Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, March 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
KRS
224.20-100,
224.20-110,
224.20-120,
40 C.F.R.
60.13 (1990), 40 C.F.R. 60, Appendix A,
Methods 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 6A, 6C, 7, 7E, 9, 10 and 19 (1990), 40 C.F.R. 60,
Appendix B, Performance Specifications 1, 2, 3, and 4 (1990)
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
KRS
224.10-100 requires the Environmental and
Public Protection Cabinet to prescribe administrative regulations for the
prevention, abatement, and control of air pollution. This administrative
regulation provides for standards of performance for new medical waste
incinerators.
Section 1. Definitions.
As used in this administrative regulation, all terms not defined in this
section shall have the meaning given them in
401 KAR
50:010.
(1)
"Affected facility" means a device for which construction, modification, or
reconstruction commenced on or after November 15, 1990, that combusts material
which, if included in the waste stream, would be medical waste.
(2) "Acid gases" means sulfur dioxide and
hydrogen chloride gases emitted from units.
(3) "Biologicals" means a biological product
used in the prevention or treatment of disease.
(4) "Bubbling fluidized bed incinerator"
means a fluidized bed incinerator in which the majority of the bed material
remains in the primary combustion zone.
(5) "Burnout" means the percent of matter
completely burned in the primary chamber of an affected facility.
(6) "Chief facility operator" means the
person in direct charge and control of the operation of an affected facility
and who is responsible for daily on-site supervision, technical direction,
management, and overall performance of the facility.
(7) "Circulating fluidized bed incinerator"
means a fluidized bed incinerator in which the majority of the bed material is
carried out of the primary combustion zone and is transported back to the
primary zone through a recirculation loop.
(8) "Refuse-derived fuel cofired incinerator"
or "RDF cofired incinerator" means an incinerator that is designed to fire
refuse-derived fuel simultaneously with other fuels.
(9) "Commercial solid waste" means all types
of solid waste generated by stores, offices, restaurants, warehouses, and other
nonmanufacturing activities, excluding household and industrial wastes.
Commercial solid waste includes waste from medical facilities, schools, and
other institutions that is not medical waste.
(10) "Contained landfill" has the meaning
given it in 401 KAR 30:010.
(11)
"Continuous emission monitoring system" or "CEMS" means a monitoring system for
continuously measuring and recording the emissions of a pollutant from an
affected facility.
(12) "Daily
average" means the average of all hourly emission rates when the affected
facility is operating and combusting medical waste, measured over a twenty-four
(24) hour period between 12 midnight and the following midnight.
(13) "Dioxin or furan" means total tetra-
through octa-chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and tetra-through octa-chlorinated
dibenzofurans.
(14) "Ferrous
metals" means metals and alloys containing iron. Ferrous metals include, but
are not limited to, pieces of scrap metal and household appliances made of
iron-containing metals, including stoves, refrigerators, air conditioners, and
other appliances. Ferrous metals shall not include whole automobiles or other
vehicles or vehicle bodies.
(15)
"Field-erected" means assembled from components at a final site of
operation.
(16) "Four (4) hour
block average" means the average of all hourly emission rates when the affected
facility is operating and combusting medical waste measured over four (4) hour
periods of from 12 midnight to 4 a.m., 4 a.m. to 8 a.m., 8 a.m. to 12 noon, 12
noon to 4 p.m., 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., 8 p.m. to 12 midnight.
(17) "Hazardous waste" has the meaning given
it in
KRS
224.01-010.
(18) "Household battery" means a dry cell
battery.
(19) "Household solid
waste" means solid waste, including garbage and trash generated by single and
multiple family residences, hotels, motels, bunkhouses, ranger stations, crew
quarters, and recreational areas such as picnic areas, parks, and
campgrounds.
(20) "Industrial
waste" means a liquid, gaseous, or solid waste substance resulting from a
process of industry, manufacture, trade, or business, or from the development,
processing, or recovery of a natural resource.
(21) "Mass burn refractory incinerator" means
an incinerator that combusts waste in a refractory wall furnace.
(22) "Mass burn rotary waterwall incinerator"
means an incinerator that combusts waste in a cylindrical rotary waterwall
furnace.
(23) "Mass burn waterwall
incinerator" means an incinerator that combusts waste in a conventional
waterfall furnace.
(24) "Maximum
unit load" means the maximum one (1) hour load achieved when compliance with
all applicable administrative regulations is demonstrated or during a
subsequent test demonstrating compliance at a higher unit load.
