[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 235 (Wednesday, December 6, 2000)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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Part II
Environmental Protection Agency
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40 CFR Part 60
New Source Performance Standards for New Small Municipal Waste
Combustion Units; Final Rule
Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 235 / Wednesday, December 6, 2000 /
Rules and Regulations
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 60
[AD-FRL-6899-6]
RIN 2060-AI51
New Source Performance Standards for New Small Municipal Waste
Combustion Units
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: This action reestablishes new source performance standards
(NSPS) for new small municipal waste combustion (MWC) units. The NSPS
for small MWC units contain stringent emission limits for organics
(dioxins/furans), metals (cadmium, lead, mercury, and particulate
matter), and acid gases (hydrogen chloride, sulfur dioxide, and
nitrogen oxides). Some of those pollutants can cause toxic effects such
as eye, nose, throat, and skin irritation, and blood cell, heart,
liver, and kidney damage. The NSPS for small MWC units were originally
promulgated in December 1995, but were vacated by the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in March 1997. In response
to the 1997 vacature, on August 30, 1999, EPA proposed to reestablish
NSPS for small MWC units. The NSPS contained in this final rule are
equivalent to the 1995 NSPS for small MWC units.
DATES: Effective date. June 6, 2001.
The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in
this rule are approved by the Director of the Office of Federal
Register as of June 6, 2001.
Applicability Date. The NSPS apply to small MWC units that
commenced construction after August 30, 1999 and small MWC units that
commenced reconstruction or modification after June 6, 2001.
ADDRESSES: Docket No. A-98-18 and associated Docket Nos. A-90-45 and A-
89-08 contain supporting information for the NSPS. The dockets are
available for public inspection and copying between 8:00 a.m. and 5:30
p.m., Monday through Friday, at EPA's Air and Radiation Docket and
Information Center (Mail Code-6102), 401 M Street SW, Washington, DC
20460, or by calling (202) 260-7548. The dockets are located at the
above address in Room M-1500, Waterside Mall (ground floor). A
reasonable fee may be charged for copying.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Rick Copland at (919) 541-5265,
Combustion Group, Emission Standards Division (MD-13), U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, e-
mail: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public Comments. The NSPS and companion
emission guidelines for small MWC units were proposed on August 30,
1999 (64 FR 47276), and 48 comment letters were received on the
proposals. Verbal comments were also received at the October 5, 1999
public hearing. The comment letters and a transcript of the public
hearing are available in Docket No. A-98-18. A summary of and responses
to the public comments are contained in ``Small Municipal Waste
Combustors: Background Information Document for New Source Performance
Standards and Emission Guidelines-Public Comments and Responses (EPA-
453/R-00-001).'' In response to the public comments, EPA adjusted the
final NSPS where appropriate. A copy of the background information
document is located in Docket No. A-98-18.
World Wide Web
Electronic versions of this action, the regulatory text, and other
background information, including the response to comments document,
are available at the Technology Transfer Network Web site (TTN Web)
that EPA has established for the NSPS for small MWC units: ``http://
www.epa.gov/ttn/uatw/129/mwc/rimwc2.html.'' For assistance in
downloading files, call the EPA's TTN Web Help Line at (919) 541-5384.
Regulated Entities
The NSPS will affect the following categories of sources:
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NAICS SIC Examples of
Category codes codes regulated entities
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Industry, Federal 562213 4953 Solid waste
government, and State/local/ 92411 9511 combustors or
tribal governments. incinerators at
waste-to-energy
facilities that
generate
electricity or
steam from the
combustion of
garbage (typically
municipal waste);
and solid waste
combustors or
incinerators at
facilities that
combust garbage
(typically
municipal waste)
and do not recover
energy from the
waste.
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The above list is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather
provides a guide regarding the entities EPA expects to regulate with
the NSPS for small MWC units. Not all facilities classified under the
NAICS and SIC codes are affected. Other types of entities not listed
could also be affected. To determine whether your facility is regulated
by the NSPS, carefully examine the applicability criteria in
Secs. 60.1010 through 60.1045 of the NSPS.
Judicial Review
Today's action of adopting a final rule for small MWC units
constitutes final administrative action on the proposed NSPS for small
MWC units. Under section 307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act (CAA), judicial
review of the final rule is available only by filing a petition for
review in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Circuit by February 5, 2001. Under section 307(d)(7)(B) of the CAA,
only an objection to this final rule that was raised with reasonable
specificity during the period for public comment can be raised during
judicial review. Moreover, under section 307(b)(2) of the CAA, the
requirements established by today's final action may not be challenged
separately in any civil or criminal proceeding brought by EPA to
enforce the requirements.
Organization of This Document
The following outline is provided to aid in locating information in
this preamble.
I. Background Information
II. Summary of the NSPS
A. Sources Regulated by the NSPS
B. Pollutants Regulated by the NSPS
C. Format of the Emission Limits
D. Summary of the NSPS
III. Changes to the NSPS
IV. Impacts of the NSPS
A. Air Impacts
B. Cost and Economic Impacts
V. Companion Rule for Existing Small MWC Units
VI. Administrative Requirements
A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory Planning and Review
B. Executive Order 13132: Federalism
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C. Executive Order 13084: Consultation and Coordination with Indian
Tribal Governments
D. Executive Order 13045: Protection of Children from Environmental
Health Risks and Safety Risks
E. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
F. Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), as amended by the Small
Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 (SBREFA), 5
U.S.C. 601 et seq.
G. Paperwork Reduction Act
H. National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act
I. Congressional Review Act
Abbreviations and Acronyms Used in This Document
ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers
ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
EIA Economic Impact Analysis
EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
FR Federal Register
ICR Information Collection Request kg/year Kilograms per year
Mg/year Megagrams per year
MACT Maximum achievable control technology
MSW Municipal solid waste
MWC Municipal waste combustion
NAICS North American Industrial Classification System
NSPS New source performance standards
NTTAA National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act
OAQPS Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards
OMB Office of Management and Budget
OP Office of Policy
Pub. L. Public Law
RFA Regulatory Flexibility Act
SBREFA Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act
SD/FF/CI Spray dryer/fabric filter/carbon injection
SIC Standard Industrial Classification
TTN Technology Transfer Network
UMRA Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
U.S. United States
U.S.C. United States Code
I. Background Information
On December 19, 1995, EPA promulgated NSPS for large and small MWC
units under 40 CFR part 60, subpart Eb. The NSPS covered new MWC units
located at plants with an aggregate plant combustion capacity greater
than 35 megagrams per day of municipal solid waste (MSW) (approximately
39 tons per day of MSW). The 1995 NSPS divided the MWC unit population
into MWC units located at large MWC plants and MWC units located at
small MWC plants. Plant size was based on the total aggregate capacity
of all individual MWC units at the MWC plant.
Litigation followed the promulgation of the 1995 NSPS. In 1997, the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that
EPA must develop regulations for small MWC units (units with an
individual MWC capacity of 250 tons per day or less) separately from
regulations for large MWC units (units with an individual MWC unit
capacity greater than 250 tons per day), indicating that the 1995 NSPS
were not consistent with section 129 of the CAA. The court directed EPA
to revise the 1995 NSPS so that they applied only to large MWC units,
and the court vacated the 1995 NSPS as they applied to small MWC units.
In response to the court ruling, EPA amended the 1995 NSPS on August
25, 1997 so that they applied only to new large MWC units. Then, on
August 30, 1999, EPA proposed NSPS for small MWC units with an
individual unit capacity of 35 to 250 tons per day.
Today's final rule reestablishes NSPS for new small MWC units with
capacities of 35 to 250 tons per day of MSW under 40 CFR part 60,
subpart AAAA.
II. Summary of the NSPS
The following summarizes the final NSPS for small MWC units,
including identification of the subcategories used in the final NSPS.
Overall, there are no significant changes in the final NSPS compared to
the proposed NSPS. The following two subcategories are used in the NSPS
for small MWC units: Class I units are small MWC units located at
plants with aggregate plant capacities greater than 250 tons of MSW per
day while Class II units are small MWC units located at plants with
aggregate plant capacities less than or equal to 250 tons of MSW per
day.
A. Sources Regulated by the NSPS
Today's NSPS apply to each new MWC unit that has a design
combustion capacity of 35 to 250 tons per day of MSW and commenced
construction after August 30, 1999 or commenced modification or
reconstruction after June 6, 2001. The NSPS for new, modified, or
reconstructed MWC units will become effective on June 6, 2001. Small
MWC units that commenced construction on or before August 30, 1999 are
not covered under the NSPS (subpart AAAA). Those units will be subject
to the emission guidelines for existing small MWC units (subpart BBBB)
which are published separately in today's Federal Register.
B. Pollutants Regulated by the NSPS
Section 129 of the CAA requires EPA to establish numerical emission
limits for dioxins/furans, cadmium, lead, mercury, particulate matter,
opacity, sulfur dioxide, hydrogen chloride, nitrogen oxides, and carbon
monoxide. Section 129 specifies that EPA may also:
* * * promulgate numerical emission limitations or provide for the
monitoring of post-combustion concentrations of surrogate
substances, parameters, or periods of residence times in excess of
stated temperatures with respect to pollutants other than those
listed [above] * * *
Therefore, in addition to the emission limits, EPA is establishing
requirements for MWC unit operating load, flue gas temperature at the
particulate matter control device inlet, and carbon feed rate as part
of the good combustion practice requirements. The EPA is also
establishing requirements for the control of fugitive ash emissions.
All of those requirements were contained in the 1995 NSPS.
C. Format of the Emission Limits
The format of the emission limits is identical to the format of the
1995 NSPS: emission limits based on pollutant concentration.
Alternative percentage reduction requirements are provided for mercury,
sulfur dioxide, and hydrogen chloride. Opacity and fugitive ash
requirements are the same as the 1995 NSPS. In addition to controlling
stack emissions, the NSPS incorporate good combustion practice
requirements (i.e., operator training, operator certification, and MWC
unit operating requirements).
D. Summary of the NSPS
A concise summary of the NSPS can be found in Tables 1 and 2 of
subpart AAAA.
III. Changes to the NSPS
There are no substantial changes in the final NSPS relative to the
NSPS proposed in 1999. A summary of and responses to the public
comments are contained in the background information document described
earlier under ``Public Comments.'' The final emission limits are
consistent with the 1995 NSPS. Based on an evaluation of the best
controlled units within the small MWC unit population, EPA has
concluded that the performance of a spray dryer/fabric filter air
pollution control system continues to represent the maximum achievable
control technology (MACT) floor for new small MWC units.
IV. Impacts of the NSPS
The following describes the impacts (i.e., air, water, solid waste,
energy, cost, and economic impacts) of the NSPS for new small MWC
units. The impact analysis conducted to evaluate the 1995 NSPS still
applies because the air pollution control requirements in the
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final NSPS are the same as the 1995 NSPS. The 1995 analysis is
available at 59 FR 48198. The discussion in this preamble focuses only
on the air, cost, and economic impacts of the NSPS.
In the preamble for the 1995 NSPS, EPA determined that the water,
solid waste, and energy impacts associated with the NSPS were not
significant. Because the NSPS are the same as the 1995 NSPS, the water,
solid waste, and energy impacts are the same and continue to be judged
as not significant.
For further information on the impacts of the NSPS, refer to
``Economic Impact Analysis (EIA): Small Municipal Waste Combustion
Units--Emission Guidelines and New Source Performance Standards,''
March 2000, EPA-452/R-00-001.
