Md. Code Regs. 26.13.07.17 - Hazardous Waste Incinerator Permits
A. Start-Up.
(1) For the purposes of determining
operational readiness following completion of physical construction, the
Department will establish permit conditions, including but not limited to
allowable waste feeds and operating conditions, in the permit for a new
hazardous waste incinerator. These permit conditions will be effective for the
minimum time required to bring the incinerator to a point of operational
readiness sufficient to conduct a trial burn, not to exceed 720 hours operating
time for incineration of hazardous waste. The Department may extend the
duration of this operational period once, for up to 720 additional hours, at
the request of the applicant when good cause is shown. The permit may be
modified to reflect the extension according to Regulation .13 of this
chapter.
(2) Applicants shall
submit a statement, with the permit application, which suggests the conditions
necessary to operate in compliance with the performance standards of COMAR
26.13.05.16 s F during this
period. This statement should include, at a minimum, restrictions on waste
constituents, waste feed rates, and the operating parameters identified in
COMAR 26.13.05.16 s H.
(3) The Department will review this statement
and any other relevant information submitted with the permit application and
specify requirements for this period sufficient to meet the performance
standards of COMAR
26.13.05.16 s F based on its
engineering judgment.
B.
Trial Burn.
(1) For the purposes of
determining feasibility of compliance with the performance standards of COMAR
26.13.05.16 s F and of determining
adequate operating conditions under COMAR
26.13.05.16 s H, the Department
will establish conditions in the permit to a new hazardous waste incinerator to
be effective during the trial burn.
(2) Applicants shall propose a trial burn
plan, prepared under §B(3), of this regulation.
(3) The trial burn plan shall include the
following information:
(a) An analysis of each
waste or mixture of wastes to be burned which includes:
(i) Heat value of the waste in the form and
composition in which it will be burned.
(ii) The viscosity (if applicable, or
description of physical form of the waste.
(iii) 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. The constituents excluded
from analysis shall be identified, and the basis for their exclusion stated.
The waste analysis shall rely on analytical techniques specified in 40 CFR Part
261, Appendix III.
(iv) A listing
of any constituents excluded from the analysis required by §B(3)(a)(iii)
of this regulation, and a statement of the basis for their exclusion.
(v) Use of analytical techniques specified in
"Test Method for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods", EPA
Publication SW-846, which is incorporated by reference in COMAR
26.13.01.05 s A(4).
(vi) An approximate quantification of the
hazardous constituents identified in the waste, within the precision produced
by the analytical methods specified in "Test Method for Evaluating Solid Waste,
Physical/Chemical Methods", EPA Publication SW-846, which is incorporated by
reference in COMAR
26.13.01.05 s A(4).
(b) A detailed engineering
description of the hazardous waste incinerator for which the permit is sought
including:
(i) Manufacturer's name and model
number of incinerator (if available);
(ii) Type of incinerator;
(iii) Linear dimensions of the incinerator
unit including the cross-sectional area of combustion chamber;
(iv) Description of the auxiliary fuel system
(type/feed);
(v) Capacity of prime
mover;
(vi) Description of
automatic waste feed cut-off system or systems;
(vii) Stack gas monitoring and pollution
control equipment;
(viii) Nozzle
and burner design;
(ix)
Construction materials;
(x)
Location and description of temperature, pressure, and flow indicating and
control devices.
(c) A
detailed description of sampling and monitoring procedures, including sampling
and monitoring locations in the system, the equipment to be used, sampling and
monitoring frequency, and planned analytical procedures for sample
analysis.
(d) A detailed test
schedule for each waste for which the trial burn is planned including date or
dates, duration, quantity of waste to be burned, and other factors relevant to
the Department's decision under §B(6) of this regulation.
(e) A detailed test protocol, including, for
each waste identified, the ranges of temperature, waste feed rate, combustion
gas velocity, use of auxiliary fuel, and any other relevant parameters that
will be varied to affect the destruction and removal efficiency of the
incinerator.
(f) A description of,
and planned operating conditions for any emission control equipment which will
be used.