(25) "Medical waste" means:
(a) Cultures and stocks of infectious agents,
including specimen cultures collected from medical and pathological
laboratories, cultures and stocks of infectious agents from research and
industrial laboratories, wastes from the production of biologicals, discarded
live and attenuated vaccines, and culture dishes and devices used to transfer,
inoculate, and mix cultures;
(b)
Waste human blood and blood products such as serum, plasma, and other blood
components;
(c) Pathological
wastes, such as tissues, organs, body parts, and body fluids that are removed
during surgery and autopsy;
(d) All
discarded sharps, including but not limited to hypodermic needles, syringes,
Pasteur pipettes, broken glass, scalpel blades, scalpels, glass vials, etc.,
used in patient care, autopsy, embalming, or which have come into contact with
infectious agents during use in medical, research, or industrial
laboratories;
(e) Carcasses and
body parts of animals that were exposed to pathogens in research, in the
production of biologicals, or in the in vivo testing of pharmaceuticals;
and
(f) Other wastes as may be
designated by a permit issued by the Division for Air Quality.
(26) "Metals" means condensible
metals emitted from units. For the purpose of this administrative regulation,
particulate matter shall serve as a surrogate for the measurement and control
of metals.
(27) "Modular excess air
incinerator" means an incinerator that combusts waste and that is not
field-erected and has multiple combustion chambers, all of which are designed
to operate at conditions with combustion air amounts in excess of theoretical
air requirements.
(28) "Modular
starved air incinerator" means an incinerator that combusts waste and that is
not field-erected and has multiple combustion chambers in which the primary
combustion chamber is designed to operate at substoichiometric
conditions.
(29) "Municipal solid
waste" or "MSW" means household solid waste and commercial solid waste. Medical
waste shall not be considered to be MSW.
(30) "Municipal solid waste incinerator" or
"MSWI" means a solid waste incinerator that combusts MSW exclusively.
(31) "Multiple-chamber incinerator" means an
incinerator consisting of at least two (2) refractory lined combustion chambers
(primary and secondary) in series, physically separated by refractory walls,
and interconnected by gas passage ports or ducts.
(32) "Normal" means a volumetric measurement
at thirty-two (32) degrees Fahrenheit and one (1) atmosphere.
(33) "Organics" means organic compounds
emitted from units and includes dioxins or furans. For the purpose of this
administrative regulation, dioxin or furan shall serve as a surrogate for the
measurement and control of organics.
(34) "Plant" means one (1) or more units at
the same location for which construction, modification, or reconstruction is
commenced on or after November 15, 1990.
(35) "Plant capacity" means the aggregate
unit capacity of all units at a plant for which construction, modification, or
reconstruction is commenced on or after November 15, 1990.
(36) "Particulate matter" means total
particulate matter emitted from affected facilities.
(37) "Particulate matter carry-over" means
particulate matter which is passed from the primary chamber of an incinerator
into the flue gas stream.
(38)
"Processed MSW or refuse-derived fuel" or "processed MSW or RDF" means MSW or
refuse-derived fuel that has been processed to separate materials for recovery
prior to combustion in a solid waste incinerator. MSW or refuse-derived fuel is
considered to be processed MSW or RDF if an overall forty (40) percent or
greater reduction by weight (annual average) of MSW is achieved through the
separation of recoverable materials. A maximum of fifteen (15) percent
reduction (by weight) of the overall MSW shall be attributed to separation of
yard waste. The forty (40) percent or greater overall reduction requirement may
be achieved by on-site mechanical separation, on-site manual separation,
off-site mechanical separation, off-site manual separation, or a curbside
source reduction or materials separation (recycling) program, or a combination
thereof.
(39) "Recoverable
materials" means paper, paperboard, ferrous metals, nonferrous metals, glass,
plastics, household batteries, and yard waste.
(40) "Refuse-derived fuel" or "RDF" means a
type of MSW produced by processing MSW through shredding and size
classification. This includes all classes of RDF including low density fluff
RDF through densified RDF fuel pellets.
(41) "RDF spreader stoker" means a steam
generating unit that combusts RDF in a semisus-pension firing mode using
air-fed distributors.
(42) "Same
location" means the same or contiguous property that is under common ownership
or control, including properties that are separated only by a street, road,
highway, or other public right-of-way. Common ownership or control includes
properties that are owned, leased, or operated by the same entity, parent
entity, subsidiary, subdivision, or a combination thereof, including a
municipality or other governmental unit, or a quasi-governmental authority
(e.g., a public utility district or waste management district).
(43) "Shift supervisor" means the person in
direct charge and control of the operation of an affected facility and who is
responsible for on-site supervision, technical direction, management, and
overall performance of the affected facility during an assigned
shift.
