Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. Startup and Shutdown Procedure:
(1) Waste shall not be placed into the
combustion unit during startup until the auxiliary burners have achieved the
required combustion temperature of subsection A or C of 20.2.62.202
NMAC.
(2) During shutdown,
auxiliary burners shall be utilized to maintain the required combustion
temperature of subsection A or C of 20.2.62.202 NMAC until the carbon monoxide
emission limit specified in 20.2.62.201 NMAC can be achieved without their
use.
B. Upset Condition:
(1) The provisions of 20.2.7 NMAC (Excess
Emissions During Malfunction, Startup, Shutdown, or Scheduled Maintenance)
shall not apply to any municipal waste combustion unit.
(2) Prior to the failure of the system to
meet the temperature requirements of subsection A or C of 20.2.62.202 NMAC or
any emission limit in 20.2.62.201 NMAC for which compliance is based on
continuous emission monitoring, a visual and audible alarm shall notify the
operator. The operator shall implement all reasonable measures to correct the
impending upset condition.
(3)
Whenever the temperature requirements of subsection A or C of 20.2.62.202 NMAC
or any emission limit in 20.2.62.201 NMAC for which compliance is based on
continuous emission monitoring is exceeded, the operator shall take the
following actions:
(a) waste feed to the
combustion unit shall automatically cut off and the unit be shutdown;
(b) notify the Department verbally of the
exceedance within 4 hours of its occurrence or prior to 12 noon of the next
business day should the exceedance occur during non-business hours;
(c) note in the operating record the time and
date of the exceedance, when shutdown began, and when shutdown was
complete;
(d) identify and correct
the cause of the upset condition before resuming operation of the unit;
and
(e) note in the operating
record the corrective action taken and the time and date of startup.
C. Continuous Emission
Monitor Malfunction: Whenever any required continuous emission monitor cannot
meet the data capture requirement of paragraph (6) of subsection A of
20.2.62.203 NMAC, and the owner or operator does not obtain the required data
from an alternate monitor or test method, the combustion unit shall be shutdown
for the time necessary to comply with paragraph (6) of subsection A of
20.2.62.203 NMAC.
D. Disaster Plan
for Catastrophic Failure: No permit shall be approved for the operation of a
municipal waste incinerator until the Department has approved a plan prepared
by the applicant for prevention of harm to the surrounding population and
environment in the event of a catastrophic failure at the incinerator. The plan
shall include, but not be limited to, measures for protecting that population
from releases into the environment of significant emissions from the
incinerator.
