(1)
General.
(a) No
person shall cause, suffer, allow, or permit the construction or substantial
reconstruction or alteration of any incinerator for which:
1. the design for construction or substantial
reconstruction or alteration thereof, and
2. the Standard Operating Procedure have not
been approved by the Department in writing.
(b) No person shall sell or distribute for
sale any special incinerator or modular incinerator, for installation or use
within the District, the design and Standard Operating Procedure for which have
not been approved in writing by the Department or certification of said
approval has not been given by the person selling or distributing the
incinerator to the person to whom the sale or distribution is made.
(c) No person shall cause, suffer, allow, or
permit the burning of refuse or any other material in any incinerator in a
manner that is not in conformance with a Standard Operating Procedure (for the
incinerator) that has been approved by the Department in writing.
(d) No person shall cause, suffer, allow, or
permit the burning of refuse or any other material in any incinerator, other
than a municipal incinerator, which is of a design that has not been approved
by the Department in writing.
(e)
No person shall cause, suffer, allow, or permit the burning of refuse or any
other material in an incinerator at a specific site location that, in the
opinion of the Department, is likely to cause or contribute to a condition of
air pollution and when the person responsible for the operation of the
incinerator has been notified of said opinion.
(f)310 CMR 7.08(1)(c) and 7.08(1)(d) are
subject to the enforcement provisions specified in
310 CMR
7.52, insofar as they pertain to domestic
incinerators.
(g) No person shall
cause, suffer, allow, or permit emissions from any incinerator of any particles
that have a dimension greater than 100 microns. (Be referred to
310 CMR
7.06(2).) (h) The approval,
referred to in 310 CMR 7.08(1)(a) through (d), shall be obtained pursuant to
310 CMR
7.02(3) and
7.02(5).
(2)
Municipal Waste
Combustors.
(a)
Site
Assignment. No person shall, allow, or permit the construction,
substantial reconstruction, alteration or operation of a municipal waste
combustor unit on a site which has not received a site assignment in accordance
with M.G.L. c. 111, § 150A.
(b)
Purpose. The
purpose of 310 CMR 7.08(2) is to provide emission limitations and compliance
schedules for the control of certain designated pollutants from Municipal Waste
Combustors in accordance with sections 111(d) and 129 of the Clean Air
Act.
(c)
DEFINITIONS. The definitions found in
310 CMR
7.00 apply to 310 CMR 7.08(2) unless otherwise defined
in 310 CMR 7.08(2). The following words and phrases shall have the following
meanings as they appear in 310 CMR 7.08(2).
CALENDAR QUARTER means any consecutive
three-month period (nonoverlapping) beginning on January
1st, April 1st, July
1st or October
1st.
CALENDAR YEAR means any period
starting January 1st and ending on December
31st.
CHIEF FACILITY OPERATOR means the
person in direct charge and control of the operation of a municipal waste
combustor and who is responsible for daily on-site supervision, technical
direction, management, and overall performance of the facility.
CLEAN WOOD means untreated wood or
untreated wood products including clean untreated lumber, tree stumps (whole or
chipped), and tree limbs (whole or chipped). Clean wood does not include yard
waste, or construction, renovation, and demolition wastes (including, but not
limited to, railroad ties and telephone poles).
CONTINUOUS BURNING means the
continuous, semicontinuous, or batch feeding of municipal solid waste for
purposes of waste disposal, energy production, or providing heat to the
combustion system in preparation for waste disposal or energy production. The
use of municipal solid waste solely to provide thermal protection of the grate
or hearth during a startup period, when municipal solid waste is not being fed
to the grate, is not considered to be continuous burning.
CONTINUOUS EMISSION MONITORING SYSTEM
means a monitoring system for continuously measuring the emissions of a
pollutant from a municipal waste combustor unit.
DIOXIN/FURAN means tetra- through
octa-chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans.
dscm means dry standard cubic
meter.
FIRST CALENDAR HALF means the period
starting on January 1st and ending on June
30th in any year.
FOUR-HOUR BLOCK AVERAGE or 4-HOUR BLOCK
AVERAGE means the average of all hourly emission concentrations
when the affected facility is operating and combusting municipal solid waste,
measured over a four-hour period of time from 12:00 A.M. to 4:00 A.M., 4:00
A.M. to 8:00 A.M., 8:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M., 12:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M., 4:00 P.M.
to 8:00 P.M., or 8:00 P.M. to 12:00 A.M.
LARGE MUNICIPAL WASTE COMBUSTOR UNIT
means a municipal waste combustor unit with a capacity greater than 250
tons/day of municipal solid waste.
MASS BURN REFRACTORY MUNICIPAL WASTE
COMBUSTOR means a field-erected combustor that combusts municipal
solid waste in a refractory wall furnace. Unless otherwise specified, this
includes combustors with a cylindrical rotary refractory wall furnace.
MASS BURN WATERWALL MUNICIPAL WASTE
COMBUSTOR means a field-erected combustor that combusts municipal
solid waste in a waterwall furnace.
MATERIALS SEPARATION PLAN means a plan
that identifies a program within a given service area, to separate mercury,
other toxic components or toxic precursors from municipal solid waste prior to
combustion in order to make the separated materials available for recycling
and/or remove the toxic components or their toxic precursors for proper
management. A materials separation plan shall include goals and timetables for
attaining the goals. It may include, but is not limited to, such elements as:
centralized drop-off facilities, buy-back or deposit-return incentives,
curbside collection programs, financial incentives to municipalities in the
service area for collection programs, technical assistance programs for
municipalities, institutions and/or businesses within the service area, and
personnel to support any such programs.
MAXIMUM DEMONSTRATED MUNICIPAL WASTE COMBUSTOR UNIT
LOAD means the highest 4-hour arithmetic average municipal waste
combustor unit load achieved during four consecutive hours during the most
recent dioxin/furan stack test demonstrating compliance with the applicable
limit for municipal waste combustor organics specified under 310 CMR
7.08(2)(f)(2): Table 2.
MAXIMUM DEMONSTRATED PARTICULATE MATTER CONTROL
DEVICE TEMPERATURE means the highest four-hour arithmetic average
flue gas temperature measured at the particulate matter control device inlet
during four consecutive hours during the most recent dioxin/furan stack test
demonstrating compliance with the applicable limit for municipal waste
combustor organics specified under 310 CMR 7.08(2)(f)(2): Table
2.
MODIFICATION or MODIFIED MUNICIPAL WASTE COMBUSTOR
UNIT means a municipal waste combustor unit to which changes have
been made if the cumulative cost of the changes, over the life of the unit,
exceed 50% of the original cost of construction and installation of the unit
(not including the cost of any land purchased in connection with such
construction or installation) updated to current costs; or any physical change
in the municipal waste combustor unit or change in the method of operation of
the municipal waste combustor unit which increases the amount of any air
pollutant emitted by the unit for which standards have been established under
the Clean Air Act, § 129 or § 11. Whether there is an increase in the
amount of any air pollutant emitted by the municipal waste combustor unit shall
be determined at 100% physical load capability and downstream of all air
pollution control devices, with no consideration given for load restrictions
based on permits or other nonphysical operational restrictions.
MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE or MUNICIPAL TYPE SOLID
WASTE means household, commercial/retail, and/or institutional
waste. Household waste includes material discarded by single and multiple
residential dwellings, hotels, motels, and other similar permanent or temporary
housing establishments or facilities. Commercial/retail waste includes material
discarded by stores, offices, restaurants, warehouses, nonmanufacturing
activities at industrial facilities, and other similar establishments or
facilities. Institutional waste includes material discarded by schools,
nonmedical waste discarded by hospitals, material discarded by nonmanufacturing
activities at prisons and government facilities, and material discarded by
other similar establishments or facilities. Household, commercial/retail, and
institutional waste does not include used oil; sewage sludge; wood pallets;
construction, renovation, and demolition waste (which includes, but is not
limited to, railroad ties and telephone poles); clean wood; industrial process
or manufacturing waste; medical waste; or motor vehicles (including motor
vehicle parts or vehicle fluff). Household, commercial/retail, and
institutional waste includes:
(a) yard
waste; and
(b) refuse-derived fuel.
MUNICIPAL WASTE COMBUSTOR or MUNICIPAL WASTE
COMBUSTOR UNIT OR UNIT means any setting or equipment that
combusts solid, liquid, or gasified municipal solid waste 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), furnaces (whether suspension-fired, grate-fired, mass-fired,
air curtain incinerators, or fluidized bed-fired), and pyrolysis/combustion
units. Municipal waste combustors units do not include pyrolysis/combustion
units located at a plastics/rubber recycling unit as specified in 310 CMR
7.08(2). Municipal waste combustors do not include internal combustion engines,
gas turbines, or other combustion devices that combust landfill gases collected
by landfill gas collection systems.
The boundaries of a municipal solid waste combustor are defined
as follows. The municipal waste combustor unit includes, but is not limited to,
the municipal solid waste fuel feed system, grate system, flue gas system,
bottom ash system, and the combustor water system. The municipal waste
combustor boundary starts at the municipal solid waste pit or hopper and
extends through:
(a) The combustor
flue gas system, which ends immediately following the heat recovery equipment
or, if there is no heat recovery equipment, immediately following the
combustion chamber;
(b) The
combustor bottom ash system, which ends at the truck loading station or similar
ash handling equipment that transfers the ash to final disposal, including all
ash handling systems that are connected to the bottom ash handling system;
and
(c) The combustor water system,
which starts at the feed water pump and ends at the piping exiting the steam
drum or superheater. The municipal waste combustor unit does not include air
pollution control equipment, the stack, water treatment equipment, or the
turbine generator set.
MUNICIPAL WASTE COMBUSTOR ACID GASES
means all acid gases emitted in the exhaust gases from municipal waste
combustor units including, but not limited to, sulfur dioxide and hydrogen
chloride gases.
MUNICIPAL WASTE COMBUSTOR METALS means
metals and metal compounds emitted in the exhaust gases from municipal waste
combustor units.
MUNICIPAL WASTE COMBUSTOR ORGANICS
means organic compounds emitted in the exhaust gases from municipal waste
combustor units and includes tetra- through octachlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins
and dibenzofurans.
MUNICIPAL WASTE COMBUSTOR PLANT means
one or more municipal waste combustor units at the same facility for which
construction was commenced on or before September 20, 1994.
MUNICIPAL WASTE COMBUSTOR UNIT
CAPACITY means the maximum charging rate of a municipal waste
combustor unit expressed in tons per day of municipal solid waste combusted,
calculated according to the procedures under
40 CFR
60.58b(j) as last amended
May 10, 2006.
40 CFR
60.58b(j) includes
procedures for determining municipal waste combustor unit capacity for
continuous and batch feed municipal waste combustors.
MUNICIPAL WASTE COMBUSTOR UNIT LOAD
means the steam load of the municipal waste combustor unit measured as
specified in
40 CFR
60.58b(i)(6) as last amended
May 10, 2006.
PARTICULATE MATTER means total
particulate matter emitted from municipal waste combustor units measured as
specified in 40 CFR, Part 60 : Appendix A, Reference Method 5.
PLASTICS/RUBBER RECYCLING UNIT means
an integrated processing unit where plastics, rubber, and/or rubber tires are
the only feed materials (incidental contaminants may be included in the feed
materials) and they are processed into a chemical plant feedstock or petroleum
refinery feedstock, where the feedstock is marketed to and used by a chemical
plant or petroleum refinery as input feedstock. The combined weight of the
chemical plant feedstock and petroleum refinery feedstock produced by the
plastics/rubber recycling unit on a calendar quarter basis shall be more than
70% of the combined weight of the plastics, rubber, and rubber tires processed
by the plastics/rubber recycling unit on a calendar quarter basis. The
plastics, rubber, and/or rubber tire feed materials to the plastics/rubber
recycling unit may originate from the separation or diversion of plastics,
rubber, or rubber tires from MSW or industrial solid waste, and may include
manufacturing scraps trimmings, and off-specification plastics, rubber, and
rubber tire discards. The plastics, rubber, and rubber tire feed materials to
the plastics/rubber recycling unit may contain incidental contaminants
(e.g., paper labels on plastic bottles, metal rings on plastic
bottle caps, etc.)
POTENTIAL HYDROGEN CHLORIDE EMISSION
CONCENTRATION means the hydrogen chloride emission concentration
that would occur from combustion of municipal solid waste in the absence of any
emission controls for municipal waste combustor acid gases.
POTENTIAL MERCURY EMISSION
CONCENTRATION means the mercury emission concentration that would
occur from combustion of municipal solid waste in the absence of any mercury
emissions control.
POTENTIAL SULFUR DIOXIDE EMISSIONS
means the sulfur dioxide emission concentration that would occur from
combustion of municipal solid waste in the absence of any emission controls for
municipal waste combustor acid gases.
RECONSTRUCTION means rebuilding a
municipal waste combustor unit for which the reconstruction commenced after
June 19, 1996, and the cumulative costs of the construction over the life of
the unit exceed 50% of the original cost of construction and installation of
the unit (not including any cost of land purchased in connection with such
construction or installation) updated to current costs (current
dollars).
REFRACTORY UNIT OR REFRACTORY WALL
FURNACE means a combustion unit having no energy recovery
(e.g., via a waterwall) in the furnace
(i.e., radiant heat transfer section) of the combustor.
REFUSE-DERIVED FUEL means a type of
municipal solid waste produced by processing municipal solid waste through
shredding and size classification. This includes all classes of refuse-derived
fuel including, but not limited to, low-density fluff refuse-derived fuel,
densified refuse-derived fuel and pelletized refuse-derived fuel.
REFUSE-DERIVED FUEL STOKER means a
steam generating unit that combusts refuse-derived fuel in a semisuspension
firing mode using air-fed distributors.
SECOND CALENDAR HALF means the period
starting July 1st and ending on December
31st in any year.
SHIFT SUPERVISOR means the person who
is in direct charge and control of the operation of a municipal waste combustor
and who is responsible for onsite supervision, technical direction, management,
and overall performance of the facility during an assigned shift.
SMALL MUNICIPAL WASTE COMBUSTOR UNIT
means a municipal waste combustor unit with a municipal waste combustor unit
capacity greater than 39 tons per day but equal to or less than 250 tons per
day of municipal solid waste.
STANDARD CONDITIONS means a
temperature of 20oC and a pressure of 101.3
kilopascals.
TOTAL MASS DIOXIN/FURAN OR TOTAL MASS
means the total mass of tetra- through octa-chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and
dibenzofurans, as determined using 40 CFR, Part 60: Appendix A,
Reference Method 23.
TWENTY FOUR-HOUR DAILY AVERAGE OR 24-HOUR DAILY
AVERAGE means either the arithmetic mean or geometric mean (as
specified) of all hourly emission concentrations when the affected unit is
operating and combusting municipal solid waste measured over a 24-hour period
between 12:00 A.M. and the 12:00 A.M.
