Current through February, 2024
(a) Applicability. This section regulates
facilities designed to reduce volume of solid waste by the use of an enclosed
device using controlled combustion. Solid waste used for incineration must not
include materials contaminated with hazardous waste as defined in these rules.
In addition, those facilities handling and disposing infectious waste must
comply with the applicable provisions of chapter 104 of this title. Regulations
governing construction and operation of solid waste incinerators for purposes
of air pollution control are set forth in chapter 60 of this title.
(b) Exemption. Exemption for a permit is
contained in section 11-58.1-4(b).
(c) Permit requirements.
(1) All solid waste incinerators or refuse
derived fuel processing facilities require a permit and must comply with
section 11-58.1-04, unless otherwise exempted. Other permit requirements are
listed in section 11-58.1-12(a).
(2) Site analysis. A site plan and analysis
shall be submitted with the application. The analysis shall include a brief
description of the area, the location of any equipment and machinery,
surrounding land uses, public access, and where determined by the director, a
description of mitigative measures taken to reduce the impact of facility upon
neighboring properties.
(d) Design requirements.
(1) An engineering report which addresses a
general description of the overall process, design criteria, anticipated
performance and a process flow diagram.
(2) Equipment. A description of the overall
operation and a functional description of all processing equipment to be used
in the remediation process and the personnel trained to operate them.
(3) Adequate drainage. Adequate drainage to
prevent standing water and to control "run-on" and "run-off" of rainwater shall
be provided.
(4) Nuisance, health,
and safety control. Design methods to control litter, insects, odors, and
vectors. Develop a fire plan to prevent and minimize fire hazards. The facility
shall maintain a neat and orderly appearance and must be screened and buffered
to minimize nuisances to neighboring properties.
(5) A description of the ash residue system,
the ash removal procedures and the landfill or landfills that will receive the
ash residue.
(6) Operation plan.
The operation plan shall include a description of the process and the equipment
necessary, by-products produced, and the means for their disposal.
(7) Design the energy recovery facilities and
solid waste incinerators in compliance with state air pollution control
authority emission and operating requirements.
(8) Provide equipment and space for the
storage and charge areas and elsewhere to allow periodic cleaning and temporary
upsets as may be required in order to maintain the plant in a vector free,
sanitary, and clean condition.
(e) Operating requirements.
(1) Each owner or operator shall operate
their facility in accordance with the operation plan submitted and approved
during the application for a permit. The operation plan should be used in the
operation of the disposal facility. The operation plan shall address
alternative storage and or disposal plans for all breakdowns that would result
in overfilling of the storage facility. The plan shall also include effective
methods to control liquids, insects, birds, rodents, emergency fire explosions,
and other disease vectors and nuisance conditions at the facility.
(2) All solid waste received at the facility
and ash residues must be weighed and recorded and the results must be
incorporated in the annual report.
(3) Ash residue generated by energy recovery
facilities or solid waste incinerators shall be handled as special waste unless
determined to be otherwise and shall be disposed in an ash monofill or as
determined by the director.
(4)
Reporting. The owner or operator must submit to the director an annual report
by the end of July for the previous fiscal year (July 1 - June 30). The report
shall cover the facility's activities during previous fiscal year.
(5) The facility shall maintain daily
operating records. At a minimum, it should include weights (or volumes), number
of vehicles entering, source and type of solid waste being disposed. Major
deviation from the operations plan (fires and explosions) should be noted on
the daily operation record.
(6) The
incinerator shall not accept the following items:
(A) Hazardous waste as defined in these
rules.
(B) Electrical transformers
with oil or polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) or when generated from other than
demolition projects.
(C) Pesticide
containers, unless they meet the requirements of
40 CFR
261.7 and
261.4(b)
household waste.
(D) Liquids, as
defined in these rules.
(f) Sampling and testing. The owner or
operator must test the ash residue within one month following the date in which
the solid waste incinerator begins operating and must continually test
semi-annually thereafter, or as determined by the director. The ash residue
must contain less than ten percent organic matter by weight. The frequency of
testing for organic matter will be determined by the director. A representative
sample of solid waste and ash residue shall be tested for the following:
arsenic, barium, cadmium, chromium (total and hexavalent), lead, mercury,
selenium, silver, and any other parameters determined by the director to be
necessary or should be eliminated. The test methods used shall be EPA
documented (SW-846, Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Third Edition) or
its equivalent.
