Md. Code Regs. 26.11.09.06 - Control of Particulate Matter
A.
Areas I, II, V, and VI. The following apply in Areas I, II, V, and VI:
(1) Fuel Burning Equipment Constructed Before
January 17, 1972. A person may not cause or permit particulate matter caused by
the combustion of solid fuel or residual oil in the fuel burning equipment
erected before January 17, 1972, to be discharged into the atmosphere in excess
of the amounts shown in Figure 1.
(2) New Fuel Burning Equipment. A person may
not cause or permit particulate matter caused by the combustion of solid fuel
or residual oil in any fuel burning equipment erected on or after January 17,
1972, to be discharged into the atmosphere in excess of the amounts shown in
Figure 2.
(3) Exceptions.
(a) The control officer may grant exceptions
to §A(1) of this regulation under the following conditions:
(i) When the application of §A(1), of this
regulation, to a residential building housing two or less families creates
undue economic hardship on individuals residing in it; or
(ii) When the equipment's primary way of
transferring heat is by the radiant method rather than a piped fluid system
such as forced hot air, hydronic, or steam. Equipment in this category would
include stoves, room heaters, floor or wall mounted circulating heaters,
fireplaces, or similar devices.
(b) Fuel burning equipment on ships is exempt
from the provisions of this regulation.
(c) The requirements in Figure 1 and Figure 2
of this chapter do not apply to fuel-burning equipment burning gas or
distillate oil.
B. Areas III and IV. The following apply in
Areas III and IV:
(1) Dust-Collector Devices
Required.
(a) A person may not cause or permit
the combustion of residual fuel oil in fuel burning equipment unless the
equipment is fitted with a dust collector which is so designed that it can
reasonably be expected to produce sufficient dust particle force, residence
time, and particle retention to satisfy the requirements of Table 1. This
paragraph does not apply to fuel burning equipment where by-product gases or
by-product gases in combination with residual fuel oil are burned and where the
effluent gases do not contain particulate matter in excess of the requirements
of Table 1, as applicable to residual oil burning.
(b) A person may not cause or permit the
combustion of solid fuel in fuel burning equipment unless the equipment is
fitted with a dust collector which is so designed that it can reasonably be
expected to produce sufficient dust particle force, residence time, and
particle retention to meet the emission requirements of Table 1.
(2) Residual Fuel-Oil-Burning
Equipment. A person may not cause or permit particulate matter caused by the
combustion of residual fuel oil to be discharged into the atmosphere in excess
of the amounts shown in Table 1.
(3) Solid Fuel Burning Equipment. A person
may not cause or permit particulate matter caused by the combustion of solid
fuel to be discharged into the atmosphere in excess of the amounts shown in
Table 1.
(4) Gas or Distillate
Fuel-Oil-Burning Equipment. The requirements in Table 1 do not apply to gas or
distillate oil fuel-burning equipment.
(5) Rotary Cup Burners. A person may not
cause or permit the operation of a rotary cup burner on fuel-oil burning
equipment having a maximum rated heat input of 13.0 million BTU (13.7
gigajoules) per hour or less, unless the fuel burning equipment operates on
less than 60 days per calendar year.
(6) Exceptions.
(a) Fuel burning equipment burning gas with
an interruptible gas service is exempt from the provisions of §B(1) and (2) of
this regulation.
(b) Fuel oil
burning equipment which has been fitted with a dust collector or for which a
dust collector contract has been let before July 1, 1974, is exempt from the
provisions of §B(5) of this regulation.
(c) The control officer may grant exceptions
to §B(3) and (4) of this regulation under the following conditions:
(i) When the application of either
requirement to a residential building housing two or less families creates
undue economic hardship on individual families residing there; or
(ii) When the equipment's primary way of
transferring heat is by the radiant method rather than a piped fluid system
such as forced hot air, hydronic, or steam. Equipment in this category would
include stoves, room heaters, floor or wall mounted circulating heaters,
fireplaces, or similar devices.
(d) Fuel burning equipment on ships is exempt
from the provisions of this regulation.
C. Determination of Compliance. Compliance
with the particulate matter emissions standards in this regulation shall be
calculated as the average of 3 test runs using EPA Test Method 5 or other
United States Environmental Protection Agency test method approved by the
Department.
D. Small Wood Boilers
and Biomass Fuel-Burning Equipment.
(1) Small
wood boilers are exempt from the provisions of §§A and B of this
regulation.
(2) The provisions of
§§A and B of this regulation shall not apply to fuel-burning equipment
installed after May 1, 2014 that burns only biomass fuels; however, the
particulate matter requirements of Regulation .12 of this chapter
apply.
Notes
Regulations 06B amended effective June 8, 1981 (8:9 Md. R. 800)
Regulations .06 amended effective April 16, 1984 (11:5 Md. R. 463)
Regulation .06C adopted effective June 21, 2004 (31:12 Md. R. 914)
Regulation .06D adopted as an emergency provision effective February 4, 2009 (36:5 Md. R. 420); adopted permanently effective June 15, 2009 (36:12 Md. R. 839)
Regulation .06D amended effective 41:8 Md. R. 474, eff.
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