UNTREATED LUMBER means wood or wood
products that have been cut or shaped and include wet, air-dried, and
kiln-dried wood products. Untreated lumber does not include wood products that
have been painted, pigment-stained, or "pressure-treated". Pressure treating
compounds include, but are not limited to, chromate copper arsenate,
pentachlorophenol, and creosote.
WATERWALL FURNACE means a combustion
unit having energy (heat) recovery in the furnace (i.e.,
radiant heat transfer section) of the combustor.
YARD WASTE means grass, grass
clippings, bushes, and shrubs that are generated by residential,
commercial/retail, institutional, and/or industrial sources as part of
maintenance activities associated with yards or other private or public lands.
Yard waste does not include construction, renovation, and demolition wastes.
Yard waste does not include clean wood.
(d)
Designated Pollutants and
Operating Practices. 310 CMR 7.08(2) establishes requirements for
the following municipal waste combustor operating practices, pollutants,
opacity and fugitive ash:
1. Operating
Practices (Carbon Monoxide (CO), Flue Gas Temp., Load Level)
2. Metals (Mercury (Hg), Lead (Pb), Cadmium
(Cd))
3. Particulate Matter
(PM)
4. Opacity
5. Organics (Dioxin/Furan)
6. Acid Gases (Sulfur Dioxide
(SO2), Hydrogen Chloride (HCl))
7. Nitrogen Oxides
(NOx)
8.
Fugitive Ash Emissions
(e)
Applicability.
1.
Large Municipal Waste
Combustor Units. 310 CMR 7.08(2) applies in its entirety to any
person who owns, leases, operates or controls a large municipal waste combustor
unit. Applicable requirements and limitations contained in 310 CMR 7.08(2)
shall not supersede, relax or eliminate any more stringent conditions or
requirements (e.g., emission limitation(s), testing,
recordkeeping, reporting, or monitoring requirements) established by regulation
or contained in a facility's previously issued source specific plan approval(s)
or emission control plan(s).
2.
Other Approvals or Permits - A plan approval under
310 CMR
7.02(2) is not required in
order to implement the requirements for 310 CMR 7.08(2) unless construction,
substantial reconstruction or alterations are planned at the facility which are
not required under the requirements at 310 CMR 7.08(2). If the facility has a
final operating permit pursuant to 310 CMR 7:00: Appendix C,
the operating permit will be modified upon approval of the emission control
plan, in accordance with the procedures in
310 CMR
7.00: Appendix C(8). No additional
application or fee is necessary to modify the operating permit at the same time
the emission control plan is approved. If the facility does not have a final
operating permit, the facility must amend its operating permit application to
include the approved emission control plan.
(f)
Applicable
Requirements.
1.
Operating Practices.
a. No person subject to 310 CMR 7.08(2)
shall:
i. cause, suffer, allow or permit the
discharge into the atmosphere from a municipal waste combustor unit any gases
that contain carbon monoxide in excess of the emission limits specified in 310
CMR 7.08(2)(f)2.: Table 1;
ii. cause, suffer, allow or permit a
municipal waste combustor unit to operate at a load level greater than 110% of
the maximum demonstrated municipal waste combustor unit load calculated in
four-hour block arithmetic averages, measured during the most recent
dioxin/furan compliance test in which compliance is achieved; and
iii. cause, suffer, allow or permit a
municipal waste combustor unit to operate at a temperature, measured at the
particulate matter control device inlet, exceeding 17°C (30°F) above
the maximum demonstrated particulate matter control device temperature,
calculated in four-hour block arithmetic averages, measured during the most
recent dioxin/furan compliance test in which compliance is
achieved.
b. During any
nine-month dioxin/furan compliance test, quarterly mercury compliance test, or
nine-month mercury compliance test, and the two weeks preceding each nine-month
dioxin/furan compliance test, quarterly mercury compliance test, or nine-month
mercury compliance test, municipal waste combustor unit load limit, average
mass carbon feed rate limit and particulate matter control device temperature
limitations are not applicable.
c.
The requirements of 310 CMR 7.08(2)(f)1.a.ii. and iii. may be waived, if prior
approval is granted by the Department, for the purposes of evaluating system
performance, testing new technology or control technologies, diagnostic
testing, or related activities for the purpose of improving facility
performance provided that there is an improvement in controlling air pollution,
or advancing the state-of-the-art technology for controlling facility
emissions.
2.
Metals, Organics and Acid Gases. No person subject to
310 CMR 7.08(2) shall cause, suffer, allow or permit the discharge into the
atmosphere from a municipal waste combustor unit any gases that contain metals,
opacity, organics, particulate matter or acid gases in excess of the emission
limits specified in 310 CMR 7.08(2)(f)2.:
Table 2.
TABLE 1. MUNICIPAL WASTE COMBUSTOR OPERATING PRACTICES
|
Municipal Waste Combustor Technology |
Carbon Monoxide Emissions Level (parts per million by
volume)a |
Averaging
Timeb |
|
Mass Burn Waterwall |
100 |
four-hour |
|
Refuse-derived Fuel Stoker |
200 |
24-hour |
a Measured at the combustor outlet
in conjunction with a measurement of oxygen concentration, corrected to 7%
oxygen, dry basis. Calculated as an arithmetic average.
b Averaging times are four-hour
block or 24-hour daily arithmetic averages.
TABLE 2. EMISSION LIMITS FOR MUNICIPAL WASTE COMBUSTOR
UNITS
|
Emission Limits For Large MWC
Unitsa |
|
Particulate Matter (PM) |
25 mg/dscm |
|
Opacity |
10% (six-minute average) |
|
METALS: |
|
Cadmium (Cd) |
0.035 mg/dscm |
|
Lead (Pb) |
0.400 mg/dscm |
|
Mercury (Hg) |
0.028 mg/dscm - average of compliance tests conducted
in any rolling 12-month period |
|
0.050 mg/dscm - average of test runs in any quarterly
or 9-month compliance test |
|
ACID GASES: |
|
Sulfur Dioxide
(SO2) |
29 ppmv or 75% reduction by weight or volume,
whichever is less stringent. Compliance is based on a 24-hour geometric
mean. |
|
Hydrogen Chloride (HCl) |
29 ppmv or 95% reduction by weight or volume,
whichever is less stringent. |
|
ORGANICS: (Total
Mass) |
|
Dioxin/Furan with Electrostatic precipitator
(ESP) |
35 ng/dscm |
|
Dioxin/Furan with Fabric Filter (FF) |
30 ng/dscm |
a Corrected to 7% oxygen (dry
basis).
3.
Nitrogen Oxides. No person subject to 310 CMR 7.08(2)
shall cause, suffer, allow or permit the discharge into the atmosphere from a
municipal waste combustor unit any gases that contain nitrogen oxides in excess
of the emission limits specified in 310 CMR 7.08(2)(f)3.:
Table
3. Emission Reduction Credits (ERCs) generated under 310 CMR
7.00: Appendix B(3) may be used to comply with the
requirements contained in Table 3.
TABLE 3. NITROGEN OXIDES EMISSION LIMITS FOR LARGE MUNICIPAL
WASTE COMBUSTOR UNITS
|
Municipal Waste Combustor Technology |
NO Emission Limit (Parts per million by
volume)b |
Averaging
Timeb |
|
Until one year after issuance of ECP approval under
310 CMR 7.08(2)(j)) 1., but no later than March 9, 2020 |
Beginning one year after issuance of ECP approval
under 310 CMR 7.08(2)(j)1., but no later than March 10, 2020 |
|
Mass Burn Waterwall |
205 |
150 |
24-hour |
|
Refuse-derived Fuel Stoker |
250 |
146 |
24-hour |
a Corrected to 7% oxygen, dry
basis.
b Averaging times are 24-hour daily
arithmetic averages.
