New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 9 - SOLID WASTE
Part 5 - SOLID WASTE FACILITY AND COMMERCIAL HAULERS OPERATING REQUIREMENTS
Section 20.9.5.12 - ADDITIONAL TRANSFORMATION FACILITY OPERATION OPERATING REQUIREMENTS

A. control dust in the unloading and charging areas in such a manner as to prevent explosions and fugitive dust emissions;

B. maintain appropriate fire-fighting equipment in the charging and storage areas and elsewhere as needed;

C. conduct any recycling operations in a sanitary manner, which does not interfere with transformation operations and remove all recyclable materials, in a timely manner or store them so as not to create a nuisance, vector harborage, or public health hazard;

D. provide sufficient unloading areas to meet demands of peak periods;

E. provide sufficient training for all new employees so that equipment may be operated according to design specifications, and conduct review training annually;

F. prominently post key operational procedures;

G. store any special wastes generated by the transformation facility in covered buildings, in covered leak-proof containers, or in tanks, which shall be labeled with a description of the contents and the date the wastes were placed in storage;

H. provide audible signals to alert operating personnel of critical operating unit malfunctions;

I. provide sampling points of each process stream that do not interfere with normal facility operation;

J. if a facility is permitted to handle special wastes, provide separate areas for storage while the special wastes await processing or transport;

K. store special wastes in a manner to assure that they are protected from weather elements and fire and to assure that incompatible wastes are kept separate; and

L. establish an ash testing program prior to start-up of the transformation facility; representative samples of both fly ash and bottom ash shall be tested in accordance with 20.9.8.11 NMAC; test methods, the number of tests, detection limits, and parameters to be tested shall be approved in the permit or registration; frequency of testing shall be one sample per month taken within 5 days of the beginning of the month, unless an alternate test frequency is specifically approved by the department based on a demonstration that the ash is homogenous.