Md. Code Regs. 26.13.07.02-6 - Specific Information Requirements for Incinerators

A. In addition to complying with the requirements of Regulation .02 of this chapter, a person seeking a CHS facility permit to incinerate hazardous waste shall provide the Secretary with the specific information required by §§B and C of this regulation.

B. For facilities that incinerate hazardous waste, except as otherwise provided in COMAR 26.13.05.16 s B, the permit applicant shall provide the following information:

(1) If the applicant is seeking exemption under COMAR 26.13.05.16 s B, which provides for reduced regulatory requirements for incinerators that burn only ignitable, corrosive, or reactive wastes, documentation that the waste is:

(a) Listed as a hazardous waste in COMAR 26.13.02.15 s -.19 solely because it is ignitable (Hazard Code I), corrosive (Hazard Code C), or both;

(b) Listed as a hazardous waste in COMAR 26.13.02.15 s -.19 solely because it is reactive (Hazard Code R) for characteristics other than those listed in COMAR 26.13.02.12 s A(4) and (5), and will not be burned when other hazardous wastes are present in the combustion zone;

(c) A hazardous waste solely because it possesses the characteristics of ignitability, corrosivity, or both, as determined by the tests for characteristics of hazardous waste under COMAR 26.13.02.11 s -.12; or

(d) A hazardous waste solely because it possesses the reactivity characteristics listed in COMAR 26.13.02.13 s A(1), (2), (3), (6), (7), or (8), and that it will not be burned when other hazardous wastes are present in the combustion zone;

(2) Either:

(a) A trial burn plan, or the results of a trial burn, including all required determinations conducted in accordance with Regulation .17 of this chapter; or

(b) The information required by §C of this regulation.

C. If the permit applicant does not submit a trial burn plan or the results of a trial burn under §B(2) of this regulation, the permit applicant shall submit the following information:

(1) An analysis, using the analytical techniques specified in 40 CFR Part 261, Appendix III, which is incorporated by reference in COMAR 26.13.01.05 s B(1)(c), of each waste or mixture of wastes to be burned including:

(a) Heat value of the waste in the form and composition in which it will be burned;

(b) Viscosity, if applicable, or description of physical form of the waste;

(c) An identification of any hazardous organic constituents listed in COMAR 26.13.02.24 s, which are present in the waste to be burned, except that the applicant need not analyze for constituents listed in COMAR 26.13.02.24 s which would reasonably not be expected to be found in the waste;

(d) A list of the constituents excluded from the analysis required by §C(1)(c) of this regulation and the basis for their exclusion;

(e) An approximate quantification of the hazardous constituents identified in the waste, within the precision produced by the analytical methods specified in 40 CFR Part 261, Appendix III; and

(f) A quantification of those hazardous constituents in the waste which may be designated as POHCs under COMAR 26.13.05.16 s E, based on data submitted from other trial or operational burns which demonstrate compliance with the performance standard in COMAR 26.13.05.16 s F;

(2) A detailed engineering description of the hazardous waste incinerator, including:

(a) Manufacturer's name and model number of incinerator;

(b) Type of incinerator;

(c) Linear dimension of incinerator unit including cross-sectional area of combustion chamber;

(d) Description of auxiliary fuel system (type/feed);

(e) Capacity of prime mover;

(f) Description of automatic waste feed cutoff system or systems;

(g) Stack gas monitoring and pollution control monitoring system;

(h) Nozzle and burner design;

(i) Construction materials;

(j) Location and description of temperature, pressure, and flow indicating devices and control devices;

(3) A description and analysis of the waste to be burned that:

(a) Provides a comparison with the waste for which data from operational or trial burns are provided to support the contention that a trial burn is not needed;

(b) Includes the items listed in §C(1) of this regulation; and

(c) Specifies the POHCs which the applicant has identified in the waste for which a permit is sought, and any differences from the POHCs in the waste for which burn data are provided;

(4) The design and operating conditions of the hazardous waste incinerator unit to be used, compared with that for which comparative burn data are available;

(5) A description of the results submitted from any previously conducted trial burn or burns, including:

(a) Sampling and analysis techniques used to calculate performance standards in COMAR 26.13.05.16 s F;

(b) Methods and results of monitoring temperatures, waste feed rates, carbon monoxide, and an appropriate indicator of combustion gas velocity, including a statement concerning the precision and accuracy of this measurement; and

(c) The certification and results required by Regulation .17 of this chapter;

(6) The expected hazardous waste incinerator operation information to demonstrate compliance with COMAR 26.13.05.16 s F and H, including:

(a) Expected carbon monoxide (CO) level in the stack exhaust gas;

(b) Waste feed rate;

(c) Combustion zone temperature;

(d) Indication of combustion gas velocity;

(e) Expected stack gas volume, flow rate, and temperature;

(f) Computed residence time for waste in the combustion zone;

(g) Expected hydrochloric acid removal efficiency;

(h) Expected fugitive emissions and their control procedures;

(i) Proposed waste feed cut-off limits based on the identified significant operating parameters;

(7) Supplemental information that the Secretary finds necessary to achieve the purpose of this section;

(8) Waste analysis data, including that submitted in §C(1) of this regulation, sufficient to allow the Secretary to specify the Principal Organic Hazardous Constituents (POHCs) in the permit for which destruction and removal efficiencies will be required.

D. The Secretary shall approve a permit application without a trial burn, if the Secretary finds that the:

(1) Wastes that the applicant seeks to burn are sufficiently similar to the wastes that were used to generate operational and trial burn data that the applicant proposes to use instead of conducting a trial burn; and

(2) Hazardous waste incinerator units are sufficiently similar, and the data from other trial burns are sufficiently similar, and the data from other trial burns are adequate to specify, under COMAR 26.13.05.16 s H, operating conditions that will ensure that the performance standards in COMAR 26.13.05.16 s F will be met by the incinerator.

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