(44) "Solid waste" has the
meaning given it in
KRS
224.01-010.
(45) "Standard" means a volumetric
measurement at sixty-eight (68) degrees Fahrenheit and one (1)
atmosphere.
(46) "Uncontrolled
hydrogen chloride emission rate" means the hydrogen chloride emission rate that
would occur from combustion of medical waste or other wastes combined with
medical waste in the absence of hydrogen chloride emissions control.
(47) "Uncontrolled sulfur dioxide emission
rate" means the sulfur dioxide emission rate that would occur from combustion
of medical waste or other wastes combined with medical waste in the absence of
sulfur dioxide emissions control.
(48) "Unit" means an affected facility
including, but not limited to, field-erected incinerators (with or without heat
recovery), modular incinerators (starved air or excess air), boilers (i.e.,
steam generating units), and furnaces (whether suspension-fired, grate-fired,
mass-fired, or fluidized bed-fired).
(49) "Unit capacity" means the maximum design
charging rate of the waste for an individual unit.
(50) "Unit load" means the volume of steam
produced, expressed in kilograms per hour (pounds per hour) of steam.
(51) "Unprocessed MSW or RDF" means MSW or
RDF that has not been processed to separate materials for recovery prior to
combustion or for which less than a forty (40) percent reduction by weight
(annual average) of MSW is achieved as specified under processed MSW or
RDF.
(52) "Vehicle batteries" means
a wet lead-acid battery.
(53)
"Waste" has the meaning given it in
KRS
224.01-010.
(54) "Waste management district" has the
meaning given it in
KRS
224.01-010.
(55) "Yard waste" means vegetative matter
removed as a result of outdoor maintenance practices from residential and
commercial yards, municipal parks, gardens, golf courses, and other similar
areas, and includes, but is not limited to, grass trimmings, tree branches,
straw, and leaves.
Section
2. Applicability.
(1) This
administrative regulation shall apply to each affected facility which means
each unit for which construction, modification, or reconstruction is commenced
on or after November 15, 1990. Affected facilities which combine and combust
processed MSW, hazardous waste, or solid waste with medical waste shall comply
with this administrative regulation. Affected facilities which combust only MSW
shall comply with
401 KAR
59:021.
(2) The physical or operational changes made
to an existing unit to comply with
401 KAR
61:013 shall not be considered a modification or
reconstruction and shall not subject the existing affected facility to this
administrative regulation.
(3)
Emission limitations or control requirements imposed by another administrative
regulation of the Division for Air Quality or the Division of Waste Management
may impose more stringent requirements than those imposed by this
administrative regulation.
(4) The
permitting exemption for small incinerators in
401 KAR
52:040, Section 2(1)(b), shall not apply to affected
facilities.
(5) Siting criteria. No
owner or operator of an affected facility subject to
401 KAR
47:030 shall construct or operate the affected
facility in a manner that will violate the requirements of that administrative
regulation.
Section 3.
Emission Standards.
(1) On and after the date
on which the initial performance test is completed or required to be completed
by Section 6 of this administrative regulation, no owner or operator of an
affected facility with a plant capacity of 500 pounds per hour or less shall
cause or allow to be discharged into the atmosphere from the affected facility:
(a) Particulate matter in excess of 183
milligrams per dry standard cubic meter (0.08 grains per dry standard cubic
foot) of exhaust gas, corrected to seven (7) percent oxygen (dry
basis);
(b) Carbon monoxide in
excess of 100 parts per million by volume corrected to seven (7) percent oxygen
(dry basis);
(c) Visible air
contaminants in excess of ten (10) percent opacity.
(2) On and after the date on which the
initial performance test is completed or required to be completed by Section 6
of this administrative regulation, no owner or operator of an affected facility
with a plant capacity greater than 500 pounds per hour but less than or equal
to 250 tons per day, shall cause or allow to be discharged into the atmosphere
from the affected facility:
(a) Particulate
matter emissions in excess of thirty-four (34) milligrams per dry standard
cubic meter (0.015 grains per dry standard cubic foot of exhaust gas),
corrected to seven (7) percent oxygen (dry basis);
(b) Carbon monoxide emissions in excess of
100 parts per million by volume corrected to seven (7) percent oxygen (dry
basis);
(c) Hydrochloric acid (HC1)
emissions in excess of ten (10) percent of the uncontrolled HC1 emission rate
(ninety (90) percent reduction) (by weight) on an hourly basis or twenty-five
(25) parts per million by volume, corrected to seven (7) percent oxygen (dry
basis), whichever is less stringent;
(d) Sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions in excess
of fifteen (15) percent of the uncontrolled SO2 emission rate (eighty-five (85)
percent reduction) (by weight) on an hourly basis or thirty (30) parts per
million by volume, corrected to seven (7) percent oxygen (dry basis), whichever
is less stringent. Excluded from this provision are emissions from affected
facilities which combust only medical waste;
(e) Visible air contaminants in excess of ten
(10) percent opacity.