4.
Nitrogen Oxides Emission Averaging Plan. A person
subject to 310 CMR 7.08(2) may elect to implement a nitrogen oxides emissions
averaging plan for the units located at the same municipal waste combustor
plant. Municipal waste combustor units subject to 40 CFR, Part 60, Subpart Ea
or Eb shall not be included in the emissions averaging plan. The units included
in the nitrogen oxides emissions averaging plan must be identified in the
annual report specified in 310 CMR 7.08(2)(i), prior to implementing the
averaging plan. The units at the plant included in the averaging plan may be
redesignated each calendar year.
a. To
implement an emissions averaging plan, the average daily (24-hour) nitrogen
oxides emission concentration level for gases discharged from units included in
the emissions averaging plan shall not exceed the limits specified in Table 4.
TABLE 4. NITROGEN OXIDES EMISSION LIMITS FOR UNITS INCLUDED IN
AN EMISSIONS AVERAGING PLAN
|
Municipal Waste Combustor Technology |
NO Emission Limit x
(Parts per million by
volume)a |
Averaging
Timeb |
|
Mass Burn Waterwall |
150 |
24-hour |
|
Refuse-derived Fuel Stoker |
146 |
24-hour |
a Corrected to 7% oxygen, dry
basis.
b Averaging times are 24-hour daily
arithmetic averages.
b.
Under an emissions averaging plan, the average daily nitrogen oxides emission
limits specified in Table 4 shall be calculated using equation (1). Units that
are offline shall not be included in calculating the average daily nitrogen
oxides emission level.
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where:
No24-hr = 24-hour daily average
nitrogen oxides emission concentration level for the emissions averaging plan
(ppmv, corrected to 7% oxygen).
No
xi= 24-hour daily average nitrogen
oxides emission concentration level for unit i (ppmv, corrected to 7%
oxygen).
S i = maximum demonstrated municipal
waste combustor unit load for unit (pounds per hour steam or feedwater flow as
determined in the most recent dioxin/furan performance test).
h = total number of units included in the daily emissions
average.
c. For any day in
which any unit included in an emissions averaging plan is offline, the owner or
operator of the municipal waste combustor plant must still demonstrate
compliance with the applicable limits specified in Table 4 according to either
310 CMR 7.08(2)(f)4.d., or 310 CMR 7.08(2)(f)4.e., f. and g.
d. Compliance with the applicable limits
specified in Table 4 shall be demonstrated using the averaging procedure
specified in 310 CMR 7.08(2)(f)4.b.
5.
Ammonia. No later
than the dates specified in the emission control plan approval issued by the
Department under 310 CMR 7.08(2)(j), any person subject to 310 CMR 7.08(2)
utilizing ammonia or urea for NO control shall:
a. conduct ammonia optimization
testing;
b. submit a report to the
Department correlating NOx emissions and ammonia slip;
c. propose an ammonia emissions limit that
the Department will review and may modify before incorporating in the unit's
approval, pursuant to the procedures in 310 CMR 7.08(2)(j)7.; and
d. if using an ammonia continuous emission
monitoring system to demonstrate compliance, obtain, at a minimum, valid hourly
averages based on at least two data points per hour, for at least 90% of the
operating hours per calendar quarter and 95% of the operating hours per
calendar year that the affected facility is combusting municipal solid
waste.
6.
Fugitive Ash. No person subject to 310 CMR 7.08(2)
shall cause, suffer, allow or permit the discharge into the atmosphere of any
visible emissions of combustion ash from an ash conveying system (including
transfer points) in excess of 5% of the observation period (nine minutes per
three-hour period). This emission limit does not cover visible emissions
discharged inside buildings or enclosures of ash conveying systems; however the
emission limit does apply to visible emissions discharged to the atmosphere
from buildings or enclosures of ash conveying systems. 310 CMR 7.08(2)(f)6.
does not apply during maintenance and repair of ash conveying systems.
Maintenance and repair of the ash conveying systems must be done in accordance
with best management practices.
7.
Operator Training and Certification. Any person
subject to 310 CMR 7.08(2) shall implement the following municipal waste
combustor operator training and certification requirements.
a. shall have each chief facility operator
and shift supervisor obtain and maintain an Operator Certificate issued by the
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
b. shall not allow the municipal waste
combustor unit to be operated at any time unless one of the following persons
is on duty: A chief facility operator or a shift supervisor who has obtained an
Operator Certificate. (A Provisional Certificate is acceptable provided the
shift supervisor is scheduled to obtain an Operator Certificate in accordance
with 310 CMR 7.08(2)(f). A provisionally certified operator who is newly
promoted or recently transferred to a shift supervisor position or a chief
facility operator position at the municipal waste combustion unit may perform
the duties of the certified chief facility operator or certified shift
supervisor without notice to, or approval by, the Department for up to six
months before taking the ASME QRO certification exam.) If one of the persons
listed above must leave the municipal waste combustor plant during his or her
operating shift, a provisionally certified control room operator who is onsite
at the municipal waste combustor plant may fulfill these requirements.
Depending on the length of time that a certified chief facility operator and
certified shift supervisor are away, the owner or operator of the affected
facility must meet the following criteria:
i.
When the certified chief facility operator and certified shift supervisor are
both off site for 12 hours or less, and no other certified operator is on site,
the provisionally certified control room operator may perform the duties of the
certified chief facility operator or certified shift supervisor.
ii. When the certified chief facility
operator and certified shift supervisor are off site for more than 12 hours,
but for two weeks or less, and no other certified operator is on site, the
provisionally certified control room operator may perform the duties of the
certified chief facility operator or certified shift supervisor without notice
to, or approval by, the Department. However, the owner or operator of the
affected facility must record the period when the certified chief facility
operator and certified shift supervisor are off-site and include that
information in the annual report as specified under 310 CMR 7.08(2)(i)1.h.
iii. When the certified chief
facility operator and certified shift supervisor are off site for more than two
weeks, and no other certified operator is on site, the provisionally certified
control room operator may perform the duties of the certified chief facility
operator or certified shift supervisor without approval by the Department.
However, the owner or operator of the affected facility shall notify the
Department in writing no later than three working days after the two week
period. This initial notification shall state the cause of the absence and the
actions that are being taken by the owner or operator of the facility to ensure
that a certified chief facility operator or certified shift supervisor is on
site as expeditiously as practicable.
iv. When the certified chief facility
operator and certified shift supervisor are off site for more than two weeks,
and no other certified operator is on site, the owner or operator of the
affected facility shall submit a status report and corrective action summary to
the Department every four weeks, beginning four weeks following the initial
notification, demonstrating that a good faith effort is being made to ensure
that a certified chief facility operator or certified control room shift
supervisor is on site. If the Department provides notice that the status report
or corrective action summary is disapproved, the municipal waste combustion
unit may continue operation for 90 days, but then must cease operation. If
corrective actions are taken in the 90-day period such that the Department
withdraws the disapproval, municipal waste combustion unit operation may
continue.
c. shall have
all chief facility operators, shift supervisors, and control room operators who
have not obtained an Operator Certificate from ASME complete the National
Technical Information Service - "EPA Municipal Waste Combustor Operating
Course."
d. shall establish a
training program to review the operating manual with each person who has
responsibilities affecting the operation of an affected municipal waste
combustor unit including, but not limited to, chief facility operators, shift
supervisors, control room operators, ash handlers, maintenance personnel, and
crane/load handlers. The operating manual shall address at a minimum the
following:
i. A summary of all the applicable
requirements in 310 CMR 7.08(2);
ii. Basic combustion theory applicable to a
municipal waste combustor unit;
iii. Procedures for receiving, handling, and
feeding municipal solid waste;
iv.