A. Air Impacts
As discussed in the EIA, approximately 90 small MWC units located
at 41 plants are operating in the United States. Based on trends in
small MWC unit construction over the past several years, EPA projects
that about one new small MWC plant will be constructed each year. It is
estimated that most new plants with small MWC units will have, on
average, two small MWC units onsite. The 5th year impacts are,
therefore, based on the construction of 10 new small MWC units over a
5-year period.
Table 1 of this preamble presents the national air emissions
reductions for new small MWC units that would result from full
implementation of the NSPS in the 5th year compared to a baseline
scenario without the NSPS.
Table 1.--National Air Emission Impacts of the NSPS for Small MWC Units
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Percent
Pollutant Air emissions reduction reduction \a\
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Dioxins/Furans \b\............. 0.2 kg/year............ 99
Cadmium........................ 169 kg/year............ 99
Lead........................... 15 Mg/year............. 99
Mercury........................ 386 kg/year............ 97
Particulate Matter............. 238 Mg/year............ 98
Sulfur Dioxide................. 189 Mg/year............ 83
Hydrogen Chloride.............. 137 Mg/year............ 90
Nitrogen Oxides................ (\c\).................. (\c\)
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\a\ Percent national emissions reduction relative to national baseline
emissions that would occur in the absence of the NSPS.
\b\ Total mass of tetra-through octachlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins
through dibenzofurans.
\c\ For Class I units, nitrogen oxides emissions reductions are expected
to be approximately 40 percent. Class II units are not expected to
have any reductions in nitrogen oxides emissions. Since the future
distribution of new Class I and II units is unknown, mass reductions
of nitrogen oxides are not presented.
B. Cost and Economic Impacts
To estimate the costs of the NSPS for new small MWC units, EPA has
taken into account the various air pollution control equipment that
would need to be installed at new small MWC plants to achieve the NSPS.
The cost estimates presented here are the projected costs that a new
MWC plant with two small MWC units would incur to comply with the NSPS.
Those costs are based on new small MWC units installing spray dryer/
fabric filter/carbon injection as the air pollution control device
system. The EPA projects that the total annual cost (including
annualized capital and operating costs) for a single MWC plant would be
approximately $1.6 million, and the total annualized cost of the NSPS
would be $8.1 million in the 5th year after promulgation. For more
details on the cost and economic analysis, refer to the EIA.
V. Companion Rule for Existing Small MWC Units
A companion rule to establish emission guidelines for existing
small MWC units is being published separately in today's Federal
Register. The emission guidelines for existing small MWC units are
contained in 40 CFR part 60, subpart BBBB.
VI. Administrative Requirements
A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory Planning and Review
Under Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993), the EPA
must determine whether the regulatory action is ``significant,'' and,
therefore, subject to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review and
the requirements of the Executive Order. The Executive Order defines
``significant regulatory action'' as one that is likely to lead to a
rule that may:
(1) Have an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more,
or adversely affect in a material way the economy, a sector of the
economy, productivity, competition, jobs, the environment, public
health or safety, or State, local, or tribal governments or
communities;
(2) Create a serious inconsistency or otherwise interfere with an
action taken or planned by another agency;
(3) Materially alter the budgetary impact of entitlements, grants,
user fees, or loan programs, or the rights and obligations of
recipients thereof; or
(4) Raise novel legal or policy issues arising out of legal
mandates, the President's priorities, or the principles set forth in
the Executive Order.
Pursuant to the terms of Executive Order 12866, EPA has determined
that this final rule is not a ``significant regulatory action'' and,
therefore, is not subject to OMB review. The EPA submitted the 1995
rulemaking package (which included requirements for new and existing
large MWC units and requirements for new and existing small MWC units)
to OMB for review (60 FR 65405, December 19, 1995) and OMB approved the
rulemaking package for adoption. The NSPS promulgated today only apply
to new small MWC units and are projected to have an impact of
approximately $8.1 million annually in the 5th year after promulgation
of the NSPS.
B. Executive Order 13132: Federalism
Executive Order 13132, entitled ``Federalism'' (64 FR 43255, August
10, 1999), requires EPA to develop an accountable process to ensure
``meaningful and timely input by State and local officials in the
development of regulatory policies that have federalism implications.''
``Policies that have federalism implications'' are defined in the
Executive Order to include regulations that have ``substantial direct
effects on the States, on the relationship between the national
government and the States, or on the distribution of power and
responsibilities among the various levels of government.''
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Under Section 6 of Executive Order 13132, EPA may not issue a
regulation that has federalism implications, that imposes substantial
direct compliance costs, and that is not required by statute, unless
the Federal government provides the funds necessary to pay the direct
compliance costs incurred by State and local governments, or EPA
consults with State and local officials early in the process of
developing the proposed regulation. The EPA also may not issue a
regulation that has federalism implications and that preempts State
law, unless EPA consults with State and local officials early in the
process of developing the proposed regulation.
This final rule does not have federalism implications. It will not
have substantial direct effects on the States, on the relationship
between the national government and the States, or on the distribution
of power and responsibilities among the various levels of government,
as specified in Executive Order 13132, because the NSPS do not preclude
States from adopting and implementing their own performance standards.
Thus, the requirements of section 6 of the Executive Order do not apply
to this final rule. Although section 6 of Executive Order 13132 does
not apply to this final rule, EPA did consult with State and local
officials in developing this final rule. A list of those consultations
is provided in the preamble to the 1995 NSPS (60 FR 65405-65412,
December 19, 1995).
C. Executive Order 13084: Consultation and Coordination With Indian
Tribal Governments
Under Executive Order 13084, EPA may not issue a regulation that is
not required by statute, that significantly or uniquely affects the
communities of Indian tribal governments, and that imposes substantial
direct compliance costs on those communities unless the Federal
government provides the funds necessary to pay the direct compliance
costs incurred by the tribal governments, or EPA consults with those
governments. If EPA complies by consulting, Executive Order 13084
requires EPA to provide to OMB, in a separately identified section of
the preamble to the rule, a description of the extent of EPA's prior
consultation with representatives of affected tribal governments, a
summary of the nature of their concerns, and a statement supporting the
need to issue the regulation. In addition, Executive Order 13084
requires EPA to develop an effective process permitting elected
officials and other representatives of Indian tribal governments ``to
provide meaningful and timely input in the development of regulatory
policies on matters that significantly or uniquely affect their
communities.''
Today's final rule does not significantly or uniquely affect the
communities of Indian tribal governments. The EPA is not aware of any
small MWC units located in Indian territory. Accordingly, the
requirements of section 3(b) of Executive Order 13084 do not apply to
this final rule.
D. Executive Order 13045: Protection of Children From Environmental
Health Risks and Safety Risks
Executive Order 13045, ``Protection of Children from Environmental
Health Risks and Safety Risks'' (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997), applies
to any rule that: (1) Is determined to be ``economically significant''
as defined under Executive Order 12866, and (2) concerns an
environmental health or safety risk that EPA has reason to believe may
have a disproportionate effect on children. If the regulatory action
meets both criteria, EPA must evaluate the environmental health or
safety effects of the planned rule on children and explain why the
planned regulation is preferable to other potentially effective and
reasonably feasible alternatives considered by EPA.
The EPA interprets Executive Order 13045 as applying only to those
regulatory actions that are based on health or safety risks, such that
the analysis required under section 5-501 of the Executive Order has
the potential to influence the regulation. This final rule is not
subject to Executive Order 13045 because it is not economically
significant as defined in Executive Order 12866. Further, it is based
on technology performance and not on health and safety risks.
E. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
Title II of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA), Public
Law 104-4, establishes requirements for Federal agencies to assess the
effects of their regulatory actions on State, local, or tribal
governments and the private sector. Under section 202 of the UMRA, EPA
generally must prepare a written statement, including a cost-benefit
analysis, for proposed and final rules with ``Federal mandates'' that
may result in expenditures to State, local, or tribal governments, in
the aggregate, or to the private sector, of $100 million or more in any
1 year. Before promulgating a rule for which a written statement is
needed, section 205 of the UMRA generally requires EPA to identify and
consider a reasonable number of regulatory alternatives and adopt the
least costly, most cost-effective, or least burdensome alternative that
achieves the objectives of the rule. The provisions of section 205 do
not apply when they are inconsistent with applicable law. Moreover,
section 205 allows EPA to adopt an alternative other than the least
costly, most cost-effective, or least burdensome alternative if the
Administrator publishes with the final rule an explanation why that
alternative was not adopted. Before EPA establishes any regulatory
requirements that may significantly or uniquely affect small
governments, including tribal governments, it must have developed under
section 203 of the UMRA a small government agency plan. The plan must
provide for notifying potentially affected small governments, enabling
officials of affected small governments to have meaningful and timely
input in the development of EPA regulatory proposals with significant
Federal intergovernmental mandates, and informing, educating, and
advising small governments on compliance with the regulatory
requirements.
The EPA has determined that the NSPS do not contain a Federal
mandate that may result in expenditures of $100 million or more for
State, local, or tribal governments, in the aggregate, or the private
sector in any 1 year. The EIA shows that the total annual costs of the
NSPS is about $8.1 million per year in the 5th year after the rule is
promulgated. Thus, today's NSPS are not subject to the requirements of
sections 202 and 205 of the UMRA. Although the NSPS are not subject to
UMRA, EPA prepared a cost-benefit analysis under section 202 of the
UMRA for the 1995 NSPS. For a discussion of how EPA complied with the
UMRA for the 1995 NSPS, including its extensive consultations with
State and local governments, see the preamble to the 1995 NSPS. Because
today's final NSPS are equivalent to the 1995 NSPS, no additional
consultations were necessary.
F. Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), as Amended by the Small Business
Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 (SBREFA), 5 U.S.C. 601 et
seq.
The RFA generally requires Federal agencies to prepare a regulatory
flexibility analysis of any rule subject to notice and comment
rulemaking requirements under the Administrative Procedure Act or any
other statute unless the agency certifies that the rule will not have a
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.
Small entities include small businesses, small organizations, and small
governmental jurisdictions.
For purposes of assessing the impacts of today's final rule on
small entities, a
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small entity is defined as: (1) A small business in the regulated
industry that has a gross annual revenue less than $6 million; (2) a
small governmental jurisdiction that is a government of a city, county,
town, school district or special district with a population of less
than 50,000; or (3) a small organization that is any not-for-profit
enterprise that is independently owned and operated and is not dominant
in its field.
After considering the economic impacts of today's final rule on
small entities, EPA has determined that this action will not have a
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.
The EPA has determined that few small entities use MWC units for
municipal solid waste disposal. The vast majority of small entities use
municipal solid waste landfills for disposal. A small entity
considering a new small MWC unit would have the opportunity to switch
to an alternative municipal solid waste disposal method, such as
municipal solid waste landfills, if the costs to comply with the NSPS
were considered prohibitive. Thus, the number of small entities that
will be significantly impacted by this final rule is not substantial.
Although this final rule will not have a significant economic
impact on a substantial number of small entities, EPA has tried to
reduce the impact of this final rule on small entities by establishing
different requirements for Class I and Class II MWC units and
establishing provisions for less frequent testing for Class II MWC
units. In addition, EPA involved representatives of small entities in
the development of the NSPS.
G. Paperwork Reduction Act
The OMB has approved the information collection requirements in the
NSPS under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq., and has assigned OMB control number 2060-0423; and ICR
#1900.01.
The information will be used by EPA to identify new, modified, or
reconstructed units subject to the NSPS and to ensure that those units
undergo a preconstruction impact analysis. The information will also be
used by EPA to ensure that the small MWC unit requirements are
implemented properly and are complied with on a continuous basis.
