum charge rate of less than or equal to 500 pounds per hour;
or
(ii) A batch HMIWI that has a
maximum charge rate of less than or equal to 4,000 pounds per day.
(26) "Large MWC" means
an existing municipal waste combustor that has a capacity greater than 250 tons
per day.
(27) "Low-level
radioactive waste" means:
(a) A waste material
which contains radioactive nuclides emitting primarily beta or gamma radiation,
or both, in concentrations or quantities that exceed applicable federal or
State standards for unrestricted release; or
(b) A low-level radioactive waste that is not
high-level radioactive waste, spent nuclear fuel, or by-product material as
defined by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. §
2014(e)(2)).
(28) "Malfunction" is defined at
40 CFR §
60.51c.
(29) "Maximum charge rate" means:
(a) For a continuous and intermittent HMIWI,
110 percent of the lowest 3-hour average charge rate measured during the most
recent performance test demonstrating compliance with all applicable emission
limits; or
(b) For a batch HMIWI,
110 percent of the lowest daily charge rate measured during the most recent
performance test demonstrating compliance with all applicable emission
limits.
(30) "Maximum
design waste burning capacity" means:
(a) For
an intermittent and continuous HMIWI, the waste burning capacity as determined
by the following formula:
C = PV x 15,000/8,500 where:
(i) C = HMIWI capacity, pounds/hour
(ii) PV = primary chamber volume, cubic
feet
(iii) 15,000 = primary chamber
heat release rate factor, Btu/cubic foot/hour
(iv) 8,500 = standard waste heating value,
Btu/pound;
(b) For a
batch HMIWI, the waste burning capacity as determined by the following formula:
C = PV x 4.5/8 where:
(i) C = HMIWI capacity,
pounds/hour
(ii) PV = primary
chamber volume, cubic feet
(iii)
4.5 = waste density, pounds/cubic foot
(iv) 8 = typical hours of operation of a
batch HMIWI, hours.
(31) "Maximum fabric filter inlet
temperature" means 110 percent of the lowest 3-hour average temperature at the
inlet to the fabric filter (taken, at a minimum, once every minute) measured
during the most recent performance test demonstrating compliance with the
dioxin/furan emission limit.
(32)
"Maximum flue gas temperature" means 110 percent of the lowest 3-hour average
temperature at the outlet from the wet scrubber (taken, at a minimum, once
every minute) measured during the most recent performance test demonstrating
compliance with the mercury (Hg) emission limit.
(33) "Medical, infectious waste" is defined
at 40 CFR Part 60.51c, Subpart Ec.
(34) Medium HMIWI.
(a) "Medium HMIWI" means:
(i) An HMIWI that has a maximum design waste
burning capacity of more than 200 pounds per hour, but less than or equal to
500 pounds per hour;
(ii) A
continuous or intermittent HMIWI that has a maximum charge rate more than 200
pounds per hour, but less than or equal to 500 pounds per hour; or
(iii) A batch HMIWI that has a maximum charge
rate more than 1,600 pounds per day, but less than or equal to 4,000 pounds per
day.
(b) "Medium HMIWI"
does not mean:
(i) A continuous or
intermittent HMIWI whose maximum charge rate is less than or equal to 200
pounds per hour or more than 500 pounds per hour; or
(ii) A batch HMIWI that has a maximum charge
rate more than 4,000 pounds per day or less than or equal to 1,600 pounds per
day.
(35)
"Minimum dioxin/furan sorbent flow rate" means 90 percent of the highest 3-hour
average dioxin/furan sorbent flow rate (taken, at a minimum, once every hour)
measured during the most recent performance test demonstrating compliance with
the dioxin/furan emission limit.
(36) "Minimum Hg sorbent flow rate" means 90
percent of the highest 3-hour average Hg sorbent flow rate (taken, at a
minimum, once every hour) measured during the most recent performance test
demonstrating compliance with the Hg emission limit.
(37) "Minimum hydrogen chloride (HCl) sorbent
flow rate" means 90 percent of the highest 3-hour average HCl sorbent flow rate
(taken, at a minimum, once every hour) measured during the most recent
performance test demonstrating compliance with the HCl emission
limit.