Municipal waste combustor unit startup, shutdown, and malfunction
procedures;
v. Procedures for
maintaining proper combustion air supply levels;
vi. Procedures for operating the municipal
waste combustor unit within the requirements established under 310 CMR
7.08(2);
vii. Procedures for
responding to periodic upset or off-specification conditions;
viii. Procedures for minimizing particulate
matter carryover;
ix. Procedures
for handling ash;
x. Procedures for
monitoring municipal waste combustor unit emissions; and
xi. Reporting and recordkeeping
procedures.
e. shall make
available to the Department for inspection upon request all the operating
manual and records of training.
f.
shall be in compliance with all training and certification requirements
specified in 310 CMR 7.08(2)(f)7. by six months after the date of start up or
August 21, 1999. whichever is later.
8.
MATERIALS SEPARATION
PLAN.
a. within six months from
the date that a Material Separation Plan Guidance Document ("guidance
document") is provided by the Department, any person subject to 310 CMR 7.08(2)
shall submit a materials separation plan for the removal of mercury-bearing
products or other specific toxic components or toxic precursors as designated
by the Department pursuant to 310 CMR 7.08(2)(f)8.e. The material separation
plan shall be developed in accordance with the guidance document and shall
detail the minimum requirements for compliance with the materials separation
plan.
b. Upon Department draft
approval of the materials separation plan, the Department shall publish a
notice of public comment in accordance with M.G.L. c. 30A detailing the
proposed materials separation plan. The Department shall allow for a 30-day
public comment period following the published notice. The Department will
approve or deny the materials separation plan after the close of the public
comment period. Following Department approval of the materials separation plan,
the person subject to 310 CMR 7.08(2) must implement the materials separation
plan.
c. Prior to the
implementation of the materials separation plan, the person subject to 310 CMR
7.08(2) shall determine the uncontrolled mercury concentration in the flue gas
for four consecutive quarters. The Department may require subsequent
testing.
d. One year following the
date of implementation of the materials separation plan and every year after,
the person subject to 310 CMR 7.08(2) shall submit a progress report to the
Department documenting the effective implementation of the materials separation
plan. The Department may require modifications to the materials separation plan
if necessary.
e. The Department may
require that material separation plans address other specific toxic components
or toxic precursors, provided that the Department first conducts a formal
rulemaking pursuant to M.G.L. c. 30A to require persons subject to 310 CMR
7.08(2) to add such other toxic component or precursor to the material
separation plan.
(g)
Compliance and Performance
Testing. Any person subject to 310 CMR 7.08(2) shall comply with
the provisions of
40 CFR
60.58b:
Compliance and Performance
Testing, as last amended May 10, 2006, the provisions of which are
hereby incorporated by reference. Compliance with the applicable requirements
as set forth in 310 CMR 7.08(2)(f) shall be determined in accordance with
40 CFR
60.58b, except as provided under 310 CMR
7.08(2)(g)1., 2., 3., 5. and 6. The initial performance test must be completed
within 180 days after the final compliance date.
1.
DIOXIN/FURAN.
Following the date of the initial performance test for dioxin/furans, any
person subject to 310 CMR 7.08(2) shall conduct compliance tests for
dioxin/furan emissions according to one of the schedules specified in 310 CMR
7.08(2)(g)1.a. through e.:
a. Following the
date of the initial performance test, compliance testing for dioxin/furan
emissions shall be conducted on all municipal waste combustor unit(s) on a
nine-month basis; or b. For municipal waste combustor unit(s) where all
compliance tests for all unit(s) over a 27 month period indicate that
dioxin/furan emissions are less than or equal to seven nanograms per dry
standard cubic meter total mass (ng/dscm), corrected to 7% oxygen, the person
subject to 310 CMR 7.08(2) may elect to conduct compliance tests for one unit
every nine months. At a minimum, a compliance test for dioxin/furan emissions
shall be conducted every nine months following the previous compliance test for
one unit at the municipal waste combustor plant. Every nine months a different
unit at the municipal waste combustor plant shall be tested, and the units at
the plant shall be tested in sequence (e.g., unit 1, unit 2,
unit 3, as applicable). The person subject to 310 CMR 7.08(2) may continue to
conduct compliance testing on only one unit per nine-month basis so long as the
dioxin/furan emission limits remain less than or equal to 7 ng/dscm @ 7% 0. If
any nine-month compliance test indicates dioxin/furan emissions greater than
the specified limit, compliance tests shall thereafter be conducted on all
units at the plant every nine months until and unless all nine-month compliance
test for all units at the plant over a 27-month period indicate dioxin/furan
emissions less than or equal to the 7 ng/dscm @ 7% O2.
c. Any person subject to 310 CMR 7.08(2) who
elects to follow the compliance testing schedule specified in 310 CMR
7.08(2)(g) l.b., shall follow the procedures specified in 310 CMR 7.08(2)(i)1.
for reporting the selection of this schedule.
d. Municipal waste combustor units where
carbon injection (or equivalent) is used to comply with the dioxin/furan
emission limits specified in 310 CMR 7.08(2)(f)2. or the dioxin/furan emission
limit specified in 310 CMR 7.08(2)(g) l.b. shall follow the procedures
specified in
40 CFR
60.58b(m) as last amended
May 10, 2006, for measuring and calculating the eight-hour block average carbon
(or equivalent) usage rate.
e. Any
person subject to 310 CMR 7.08(2) electing continuous automated sampling of
dioxin/furan emissions as an alternative to manual reference method sampling
shall comply with the provisions of
40 CFR
60.58b(g)(10),
40 CFR
60.58b(p) and
40 CFR
60.58b(q), as last amended
May 10, 2006.
2.
Mercury. Following the date that the initial
performance test for mercury is completed, compliance testing for mercury shall
be conducted on all municipal waste combustor unit(s) on a quarterly basis.
Compliance with the emissions limit specified in 310 CMR 7.08(2)(f)2. shall be
based on the average of four quarterly compliance tests per rolling 12 months
but shall not exceed 0.050 mg/dscm in any quarterly test. If compliance with
the mercury emission limit has been achieved in each quarter for eight
consecutive quarters, then the person subject to 310 CMR 7.08(2) may elect to
perform compliance testing on a nine-month basis. Any municipal waste combustor
unit(s) which cannot achieve compliance with the emission limitation in 310 CMR
7.08(2)(f)2. during the nine-month compliance test shall resume quarterly
compliance testing as specified in 310 CMR 7.08(2)(g)2. Any person subject to
310 CMR 7.08(2) electing continuous monitoring of mercury emissions as an
alternative to manual reference method sampling shall comply with the
provisions of
40 CFR
60.58b(d)(4),
40 CFR
60.58b(n) and
40 CFR
60.58b(o) as last amended
May 10, 2006. Any person subject to 310 CMR 7.08(2) electing continuous
automated sampling of mercury emissions as an alternative to manual reference
method sampling shall comply with the provisions of
40 CFR
60.58b(d)(4),
40 CFR
60.58b(p) and
40 CFR
60.58b(q) as last amended
May 10, 2006.
3.