(3)
On and after the date on which the initial performance test is completed or
required to be completed by Section 6 of this administrative regulation, no
owner or operator of an affected facility with a plant capacity greater than
250 tons per day shall cause or allow to be discharged into the atmosphere:
(a) Particulate matter emissions in excess of
thirty-four (34) milligrams per dry standard cubic meter (0.015 grains per dry
standard cubic foot) of exhaust gas, corrected to seven (7) percent oxygen (dry
basis);
(b) Carbon monoxide
emissions in excess of 100 parts per million by volume corrected to seven (7)
percent oxygen (dry basis);
(c)
Hydrochloric acid (HC1) emissions in excess of five (5) percent of the
uncontrolled HC1 emission rate (ninety-five (95) percent reduction) (by weight)
on an hourly basis or twenty-five (25) parts per million by volume, corrected
to seven (7) percent oxygen (dry basis), whichever is less stringent;
(d) Sulfur dioxide
(SO2) emissions in excess of fifteen (15) percent of the
uncontrolled SO2 emission rate (eighty-five (85) percent
reduction) (by weight) on an hourly basis or thirty (30) parts per million by
volume, corrected to seven (7) percent oxygen (dry basis), whichever is less
stringent. Excluded from this provision are emissions from affected facilities
which combust only medical waste;
(e) Visible air contaminants in excess of ten
(10) percent opacity; or
(f)
Nitrogen oxides emissions in excess of 120 parts per million by volume,
corrected to seven (7) percent oxygen (dry basis).
Section 4. Standards for Operating
Practices.
(1) No owner or operator of an
affected facility that generates steam shall cause the facility to operate at a
load level greater than 100 percent of the maximum unit load. An owner or
operator of an affected facility who wishes to operate at a load level greater
than the maximum unit load may do so by conducting all applicable compliance
tests to establish a higher maximum unit load.
(2) No owner or operator of an affected
facility shall burn medical waste except in a multiple-chamber incinerator with
a solid hearth, or in a device found to be equally effective for the purpose of
air contaminant control as determined by the cabinet.
(3) Temperature and residence time
requirements for affected facilities equipped with a secondary chamber, while
the affected facility is combusting medical waste:
(a) The incinerator secondary chamber shall
be maintained at a temperature of 982 ± (plus or minus) 93 degrees
Celsius (1800 ± (plus or minus) 200 degrees Fahrenheit);
(b) The minimum secondary chamber residence
time shall be one and zero-tenths (1.0) seconds; and
(c) The incinerator shall have interlocks or
other process control devices to prevent operation of the incinerator until the
conditions in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection and subsection (4) of
this section are assured.
(4) No owner or operator of an affected
facility other than a facility using a wet scrubber as a particulate matter
control device shall allow the temperature of the flue gases entering the
particulate matter control device inlet to exceed 149 degrees Celsius (300
degrees Fahrenheit) while the affected facility is combusting medical
waste.
(5) Owners or operators of
affected facilities that choose to combine and combust processed MSW or RDF,
hazardous waste, or solid waste with medical waste in a unit shall comply with:
(a) The emission standards of Section 3 of
this administrative regulation and operating practices of this section;
and
(b)
401 KAR
59:021, Section 8 regarding material separation
(percent reduction) for the portion of the waste that is MSW or
RDF.
(6) Owners or
operators of affected facilities may combust processed MSW or RDF, or solid
waste which has not been combined with medical waste in a unit and shall comply
with
401 KAR
59:021.
(7) Owners or operators of affected
facilities shall cause ash from affected facilities to be tested to determine
the toxicity of the ash, using tests required in Title 401, Chapter 31. Ash
which is determined to be hazardous waste shall be disposed of according to the
administrative regulations of the Division of Waste Management. Ash which is
determined to not be hazardous waste shall be disposed of in a landfill
permitted by the Division of Waste Management.
(8) Owners or operators of affected
facilities that receive medical waste from generators that are noncontiguous to
the incineration site shall comply with the operating requirements for
contained landfills in
401 KAR
48:090, Section 2.
(9) Owners or operators of affected
facilities shall comply with the design requirements for contained landfills in
401 KAR
48:070, Section 15.
Section 5. Operator Training.
(1) Each chief facility operator and shift
supervisor of an affected facility shall successfully complete the U.S. EPA's
"Hospital Incinerator Operator Training Course".