(38) "Minimum horsepower or
amperage" means 90 percent of the highest 3-hour average horsepower or amperage
to the wet scrubber (taken, at a minimum, once every minute) measured during
the most recent performance test demonstrating compliance with the applicable
emission limits.
(39) "Minimum
pressure drop across the wet scrubber" means 90 percent of the highest 3-hour
average pressure drop across the wet scrubber PM control device (taken, at a
minimum, once every minute) measured during the most recent performance test
demonstrating compliance with the PM emission limit.
(40) "Minimum reagent flow rate" means 90
percent of the highest 3-hour average reagent flow rate at the inlet to the
selective noncatalytic reduction technology (taken, at a minimum, once every
minute) measured during the most recent performance test demonstrating
compliance with the NOx emissions limit.
(40-1) "Minimum scrubber liquor flow rate"
means 90 percent of the highest 3-hour average liquor flow rate at the inlet to
the wet scrubber (taken, at a minimum, once every minute) measured during the
most recent performance test demonstrating compliance with all applicable
emission limits.
(41) "Minimum
scrubber liquor pH" means 90 percent of the highest 3-hour average liquor pH at
the inlet to the wet scrubber (taken, at a minimum, once every minute) measured
during the most recent performance test demonstrating compliance with the HCl
emission limit.
(42) "Minimum
secondary chamber temperature" means 90 percent of the highest 3-hour average
secondary chamber temperature (taken, at a minimum, once every minute) measured
during the most recent performance test demonstrating compliance with the PM,
CO, and dioxin/furan emission limits.
(43) "Modification or modified HMIWI" is
defined at 40 CFR §
60.51c.
(44) Municipal Solid Waste.
(a) "Municipal solid waste (MSW)" means
municipal-type solid waste as defined in 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart Eb (Standards
of Performance for Municipal Waste Combustors) as amended, which is
incorporated by reference.
(b)
"Municipal solid waste" does not include special medical waste.
(45) "Municipal waste combustor
(MWC)" means an incinerator that burns only municipal solid waste.
(46) "Operating day" means a 24-hour period
beginning midnight of one day and ending the following midnight, or an
alternate 24-hour period approved by the Department, during which combusted at
any time in the HMIWI time an installation consumes fuel or causes
emissions.
(47) "Operation" means
the period during which waste is combusted in the incinerator excluding periods
of startup or shutdown.
(48)
"Particulate matter (PM)" means the total particulate matter emitted from an
HMIWI as measured by EPA Reference Method 5 or EPA Reference Method
29.
(49) "Pathological waste" means
waste material consisting of only human or animal remains, anatomical parts or
tissue, the bags or containers used to collect and transport the waste
material, and animal bedding (if applicable).
(50) "Primary chamber" means the chamber in
an HMIWI that receives waste material, in which the waste is ignited, and from
which ash is removed.
(51)
"Pyrolysis" means the endothermic gasification of hospital, medical, or
infectious waste, or a combination of hospital, medical, and infectious waste
using external energy.
(52)
"Secondary chamber" means a component of the HMIWI that receives combustion
gases from the primary chamber and in which the combustion process is
completed.
(53) "Sewage sludge"
means a waste containing accumulated semiliquid suspension, settled solids, or
dried residue of these solids from sewage in a waste water treatment
plant.
(54) Shutdown.
(a) "Shutdown" means the period of time after
all waste has been combusted in the primary chamber.
(b) "Shutdown" for a continuous HMIWI
commences not less than 2 hours after the last charge to the
incinerator.
(c) "Shutdown" for an
intermittent HMIWI commences not less than 4 hours after the last charge to the
incinerator.
(d) "Shutdown" for a
batch HMIWI commences not less than 5 hours after the high-air phase of
combustion has been completed.
(e)
"Shutdown" for the Montgomery County Resource Recovery Facility commences 30
minutes after the chute to the loading hopper of the combustion train is closed
and ends no later than 3 hours thereafter.
(f) "Shutdown" for the Wheelabrator Baltimore
Inc. facility commences 30 minutes after municipal solid waste feed to the
loading hopper has ceased and ends no later than 3 hours
thereafter.
(55) Small
HMIWI.
(a) "Small HMIWI" means:
(i) An HMIWI that has a maximum design waste
burning capacity less than or equal to 200 pounds per hour;
(ii) A continuous or intermittent HMIWI that
has a maximum charge rate less than or equal to 200 pounds per hour;
or
(iii) A batch HMIWI that has a
maximum charge rate less than or equal to 1,600 pounds per day.