Optimization Testing. Municipal waste combustor
unit(s) which employ a carbon injection (or equivalent) mercury emission
control system shall conduct optimization tests. These tests will determine the
optimum feed rate for the mercury emissions control apparatus by determining
the carbon (or equivalent) feed rate at which the emissions of mercury are
equal to or less than the applicable limit at 310 CMR 7.08(2)(f)2. The
optimization test shall be conducted as follows:
a. The optimization tests shall be performed
during the initial performance test, after a change in carbon (or equivalent),
upon request by the Department, upon request by the person subject to 310 CMR
7.08(2) or annually if required under 310 CMR 7.08(2)(g)4.
b. If there are identical municipal waste
combustor units at the municipal waste combustor plant, then optimization tests
may be performed on one unit, and the resulting parameters applied to the other
unit(s) which are identical to that unit at that plant.
c. Within 30 calendar days of the conclusion
of any optimization test, any person subject to 310 CMR 7.08(2) shall submit to
the Department for approval a proposed optimized carbon (or equivalent) feed
rate which minimizes mercury emissions. An approvable feed rate is the feed
rate such that a higher feed rate achieves insignificant additional reductions
in mercury emissions compared to the amount of carbon (or equivalent) added.
The carbon (or equivalent) feed rate approved by the Department shall be used
to operate the carbon injection (or equivalent) mercury control system until
the next optimization test is performed and the feed rate approved.
d. Any person owning or operating a municipal
waste combustor unit where carbon injection (or equivalent) is used to comply
with the mercury emission limits specified in 310 CMR 7.08(2)(f)2. or 310 CMR
7.08(2)(g)2. shall follow the procedures specified in
40 CFR
60.58b(m) as last amended
May 10, 2006, for measuring and calculating the eight-hour block average carbon
(or equivalent) usage rate.
4.
(Reserved).
5.
Continuous Emissions
Monitoring Systems Data.
a.
(Reserved)
b. Carbon monoxide CEMS
in accordance with 40 CFR Part 60 : Appendix B, Performance
Specification 4 will satisfy the requirements in 310 CMR 7.08(2)(g).
6.
Compliance Testing
Schedule. Any person subject to 310 CMR 7.08(2) shall conduct
compliance testing for all designated pollutants every nine months for each
municipal waste combustor unit(s). Compliance testing for dioxin/furan and
mercury shall be as specified in 310 CMR 7.08(2)(g)1. and 2.
7.
Continuous Emissions
Monitoring for Particulate Matter. In place of particulate matter
testing with EPA Reference Method 5, any person subject to 310 CMR 7.08(2) may
elect to install, calibrate, maintain, and operate a continuous emission
monitoring system for monitoring particulate matter emissions discharged to the
atmosphere and record the output of the system. Any person subject to 310 CMR
7.08(2) who elects to continuously monitor particulate matter emissions in
place of testing shall comply with the requirements specified in
40 CFR
60.58b(c)(10)(i) through
(xiv) as last amended May 10, 2006. Any
person subject to 310 CMR 7.08(2) who elects to continuously monitor
particulate matter emissions in place of testing is not required to complete
performance testing for particulate matter and is not required to continuously
monitor opacity as specified in
40 CFR
60.58b(c)(9) and (c)(8) as
last amended May 10, 2006.
8.
Continuous Emissions Monitoring for Cadmium and Lead.
In place of cadmium and lead testing with EPA Reference Method 29, any person
subject to 310 CMR 7.08(2) may elect to install, calibrate, maintain, and
operate a continuous emission monitoring system for monitoring cadmium and lead
emissions discharged to the atmosphere and record the output of the system
according to the provisions of
40 CFR
60.58b(n) and (o) as last
amended May 10, 2006.
9.
Continuous Emissions Monitoring for Hydrogen Chloride.
In place of hydrogen chloride testing with EPA Reference Method 26 or 26A, any
person subject to 310 CMR 7.08(2) may elect to install, calibrate, maintain,
and operate a continuous emission monitoring system for monitoring hydrogen
chloride emissions discharged to the atmosphere and record the output of the
system according to the provisions of
40 CFR
60.58b(n) and (o) as last
amended May 10, 2006.
(h)
Recordkeeping. Any person subject to 310 CMR 7.08(2)
shall comply with the recordkeeping requirements of
40 CFR
60.59b(d) as last amended
May 10, 2006, the provisions of which are hereby incorporated by reference, and
maintain records including, but not limited to, the information specified in
310 CMR 7.08(2)(h), as applicable, for each municipal waste combustor unit. All
records shall be retained at the facility for at least five years.
1. The calendar date of each
record.
2. The emission
concentrations and operating parameters measured using continuous monitoring
systems. The measurements specified below shall be recorded and shall be
available for submittal to the Department or for onsite review by an inspector:
a. All six-minute average opacity levels as
specified under
40 CFR
60.58b(c) as last amended
May 10, 2006, including the highest level measured.
b. All one hour average sulfur dioxide
emission concentrations as specified under
40 CFR
60.58b(e) as last amended
May 10, 2006.
c. All one hour
average nitrogen oxides emission concentrations as specified under
40 CFR
60.58b(h) as last amended
May 10, 2006.
d. All one hour
average carbon monoxide emission concentrations, municipal waste combustor unit
load measurements, and particulate matter control device inlet temperatures as
specified under
40 CFR
60.58b(i) as last amended
May 10, 2006. e. All 24-hour daily geometric average sulfur dioxide emission
concentrations and all 24-hour daily geometric average percent reductions in
sulfur dioxide emissions as applicable, as specified under
40 CFR
60.58b(e) as last amended
May 10, 2006, including the highest sulfur dioxide emission concentration level
recorded.
f. All 24-hour daily
arithmetic average nitrogen oxides emission concentrations, as specified under
40 CFR
60.58b(h) as last amended
May 10, 2006, including the highest level recorded.
g. All four-hour block or 24-hour daily
arithmetic average carbon monoxide emission concentrations, as applicable, as
specified under
40 CFR
60.58b(I) as last amended
May 10, 2006, including the highest level recorded.
h. All four-hour block arithmetic average
municipal waste combustor unit load levels and particulate matter control
device inlet temperature, as specified under
40 CFR
60.58b(i) as last amended
May 10, 2006, including the highest level recorded.
i. As applicable, all one hour average and
24-hour daily (block) average particulate matter emissions concentrations, as
specified under
40 CFR
60.58b(c) as last amended
May 10, 2006, including the highest level recorded.
j. As applicable, all one hour average and
24-hour daily arithmetic average mercury, cadmium, lead or hydrogen chloride
emissions concentrations, as specified under
40 CFR
60.58b(n), as last amended
May 10, 2006, including the highest level recorded.
k. As applicable, all integrated two-week
dioxin/furan and integrated 24-hour mercury emissions concentrations, as
specified under
40 CFR
60.58b(p), as last amended
May 10, 2006, including the highest level recorded.
3. Identification of the calendar dates when
any of the average emission concentrations or emission percent reductions,
opacity levels, or operating parameters recorded under 310 CMR 7.08(2)(h)2.
exceed the applicable limits, with detailed specific reasons for such
exceedances and a description of corrective actions taken.
4. For municipal waste combustor unites) that
apply carbon (or equivalent) for mercury or dioxin/furan control, the following
records:
a. The average carbon (or equivalent)
mass feed rate (in lbs/hr) estimated as required under
40 CFR
60.58b(m)(1)(i) as last
amended May 10, 2006, during the initial mercury performance test and all
subsequent mercury compliance tests, with supporting calculations.
b. The average carbon (or equivalent) mass
feed rate (in lbs/hr) estimated for each hour of operation as required under
40 CFR
60.58b(m)(1)(ii) as last
amended May 10, 2006, during the initial dioxin/furan performance test and all
subsequent dioxin/furan compliance tests, with supporting
calculations.
c. The average carbon
(or equivalent) mass feed rate (in lbs/hr) estimated for each hour of operation
as required under
40 CFR
60.58b(m)(3)(ii) as last
amended May 10, 2006, with supporting calculations.
d. The total carbon (or equivalent) usage for
each calendar quarter estimated as specified under
40 CFR
60.58b(m)(3) as last amended
May 10, 2006, with supporting calculations.
e. The carbon (or equivalent) injection
system operating parameter data for the parameter(s) that are the primary
indicator(s) of carbon (or equivalent) feed rate, calculated as specified in
40 CFR
60.58b(m)(2) as last amended
May 10, 2006.