(g) Procedures for rapidly
stopping waste feed, shutting down the incinerator, and controlling emissions
in the event of an equipment malfunction.
(h) Such other information as the Department
reasonably finds necessary to determine whether to approve the trial burn plan
in light of the purposes of this paragraph and the criteria in
§B(6).
(4) The
Department, in reviewing the trial burn plan, shall evaluate the sufficiency of
the information provided and may require the applicant to supplement this
information, if necessary, to achieve the purposes of this paragraph.
(5) Based on the waste analysis data in the
trial burn plan, the Department will specify as trial Principal Organic
Hazardous Constituents (POHCs), those constituents for which destruction and
removal efficiencies must be calculated during the trial burn. These trial
POHCs will be specified by the Department based on its estimate of the
difficulty of incineration of the constituents identified in the waste
analysis, their concentration or mass in the waste feed, and for wastes listed
in COMAR 26.13.02.15 s -.19, the hazardous
waste organic constituent or constituents identified in COMAR
26.13.02.24 s as the basis for
listing.
(6) The Department will
approve a trial burn plan if it finds that the:
(a) Trial burn is likely to determine whether
the hazardous waste incinerator performance standard required by COMAR
26.13.05.16 s F can be
met;
(b) Trial burn itself does not
present an imminent hazard to human health or the environment;
(c) Trial burn will help the Department
determine operating requirements to be specified under COMAR
26.13.05.16 s H; and
(d) Information sought in §B(6)(a) and
(c) cannot reasonably be developed through other means.
(7) During each approved trial burn (or as
soon after the burn as is practicable), the applicant shall make the following
determinations:
(a) A quantitative analysis
of the trial POHCs in the waste feed to the incinerator;
(b) A quantitative analysis of the exhaust
gas for the concentration and mass emissions of the trial POHCs oxygen (O) and
2 hydrogen chloride (HCl);
(c) A
quantitative analysis of the scrubber water (if any), ash residues, and other
residues, for the purpose of estimating the fate of the trial POHCs;
(d) A computation of destruction and removal
efficiency (DRE), in accordance with the DRE formula specified in COMAR
26.13.05.16 s F(1);
(e) If the HCl emission rate exceeds 1.8
kilograms of HCl per hour (4 pounds per hour), a computation of HCl removal
efficiency in accordance with COMAR
26.13.05.16 s F(2);
(f) A computation of particulate emissions,
in accordance with COMAR
26.13.05.16 s F(3);
(g) An identification of sources of fugitive
emissions and their means of control;
(h) A measurement of average, maximum, and
minimum temperatures and combustion gas velocity;
(i) A continuous measurement of carbon
monoxide (CO) in the exhaust gas; and
(j) Such other information as the Department
may specify as necessary to ensure that the trial burn will determine
compliance with the performance standards in COMAR
26.13.05.16 s F and to establish
the operating conditions required by COMAR
26.13.05.16 s H as necessary to
meet those performance standards.
(8) The applicant shall submit to the
Department a certification that the trial burn has been carried out in
accordance with the approved trial burn plan, and shall submit the results of
all the determinations required in §B(7). This submission shall be made
within 90 days of completion of the trial burn, or later if approved by the
Department.
(9) All data collected
during any trial burn shall be submitted to the Department following the
completion of the trial burn.
(10)
All submissions required by this subsection shall be certified on behalf of the
applicant by the signature of a person authorized to sign a permit application
or a report under Regulation .03 of this chapter.
(11) Based on the results of the trial burn,
the Department shall set the operating requirements in the final permit
according to COMAR
26.13.05.16 s H. The permit
modification shall proceed as a minor modification according to Regulation .13
of this chapter.
(12) Notifications
Concerning Trial Burns.
(a) The Department
shall send a notice announcing the scheduled beginning and completion dates for
the trial burn to:
(i) All persons on the
facility mailing list developed in accordance with Regulation .20-2E(1)(d) of
this chapter; and
(ii) The
appropriate units of State and local government as identified in Regulation
.20-2E(1)(e)-(f) of this chapter.