Records and reports enable EPA to identify small MWC units that might
not be in compliance with the NSPS. Based on reported information, EPA
will decide which small MWC units should be inspected and what records
or processes should be inspected. Records that owners and operators of
small MWC units maintain indicate to EPA whether personnel are
operating and maintaining control equipment properly.
The recordkeeping and reporting requirements are specifically
authorized by section 114 of the CAA (42 U.S.C. 7414). All information
submitted to the EPA for which a claim of confidentiality is made will
be safeguarded according to EPA policies in 40 CFR part 2, subpart B,
Confidentiality of Business Information.
For the information collection request (ICR), a 3-year impact
period was analyzed. The NSPS are projected to affect six MWC units
located at three MWC plants during the first 3 years immediately
following promulgation. The estimated average annual burden to owners
of new small MWC units for the first 3 years after promulgation of the
NSPS would be approximately 8,600 person-hours annually at a total cost
of $219,000 for capital start-up costs and O&M costs per year to meet
the monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements. The
estimated average annualized burden to the government implementing the
final NSPS would be approximately 500 hours during the first 3 years at
a cost of $21,000 (including travel expenses).
Burden means total time, effort, or financial resources expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose, or provide information
to or for a Federal agency. That includes the time needed to review
instructions; develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and
systems for the purposes of collecting, validating, and verifying
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and
providing information; adjust the existing ways to comply with any
previously applicable instructions and requirements; train personnel to
be able to respond to a collection of information; search data sources;
complete and review the collection of information; and transmit or
otherwise disclose the information.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required
to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number. The OMB control numbers for EPA's
regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15. The EPA
is amending the table in 40 CFR part 9 of currently approved ICR
control numbers issued by OMB for various regulations to list the
information collection requirements contained in this final rule.
H. National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act
As noted in the proposed rule, section 12(d) of the National
Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (NTTAA), Public Law No.
104-113, Section 12(d) (15 U.S.C. 272 note), directs EPA to use
voluntary consensus standards in its regulatory activities unless to do
so would be inconsistent with applicable law or otherwise impractical.
Voluntary consensus standards are technical standards (e.g., materials
specifications, test methods, sampling procedures, business practices)
developed or adopted by one or more voluntary consensus standards
bodies. The NTTAA directs EPA to provide Congress, through annual
reports to OMB, explanations when EPA decides not to use available and
applicable voluntary consensus standards.
Consistent with the NTTAA, EPA conducted searches to identify
voluntary consensus standards applicable to the NSPS for small MWC
units that could be used in process and emissions monitoring. The
search for emissions monitoring procedures identified 29 voluntary
consensus standards that initially appeared to have possible use in
lieu of EPA standard reference methods. After reviewing the available
standards, EPA determined that 21 of the candidate consensus standards
identified for measuring emissions or surrogates subject to emission
standards in the final rule would not be practical due to lack of
equivalency, documentation, validation data and other important
technical and policy considerations. The seven remaining candidate
consensus standards are under development or currently under EPA
review. The EPA plans to follow, review and consider adopting those
standards after their development and further review by EPA is
completed.
One consensus standard, American Society for Testing and Materials
(ASTM) D6216-98, is practical for EPA use in EPA Performance
Specification 1 (PS-1) (40 CFR part 60, appendix B). The ASTM D6216 can
best be used in place of the design specification verification
procedures currently in sections 5 and 6 of PS-1. On September 23,
1998, EPA proposed incorporating by reference ASTM D6216-98 under a
separate rulemaking (63 FR 50824). Comments from the proposal have been
addressed, and EPA expects to complete that action in the near future.
For the above reasons, EPA does not in this final rulemaking adopt ASTM
D6216-98 in lieu of PS-1 requirements as it would
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be impractical for EPA to act independently from another rulemaking
activity already undergoing promulgation, and because ASTM D6216 does
not address all of the requirements specified in PS-1.
The EPA also conducted searches to identify voluntary consensus
standards for process monitoring and process operation. Candidate
voluntary consensus standards for process monitoring and process
operation were identified for MWC unit load level (steam output);
designing, constructing, installing, calibrating, and using nozzles and
orifices; and MWC plant operator certification requirements.
One consensus standard by the American Society of Mechanical
Engineers (ASME) was identified for potential use in this final rule
for the measurement of MWC unit load level (steam output). The EPA
believes the standard is practical to use in this final rule as the
method to measure MWC unit load. The EPA has already incorporated by
reference ``ASME Power Test Codes: Test Code for Steam Generating
Units, Power Test Code 4.1--1964 (R1991)'' in 40 CFR 60.17(h)(2).
A second consensus standard by ASME was identified for potential
use in this final rule for designing, constructing, installing,
calibrating, and using nozzles and orifices. The EPA believes the
standard is practical to use for the design, construction,
installation, calibration, and use of nozzles and orifices. The EPA has
already incorporated by reference ``American Society of Mechanical
Engineers Interim Supplement 19.5 on Instruments and Apparatus:
Application, Part II of Fluid Meters, 6th edition (1971)'' in 40 CFR
60.17(h)(3).
A third consensus standard by ASME (QRO-1-1994) was identified for
potential use in this final rule for MWC plant operator certification
requirements instead of developing new operator certification
procedures. The EPA believes the standard is practical to use in the
emission guidelines that require a chief facility operator and shift
supervisor to successfully complete the operator certification
procedures developed by ASME. The EPA has already incorporated by
reference (QRO-1-1994) in 40 CFR 60.17(h)(1).
Tables 3, 4 and 5 of subpart AAAA list the EPA testing methods and
performance standards included in this final rule. Most of the
standards have been used by States and industry for more than 10 years.
Nevertheless, under Sec. 60.8 of subpart A of part 60, the standard
also allows any State or source to apply to EPA for permission to use
alternative methods in place of any of the EPA testing methods or
performance standards listed in the rule.
I. Congressional Review Act
The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, generally
provides that before a rule may take effect, the agency promulgating
the rule must submit a rule report, which includes a copy of the rule,
to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General of the
United States. The EPA will submit a report containing this final rule
and other required information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of
Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the United States prior
to publication of the final rule in the Federal Register. A major rule
cannot take effect until 60 days after it is published in the Federal
Register. This action is not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5 U.S.C.
804(2). This final rule will be effective June 6, 2001.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 60
Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure,
Air pollution control, Incorporation by reference, Municipal waste
combustion, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
Dated: November 3, 2000.
Carol M. Browner,
Administrator.
For the reasons stated in the preamble, title 40, chapter I, part
60, of the Code of Federal Regulations is amended as follows:
PART 60--[AMENDED]
1. The authority citation for part 60 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401-7601.
Subpart A--[Amended]
2. Section 60.17 is amended by revising paragraphs (h)(1), (h)(2)
and (h)(3) to read as follows:
Sec. 60.17 Incorporations by reference.
* * * * *
(h) * * *
(1) ASME QRO-1-1994, Standard for the Qualification and
Certification of Resource Recovery Facility Operators, IBR approved for
Secs. 60.56a, 60.54b(a), 60.54b(b), 60.1185(a), 60.1185(c)(2),
60.1675(a), and 60.1675(c)(2).
(2) ASME PTC 4.1-1964 (Reaffirmed 1991), Power Test Codes: Test
Code for Steam Generating Units (with 1968 and 1969 Addenda), IBR
approved for Secs. 60.46b, 60.58a(h)(6)(ii), 60.58b(i)(6)(ii),
60.1320(a)(3) and 60.1810(a)(3).
(3) ASME Interim Supplement 19.5 on Instruments and Apparatus:
Application, Part II of Fluid Meters, 6th Edition (1971), IBR approved
for Secs. 60.58a(h)(6)(ii), 60.58b(i)(6)(ii), 60.1320(a)4), and
60.1810(a)(4).
* * * * *
3. Part 60 is amended by adding a new subpart AAAA to read as
follows:
Subpart AAAA--Standards of Performance for Small Municipal Waste
Combustion Units for Which Construction is Commenced After August
30, 1999 or for Which Modification or Reconstruction is Commenced
After June 6, 2001
Sec.
Introduction
60.1000 What does this subpart do?
60.1005 When does this subpart become effective?
Applicability
60.1010 Does this subpart apply to my municipal waste combustion
unit?
60.1015 What is a new municipal waste combustion unit?
60.1020 Does this subpart allow any exemptions?
60.1025 Do subpart E new source performance standards also apply
to my municipal waste combustion unit?
60.1030 Can the Administrator delegate authority to enforce these
Federal new source performance standards to a State agency?
60.1035 How are these new source performance standards structured?
60.1040 Do all five components of these new source performance
standards apply at the same time?
60.1045 Are there different subcategories of small municipal waste
combustion units within this subpart?
Preconstruction Requirements: Materials Separation Plan
60.1050 Who must submit a materials separation plan?
60.1055 What is a materials separation plan?
60.1060 What steps must I complete for my materials separation
plan?
60.1065 What must I include in my draft materials separation plan?
60.1070 How do I make my draft materials separation plan available
to the public?
60.1075 When must I accept comments on the materials separation
plan?
60.1080 Where and when must I hold a public meeting on my draft
materials separation plan?
60.1085 What must I do with any public comments I receive during
the public comment period on my draft materials separation plan?
60.1090 What must I do with my revised materials separation plan?
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60.1095 What must I include in the public meeting on my revised
materials separation plan?
60.1100 What must I do with any public comments I receive on my
revised materials separation plan?
60.1105 How do I submit my final materials separation plan?
Preconstruction Requirements: Siting Analysis
60.1110 Who must submit a siting analysis?
60.1115 What is a siting analysis?
60.1120 What steps must I complete for my siting analysis?
60.1125 What must I include in my siting analysis?
60.1130 How do I make my siting analysis available to the public?
60.1135 When must I accept comments on the siting analysis and
revised materials separation plan?
60.1140 Where and when must I hold a public meeting on the siting
analysis?
60.1145 What must I do with any public comments I receive during
the public comment period on my siting analysis?
60.1150 How do I submit my siting analysis?
Good Combustion Practices: Operator Training
60.1155 What types of training must I do?
60.1160 Who must complete the operator training course? By when?
60.1165 Who must complete the plant-specific training course?
60.1170 What plant-specific training must I provide?
60.1175 What information must I include in the plant-specific
operating manual?
60.1180 Where must I keep the plant-specific operating manual?
Good Combustion Practices: Operator Certification
60.1185 What types of operator certification must the chief
facility operator and shift supervisor obtain and by when must they
obtain it?
60.1190 After the required date for operator certification, who
may operate the municipal waste combustion unit?
60.1195 What if all the certified operators must be temporarily
offsite?
Good Combustion Practices: Operating Requirements
60.1200 What are the operating practice requirements for my
municipal waste combustion unit?
60.1205 What happens to the operating requirements during periods
of startup, shutdown, and malfunction?
Emission Limits
60.1210 What pollutants are regulated by this subpart?
60.1215 What emission limits must I meet? By when?
60.1220 What happens to the emission limits during periods of
startup, shutdown, and malfunction?
Continuous Emission Monitoring
60.1225 What types of continuous emission monitoring must I
perform?
60.1230 What continuous emission monitoring systems must I install
for gaseous pollutants?
60.1235 How are the data from the continuous emission monitoring
systems used?
60.1240 How do I make sure my continuous emission monitoring
systems are operating correctly?
60.1245 Am I exempt from any appendix B or appendix F requirements
to evaluate continuous emission monitoring systems?
60.1250 What is my schedule for evaluating continuous emission
monitoring systems?