5.
Identification of the calendar dates and time penods for which the minimum
number of hours of any of the data specified below have not been obtained,
including reasons for not obtaining sufficient data and a description of
corrective actions taken:
a. Sulfur dioxide
emissions data.
b. Nitrogen oxides
emissions data.
c. Carbon monoxide
emissions data.
d. Municipal waste
combustor unit load data, including particulate matter control device inlet
temperature data.
e. For any person
subject to 310 CMR 7.08(2) who elects to continuously monitor particulate
matter, cadmium, lead, mercury or hydrogen chloride emissions instead of using
EPA manual test methods, particulate matter, cadmium, lead, mercury or hydrogen
chloride emissions data.
f. For any
person subject to 310 CMR 7.08(2) who elects to use continuous automated
sampling systems for dioxins/furans or mercury instead of EPA manual test
methods, dates and times when the sampling systems were not operating or were
not collecting a valid sample.
6. Identification of each occurrence that
sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and, as applicable, particulate matter,
cadmium, lead, mercury, hydrogen chloride or dioxin/furan emissions data, or
operational data (e.g., carbon monoxide emissions, unit load,
and particulate matter control device temperature) have been excluded from the
calculation of average emission concentrations or parameters, along with
detailed and specific reasons for excluding the data.
7. The results of daily drift tests and
quarterly accuracy determinations for sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and
carbon monoxide continuous emission monitoring systems, as required under 40
CFR, Part 60: Appendix F, Procedure 1. For any person who
elects to continuously monitor or sample instead of using EPA manual test
methods, the results of daily drift tests and quarterly accuracy determinations
for particulate matter as required under 40 CFR 60: Appendix
F, Procedure 2, the results of all quality evaluations, such as daily
drift tests and periodic accuracy determinations for cadmium, lead, mercury or
hydrogen chloride, specified in the approved site-specific performance
evaluation test plan required by
40 CFR
60.58b(o)(5) as last amended
May 10, 2006, and all continuous automated dioxin/furan or mercury sampling
systems quality evaluations specified in the approved site-specific performance
evaluation test plan required by
40 CFR
60.58b(q)(5) as last amended
May 10, 2006.
8. Identification of
each occurrence of a start-up, shut-down or malfunction, including the specific
reasons for each occurrence, date, time, and unit involved. Average emissions
concentrations or percent reductions, or operating parameters recorded under
310 CMR 7.08(2)(h)2., shall be recorded during start-up, shut-down or
malfunction.
9. The results of the
initial performance tests and all subsequent compliance tests conducted to
determine compliance with the particulate matter, opacity, cadmium, lead,
mercury, dioxin/furan, hydrogen chloride, and fugitive ash emission limits
shall be recorded along with supporting calculations and submitted to the
Department within 90 days after each such test.
10. For the initial dioxin/furan performance
test and all subsequent dioxin/furan compliance tests recorded under 310 CMR
7.08(2)(h)9., the maximum demonstrated municipal waste combustor load and
maximum particulate matter control device temperature (for each particulate
matter control device) shall be recorded along with supporting
calculations.
11. Records showing
the names of the municipal waste combustor chief facility operator, shift
supervisors, and control room operators who are certified by ASME (Operator
Certification and Provisional Certification), including the dates of initial
and renewal certifications and documentation of current certification. Records
showing the names of the municipal waste combustor chief facility operator,
shift supervisors, and control room operators who have completed the EPA
municipal waste combustor operator training course if required. Records of when
a certified operator is temporarily off site, pursuant to 310 CMR
7.08(2)(h)11.a. and b.
a. If the certified
chief facility operator and certified shift supervisor are off-site for more
than 12 hours, but for two weeks or less, and no other certified operator is
onsite, record the dates that the certified chief facility operator and
certified shift supervisor were off-site.
b. When all certified chief facility
operators and certified shift supervisors are offsite for more than two weeks
and no other certified operator is on-site, keep records of:
i. Time of day that all certified persons are
off-site.
ii. The conditions that
cause those people to be off-site.
iii. The corrective actions taken by the
owner or operator of the affected facility to ensure a certified chief facility
operator or certified shift supervisor is on-site as soon as
practicable.
iv. Copies of the
written reports submitted every four weeks that summarize the actions taken by
the owner or operator of the affected facility to ensure that a certified chief
facility operator or certified shift supervisor will be on-site as soon as
practicable.
12. Records showing the names of the persons
who have completed a review of the operating manual as required by 310 CMR
7.08(2)(f)7.d., including the date of the initial review and subsequent annual
reviews.
13. For municipal waste
combustor units that apply carbon (or equivalent) for mercury or dioxin/furan
control:
a. Identification of the calendar
dates when the average carbon (or equivalent) mass feed rates recorded under
310 CMR 7.08(2)(h)4.c. were less than either of the hourly carbon feed rates
estimated during compliance tests for mercury or dioxin/furan emissions and
recorded under 310 CMR 7.08(2)(h)4.a. or b., with reasons for such feed rates
and a description of corrective actions taken.
b. Identification of the calendar dates when
the carbon injection (or equivalent) system operating parameter(s) that are the
primary indicator(s) of carbon mass feed rate (or equivalent) recorded under
310 CMR 7.08(2)(h)4.e., are below the level(s) estimated during the compliance
tests as specified in
40 CFR
60.58b(m)(1)(i) and
60.58b(m)(1)(ii)
as last amended May 10, 2006, with reasons for such occurrences and a
description of corrective actions taken.
(i)
Reporting
Requirements. Any person subject to 310 CMR 7.08(2) shall submit
an initial performance report as well as an annual report pursuant to
40 CFR
60.59b(g) as last amended
May 10, 2006, the provisions of which are hereby incorporated by reference that
includes, but is not limited to, the information specified in 310 CMR
7.08(2)(i)1., as applicable. Any person subject to 310 CMR 7.08(2) shall submit
a semiannual report pursuant to
40 CFR
60.59b(h) as last amended
May 10, 2006, the provisions of which are hereby incorporated by reference that
includes, but is not limited to, the information specified in 310 CMR
7.08(2)(i)2. for any recorded pollutant or parameter that does not comply with
the emission limits as set forth in 310 CMR 7.08(2). In meeting the reporting
requirements of 310 CMR 7.08(2)(i)1. and 310 CMR 7.08(2)(i)2., any person
subject to 310 CMR 7.08(2) shall report the information in a format determined
by the Department that is designed to be understandable and informative to the
public. The information shall be submitted in written format and electronic
format.
1.
Annual Reporting
Requirements.a The information
specified in 310 CMR 7.08(2)(i) l.a. through h. shall be reported:
a.310 CMR 7.08(2)(h)2.a., e. through k. for
the highest emission levels recorded. b. 310 CMR 7.08(2)(h)4.a. and
b.
c.310 CMR 7.08(2)(h)5. and 6.,
including
40 CFR
60.59b(g)(1)(iv) and (v), as
last amended May 10, 2006.
d.310
CMR 7.08(2)(h)8. through 10.
e.