(2) No owner or operator of an affected
facility shall cause or allow a unit to be operated unless the chief facility
operator or shift supervisor who successfully completed the training course
identified in subsection (1) of this section is on duty at the affected
facility at all times during period of unit operation.
(3) The owner or operator of an affected
facility shall develop and update on an annual basis a site-specific operation
manual that shall at a minimum, address the following elements:
(a) Summary of the applicable standards under
this administrative regulation;
(b)
Description of basic combustion theory applicable to a unit;
(c) Procedures for receiving, handling, and
feeding the waste;
(d) Unit
start-up, shutdown, and malfunction procedures;
(e) Procedures for maintaining proper
combustion air supply levels;
(f)
Procedures for operating the unit within the standards established under this
administrative regulation;
(g)
Procedures for responding to periodic upset or off-specification
conditions;
(h) Procedures for
minimizing particulate matter carry-over;
(i) Procedures for monitoring
burnout;
(j) Procedures for handling
ash;
(k) Procedures for monitoring
unit emissions; and
(l) Reporting
and recordkeeping procedures.
(4) The owner or operator of an affected
facility shall establish a program for reviewing the operating manual annually
with each person who has responsibilities affecting the operation of an
affected facility including, but not limited to, chief facility operators,
shift supervisors, control room operators, ash handlers, maintenance personnel,
and crane or load handlers.
(5) The
initial review of the operating manual, as specified under subsection (4) of
this section, shall be conducted prior to assumption of responsibilities
affecting unit operation by a person required to undergo training under
subsection (4) of this section. Subsequent reviews of the manual shall be
carried out annually by each person required to undergo training.
(6) The operating manual shall be kept in a
readily accessible location for all persons required to undergo training under
subsection (4) of this section. The operating manual and records of training
shall be available for inspection by the cabinet upon request.
(7) The owner or operator of each affected
facility shall maintain documentation to support compliance with this section.
The information shall be made available upon request, and shall include, at a
minimum, a description of the instruction given, the date of the instruction,
the signature of the person receiving the instruction, and copies of the
certificates issued to the chief facility operator and shift supervisor
documenting successful completion of the training requirement in subsection (1)
of this section.
Section
6. Compliance and Performance Testing. Within sixty (60) days
after achieving the maximum production rate at which an affected facility will
be operated, but not later than 180 days after initial start-up of the facility
and at other times as may be required by the cabinet, the owner or operator of
an affected facility shall conduct performance tests according to
401 KAR 50:045
and shall furnish the cabinet a written report of the performance tests. This
section shall apply at all times, except a period of one (1) hour for the
start-up or shutdown of the affected facility and for a period not to exceed
three (3) hours during the malfunction of an affected facility. Except as
provided in
401 KAR 50:045,
the following methods shall be used to determine compliance with Section 3 of
this administrative regulation.
40 C.F.R.
60.13, Methods 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 6A, 6C, 7, 7E,
9, 10, and 19, and Performance Specifications 1, 2, 3, and 4 are adopted
without change in Section 8 of this administrative regulation. Kentucky Method
26, Kentucky Specification 4A, and Kentucky Procedure 1 are incorporated by
reference in Section 8 of this administrative regulation. For each performance
test, an owner or operator may request that compliance be determined using
carbon dioxide measurements corrected to an equivalent of seven (7) percent
oxygen. The relationship between oxygen and carbon dioxide levels for the
affected facility shall be established during each initial performance test.
(1) Metals. The following procedures and test
methods shall be used to determine compliance with the standards for metals in
Section 3 of this administrative regulation.
(a) Method 1 shall be used to select sampling
sites and the number of traverse points. Method 2 shall be used for determining
stack gas velocity and volumetric flow rates.
(b) Method 3 shall be used for gas
analysis.
(c) Method 5 shall be
used for determining compliance with the particulate matter emission standard.
The minimum sample volume shall be one and seven-tenths (1.7) cubic meters
(sixty (60) cubic feet). The temperature of the sample gas in the probe and
filter holder shall be no greater than 120 ± 14°C (248 ±
25°F). An oxygen or carbon dioxide measurement shall be obtained
simultaneously with each Method 5 run.
(d) Both Method 9 and CEMS shall be used for
determining compliance with the opacity standard. However, Method 9 results
shall take precedence over CEMS data if concurrent readings occur.
(e) The owner or operator of a affected
facility with a unit capacity greater than 500 pounds per hour that does not
have a wet scrubber, shall install, calibrate, maintain, and operate a CEMS for
measuring opacity and shall record the output of the system.