60.1255 What must I do if I choose to monitor carbon dioxide
instead of oxygen as a diluent gas?
60.1260 What is the minimum amount of monitoring data I must
collect with my continuous emission monitoring systems and is the
data collection requirement enforceable?
60.1265 How do I convert my 1-hour arithmetic averages into the
appropriate averaging times and units?
60.1270 What is required for my continuous opacity monitoring
system and how are the data used?
60.1275 What additional requirements must I meet for the operation
of my continuous emission monitoring systems and continuous opacity
monitoring system?
60.1280 What must I do if any of my continuous emission monitoring
systems are temporarily unavailable to meet the data collection
requirements?
Stack Testing
60.1285 What types of stack tests must I conduct?
60.1290 How are the stack test data used?
60.1295 What schedule must I follow for the stack testing?
60.1300 What test methods must I use to stack test?
60.1305 May I conduct stack testing less often?
60.1310 May I deviate from the 13-month testing schedule if
unforeseen circumstances arise?
Other Monitoring Requirements
60.1315 Must I meet other requirements for continuous monitoring?
60.1320 How do I monitor the load of my municipal waste combustion
unit?
60.1325 How do I monitor the temperature of flue gases at the
inlet of my particulate matter control device?
60.1330 How do I monitor the injection rate of activated carbon?
60.1335 What is the minimum amount of monitoring data I must
collect with my continuous parameter monitoring systems and is the
data collection requirement enforceable?
Recordkeeping
60.1340 What records must I keep?
60.1345 Where must I keep my records and for how long?
60.1350 What records must I keep for the materials separation plan
and siting analysis?
60.1355 What records must I keep for operator training and
certification?
60.1360 What records must I keep for stack tests?
60.1365 What records must I keep for continuously monitored
pollutants or parameters?
60.1370 What records must I keep for municipal waste combustion
units that use activated carbon?
Reporting
60.1375 What reports must I submit before I submit my notice of
construction?
60.1380 What must I include in my notice of construction?
60.1385 What reports must I submit after I submit my notice of
construction and in what form?
60.1390 What are the appropriate units of measurement for
reporting my data?
60.1395 When must I submit the initial report?
60.1400 What must I include in my initial report?
60.1405 When must I submit the annual report?
60.1410 What must I include in my annual report?
60.1415 What must I do if I am out of compliance with the
requirements of this subpart?
60.1420 If a semiannual report is required, when must I submit it?
60.1425 What must I include in the semiannual out-of-compliance
reports?
60.1430 Can reporting dates be changed?
Air Curtain Incinerators That Burn 100 Percent Yard Waste
60.1435 What is an air curtain incinerator?
60.1440 What is yard waste?
60.1445 What are the emission limits for air curtain incinerators
that burn 100 percent yard waste?
60.1450 How must I monitor opacity for air curtain incinerators
that burn 100 percent yard waste?
60.1455 What are the recordkeeping and reporting requirements for
air curtain incinerators that burn 100 percent yard waste?
Equations
60.1460 What equations must I use?
Definitions
60.1465 What definitions must I know?
Tables
Table 1 of Subpart AAAA--Emission Limits For New Small Municipal
Waste Combustion Units
Table 2 of Subpart AAAA--Carbon Monoxide Emission Limits For New
Small Municipal Waste Combustion Units
Table 3 of Subpart AAAA--Requirements For Validating Continuous
Emission Monitoring Systems (CEMS)
Table 4 of Subpart AAAA--Requirements For Continuous Emission
Monitoring Systems (CEMS)
Table 5 of Subpart AAAA--Requirements For Stack Tests
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Introduction
Sec. 60.1000 What does this subpart do?
This subpart establishes new source performance standards for new
small municipal waste combustion units.
Sec. 60.1005 When does this subpart become effective?
This subpart takes effect June 6, 2001. Some of the requirements in
this subpart apply to municipal waste combustion unit planning and must
be completed before construction is commenced on the municipal waste
combustion unit. In particular, the preconstruction requirements in
Secs. 60.1050 through 60.1150 must be completed prior to commencing
construction. Other requirements (such as the emission limits) apply
when the municipal waste combustion unit begins operation.
Applicability
Sec. 60.1010 Does this subpart apply to my municipal waste combustion
unit?
Yes, if your municipal waste combustion unit meets two criteria:
(a) Your municipal waste combustion unit is a new municipal waste
combustion unit.
(b) Your municipal waste combustion unit has the capacity to
combust at least 35 tons per day but no more than 250 tons per day of
municipal solid waste or refuse-derived fuel.
Sec. 60.1015 What is a new municipal waste combustion unit?
(a) A new municipal waste combustion unit is a municipal waste
combustion unit that meets either of two criteria:
(1) Commenced construction after August 30, 1999.
(2) Commenced reconstruction or modification after June 6, 2001.
(b) This subpart does not apply to your municipal waste combustion
unit if you make physical or operational changes to an existing
municipal waste combustion unit primarily to comply with the emission
guidelines in subpart BBBB of this part. Such changes do not qualify as
reconstruction or modification under this subpart.
Sec. 60.1020 Does this subpart allow any exemptions?
(a) Small municipal waste combustion units that combust less than
11 tons per day. You are exempt from this subpart if you meet four
requirements:
(1) Your municipal waste combustion unit is subject to a federally
enforceable permit limiting the amount of municipal solid waste
combusted to less than 11 tons per day.
(2) You notify the Administrator that the unit qualifies for the
exemption.
(3) You provide the Administrator with a copy of the federally
enforceable permit.
(4) You keep daily records of the amount of municipal solid waste
combusted.
(b) Small power production facilities. You are exempt from this
subpart if you meet four requirements:
(1) Your unit qualifies as a small power production facility under
section 3(17)(C) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 796(17)(C)).
(2) Your unit combusts homogeneous waste (excluding refuse-derived
fuel) to produce electricity.
(3) You notify the Administrator that the unit qualifies for the
exemption.
(4) You provide the Administrator with documentation that the unit
qualifies for the exemption.
(c) Cogeneration facilities. You are exempt from this subpart if
you meet four requirements:
(1) Your unit qualifies as a cogeneration facility under section
3(18)(B) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 796(18)(B)).
(2) Your unit combusts homogeneous waste (excluding refuse-derived
fuel) to produce electricity and steam or other forms of energy used
for industrial, commercial, heating, or cooling purposes.
(3) You notify the Administrator that the unit qualifies for the
exemption.
(4) You provide the Administrator with documentation that the unit
qualifies for the exemption.
(d) Municipal waste combustion units that combust only tires. You
are exempt from this subpart if you meet three requirements:
(1) Your municipal waste combustion unit combusts a single-item
waste stream of tires and no other municipal waste (the unit can co-
fire coal, fuel oil, natural gas, or other nonmunicipal solid waste).
(2) You notify the Administrator that the unit qualifies for the
exemption.
(3) You provide the Administrator with documentation that the unit
qualifies for the exemption.
(e) Hazardous waste combustion units. You are exempt from this
subpart if you get a permit for your unit under section 3005 of the
Solid Waste Disposal Act.
(f) Materials recovery units. You are exempt from this subpart if
your unit combusts waste mainly to recover metals. Primary and
secondary smelters qualify for the exemption.
(g) Co-fired combustors. You are exempt from this subpart if you
meet four requirements:
(1) Your unit has a federally enforceable permit limiting the
combustion of municipal solid waste to 30 percent of the total fuel
input by weight.
(2) You notify the Administrator that the unit qualifies for the
exemption.
(3) You provide the Administrator with a copy of the federally
enforceable permit.
(4) You record the weights, each quarter, of municipal solid waste
and of all other fuels combusted.
(h) Plastics/rubber recycling units. You are exempt from this
subpart if you meet four requirements:
(1) Your pyrolysis/combustion unit is an integrated part of a
plastics/rubber recycling unit as defined under ``Definitions''
(Sec. 60.1465).
(2) You record the weights, each quarter, of plastics, rubber, and
rubber tires processed.
(3) You record the weights, each quarter, of feed stocks produced
and marketed from chemical plants and petroleum refineries.
(4) You keep the name and address of the purchaser of those feed
stocks.
(i) Units that combust fuels made from products of plastics/rubber
recycling plants. You are exempt from this subpart if you meet two
requirements:
(1) Your unit combusts gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, fuel oils,
residual oil, refinery gas, petroleum coke, liquified petroleum gas,
propane, or butane produced by chemical plants or petroleum refineries
that use feedstocks produced by plastics/rubber recycling units.
(2) Your unit does not combust any other municipal solid waste.
(j) Cement kilns. You are exempt from this subpart if your cement
kiln combusts municipal solid waste.
(k) Air curtain incinerators. If your air curtain incinerator (see
Sec. 60.1465 for definition) combusts 100 percent yard waste, you must
meet only the requirements under ``Air Curtain Incinerators That Burn
100 Percent Yard Waste'' (Secs. 60.1435 through 60.1455).
Sec. 60.1025 Do subpart E new source performance standards also apply
to my municipal waste combustion unit?
If this subpart AAAA applies to your municipal waste combustion
unit, then subpart E of this part does not apply to your municipal
waste combustion unit.
Sec. 60.1030 Can the Administrator delegate authority to enforce these
Federal new source performance standards to a State agency?
Yes, the Administrator can delegate all authorities in all sections
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subpart to the State for direct State enforcement.
Sec. 60.1035 How are these new source performance standards
structured?
These new source performance standards contain five major
components:
(a) Preconstruction requirements.
(1) Materials separation plan.
(2) Siting analysis.
(b) Good combustion practices.
(1) Operator training.
(2) Operator certification.
(3) Operating requirements.
(c) Emission limits.
(d) Monitoring and stack testing.
(e) Recordkeeping and reporting.
Sec. 60.1040 Do all five components of these new source performance
standards apply at the same time?
No, you must meet the preconstruction requirements before you
commence construction of the municipal waste combustion unit. After the
municipal waste combustion unit begins operation, you must meet all of
the good combustion practices, emission limits, monitoring, stack
testing, and most recordkeeping and reporting requirements.
Sec. 60.1045 Are there different subcategories of small municipal
waste combustion units within this subpart?
(a) Yes, this subpart subcategorizes small municipal waste
combustion units into two groups based on the aggregate capacity of the
municipal waste combustion plant as follows:
(1) Class I Units. Class I units are small municipal waste
combustion units that are located at municipal waste combustion plants
with an aggregate plant combustion capacity greater than 250 tons per
day of municipal solid waste. (See the definition of ``municipal waste
combustion plant capacity'' in Sec. 60.1465 for specification of which
units at a plant are included in the aggregate capacity calculation.)
(2) Class II Units. Class II units are small municipal waste
combustion units that are located at municipal waste combustion plants
with an aggregate plant combustion capacity less than or equal to 250
tons per day of municipal solid waste. (See the definition of
``municipal waste combustion plant capacity'' in Sec. 60.1465 for
specification of which units at a plant are included in the aggregate
capacity calculation.)
(b) The requirements for Class I and Class II units are identical
except for two items:
(1) Class I units have a nitrogen oxides emission limit. Class II
units do not have a nitrogen oxides emission limit (see Table 1 of this
subpart). Additionally, Class I units have continuous emission
monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements for nitrogen
oxides.
(2) Class II units are eligible for the reduced testing option
provided in Sec. 60.1305.
Preconstruction Requirements: Materials Separation Plan
Sec. 60.1050 Who must submit a materials separation plan?
(a) You must prepare a materials separation plan for your municipal
waste combustion unit if you commence construction of a new small
municipal waste combustion unit after December 6, 2000.
