Code of Colorado Regulations
1000 - Department of Public Health and Environment
1007 - Hazardous Materials and Waste Management Division
6 CCR 1007-4 - SOLID WASTE TO ENERGY INCINERATION FACILITIES
SOLID WASTE-TO ENERGY INCINERATION FACILITIES REGULATIONS
Section 4

4.1.1 The Division shall be notified in writing of the anticipated date of initial start-up of the facility not more than 60 days nor less than 30 days prior to such date and shall be notified in writing of the actual date of commencement of start-up within 15 days after such date.

4.1.2 A solid waste-to-energy facility must be operated in accordance with the operating procedures specified in the approved engineering design and operations report and in the air emissions permit. Facilities incinerating solid waste not typical of municipal solid waste will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis for specific handling and combustion requirements to ensure the waste is handled and burned in a manner that minimizes possible environmental or health impacts.

4.1.3 Design. Construction. Operation and Monitoring of Solid Waste-to-Energy Incineration Facilities

All solid waste-to-energy incineration facilities shall be designed, constructed, operated, and monitored in compliance with all applicable requirements of the Colorado Air Pollution Prevention and Control Act, § § 25-7-202 to 610, C.R.S., and its implementing regulations promulgated by the Air Quality Control Commission, 5 CCR 1001-1 to 22. All monitoring results shall be reported quarterly to the Department, except that upset conditions, and corrective action taken in response to the upset condition, shall be reported to the Department as soon as possible, but no later than one business day after the occurrence of the upset condition.

4.1.4 No hazardous waste as defined in Section 25-15-101(6), C.R.S.(1989) of the Colorado Hazardous Regulations may be received at the solid waste-to-energy facility.

4.1.5 "Special Wastes" may be incinerated at solid waste-to-energy incineration facilities only with specific approval from the Hazardous Materials and Waste Management Division and the Air Pollution Control Division with the exception of asbestos which must be handled and disposed of according to Section 5 of the Colorado Regulations pertaining to Solid Waste Disposal Sites and Facilities.

4.1.6 Municipal solid waste must be stored inside an enclosed structure or building under negative air pressure which provides a minimum of three days storage, considering both volume (cubic yards) and weight (tons) at the installed design capacity of the combustion units. Storage of recovered or rejected, oversized and bulky non combustible material must be in accordance with the approved engineering design and operations plan for the facility.

4.1.7 All solid waste shall be handled in such a way as to maximize complete combustion of the waste and minimize any potential for fire, explosion, safety hazard or adverse public health effects. Adequate visual screening must be conducted to ensure removal of hazardous or other unacceptable wastes such as large bulky appliances, asbestos or "special wastes" not approved for incineration-at the facility.

4.1.8 Operations must be conducted in such a way as to prevent litter and nuisance conditions from occurring. Refuse should be confined to the tipping area and utilized on a first-in first-out basis.

4.1.9 Floors must have adequate drainage and be free of standing water.

4.1.10 The facility must be inspected daily or more frequently as necessary to detect problems with vectors, litter, fugitive dust, odors or equipment malfunctions, with inspection records maintained and corrective action implemented when problems are detected.

4.1.11 Discharge of quenching and/or scrubber water must be incompliance with all state and local water quality control regulations and sever district requirements.

4.1.12 The alternative waste handling or backup disposal plan as approved in the Engineering Design and Operations report must be implemented for periods of facility shutdown.

4.1.13 Access to the facility must be controlled at all times to preclude unauthorized disposal.

4.1.14 All equipment operators and personnel shall be trained in the design and operation of the facility.

4.1.15 Ash shall be handled in closed conveyors and containers at the facility and shall be stored and transported in a manner to prevent leakage and dispersal.

4.1.16 No person shall close an approved solid waste-to-energy incineration facility without notifying the Department in writing at least 120 days prior to the closure date.

4.1.17 The facility shall be closed in accordance with all new applicable regulations in effect at the time of closure and with the closure plan, which if amended, must be submitted for review and approval by the Department 120 days prior to closure.

4.1.18 The operator of an approved municipal solid waste-to-energy facility shall notify the general public at least 60 days in advance of the proposed closure date by placing signs of suitable size at the entrance of the facility.