(b) The applicant may not commence the trial
burn until after the Department has issued the notice required by
§B(12)(a) of this regulation.
(c) The Department shall mail the notice
required by §B(12)(a) of this regulation at least 30 days before the
scheduled start of the trial burn, except that an additional notice is not
required if the start of the trial burn is delayed due to circumstances beyond
the control of the facility or the Department.
(d) The Department shall include in the
notice required by §B(12)(a) of this regulation:
(i) The name and telephone number of the
applicant's contact person;
(ii)
The name and telephone number of the Department's contact office;
(iii) The location where the approved trial
burn plan and supporting documents can be reviewed and copied; and
(iv) Expected dates for the beginning and the
completion of the trial burn.
C. Post Trial Burn.
(1) For the purposes of allowing operation of
a new hazardous waste incinerator following completion of the trial burn and
before final modification of the permit conditions to reflect the trial burn
results, the Department may establish permit conditions, including but not
limited to allowable waste feeds and operating conditions sufficient to meet
the requirements of COMAR
26.13.05.16 s H, in the permit for
a new hazardous waste incinerator. These permit conditions will be effective
for the minimum time required to complete sample analysis, data computation and
submission of the trial burn results by the applicant, and modification of the
facility permit by the Department.
(2) Applicants shall submit a statement, with
the permit application, which identified the conditions necessary to operate in
compliance with the performance standards of COMAR
26.13.05.16 s F during this
period. This statement should include, at a minimum, restrictions on waste
constituents, waste feed rates, and the operating parameters identified in
COMAR 26.13.05.16 s H.
(3) The Department will review this statement
and any other relevant information submitted with the permit application and
specify those requirements for this period most likely to meet the performance
standards of COMAR
26.13.05.16 s based on its
engineering judgment.
D.
Existing Facilities-Submission of Trial Burn Plan and Performance of Trial
Burn.
(1) Except as provided in §D(4) of
this regulation, for the purposes of determining feasibility of compliance with
the performance standards of COMAR
26.13.05.16 s F and of determining
adequate operating conditions under COMAR
26.13.05.16 s H, the applicant for
a permit for an existing hazardous waste incinerator shall:
(a) Prepare and submit a trial burn plan and
perform a trial burn in accordance with Regulation .02-6B(2)(a) of this chapter
and §B(3)-(10) of this regulation; or
(b) Submit other information as specified in
Regulation .02-6C of this chapter.
(2) If the Secretary intends to approve a
trial burn plan submitted in accordance with §D(1)(a) of this regulation,
the Secretary shall provide notification in accordance with the timing and
distribution requirements of §B(12) of this regulation.
(3) The Secretary shall include in the notice
required by §D(2) of this regulation:
(a)
The name and telephone number of the applicant's contact person;
(b) The name and telephone number of the
Department's contact office;
(c)
The location where the trial burn plan and supporting documents can be reviewed
and copied; and
(d) A schedule of
the activities that are required before permit issuance, including the:
(i) Anticipated time schedule for the
Department's approval of the plan; and
(ii) Time period during which the trial burn
is expected to be conducted.
(4) Applicants who submit information under
Regulation .02-6B(1) of this chapter to qualify for the exemption of COMAR
26.13.05.16 s B are exempt from
the requirement to conduct a trial burn unless they fail to qualify for the
exemption of COMAR
26.13.05.16 s B, which relates to
facilities that burn only ignitable, corrosive, or reactive wastes.
(5) Applicants who submit trial burn plans
and receive approval before submission of a permit application shall complete
the trial burn and submit the results of the determinations required under
§B(7) of this regulation with the permit application.
(6) If completion of the process described in
§D(5) of this regulation conflicts with the date set for submission of the
application, the applicant shall contact the Department to establish a later
date for submission of the application or the trial burn results.
(7) If the applicant submits a trial burn
plan with Part B of the permit application, the Secretary shall specify a time
period before permit issuance in which the applicant shall conduct the trial
burn and submit the results.
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