Current through March 20, 2024
Authority: IC 13-14-8; IC 13-17-3-4
Affected: IC 13-17-3
Sec. 2.
(a) All
incinerators shall comply with the following requirements:
(1) Consist of primary and secondary chambers
or the equivalent.
(2) Be equipped
with a primary burner unless burning only wood products.
(3) Comply with 326 IAC 5-1 and 326 IAC Sec.
2.
(4) Be maintained, operated, and
burn waste in accordance with the manufacturer's specifications or an operation
and maintenance plan as specified in subsection (c).
(5) Not emit particulate matter in excess of
one (1) of the following:
(A) Three-tenths
(0.3) pound of particulate matter per one thousand (1,000) pounds of dry
exhaust gas under standard conditions corrected to fifty percent (50%) excess
air for incinerators with a maximum solid waste capacity of greater than or
equal to two hundred (200) pounds per hour.
(B) Five-tenths (0.5) pound of particulate
matter per one thousand (1,000) pounds of dry exhaust gas under standard
conditions corrected to fifty percent (50%) excess air for incinerators with
solid waste capacity less than two hundred (200) pounds per hour.
(6) If any of the requirements of
subdivisions (1) through (5) are not met, then the owner or operator shall stop
charging the incinerator until adjustments are made that address the underlying
cause of the deviation.
(b) An incinerator is exempt from subsection
(a)(5) if subject to a more stringent particulate matter emission limit in 40
CFR 52 Subpart P*, State Implementation Plan for Indiana.
(c) An owner or operator developing an
operation and maintenance plan pursuant to subsection (a)(4) must comply with
the following:
(1) The operation and
maintenance plan must be designed to meet the particulate matter emission
limitation specified in subsection (a)(5) and include the following:
(A) Procedures for receiving, handling, and
charging waste.
(B) Procedures for
incinerator startup and shutdown.
(C) Procedures for responding to a
malfunction.
(D) Procedures for
maintaining proper combustion air supply levels.
(E) Procedures for operating the incinerator
and associated air pollution control systems.
(F) Procedures for handling ash.
(G) A list of wastes that can be burned in
the incinerator.
(2)
Each incinerator operator shall review the plan before initial implementation
of the operation and maintenance plan and annually thereafter.
(3) The operation and maintenance plan must
be readily accessible to incinerator operators.
(4) The owner or operator of the incinerator
shall notify the department, in writing, thirty (30) days after the operation
and maintenance plan is initially developed pursuant to this section.
(d) The owner or operator of the
incinerator must make the manufacturer's specifications or the operation and
maintenance plan available to the department upon request.
*This document is incorporated by reference and may be
obtained from the Government Printing Office, 732 North Capitol Street NW,
Washington, D.C. 20401 or is available for review and copying at the Indiana
Department of Environmental Management, Office of Air Quality, Indiana
Government Center-North, Tenth Floor, 100 North Senate Avenue, Indianapolis,
Indiana 46204.