(b) "Small HMIWI" does not mean:
(i) A continuous or intermittent HMIWI that
has a maximum charge rate more than 200 pounds per hour; or
(ii) A batch HMIWI that has a maximum charge
rate more than 1,600 pounds per day.
(55-1) "Small MWC" means a municipal waste
combustor which has a capacity of at least 35 tons and less than or equal to
250 tons per day.
(56) "Small rural
area HMIWI" means a small HMIWI that is located more than 50 miles from the
boundary of the nearest standard metropolitan statistical area and which burns
less than 2,000 pounds per week of hospital, medical, and infectious waste
(excluding those wastes burned during performance tests).
(57) Special medical waste.
(a) "Special medical waste" means:
(i) Any combination of organic and inorganic
liquid or solid waste as defined in COMAR 26.13.11; or
(ii) Hospital general waste, when burned in
conjunction with special medical waste generated at that hospital.
(b) "Special medical waste"
includes hospital, medical, and infectious waste.
(58) "Standard conditions" means a
temperature of 20°C and a pressure of 101.3 kilopascals.
(59) "Standard metropolitan statistical area
(SMSA)" means any area listed in OMB Bulletin No. 93-17 entitled "Revised
Statistical Definitions for Metropolitan Areas" dated June 30, 1993.
(60) Startup.
(a) "Startup" means the period of time
between the activation of the system and the first charge to the
unit.
(b) "Startup" for a batch
HMIWI means the period of time between activation of the system and ignition of
the waste.
(c) "Startup" for a
Large MWC commences when the unit begins the continuous burning of municipal
solid waste and continues for a period of time not to exceed 3 hours, but does
not include any warm-up period when the particular unit is combusting fossil
fuel or other non-municipal solid waste fuel, and no municipal solid waste is
being fed to the combustor.
(61) 30-day rolling average emission rate
means a value of NOx emissions in ppmv, corrected to 7
percent oxygen, calculated by:
(a) Summing the
total hourly ppmv of NOx averages emitted from the unit
during the current operating day and all hourly NOx ppmv
averages for the previous 29 operating days, excluding periods of warm-up,
startup, and shutdown; and
(b)
Dividing the total hourly ppmv of NOx emitted from the
unit during the 30 operating days summed in §B(61)(a) of this regulation by the
total number of hourly averages in the 30-day period.
(62) 24-hour block average emission rate
means a value of NOx emissions in ppmv, corrected to 7
percent oxygen, calculated by:
(a) Summing
the hourly average ppmv of NOx emitted from the unit
during 24 hours between midnight of one day and ending the following midnight,
excluding periods of warm-up, startup, and shutdown; and
(b) Dividing the total sum of hourly
NOx ppmv values emitted during 24 hours between midnight
of one day and ending the following midnight by 24, excluding periods of
warm-up, startup, and shutdown.
(63) Warm-up period means a period of time
that:
(a) Commences when a unit at a Large MWC
is combusting fossil fuel or other nonmunicipal solid waste fuel, and no
municipal solid waste is being fed to the combustor; and
(b) Ends for a unit at a Large MWC when
municipal solid waste is being fed to the combustor.
(64) "Wet scrubber" means an add-on air
pollution control device that utilizes an alkaline scrubbing liquor to collect
particulate matter (including nonvaporous metals and condensed organics) or to
absorb and neutralize acid gases, or both.
Notes
Regulations .01C amended effective June 8, 1981 (8:9 Md. R. 800)
Regulations .01 amended effective December 3, 1984 (11:22 Md. R. 1899)
Regulation .01 amended effective December 2, 1988 (15:22 Md. R. 2556); April 22, 1991 (18:6 Md. R. 689); November 23, 1992 (19:23 Md. R. 2042); November 17, 1997 (24:23 Md. R. 1612)
Regulation .01B amended effective April 17, 2000 (27:7 Md. R. 707); September 12, 2005 (32:18 Md. R. 1522); October 8, 2007 (34:20 Md. R. 1741); April 2, 2012 (39:6 Md. R. 411); amended effective 43:3 Md. R. 273, eff.
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