(f) Following the date the initial
performance test for the mass emission standard for particulate matter is
completed by this section, the owner or operator of an affected facility shall
conduct a performance test for particulate matter on an annual basis (no more
than twelve (12) calendar months following the previous compliance
test).
(g) Following the date the
initial performance test is completed or is required to be completed in this
section, compliance with the opacity standard shall be determined by a six (6)
minute average of the opacity readings obtained from the CEMS.
(2) Sulfur dioxide. The following
procedures and test methods shall be used for determining compliance with the
sulfur dioxide standards in Section 3 of this administrative regulation.
(a) The percentage reduction in the
uncontrolled sulfur dioxide emissions (%PSO2) shall be
computed using the formula in Appendix A of this administrative
regulation.
(b) Methods 6, 6A, or
6C, and 19 shall be used for determining the sulfur dioxide emission
rate.
(c) The sulfur dioxide
performance test shall be conducted over twenty-four (24) consecutive unit
operating hours at maximum unit load. Compliance with the sulfur dioxide
standard shall be determined using a daily average.
(d) The owner or operator of an affected
facility subject to Section 3(2)(d) or (3)(d) of this administrative regulation
shall install, calibrate, maintain, and operate a CEMS for measuring sulfur
dioxide emissions discharged to the atmosphere and shall record the output of
the system.
(e) Following the date
of the initial performance test or the date on which the initial performance
test is required to be completed by this section, compliance with the sulfur
dioxide standard shall be determined based on the arithmetic average of the
hourly emission rates during each twenty-four (24) hour daily period measured
between 12 midnight and the following midnight using CEMS inlet and outlet
data, if compliance is based on a percentage reduction; or outlet data only if
compliance is based on an emission limit.
(f) The one (1) hour averages required under
paragraph (e) of this subsection shall be expressed in nanograms per hour
(pounds per hour) and shall be used to calculate the daily average emission
rates. The one (1) hour averages shall be calculated using the data points
required in
40 C.F.R.
60.13(h).
(g) For affected facilities which shall
install CEMS, the span value of the CEMS at the inlet to the sulfur dioxide
control device shall be 125 percent of the maximum estimated hourly
uncontrolled sulfur dioxide emissions of the unit, and the span value of the
CEMS at the outlet to the sulfur dioxide control device shall be fifty (50)
percent of the maximum estimated hourly uncontrolled sulfur dioxide emissions
of the unit.
(3) Hydrogen
chloride. The following procedures and test methods shall be used for
determining compliance with the hydrogen chloride standards under Section 3 of
this administrative regulation.
(a) The
percentage reduction in the uncontrolled hydrogen chloride emissions
(PHC1) shall be computed using the formula in Appendix B
of this administrative regulation.
(b) Kentucky Method 26 shall be used for
determining the hydrogen chloride emission rate.
(c) Following the date of the initial
performance test or the date on which the initial performance test is required
by this section, the owner or operator of an affected facility shall conduct a
performance test for hydrogen chloride on an annual basis (no more than twelve
(12) calendar months following the previous performance test).
(4) Nitrogen oxides. The following
procedures and test methods shall be used to determine compliance with the
nitrogen oxides standard under Section 3 of this administrative regulation.
(a) Methods 7 or 7E, and 19 shall be used for
determining the nitrogen oxides emission rate.
(b) The owner or operator of an affected
facility subject to the nitrogen oxides standard under Section 3 of this
administrative regulation shall conduct an initial performance test for
nitrogen oxides as required by this section. The initial performance test for
nitrogen oxides shall be conducted over twenty-four (24) consecutive hours of
unit operation to determine compliance with the nitrogen oxides standard. CEMS
data shall be used if required by paragraph (d) of this subsection. Compliance
with the nitrogen oxides standard shall be determined using a daily
average.
(c) The owner or operator
of an affected facility subject to the nitrogen oxides standard in Section 3 of
this administrative regulation shall install, calibrate, maintain, and operate
a CEMS for measuring nitrogen oxides discharged to the atmosphere and shall
record the output of the system.
(d) Following the initial performance test or
the date on which the initial performance test is required to be completed
under this section, compliance with the emission limits for nitrogen oxides
required under Section 3 of this administrative regulation shall be determined
based on the arithmetic average of the hourly emission rates during each
twenty-four (24) hour daily period measured between 12 midnight and the
following midnight using CEMS data.
(e) The one (1) hour averages required under
paragraph (d) of this subsection shall be expressed in parts per million volume
(dry basis) and shall be used to calculate the daily average emission rates
under Section 3 of this administrative regulation. The one (1) hour averages
shall be calculated using the data points required under
40 C.F.R.
60.13(h).
