New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 27 - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
Subchapter 20 - USED OIL COMBUSTION
Section 7:27-20.6 - Burning of on-specification oil in other combustion units

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 7:27-20.6

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024

(a) Except as prohibited by N.J.A.C. 7:27-20.2(b) or (c), a permittee may burn on-specification used oil or processed used oil fuel in a combustion unit without having to modify the permit, provided that:

1. The rated gross heat input is greater than 20 million BTU per hour;

2. The combustion device is capable of burning Number 6 fuel oil; and

3. The Department has issued a permit which authorizes the unit to burn Number 6 fuel oil;

4. The permittee confirms, prior to burning, and pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:27-20.5, that the used oil combusted is on-specification used oil;

5. The permittee confirms, prior to burning, that the used oil combusted meets the ash standard outlined in N.J.A.C. 7:27-20.8; and

6. The on-specification used oil or processed used oil fuel or blend of any on-specification used oil or processed used oil fuel with commercial fuel meets the applicable sulfur standard of N.J.A.C. 7:27-9.

(b) Any combustion unit which meets the provisions of (a) above may also combust a blend of on-specification used oil or processed used oil fuel and a commercial fuel oil. The blend shall meet the provisions of N.J.A.C. 7:27-20.8.

(c) Any person who sells or conveys to another party commercial fuel blended with used oil to be burned in New Jersey in a combustion unit pursuant to (a) above shall provide certification that only on-specification used oil is in the blend, consistent with N.J.A.C. 7:27-20.5 and that the ash content in the blend is less than 0.15 percent by weight, pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:27-20.8(a).

(d) Any blends of off-specification used oil with commercial fuel oil or with on-specification used oil shall be subject to the provisions of N.J.A.C. 7:27-20.7.

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