Virginia Administrative Code
Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT
Agency 5 - STATE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
Chapter 40 - EXISTING STATIONARY SOURCES
Part II - Emission Standards
Article 46 - Emission Standards for Small Municipal Waste Combustors (Rule 4-46)
Section 9VAC5-40-6590 - Standard for dioxins/furans
Universal Citation: 9 VA Admin Code 9VAC5-40-6590
Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 3, September 23, 2024
A. No owner or other person shall cause or permit to be discharged into the atmosphere from any Class I unit any dioxin/furan (total mass basis) emissions in excess of the following.
1. For units that do not use an electrostatic
precipitator-based emission control system: 30 nanograms per dry standard cubic
meter, measured at 7.0% oxygen, three-run average (minimum run duration of four
hours).
2. For units that use
electrostatic precipitator-based emission control system: 60 nanograms per dry
standard cubic meter, measured at 7.0% oxygen, three-run average (minimum run
duration of four hours).
B. No owner or other person shall cause or permit to be discharged into the atmosphere from any Class II unit any dioxin/furan emissions (total mass basis) in excess of 125 nanograms per dry standard cubic meter, measured at 7.0% oxygen, three-run average (minimum run duration of four hours).
Statutory Authority
§ 10.1-1308 of the Code of Virginia.
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