(5) Carbon monoxide. The following procedures
shall be used for determining compliance with the carbon monoxide standards
under Section 3 of this administrative regulation.
(a) Compliance with the carbon monoxide
emission limits listed in Section 3 of this administrative regulation shall be
determined using Method 10.
(b) The
owner or operator of an affected facility shall install, calibrate, maintain,
and operate a CEMS for measuring carbon monoxide at the incinerator outlet and
shall record the output of the system.
(c) Following the initial performance test of
the date on which the initial performance test is required to be completed by
this section, compliance with the emission limits for carbon monoxide required
under Section 3 of this administrative regulation shall be determined based on
the arithmetic average of the four (4) hour emission rates measured using CEMS
data.
(6) The following
procedures shall be used for determining compliance with the operating
practices under Section 4 of this administrative regulation.
(a) The owner or operator of an affected
facility which generates steam shall install, calibrate, maintain, and operate
a steam flow meter, shall measure steam flow in kilograms per hour (pounds per
hour) steam on a continuous basis, and shall record the output of the monitor.
Steam flow shall be calculated in one (1) hour block averages.
(b) The owner or operator of an affected
facility shall install, calibrate, maintain, and operate a continuous
monitoring system for measuring both secondary chamber temperature and the
temperature of the flue gas stream at the inlet to the particulate matter air
pollution control device and shall record the output of the device. Temperature
shall be calculated in four (4) hour block averages.
(7) Additional CEMS or continuous monitoring
systems requirements.
(a) CEMS and continuous
monitoring data, if required, shall be used to determine compliance with
emission standards and operating practice standards.
(b) At a minimum, CEMS or continuous
monitoring system data, if required, shall be obtained for ninety (90) percent
of the hours per day for ninety (90) percent of the days per month that the
unit is operated and combusting medical waste.
(c) All valid CEMS or continuous monitoring
system data, if required, shall be used in calculating emission rates and
percent reductions even if the minimum CEMS or continuous monitoring system
data requirements in paragraph (b) of this subsection are not met.
(d) The procedures under
40 C.F.R.
60.13 shall be followed for installation,
evaluation, and operation of the CEMS.
(e) If emissions data from the CEMS or
continuous monitoring systems are not obtained because of CEMS or monitoring
system breakdown, repairs, calibration checks, or zero and span adjustments,
emission data shall be obtained by using other monitoring systems as approved
by the cabinet or Methods 6, 6A, 6C, 7, 7E, 10, and 19, as appropriate, to
provide necessary emission data for a minimum of ninety (90) percent of the
hours per day for ninety (90) percent of the days per month the unit is
operated and combusting medical waste.
(f) CEMS shall conform to the applicable
performance specifications in 40 C.F.R. Part 60 , Appendix B or Kentucky
Specification 4A.
(g) The
requirements of Kentucky Procedure 1 shall be met in the operation of
CEMS.
Section
7. Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements.
(1) The owner or operator of an affected
facility subject to Sections 3 and 4 of this administrative regulation shall
maintain records of the following information for each affected facility:
(a) Calendar date that data from performance
tests, CEMS, or continuous monitoring systems were obtained.
(b) Emission rates and parameters measured
using the units and time bases required for demonstrating compliance.
(c) Identification of the operating periods
that the calculated sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, or carbon monoxide
emission rates, opacity, or the operating parameters exceeded the applicable
standards, with reasons for the exceedances and a description of corrective
actions taken.
(d) Identification
of operating periods for which sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, or carbon
monoxide emissions, opacity, or operational data have not been obtained,
including reasons for not obtaining sufficient data and a description of
corrective actions taken.
(e)
Identification of the times that sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, or carbon
monoxide emission, opacity, or operational data have been excluded from the
calculation of average emission rates or parameters and the reasons for
excluding the data.
(f) The results
of daily sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and carbon monoxide, CEMS drift tests
and accuracy assessments as required in Kentucky Procedure 1.
(g) The results of all applicable performance
tests conducted to determine compliance with the mass particulate matter and
hydrogen chloride standards.
(h)
Beginning the month after the date of the initial start-up, the amount (by
weight) of medical waste received and combusted on a monthly basis at the
affected facility.
(2) If
processed MSW or RDF is combusted in a unit, the recordkeeping requirements of
401 KAR
59:021, Section 11, regarding material separation
shall apply for the portion of the waste that is processed MSW or
RDF.
(3) The owner or operator of
an affected facility shall submit the initial performance test data, the
performance evaluation of the CEMS using the applicable performance
specifications in 40 C.F.R., Part 60 , Appendix B, and the maximum unit load
within sixty (60) days of completing the test.
