Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
Except as LAC 33:V. Chapter 31 and Subsection F of this
Section provide otherwise, owners and operators of facilities that incinerate
hazardous waste must fulfill the requirements of Subsection A, B, or C of this
Section:
A. when seeking an exemption
under LAC 33:V.3105.B or C (ignitable, corrosive, or reactive wastes only):
1. documentation that the waste is listed as
a hazardous waste in LAC 33:V. Chapter 49, solely because it is ignitable
(Hazard Code I) or corrosive (Hazard Code C) or both; or
2. documentation that the waste is listed as
a hazardous waste in LAC 33:V. Chapter 49, solely because it is reactive
(Hazard Code R) for characteristics other than those listed in LAC
33:V.4903.D.4 and 5, and will not be burned when other hazardous wastes are
present in the combustion zone; or
3. documentation that the waste is a
hazardous waste solely because it possesses the characteristics of
ignitability, corrosivity, or both, as determined by the tests for
characteristics of hazardous waste under LAC 33:V.4903; or
4. documentation that the waste is a
hazardous waste solely because it possesses the reactivity characteristics
listed in LAC 33:V.4903.D.1, 2, 3, 6, 7, or 8, and that it will not be burned
when other hazardous wastes are present in the combustion zone; or
B. submit a trial burn plan or the
results of a trial burn, including all required determinations, in accordance
with LAC 33:V.3115; or
C. in lieu
of a trial burn, the applicant may submit the following information:
1. an analysis of each waste or mixture of
wastes to be burned including:
a. heat value
of the waste in the form and composition in which it will be burned;
b. viscosity (if applicable), or description
of physical form of the waste;
c.
an identification of any hazardous organic constituents listed in LAC
33:V.3105, Table 1, that are present in the waste to be burned, except that the
applicant need not analyze for constituents listed in LAC 33:V.3105, Table 1,
which would reasonably not be expected to be found in the waste. The
constituents excluded from analysis must be identified and the basis for their
exclusion stated. The waste analysis must rely on appropriate analytical
techniques;
d. an approximate
quantification of the hazardous constituents identified in the waste, within
the precision produced by appropriate analytical methods;
e. a quantification of those hazardous
constituents in the waste which may be designated as POHC's based on data
submitted from other trial or operational burns which demonstrate compliance
with the performance standards in LAC 33:V.3111;
2. a detailed engineering description of the
incinerators, including:
a. manufacturer's
name and model number of incinerator;
b. type of incinerator;
c. linear dimension of incinerator unit
including cross sectional area of combustion chamber;
d. description of auxiliary fuel system
(type/feed);
e. capacity of prime
mover;
f. description of automatic
waste feed cutoff system(s);
g.
stack gas monitoring and pollution control monitoring system;
h. nozzle and burner design;
i. construction materials;
j. location and description of temperature,
pressure, and flow indicating devices and control devices;
3. a description and analysis of the waste to
be burned compared with the waste for which data from operational or trial
burns are provided to support the contention that a trial burn is not needed;
The data should include those items listed in Paragraph C.1 of this Section.
This analysis should specify the POHC's which the applicant has identified in
the waste for which a permit is sought, and any differences from the POHC's in
the waste for which burn data are provided;
4. the design and operating conditions of the
incinerator unit to be used, compared with that for which comparative burn data
are available;
5. a description of
the results submitted from any previously conducted trial burn(s) including:
a. sampling and analysis techniques used to
calculate performance standards in LAC 33:V.3111;
b. methods and results of monitoring
temperatures, waste feed rates, carbon monoxide, and an appropriate indicator
of combustion gas velocity (including a statement concerning the precision and
accuracy of this measurement);
6. the expected incinerator operation
information to demonstrate compliance with LAC 33:V.3111 and 3117, including:
a. expected carbon monoxide (CO) level in the
stack exhaust gas;
b. waste feed
rate;
c. combustion zone
temperature;
d. indication of
combustion gas velocity;
e.
expected stack gas volume, flow rate, and temperature;
f. computed residence time for waste in the
combustion zone;
g. expected
hydrochloric acid removal efficiency;
h. expected fugitive emissions and their
control procedures;
i. proposed
waste feed cut-off limits based on the identified significant operating
parameters;
7. such
supplemental information as the administrative authority finds necessary to
achieve the purposes of this Subsection;
8. waste analysis data, including that
submitted in Paragraph C.1 of this Section, sufficient to allow the
administrative authority to specify as permit Principal Organic Hazardous
Constituents (permit POHC's) those constituents for which destruction and
removal efficiencies will be required;
D. the administrative authority shall approve
a permit application without a trial burn if he finds that:
1. the wastes are sufficiently similar;
and
2. the incinerator units are
sufficiently similar, and the data from other trial burns are adequate to
specify (under LAC 33:V.3117) operating conditions that will ensure that the
performance standards in LAC 33:V.3111 will be met by the
incinerator;
E.
commercial hazardous waste incinerators. The administrative authority shall
issue no new permit or substantial permit modification, as defined in LAC
33:I.1503, that authorizes the construction or operation of any commercial
hazardous waste incineration facility, of any type, until the permit applicant
complies with:
1. all applicable hazardous
waste regulations in LAC 33:V, particularly as they pertain to:
a. design as required in LAC 33:V. Chapters 5
and 31;
b. siting as required in
LAC 33:V. Chapters 5, 7, and 15;
c.
construction as required in LAC 33:V. Chapters 7 and 31;
d. operation as required in LAC 33:V.
Chapters 3, 5, 7, and 31;
e.
emission limitations as required in LAC 33:V. Chapters 5 and 31; and
f. disposal methods as required in LAC 33:V.
Chapters 22, 31, and 35;
2. all applicable air quality regulations in
LAC 33:III; and
3. all applicable
water quality regulations in LAC 33:IX;
F. when an owner or operator of a hazardous
waste incineration unit becomes subject to RCRA permit requirements after
October 12, 2005, or when an owner or operator of an existing hazardous waste
incineration unit demonstrates compliance with the air emission standards and
limitations in 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart EEE, as incorporated by reference at LAC
33:III.5122 (i.e., by conducting a comprehensive performance test and
submitting a notification of compliance in accordance with
40 CFR
63.1207(j) and
63.1210(d),
documenting compliance with all applicable requirements of 40 CFR Part 63,
Subpart EEE), the requirements of this Section do not apply, except those
provisions the administrative authority determines are necessary to ensure
compliance with LAC 33:V.3117.A and C if the owner or operator elects to comply
with LAC 33:V.2001.A.1.a to minimize emissions of toxic compounds from startup,
shutdown, and malfunction events. Nevertheless, the administrative authority
may apply the provisions of this Section, on a case-by-case basis, for purposes
of information collection in accordance with LAC 33:V.303.Q-R and
311.E-F.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
Promulgated in accordance with
R.S.
30:2011(D)(24)(a) and 2180
et seq.