(b) If you commence construction of your municipal waste combustion
unit after August 30, 1999 but before December 6, 2000, you are not
required to prepare the materials separation plan specified in this
subpart.
(c) You must prepare a materials separation plan if you are
required to submit an initial application for a construction permit,
under 40 CFR part 51, subpart I, or part 52, as applicable, for the
reconstruction or modification of your municipal waste combustion unit.
Sec. 60.1055 What is a materials separation plan?
The plan identifies a goal and an approach for separating certain
components of municipal solid waste for a given service area prior to
waste combustion and making them available for recycling.
Sec. 60.1060 What steps must I complete for my materials separation
plan?
(a) For your materials separation plan, you must complete nine
steps:
(1) Prepare a draft materials separation plan.
(2) Make your draft plan available to the public.
(3) Hold a public meeting on your draft plan.
(4) Prepare responses to public comments received during the public
comment period on your draft plan.
(5) Prepare a revised materials separation plan.
(6) Discuss the revised plan at the public meeting for review of
the siting analysis.
(7) Prepare responses to public comments received on your revised
plan.
(8) Prepare a final materials separation plan.
(9) Submit the final materials separation plan.
(b) You may use analyses conducted under the requirements of 40 CFR
part 51, subpart I, or part 52, to comply with some of the materials
separation requirements of this subpart.
Sec. 60.1065 What must I include in my draft materials separation
plan?
(a) You must prepare and submit a draft materials separation plan
for your municipal waste combustion unit and its service area.
(b) Your draft materials separation plan must identify a goal and
an approach for separating certain components of municipal solid waste
for a given service area prior to waste combustion and making them
available for recycling. A materials separation plan may include such
elements as dropoff facilities, buy-back or deposit-return incentives,
programs for curbside pickup, and centralized systems for mechanical
separation.
(c) Your materials separation plan may include different goals or
approaches for different subareas in the service area.
(d) Your materials separation plan may exclude materials separation
activities for certain subareas or, if warranted, the entire service
area.
Sec. 60.1070 How do I make my draft materials separation plan
available to the public?
(a) Distribute your draft materials separation plan to the main
public libraries in the area where you will construct the municipal
waste combustion unit.
(b) Publish a notice of a public meeting in the main newspapers
that serve two areas:
(1) The area where you will construct the municipal waste
combustion unit.
(2) The areas where the waste that your municipal waste combustion
unit combusts will be collected.
(c) Include six items in your notice of the public meeting:
(1) The date of the public meeting.
(2) The time of the public meeting.
(3) The location of the public meeting.
(4) The location of the public libraries where the public can find
your materials separation plan. Include the normal business hours of
each library.
(5) An agenda of the topics that will be discussed at the public
meeting.
(6) The beginning and ending dates of the public comment period on
your draft materials separation plan.
Sec. 60.1075 When must I accept comments on the materials separation
plan?
(a) You must accept verbal comments at the public meeting.
(b) You must accept written comments anytime during the period that
begins on the date the document is distributed to the main public
libraries and ends 30 days after the date of the public meeting.
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Sec. 60.1080 Where and when must I hold a public meeting on my draft
materials separation plan?
(a) You must hold a public meeting and accept comments on your
draft materials separation plan.
(b) You must hold the public meeting in the county where you will
construct the municipal waste combustion unit.
(c) You must schedule the public meeting to occur at least 30 days
after you make your draft materials separation plan available to the
public.
(d) You may combine the public meeting with any other public
meeting required as part of any other Federal, State, or local permit
review. However, you may not combine it with the public meeting
required for the siting analysis under ``Preconstruction Requirements:
Siting Analysis'' (Sec. 60.1140).
(e) You are encouraged to address eight topics at the public
meeting for your draft materials separation plan:
(1) Expected size of the service area for your municipal waste
combustion unit.
(2) Amount of waste you will collect in the service area.
(3) Types and estimated amounts of materials proposed for
separation.
(4) Methods proposed for materials separation.
(5) Amount of residual waste for disposal.
(6) Alternate disposal methods for handling the residual waste.
(7) Where your responses to public comments on the draft materials
separation plan will be available for inspection.
(8) Where your revised materials separation plan will be available
for inspection.
(f) You must prepare a transcript of the public meeting on your
draft materials separation plan.
Sec. 60.1085 What must I do with any public comments I receive during
the public comment period on my draft materials separation plan?
You must do three steps:
(a) Prepare written responses to any public comments you received
during the public comment period. Summarize the responses to public
comments in a document that is separate from your revised materials
separation plan.
(b) Make the comment response document available to the public in
the service area where you will construct your municipal waste
combustion unit. You must distribute the document at least to the main
public libraries used to announce the public meeting.
(c) Prepare a revised materials separation plan for the municipal
waste combustion unit that includes, as appropriate, changes made in
response to any public comments you received during the public comment
period.
Sec. 60.1090 What must I do with my revised materials separation plan?
You must do two tasks:
(a) As specified under ``Reporting'' (Sec. 60.1375), submit five
items to the Administrator by the date you submit the application for a
construction permit under 40 CFR part 51, subpart I, or part 52. (If
you are not required to submit an application for a construction permit
under 40 CFR part 51, subpart I, or part 52, submit five items to the
Administrator by the date of your notice of construction under
Sec. 60.1380):
(1) Your draft materials separation plan.
(2) Your revised materials separation plan.
(3) Your notice of the public meeting for your draft materials
separation plan.
(4) A transcript of the public meeting on your draft materials
separation plan.
(5) The document that summarizes your responses to the public
comments you received during the public comment period on your draft
materials separation plan.
(b) Make your revised materials separation plan available to the
public as part of the siting analysis procedures under
``Preconstruction Requirements: Siting Analysis'' (Sec. 60.1130).
Sec. 60.1095 What must I include in the public meeting on my revised
materials separation plan?
As part of the public meeting for review of the siting analysis, as
specified under ``Preconstruction Requirements: Siting Analysis''
(Sec. 60.1140), you must discuss two areas:
(a) Differences between your revised materials separation plan and
your draft materials separation plan discussed at the first public
meeting (Sec. 60.1080).
(b) Questions about your revised materials separation plan.
Sec. 60.1100 What must I do with any public comments I receive on my
revised materials separation plan?
(a) Prepare written responses to any public comments and include
them in the document that summarizes your responses to public comments
on the siting analysis.
(b) Prepare a final materials separation plan that includes, as
appropriate, changes made in response to any public comments you
received on your revised materials separation plan.
Sec. 60.1105 How do I submit my final materials separation plan?
As specified under ``Reporting'' (Sec. 60.1380), submit your final
materials separation plan to the Administrator as part of the notice of
construction for the municipal waste combustion unit.
Preconstruction Requirements: Siting Analysis
Sec. 60.1110 Who must submit a siting analysis?
(a) You must prepare a siting analysis if you commence construction
of a small municipal waste combustion unit after December 6, 2000.
(b) If you commence construction on your municipal waste combustion
unit after August 30, 1999, but before December 6, 2000, you are not
required to prepare the siting analysis specified in this subpart.
(c) You must prepare a siting analysis if you are required to
submit an initial application for a construction permit, under 40 CFR
part 51, subpart I, or part 52, as applicable, for the reconstruction
or modification of your municipal waste combustion unit.
Sec. 60.1115 What is a siting analysis?
The siting analysis addresses how your municipal waste combustion
unit affects ambient air quality, visibility, soils, vegetation, and
other relevant factors. The analysis can be used to determine whether
the benefits of your proposed facility significantly outweigh the
environmental and social costs resulting from its location and
construction. The analysis must also consider other major industrial
facilities near the proposed site.
Sec. 60.1120 What steps must I complete for my siting analysis?
(a) For your siting analysis, you must complete five steps:
(1) Prepare an analysis.
(2) Make your analysis available to the public.
(3) Hold a public meeting on your analysis.
(4) Prepare responses to public comments received on your analysis.
(5) Submit your analysis.
(b) You may use analyses conducted under the requirements of 40 CFR
part 51, subpart I, or part 52, to comply with some of the siting
analysis requirements of this subpart.
Sec. 60.1125 What must I include in my siting analysis?
(a) Include an analysis of how your municipal waste combustion unit
affects four areas:
(1) Ambient air quality.
(2) Visibility.
(3) Soils.
(4) Vegetation.
(b) Include an analysis of alternatives for controlling air
pollution that
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minimize potential risks to the public health and the environment.
Sec. 60.1130 How do I make my siting analysis available to the public?
(a) Distribute your siting analysis and revised materials
separation plan to the main public libraries in the area where you will
construct your municipal waste combustion unit.
(b) Publish a notice of a public meeting in the main newspapers
that serve two areas:
(1) The area where you will construct your municipal waste
combustion unit.
(2) The areas where the waste that your municipal waste combustion
unit combusts will be collected.
(c) Include six items in your notice of the public meeting:
(1) The date of the public meeting.
(2) The time of the public meeting.
(3) The location of the public meeting.
(4) The location of the public libraries where the public can find
your siting analysis and revised materials separation plan. Include the
normal business hours of each library.
(5) An agenda of the topics that will be discussed at the public
meeting.
(6) The beginning and ending dates of the public comment period on
your siting analysis and revised materials separation plan.
Sec. 60.1135 When must I accept comments on the siting analysis and
revised materials separation plan?
(a) You must accept verbal comments at the public meeting.
(b) You must accept written comments anytime during the period that
begins on the date the document is distributed to the main public
libraries and ends 30 days after the date of the public meeting.
Sec. 60.1140 Where and when must I hold a public meeting on the siting
analysis?
(a) You must hold a public meeting to discuss and accept comments
on your siting analysis and your revised materials separation plan.
(b) You must hold the public meeting in the county where you will
construct your municipal waste combustion unit.
(c) You must schedule the public meeting to occur at least 30 days
after you make your siting analysis and revised materials separation
plan available to the public.
(d) You must prepare a transcript of the public meeting on your
siting analysis.
Sec. 60.1145 What must I do with any public comments I receive during
the public comment period on my siting analysis?
You must do three things:
(a) Prepare written responses to any public comments on your siting
analysis and the revised materials separation plan you received during
the public comment period. Summarize the responses to public comments
in a document that is separate from your materials separation plan and
siting analysis.
(b) Make the comment response document available to the public in
the service area where you will construct your municipal waste
combustion unit. You must distribute the document at least to the main
public libraries used to announce the public meeting for the siting
analysis.
(c) Prepare a revised siting analysis for the municipal waste
combustion unit that includes, as appropriate, changes made in response
to any public comments you received during the public comment period.
Sec. 60.1150 How do I submit my siting analysis?
As specified under ``Reporting'' (Sec. 60.1380), submit four items
as part of the notice of construction:
(a) Your siting analysis.
(b) Your notice of the public meeting on your siting analysis.
(c) A transcript of the public meeting on your siting analysis.
(d) The document that summarizes your responses to the public
comments you received during the public comment period.
Good Combustion Practices: Operator Training
Sec. 60.1155 What types of training must I do?
There are two types of required training:
(a) Training of operators of municipal waste combustion units using
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or a State-approved
training course.
(b) Training of plant personnel using a plant-specific training
course.
Sec. 60.1160 Who must complete the operator training course? By when?
(a) Three types of employees must complete the EPA or State-
approved operator training course:
(1) Chief facility operators.
(2) Shift supervisors.
(3) Control room operators.
(b) Those employees must complete the operator training course by
the later of three dates:
(1) Six months after your municipal waste combustion unit initial
startup.