(4) The owner or operator of an affected
facility shall submit quarterly compliance reports to the cabinet containing
the information recorded under subsection (1) of this section and
401 KAR
59:005, Section 3(3) for all records required by this
administrative regulation which are applicable to the facility. Both a printed
report and computer tape or discs shall be furnished in the format specified by
the cabinet. The reports shall be postmarked by the 30th day following the end
of each calendar quarter.
(5)
Records of CEMS, steam flow, and temperature data shall be maintained for at
least two (2) years after date of recording and shall be made available for
inspection upon request.
(6)
Records showing the names of persons who have completed review of the operating
manual and the documentation required by Section 5(7) of this administrative
regulation, including the date of the initial review and all subsequent annual
reviews, shall be maintained for at least two (2) years after date of manual
review and shall be made available for inspection upon request.
(7) A description of the procedures employed
for ensuring that unprocessed MSW or RDF is not combusted in an affected
facility shall be maintained along with associated records to demonstrate use
of the procedures, and shall be made available for inspection upon
request.
(8) Documentation
demonstrating that ash disposal from an affected facility complies with Section
4(7) of this administrative regulation shall be submitted to the Division of
Waste Management in the frequency required by the Division of Waste
Management.
Section 8.
Reference Materials.
(1) The subject matter of
this administrative regulation relating to reference methods, CEMS, and testing
shall be governed by
40 C.F.R.
60.13 (1990), 40 C.F.R. 60, Appendix A,
Methods 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 6A, 6C, 7, 7E, 9, 10, and 19, and 40 C.F.R. 60, Appendix
B, Performance Specifications 1, 2, 3, and 4.
(2) Incorporation by Reference. The following
documents from the Kentucky Division for Air Quality are hereby incorporated by
reference:
(a) Kentucky Method 26, effective
July 1990;
(b) Kentucky
Specification 4A, effective July 1990; and
(c) Kentucky Procedure 1, effective July
1990.
(3) The documents
incorporated by reference in subsection (2) of this section are available for
public inspection and copying at the following main and regional offices of the
Kentucky Division for Air Quality during the normal working hours of 8 a.m. to
4:30 p.m., local time.
(a) Kentucky Division
for Air Quality, 300 Sower Boulevard, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601, (502)
573-3382;
(b) Ashland Regional
Office, 1550 Wolohan Drive, Suite 1, Ashland, Kentucky 41102-8942, (606)
929-5285;
(c) Bowling Green
Regional Office, 1508 Westen Avenue, Bowling Green, Kentucky 42104, (270)
746-7475;
(d) Florence Regional
Office, 8020 Veterans Memorial Drive, Suite 110, Florence, Kentucky 41042,
(859) 525-4923;
(e) Hazard Regional
Office, 233 Birch Street, Suite 2, Hazard, Kentucky 41701, (606)
435-6022;
(f) London Regional
Office, 875 South Main Street, London, Kentucky 40741, (606)
330-2080;
(g) Owensboro Regional
Office, 3032 Alvey Park Drive West, Suite 700, Owensboro, Kentucky 42303, (270)
687-7304; and
(h) Paducah Regional
Office, 130 Eagle Nest Drive, Paducah, Kentucky 42003-9435, (270)
898-8468.
Section
9. Appendix A. Formula for Percentage Reduction in Uncontrolled
Sulfur Dioxide Emissions.
FORMULA FOR PERCENTAGE REDUCTION IN UNCONTROLLED SULFUR DIOXIDE
EMISSIONS
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where:
%PSO2 is the percentage reduction in
uncontrolled sulfur dioxide emissions.
Ei is the daily uncontrolled sulfur
dioxide emission rate.
Eo is the daily sulfur dioxide emission
rate measured at the outlet of the acid gas control device.
Section 10. Appendix B. Formula for
Percentage Reduction in Uncontrolled Hydrogen Chloride Emissions.
FORMULA FOR PERCENTAGE REDUCTION IN UNCONTROLLED HYDROGEN
CHLORIDE EMISSIONS
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where:
%PHC1 is the percentage reduction in
uncontrolled hydrogen chloride emissions.
Ei is the daily uncontrolled hydrogen
chloride emission rate.
Eo is the daily hydrogen chloride
emission rate measured at the outlet of the acid gas control device.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY:
KRS
224.10-100,
40 C.F.R.
60.13 (1990), 40 C.F.R. 60, Appendix A,
Methods 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 6A, 6C, 7, 7E, 9, 10 and 19 (1990), 40 C.F.R. 60,
Appendix B, Performance Specifications 1, 2, 3, and 4
(1990)