Summary of 310 CMR 7 .08(2)(i)l.a. through d. for the previous year.
f. The performance evaluation of the
continuous emission monitoring system using the applicable performance
specifications in 40 CFR Part 60: Appendix B.
g. A notification of intent to begin the
reduced dioxin/furan compliance testing schedule specified in 310 CMR
7.08(2)(g) l.b. during the following calendar year.
h. Documentation of periods when all
certified chief facility operators and certified shift supervisors are off site
for more than 12 hours.
2.
Semi-annual Reporting
Requirements
b. The information specified in 310 CMR
7.08(2)(i)2.a. through e. shall be reported:
a.310 CMR 7.08(2)(h)2.a., e. through k. for
each date recorded in 310 CMR 7.08(2)(h)3.
b.310 CMR 7.08(2)(h)3.
c.310 CMR 7.08(2)(h)4.c.
d.310 CMR 7.08(2)(h)9.c
e. 310 CMR 7.08(2)(h)13.
a Annual reports shall be submitted
no later than February 15th of each year following
the calendar year in which the data were collected.
b Semiannual reports shall be
submitted according to the schedule specified:
(1) If data reported in accordance with
section 310 CMR 7.08(2)(i)2. were collected during the first calendar half,
then the report shall be submitted on or before August
1st following the first calendar half;
(2) If data reported in section 310 CMR
7.08(2)(i)2. were collected during the second calendar half, then the report
shall be submitted on or before February 15th
following the second calendar half.
c Include only the reports which
document emission levels that were above the applicable requirements and the
corrective actions taken.
3.
Reporting Requirements for
Optional Continuous Monitoring and Continuous Automated Sampling.
Any person subject to 310 CMR 7.08(2) electing continuous emissions monitoring
for particulate matter, mercury, lead, cadmium or hydrogen chloride, or
continuous automated sampling for dioxin/furan or mercury, in
lieu of manual sampling, shall comply with the applicable
notification requirements of
40 CFR
60.59b(m) and reporting
requirements of
40 CFR
60.59b(n)(12) and
40 CFR
60.59b(o)(12), as last
amended May 10, 2006.
(j)
EMISSION CONTROL PLAN.
1. General Applicability. Any person subject
to 310 CMR 7.08(2) shall submit an emission control plan (ECP) application to
the Department on or before September 9, 2018 on a form provided by the
Department to include new or amended applicable requirements in 310 CMR
7.08(2)(f). All ECP applications are subject to fee regulations and approval
timelines contained in
310 CMR 4.00: Timely
Action Schedule and Fee Provisions.
2.
Emission Control Plan
Requirements. The requirements of the ECP are contained in the ECP
application but at a minimum, the ECP shall contain sufficient information
(e.g., control efficiency, specifications, standard operating
and maintenance procedures) for any control equipment used to comply with 310
CMR 7.08.
3.
Compliance
Demonstration. Any person subject to 310 CMR 7.08(2) must include
in the ECP application an affirmative demonstration that any facility(ies) in
Massachusetts owned and operated by such persons (or by an entity controlling,
controlled, by or under common control with such person) that is subject to
310 CMR
7.00 and
310 CMR
19.00: Solid Waste Management is in
compliance with, or on a Department approved compliance schedule to meet, all
provisions of
310 CMR
7.00 and
310 CMR
19.00 and any plan approval, order, notice of
noncompliance or permit issued thereunder;
4.
Public Comment on Emission
Control Plans.
a. Upon receipt of
an ECP application the Department will post a notice of public hearing. on a
public website identified by the Department (which may be the Department's own
website), for the duration of the public comment period. The public hearing
will be held 30 days after the publication of the hearing notice. The
Department shall allow for a 30-day public comment period following the
published notice
b. After the public
hearing and the close of the public comment period, the Department will review
all of the information submitted and shall issue either a disapproval of the
application or issue a draft emission control plan approval.
c. Upon issuance of the draft emission
control plan approval, the Department shall:
i. Provide a 30-day period for submittal of
public comment;
ii. Post on a
public website identified by the Department (which may be the Department's own
website), for the duration of the public comment period, the following:
a. Notice of availability of the Department's
proposed decision to approve or deny the ECP application and information on how
to submit public comment;
b. The
Department's proposed decision to approve or deny the ECP
application;
c. Information on how
to access the administrative record for the Department's proposed decision to
approve or deny the ECP application.
iii. Send a copy of the notice required under
310 CMR 7.08(2)(j)4.c.ii.a. to EPA. d. After the close of the public comment
period, the Department will issue a final approval or disapproval of the
emission control plan.
5.
Additional
Requirements. Additional requirements may be included in the
approval if the Department determines that the emissions from a municipal waste
combustor plant's unit(s) alone or cumulatively with other municipal waste
combustor plant's unit(s) cause or contribute to a condition of air pollution
or a violation of any other regulation. Such requirements include but are not
limited to, emission limits on air contaminants, and additional stack testing
or emission monitoring requirements.
The Department may modify the ECP at any time if the Department
determines that a municipal waste combustor plant's unit(s) alone or
cumulatively with other municipal waste combustor plant's unit(s) cause or
contribute to a condition of air pollution or a violation of any other
regulation. Such modification must comply with the requirements in 310 CMR
7.08(2)(j)7.
6.
Compliance Schedule. The ECP shall incorporate a
compliance schedule that at a minimum contains the requirements in 310 CMR
7.08(2)(k).
7. Modification to the
ECP.
a. If the Department proposes to modify a
municipal waste combustor plant's emission control plan, the Department shall:
i. Provide a 30-day period for submittal of
public comment;
ii. Post on a
public website identified by the Department (which may be the Department's own
website), for the duration of the public comment period, the following:
(i) Notice of availability of the
Department's proposed decision to approve or deny the ECP modification and
information on how to submit public comment;
(ii) The Department's proposed decision to
approve or deny the ECP modification; and
(iii) Information on how to access the
administrative record for the Department's proposed decision to approve or deny
the ECP modification.
iii. Send a copy of the notice required under
310 CMR 7.08(2)(j)7.a.ii.a. to EPA.
b. After the close of the public comment
period, the Department will issue a final approval or disapproval of the
modified ECP.
(k)
Schedule.
Municipal waste combustor unit(s) subject to 310 CMR 7.08(2) shall be in full
compliance with the applicable requirements of 310 CMR 7.08(2) after March 9,
2018, except:
1. Nitrogen oxides emission
limits are to be complied with by the dates specified in 310 CMR 7.08(2)(f)3.:
Table 3, and in no case later than March 10, 2020.
2. If a municipal waste combustor unit(s)
cannot comply with the NO emission limit in 310 CMR 7.08(2)(f)3.:
Table 3, the person subject to 310 CMR 7.08(2) may apply in
the emission control plan application due under 310 CMR 7.08(2)(j) for a source
specific alternative NO emission limit, not to exceed a 24-hour daily
arithmetic average of 185 parts per million by volume, dry basis, corrected to
7% oxygen. Such emission control plan application must evaluate each of the
following NO controls, where it may be applied, and its technological and
economic feasibility.
a. low-NO burners;
b. close coupled and separated
overfire air;
c. flue gas
recirculation;
d. steam/water
injection;
e. dry
low-NOx combustors;
f. fuel emulsification;
g. selective noncatalytic reduction
(SNCR);
h. selective catalytic
reduction (SCR);
i. nonselective
catalytic reduction (NSCR);
j. use
of emission reduction credits (ERCs) certified by the Department pursuant to
310 CMR
7.00: Appendix B (3), or pursuant to
the interstate trading provisions at
310 CMR
7.00: Appendix B(3)(f); and k. other
innovative technologies available to reduce NO.