(2) December 6, 2001.
(3) The date before an employee assumes responsibilities that
affect operation of the municipal waste combustion unit.
Sec. 60.1165 Who must complete the plant-specific training course?
All employees with responsibilities that affect how a municipal
waste combustion unit operates must complete the plant-specific
training course. Include at least six types of employees:
(a) Chief facility operators.
(b) Shift supervisors.
(c) Control room operators.
(d) Ash handlers.
(e) Maintenance personnel.
(f) Crane or load handlers.
Sec. 60.1170 What plant-specific training must I provide?
For plant-specific training, you must do four things:
(a) For training at a particular plant, develop a specific
operating manual for that plant by the later of two dates:
(1) Six months after your municipal waste combustion unit initial
startup.
(2) December 6, 2001.
(b) Establish a program to review the plant-specific operating
manual with people whose responsibilities affect the operation of your
municipal waste combustion unit. Complete the initial review by the
later of three dates:
(1) Six months after your municipal waste combustion unit initial
startup.
(2) December 6, 2001.
(3) The date before an employee assumes responsibilities that
affect operation of the municipal waste combustion unit.
(c) Update your manual annually.
(d) Review your manual with staff annually.
Sec. 60.1175 What information must I include in the plant-specific
operating manual?
You must include 11 items in the operating manual for your plant:
(a) A summary of all applicable requirements in this subpart.
(b) A description of the basic combustion principles that apply to
municipal waste combustion units.
(c) Procedures for receiving, handling, and feeding municipal solid
waste.
(d) Procedures to be followed during periods of startup, shutdown,
and malfunction of the municipal waste combustion unit.
(e) Procedures for maintaining a proper level of combustion air
supply.
(f) Procedures for operating the municipal waste combustion unit in
compliance with the requirements contained in this subpart.
(g) Procedures for responding to periodic upset or off-
specification conditions.
(h) Procedures for minimizing carryover of particulate matter.
(i) Procedures for handling ash.
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(j) Procedures for monitoring emissions from the municipal waste
combustion unit.
(k) Procedures for recordkeeping and reporting.
Sec. 60.1180 Where must I keep the plant-specific operating manual?
You must keep your operating manual in an easily accessible
location at your plant. It must be available for review or inspection
by all employees who must review it and by the Administrator.
Good Combustion Practices: Operator Certification
Sec. 60.1185 What types of operator certification must the chief
facility operator and shift supervisor obtain and by when must they
obtain it?
(a) Each chief facility operator and shift supervisor must obtain
and keep a current provisional operator certification from the American
Society of Mechanical Engineers (QRO-1-1994) (incorporated by reference
in Sec. 60.17(h)(1)) or a current provisional operator certification
from your State certification program.
(b) Each chief facility operator and shift supervisor must obtain a
provisional certification by the later of three dates:
(1) Six months after the municipal waste combustion unit initial
startup.
(2) December 6, 2001.
(3) Six months after they transfer to the municipal waste
combustion unit or 6 months after they are hired to work at the
municipal waste combustion unit.
(c) Each chief facility operator and shift supervisor must take one
of three actions:
(1) Obtain a full certification from the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers or a State certification program in your State.
(2) Schedule a full certification exam with the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers (QRO-1-1994) (incorporated by reference in
Sec. 60.17(h)(1)).
(3) Schedule a full certification exam with your State
certification program.
(d) The chief facility operator and shift supervisor must obtain
the full certification or be scheduled to take the certification exam
by the later of three dates:
(1) Six months after the municipal waste combustion unit initial
startup.
(2) December 6, 2001.
(3) Six months after they transfer to the municipal waste
combustion unit or 6 months after they are hired to work at the
municipal waste combustion unit.
Sec. 60.1190 After the required date for operator certification, who
may operate the municipal waste combustion unit?
After the required date for full or provisional certifications, you
must not operate your municipal waste combustion unit unless one of
four employees is on duty:
(a) A fully certified chief facility operator.
(b) A provisionally certified chief facility operator who is
scheduled to take the full certification exam.
(c) A fully certified shift supervisor.
(d) A provisionally certified shift supervisor who is scheduled to
take the full certification exam.
Sec. 60.1195 What if all the certified operators must be temporarily
offsite?
If the certified chief facility operator and certified shift
supervisor both are unavailable, a provisionally certified control room
operator at the municipal waste combustion unit may fulfill the
certified operator requirement. Depending on the length of time that a
certified chief facility operator and certified shift supervisor are
away, you must meet one of three criteria:
(a) When the certified chief facility operator and certified shift
supervisor are both offsite for 12 hours or less, and no other
certified operator is onsite, the provisionally certified control room
operator may perform those duties without notice to, or approval by,
the Administrator.
(b) When the certified chief facility operator and certified shift
supervisor are offsite for more than 12 hours, but for 2 weeks or less,
and no other certified operator is onsite, the provisionally certified
control room operator may perform those duties without notice to, or
approval by, the Administrator. However, you must record the period
when the certified chief facility operator and certified shift
supervisor are offsite and include that information in the annual
report as specified under Sec. 60.1410(l).
(c) When the certified chief facility operator and certified shift
supervisor are offsite for more than 2 weeks, and no other certified
operator is onsite, the provisionally certified control room operator
may perform those duties without notice to, or approval by, the
Administrator. However, you must take two actions:
(1) Notify the Administrator in writing. In the notice, state what
caused the absence and what you are doing to ensure that a certified
chief facility operator or certified shift supervisor is onsite.
(2) Submit a status report and corrective action summary to the
Administrator every 4 weeks following the initial notification. If the
Administrator notifies you that your 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
Administrator withdraws the disapproval, municipal waste combustion
unit operation may continue.
Good Combustion Practices: Operating Requirements
Sec. 60.1200 What are the operating practice requirements for my
municipal waste combustion unit?
(a) You must not operate your municipal waste combustion unit at
loads greater than 110 percent of the maximum demonstrated load of the
municipal waste combustion unit (4-hour block average), as specified
under ``Definitions'' (Sec. 60.1465).
(b) You must not operate your municipal waste combustion unit so
that the temperature at the inlet of the particulate matter control
device exceeds 17 deg.C above the maximum demonstrated temperature of
the particulate matter control device (4-hour block average), as
specified under ``Definitions'' (Sec. 60.1465).
(c) If your municipal waste combustion unit uses activated carbon
to control dioxins/furans or mercury emissions, you must maintain an 8-
hour block average carbon feed rate at or above the highest average
level established during the most recent dioxins/furans or mercury
test.
(d) If your municipal waste combustion unit uses activated carbon
to control dioxins/furans or mercury emissions, you must evaluate total
carbon usage for each calendar quarter. The total amount of carbon
purchased and delivered to your municipal waste combustion plant must
be at or above the required quarterly usage of carbon. At your option,
you may choose to evaluate required quarterly carbon usage on a
municipal waste combustion unit basis for each individual municipal
waste combustion unit at your plant. Calculate the required quarterly
usage of carbon using equation 4 or 5 in Sec. 60.1460(f).
(e) Your municipal waste combustion unit is exempt from limits on
load level, temperature at the inlet of the particulate matter control
device, and carbon feed rate during any of five situations:
(1) During your annual tests for dioxins/furans.
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(2) During your annual mercury tests (for carbon feed rate
requirements only).
(3) During the 2 weeks preceding your annual tests for dioxins/
furans.
(4) During the 2 weeks preceding your annual mercury tests (for
carbon feed rate requirements only).
(5) Whenever the Administrator or delegated State authority permits
you to do any of five activities:
(i) Evaluate system performance.
(ii) Test new technology or control technologies.
(iii) Perform diagnostic testing.
(iv) Perform other activities to improve the performance of your
municipal waste combustion unit.
(v) Perform other activities to advance the state of the art for
emission controls for your municipal waste combustion unit.
Sec. 60.1205 What happens to the operating requirements during periods
of startup, shutdown, and malfunction?
(a) The operating requirements of this subpart apply at all times
except during periods of municipal waste combustion unit startup,
shutdown, or malfunction.
(b) Each startup, shutdown, or malfunction must not last for longer
than 3 hours.
Emission Limits
Sec. 60.1210 What pollutants are regulated by this subpart?
Eleven pollutants, in four groupings, are regulated:
(a) Organics. Dioxins/furans.
(b) Metals.
(1) Cadmium.
(2) Lead.
(3) Mercury.
(4) Opacity.
(5) Particulate matter.
(c) Acid gases.
(1) Hydrogen chloride.
(2) Nitrogen oxides.
(3) Sulfur dioxide.
(d) Other.
(1) Carbon monoxide.
(2) Fugitive ash.
Sec. 60.1215 What emission limits must I meet? By when?
You must meet the emission limits specified in Tables 1 and 2 of
this subpart. You must meet the limits 60 days after your municipal
waste combustion unit reaches the maximum load level but no later than
180 days after its initial startup.
Sec. 60.1220 What happens to the emission limits during periods of
startup, shutdown, and malfunction?
(a) The emission limits of this subpart apply at all times except
during periods of municipal waste combustion unit startup, shutdown, or
malfunction.
(b) Each startup, shutdown, or malfunction must not last for longer
than 3 hours.
(c) A maximum of 3 hours of test data can be dismissed from
compliance calculations during periods of startup, shutdown, or
malfunction.
(d) During startup, shutdown, or malfunction periods longer than 3
hours, emissions data cannot be discarded from compliance calculations
and all provisions under Sec. 60.11(d) apply.
Continuous Emission Monitoring
Sec. 60.1225 What types of continuous emission monitoring must I
perform?
To continuously monitor emissions, you must perform four tasks:
(a) Install continuous emission monitoring systems for certain
gaseous pollutants.
(b) Make sure your continuous emission monitoring systems are
operating correctly.
(c) Make sure you obtain the minimum amount of monitoring data.
(d) Install a continuous opacity monitoring system.
Sec. 60.1230 What continuous emission monitoring systems must I
install for gaseous pollutants?
(a) You must install, calibrate, maintain, and operate continuous
emission monitoring systems for oxygen (or carbon dioxide), sulfur
dioxide, and carbon monoxide. If you operate a Class I municipal waste
combustion unit, you must also install, calibrate, maintain, and
operate a continuous emission monitoring system for nitrogen oxides.
Install the continuous emission monitoring systems for sulfur dioxide,
nitrogen oxides, and oxygen (or carbon dioxide) at the outlet of the
air pollution control device.
(b) You must install, evaluate, and operate each continuous
emission monitoring system according to the ``Monitoring Requirements''
in Sec. 60.13.
(c) You must monitor the oxygen (or carbon dioxide) concentration
at each location where you monitor sulfur dioxide and carbon monoxide.
Additionally, if you operate a Class I municipal waste combustion unit,
you must also monitor the oxygen (or carbon dioxide) concentration at
the location where you monitor nitrogen oxides.
(d) You may choose to monitor carbon dioxide instead of oxygen as a
diluent gas. If you choose to monitor carbon dioxide, then an oxygen
monitor is not required, and you must follow the requirements in
Sec. 60.1255.
(e) If you choose to demonstrate compliance by monitoring the
percent reduction of sulfur dioxide, you must also install continuous
emission monitoring systems for sulfur dioxide and oxygen (or carbon
dioxide) at the inlet of the air pollution control device.
(f) If you prefer to use an alternative sulfur dioxide monitoring
method, such as parametric monitoring, or cannot monitor emissions at
the inlet of the air pollution control device to determine percent
reduction, you can apply to the Administrator for approval to use an
alternative monitoring method under Sec. 60.13(i).
Sec. 60.1235 How are the data from the continuous emission monitoring
systems used?
You must use data from the continuous emission monitoring systems
for sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and carbon monoxide to demonstrate
continuous compliance with the emission limits specified in Tables 1
and 2 of this subpart. To demonstrate compliance for dioxins/furans,
cadmium, lead, mercury, particulate matter, opacity, hydrogen chloride,
and fugitive ash, see Sec. 60.1290.
Sec. 60.1240 How do I make sure my continuous emission monitoring
systems are operating correctly?
(a) Conduct initial, daily, quarterly, and annual evaluations of
your continuous emission monitoring systems that measure oxygen (or
carbon dioxide), sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides (Class I municipal
waste combustion units only), and carbon monoxide.
(b) Complete your initial evaluation of the continuous emission
monitoring systems within 60 days after your municipal waste combustion
unit reaches the maximum load level at which it will operate, but no
later than 180 days after its initial startup.
(c) For initial and annual evaluations, collect data concurrently
(or within 30 to 60 minutes) using your oxygen (or carbon dioxide)
continuous emission monitoring system, your sulfur dioxide, nitrogen
oxides, or carbon monoxide continuous emission monitoring systems, as
appropriate, and the appropriate test methods specified in Table 3 of
this subpart. Collect the data during each initial and annual
evaluation of your continuous emission monitoring systems following the
applicable performance specifications in appendix B of this part. Table
4 of this subpart shows the performance specifications that apply to
each continuous emission monitoring system.
(d) Follow the quality assurance procedures in Procedure 1 of
appendix F of this part for each continuous emission monitoring system.
The procedures include daily calibration
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drift and quarterly accuracy determinations.
Sec. 60.1245 Am I exempt from any appendix B or appendix F
requirements to evaluate continuous emission monitoring systems?
Yes, the accuracy tests for your sulfur dioxide continuous emission
monitoring system require you to also evaluate your oxygen (or carbon
dioxide) continuous emission monitoring system. Therefore, your oxygen
(or carbon dioxide) continuous emission monitoring system is exempt
from two requirements:
(a) Section 2.3 of Performance Specification 3 in appendix B of
this part (relative accuracy requirement).
(b) Section 5.1.1 of appendix F of this part (relative accuracy
test audit).
Sec. 60.1250 What is my schedule for evaluating continuous emission
monitoring systems?
(a) Conduct annual evaluations of your continuous emission
monitoring systems no more than 13 months after the previous evaluation
was conducted.
(b) Evaluate your continuous emission monitoring systems daily and
quarterly as specified in appendix F of this part.
Sec. 60.1255 What must I do if I choose to monitor carbon dioxide
instead of oxygen as a diluent gas?
You must establish the relationship between oxygen and carbon
dioxide during the initial evaluation of your continuous emission
monitoring systems. You may reestablish the relationship during annual
evaluations. To establish the relationship use three procedures:
(a) Use EPA Reference Method 3A or 3B in appendix A of this part to
determine oxygen concentration at the location of your carbon dioxide
monitor.
(b) Conduct at least three test runs for oxygen. Make sure each
test run represents a 1-hour average and that sampling continues for at
least 30 minutes in each hour.
(c) Use the fuel-factor equation in EPA Reference Method 3B in
appendix A of this part to determine the relationship between oxygen
and carbon dioxide.
Sec. 60.1260 What is the minimum amount of monitoring data I must
collect with my continuous emission monitoring systems and is the data
collection requirement enforceable?
(a) Where continuous emission monitoring systems are required,
obtain 1-hour arithmetic averages. Make sure the averages for sulfur
dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and carbon monoxide are in parts per million
by dry volume at 7 percent oxygen (or the equivalent carbon dioxide
level). Use the 1-hour averages of oxygen (or carbon dioxide) data from
your continuous emission monitoring system to determine the actual
oxygen (or carbon dioxide) level and to calculate emissions at 7
percent oxygen (or the equivalent carbon dioxide level).
(b) Obtain at least two data points per hour in order to calculate
a valid 1-hour arithmetic average. Section 60.13(e)(2) requires your
continuous emission monitoring systems to complete at least one cycle
of operation (sampling, analyzing, and data recording) for each 15-
minute period.
(c) Obtain valid 1-hour averages for 75 percent of the operating
hours per day for 90 percent of the operating days per calendar
quarter. An operating day is any day the unit combusts any municipal
solid waste or refuse-derived fuel.
(d) If you do not obtain the minimum data required in paragraphs
(a) through (c) of this section, you are in violation of the data
collection requirement regardless of the emission level monitored, and
you must notify the Administrator according to Sec. 60.1410(e).
(e) If you do not obtain the minimum data required in paragraphs
(a) through (c) of this section, you must still use all valid data from
the continuous emission monitoring systems in calculating emission
concentrations and percent reductions in accordance with Sec. 60.1265.
Sec. 60.1265 How do I convert my 1-hour arithmetic averages into the
appropriate averaging times and units?
(a) Use the equation in Sec. 60.1460(a) to calculate emissions at 7
percent oxygen.
(b) Use EPA Reference Method 19 in appendix A of this part, section
4.3, to calculate the daily geometric average concentrations of sulfur
dioxide emissions. If you are monitoring the percent reduction of
sulfur dioxide, use EPA Reference Method 19 in appendix A of this part,
section 5.4, to determine the daily geometric average percent reduction
of potential sulfur dioxide emissions.
(c) If you operate a Class I municipal waste combustion unit, use
EPA Reference Method 19 in appendix A of this part, section 4.1, to
calculate the daily arithmetic average for concentrations of nitrogen
oxides.
(d) Use EPA Reference Method 19 in appendix A of this part, section
4.1, to calculate the 4-hour or 24-hour daily block averages (as
applicable) for concentrations of carbon monoxide.
Sec. 60.1270 What is required for my continuous opacity monitoring
system and how are the data used?
(a) Install, calibrate, maintain, and operate a continuous opacity
monitoring system.
(b) Install, evaluate, and operate each continuous opacity
monitoring system according to Sec. 60.13.
(c) Complete an initial evaluation of your continuous opacity
monitoring system according to Performance Specification 1 in appendix
B of this part. Complete the evaluation within 60 days after your
municipal waste combustion unit reaches the maximum load level at which
it will operate, but no more than 180 days after its initial startup.
(d) Complete each annual evaluation of your continuous opacity
monitoring system no more than 13 months after the previous evaluation.
(e) Use tests conducted according to EPA Reference Method 9 in
appendix A of this part, as specified in Sec. 60.1300, to determine
compliance with the opacity limit in Table 1 of this subpart. The data
obtained from your continuous opacity monitoring system are not used to
determine compliance with the opacity limit.
Sec. 60.1275 What additional requirements must I meet for the
operation of my continuous emission monitoring systems and continuous
opacity monitoring system?
Use the required span values and applicable performance
specifications in Table 4 of this subpart.
Sec. 60.1280 What must I do if any of my continuous emission
monitoring systems are temporarily unavailable to meet the data
collection requirements?
Refer to Table 4 of this subpart. It shows alternate methods for
collecting data when systems malfunction or when repairs, calibration
checks, or zero and span checks keep you from collecting the minimum
amount of data.
Stack Testing
Sec. 60.1285 What types of stack tests must I conduct?
Conduct initial and annual stack tests to measure the emission
levels of dioxins/furans, cadmium, lead, mercury, particulate matter,
opacity, hydrogen chloride, and fugitive ash.
Sec. 60.1290 How are the stack test data used?
You must use results of stack tests for dioxins/furans, cadmium,
lead, mercury, particulate matter, opacity, hydrogen chloride, and
fugitive ash to demonstrate compliance with the emission limits in
Table 1 of this
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subpart. To demonstrate compliance for carbon monoxide, nitrogen
oxides, and sulfur dioxide, see Sec. 60.1235.
Sec. 60.1295 What schedule must I follow for the stack testing?
(a) Conduct initial stack tests for the pollutants listed in
Sec. 60.1285 within 60 days after your municipal waste combustion unit
reaches the maximum load level at which it will operate, but no later
than 180 days after its initial startup.
(b) Conduct annual stack tests for the same pollutants after the
initial stack test. Conduct each annual stack test no later than 13
months after the previous stack test.
Sec. 60.1300 What test methods must I use to stack test?
(a) Follow Table 5 of this subpart to establish the sampling
location and to determine pollutant concentrations, number of traverse
points, individual test methods, and other specific testing
requirements for the different pollutants.
(b) Make sure that stack tests for all the pollutants consist of at
least three test runs, as specified in Sec. 60.8. Use the average of
the pollutant emission concentrations from the three test runs to
determine compliance with the emission limits in Table 1 of this
subpart.
(c) Obtain an oxygen (or carbon dioxide) measurement at the same
time as your pollutant measurements to determine diluent gas levels, as
specified in Sec. 60.1230.
(d) Use the equations in Sec. 60.1460(a) to calculate emission
levels at 7 percent oxygen (or an equivalent carbon dioxide basis), the
percent reduction in potential hydrogen chloride emissions, and the
reduction efficiency for mercury emissions. See the individual test
methods in Table 5 of this subpart for other required equations.
(e) You can apply to the Administrator for approval under
Sec. 60.8(b) to use a reference method with minor changes in
methodology, use an equivalent method, use an alternative method the
results of which the Administrator has determined are adequate for
demonstrating compliance, waive the requirement for a performance test
because you have demonstrated by other means that you are in
compliance, or use a shorter sampling time or smaller sampling volume.
Sec. 60.1305 May I conduct stack testing less often?
(a) You may test less often if you own or operate a Class II
municipal waste combustion unit and if all stack tests for a given
pollutant over 3 consecutive years show you comply with the emission
limit. In that case, you are not required to conduct a stack test for
that pollutant for the next 2 years. However, you must conduct another
stack test within 36 months of the anniversary date of the third
consecutive stack test that shows you comply with the emission limit.
Thereafter, you must perform stack tests every 3rd year but no later
than 36 months following the previous stack tests. If a stack test
shows noncompliance with an emission limit, you must conduct annual
stack tests for that pollutant until all stack tests over 3 consecutive
years show compliance with the emission limit for that pollutant. The
provision applies to all pollutants subject to stack testing
requirements: dioxins/furans, cadmium, lead, mercury, particulate
matter, opacity, hydrogen chloride, and fugitive ash.
(b) You can test less often for dioxins/furans emissions if you own
or operate a municipal waste combustion plant that meets two
conditions. First, you have multiple municipal waste combustion units
onsite that are subject to this subpart. Second, all those municipal
waste combustion units have demonstrated levels of dioxins/furans
emissions less than or equal to 7 nanograms per dry standard cubic
meter (total mass) for 2 consecutive years. In that case, you may
choose to conduct annual stack tests on only one municipal waste
combustion unit per year at your plant. The provision only applies to
stack testing for dioxins/furans emissions.
(1) Conduct the stack test no more than 13 months following a stack
test on any municipal waste combustion unit subject to this subpart at
your plant. Each year, test a different municipal waste combustion unit
subject to this subpart and test all municipal waste combustion units
subject to this subpart in a sequence that you determine. Once you
determine a testing sequence, it must not be changed without approval
by the Administrator.
(2) If each annual stack test shows levels of dioxins/furans
emissions less than or equal to 7 nanograms per dry standard cubic
meter (total mass), you may continue stack tests on only one municipal
waste combustion unit subject to this subpart per year.
(3) If any annual stack test indicates levels of dioxins/furans
emissions greater than 7 nanograms per dry standard cubic meter (total
mass), conduct subsequent annual stack tests on all municipal waste
combustion units subject to this subpart at your plant. You may return
to testing one municipal waste combustion unit subject to this subpart
per year if you can demonstrate dioxins/furans emission levels less
than or equal to 7 nanograms per dry standard cubic meter (total mass)
for all municipal waste combustion units at your plant subject to this
subpart for 2 consecutive years.
Sec. 60.1310 May I deviate from the 13-month testing schedule if
unforeseen circumstances arise?
You may not deviate from the 13-month testing schedules specified
in Secs. 60.1295(b) and 60.1305(b)(1) unless you apply to the
Administrator for an alternative schedule, and the Administrator
approves your request for alternate scheduling prior to the date on
which you would otherwise have been required to conduct the next stack
test.
Other Monitoring Requirements
Sec. 60.1315 Must I meet other requirements for continuous monitoring?
You must also monitor three operating parameters:
(a) Load level of each municipal waste combustion unit.
(b) Temperature of flue gases at the inlet of your particulate
matter air pollution control device.
(c) Carbon feed rate if activated carbon is used to control
dioxins/furans or mercury emissions.
Sec. 60.1320 How do I monitor the load of my municipal waste
combustion unit?
(a) If your municipal waste combustion unit generates steam, you
must install, calibrate, maintain, and operate a steam flowmeter or a
feed water flowmeter and meet five requirements:
(1) Continuously measure and record the measurements of steam (or
feed water) in kilograms (or pounds) per hour.
(2) Calculate your steam (or feed water) flow in 4-hour block
averages.
(3) Calculate the steam (or feed water) flow rate using the method
in ``American Society of Mechanical Engineers Power Test Codes: Test
Code for Steam Generating Units, Power Test Code 4.1--1964 (R1991),''
section 4 (incorporated by reference in Sec. 60.17(h)(2)).
(4) Design, construct, install, calibrate, and use nozzles or
orifices for flow rate measurements, using the recommendations in
``American Society of Mechanical Engineers Interim Supplement 19.5 on
Instruments and Apparatus: Application, Part II of Fluid Meters,'' 6th
Edition (1971), chapter 4 (incorporated by reference in
Sec. 60.17(h)(3)).
(5) Before each dioxins/furans stack test, or at least once a year,
calibrate all
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signal conversion elements associated with steam (or feed water) flow
measurements according to the manufacturer instructions.
(b) If your municipal waste combustion unit does not generate
steam, or, if your municipal waste combustion units have shared steam
systems and steam load cannot be estimated per unit, you must
determine, to the satisfaction of the Administrator, one or more
operating parameters that can be used to continuously estimate load
level (for example, the feed rate of municipal solid waste or refuse-
derived fuel). You must continuously monitor the selected parameters.
Sec. 60.1325 How do I monitor the temperature of flue gases at the
inlet of my particulate matter control device?
You must install, calibrate, maintain, and operate a device to
continuously measure the temperature of the flue gas stream at the
inlet of each particulate matter control device.
Sec. 60.1330 How do I monitor the injection rate of activated carbon?
If your municipal waste combustion unit uses activated carbon to
control dioxins/furans or mercury emissions, you must meet three
requirements:
(a) Select a carbon injection system operating parameter that can
be used to calculate carbon feed rate (for example, screw feeder
speed).
(b) During each dioxins/furans and mercury stack test, determine
the average carbon feed rate in kilograms (or pounds) per hour. Also,
determine the average operating parameter level that correlates to the
carbon feed rate. Establish a relationship between the operating
parameter and the carbon feed rate in order to calculate the carbon
feed rate based on the operating parameter level.
(c) Continuously monitor the selected operating parameter during
all periods when the municipal waste combustion unit is operating and
combusting waste, and calculate the 8-hour block average carbon feed
rate in kilograms (or pounds) per hour, based on the selected operating
parameter. When calculating the 8-hour block average, do two things:
(1) Exclude hours when the municipal waste combustion unit is not
operating.
(2) Include hours when the municipal waste combustion unit is
operating but the carbon feed system is not working correctly.
Sec. 60.1335 What is the minimum amount of monitoring data I must
collect with my continuous parameter monitoring systems and is the data
collection requirement enforceable?
(a) Where continuous parameter monitoring systems are used, obtain
1-hour arithmetic averages for three parameters:
(1) Load level of the municipal waste combustion unit.
(2) Temperature of the flue gases at the inlet of your particulate
matter control device.
(3) Carbon feed rate if activated carbon is used to control
dioxins/furans or mercury emissions.
(b) Obtain at least two data points per hour in order to calculate
a valid 1-hour arithmetic average.
(c) Obtain valid 1-hour averages for at least 75 percent of the
operating hours per day for 90 percent of the operating days per
calendar quarter. An operating day is any day the unit combusts any
municipal solid waste or refuse-derived fuel.
(d) If you do not obtain the minimum data required in paragraphs
(a) through (c) of this section, you are in violation of the data
collection requirement and you must notify the Administrator according
to Sec. 60.1410(e).
Recordkeeping
Sec. 60.1340 What records must I keep?
You must keep five types of records:
(a) Materials separation plan and siting analysis.
(b) Operator training and certification.
(c) Stack tests.
(d) Continuously monitored pollutants and parameters.
(e) Carbon feed rate.
Sec. 60.1345 Where must I keep my records and for how long?
(a) Keep all records onsite in paper copy or electronic format
unless the Administrator approves another format.
(b) Keep all records on each municipal waste combustion unit for at
least 5 years.
(c) Make all records available for submittal to the Administrator,
or for onsite review by an inspector.
Sec. 60.1350 What records must I keep for the materials separation
plan and siting analysis?
You must keep records of five items:
(a) The date of each record.
(b) The final materials separation plan.
(c) The siting analysis.
(d) A record of the location and date of the public meetings.
(e) Your responses to the public comments received during the
public comment periods.
Sec. 60.1355 What records must I keep for operator training and
certification?
You must keep records of six items:
(a) Records of provisional certifications. Include three items:
(1) For your municipal waste combustion plant, names of the chief
facility operator, shift supervisors, and control room operators who
are provisionally certified by the American Society of Mechanical
Engineers or an equivalent State-approved certification program.
(2) Dates of the initial provisional certifications.
(3) Documentation showing current provisional certifications.
(b) Records of full certifications. Include three items:
(1) For your municipal waste combustion plant, names of the chief
facility operator, shift supervisors, and control room operators who
are fully certified by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers or
an equivalent State-approved certification program.
(2) Dates of initial and renewal full certifications.
(3) Documentation showing current full certifications.
(c) Records showing completion of the operator training course.
Include three items:
(1) For your municipal waste combustion plant, names of the chief
facility operator, shift supervisors, and control room operators who
have completed the EPA or State municipal waste combustion operator
training course.
(2) Dates of completion of the operator training course.
(3) Documentation showing completion of the operator training
course.
(d) Records of reviews for plant-specific operating manuals.
Include three items:
(1) Names of persons who have reviewed the operating manual.
(2) Date of the initial review.
(3) Dates of subsequent annual reviews.
(e) Records of when a certified operator is temporarily offsite.
Include two main items:
(1) If the certified chief facility operator and certified shift
supervisor are offsite for more than 12 hours, but for 2 weeks or less,
and no other certified operator is onsite, record the dates that the
certified chief facility operator and certified shift supervisor were
offsite.
(2) When the certified chief facility operator and certified shift
supervisor are offsite for more than 2 weeks and no other certified
operator is onsite, keep records of four items:
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(i) Your notice that all certified persons are offsite.
(ii) The conditions that cause those people to be offsite.
(iii) The corrective actions you are taking to ensure a certified
chief facility operator or certified shift supervisor is onsite.
(iv) Copies of the written reports submitted every 4 weeks that
summarize the actions taken to ensure that a certified chief facility
operator or certified shift supervisor will be onsite.
(f) Records of calendar dates. Include the calendar date on each
record.
Sec. 60.1360 What records must I keep for stack tests?
For stack tests required under Sec. 60.1285, you must keep records
of four items:
(a) The results of the stack tests for eight pollutants or
parameters recorded in the appropriate units of measure specified in
Table 1 of this subpart:
(1) Dioxins/furans.
(2) Cadmium.
(3) Lead.
(4) Mercury.
(5) Opacity.
(6) Particulate matter.
(7) Hydrogen chloride.
(8) Fugitive ash.
(b) Test reports including supporting calculations that document
the results of all stack tests.
(c) The maximum demonstrated load of your municipal waste
combustion units and maximum temperature at the inlet of your
particulate matter control device during all stack tests for dioxins/
furans emissions.
(d) The calendar date of each record.
Sec. 60.1365 What records must I keep for continuously monitored
pollutants or parameters?
You must keep records of eight items:
(a) Records of monitoring data. Document six parameters measured
using continuous monitoring systems:
(1) All 6-minute average levels of opacity.
(2) All 1-hour average concentrations of sulfur dioxide emissions.
(3) For Class I municipal waste combustion units only, all 1-hour
average concentrations of nitrogen oxides emissions.
(4) All 1-hour average concentrations of carbon monoxide emissions.
(5) All 1-hour average load levels of your municipal waste
combustion unit.
(6) All 1-hour average flue gas temperatures at the inlet of the
particulate matter control device.
(b) Records of average concentrations and percent reductions.
Document five parameters:
(1) All 24-hour daily block geometric average concentrations of
sulfur dioxide emissions or average percent reductions of sulfur
dioxide emissions.
(2) For Class I municipal waste combustion units only, all 24-hour
daily arithmetic average concentrations of nitrogen oxides emissions.
(3) All 4-hour block or 24-hour daily block arithmetic average
concentrations of carbon monoxide emissions.
(4) All 4-hour block arithmetic average load levels of your
municipal waste combustion unit.
(5) All 4-hour block arithmetic average flue gas temperatures at
the inlet of the particulate matter control device.
(c) Records of exceedances. Document three items:
(1) Calendar dates whenever any of the five pollutant or parameter
levels recorded in paragraph (b) of this section or the opacity level
recorded in paragraph (a)(1) of this section did not meet the emission
limits or operating levels specified in this subpart.
(2) Reasons you exceeded the applicable emission limits or
operating levels.
(3) Corrective actions you took, or are taking, to meet the
emission limits or operating levels.
(d) Records of minimum data. Document three items:
(1) Calendar dates for which you did not collect the minimum amount
of data required under Secs. 60.1260 and 60.1335. Record the dates for
five types of pollutants and parameters:
(i) Sulfur dioxide emissions.
(ii) For Class I municipal waste combustion units only, nitrogen
oxides emissions.
(iii) Carbon monoxide emissions.
(iv) Load levels of your municipal waste combustion unit.
(v) Temperatures of the flue gases at the inlet of the particulate
matter control device.
(2) Reasons you did not collect the minimum data.
(3) Corrective actions you took, or are taking, to obtain the
required amount of data.
(e) Records of exclusions. Document each time you have excluded
data from your calculation of averages for any of the following five
pollutants or parameters and the reasons the data were excluded:
(1) Sulfur dioxide emissions.
(2) For Class I municipal waste combustion units only, nitrogen
oxides emissions.
(3) Carbon monoxide emissions.
(4) Load levels of your municipal waste combustion unit.
(5) Temperatures of the flue gases at the inlet of the particulate
matter control device.
(f) Records of drift and accuracy. Document the results of your
daily drift tests and quarterly accuracy determinations according to
Procedure 1 of appendix F of this part. Keep the records for the sulfur
dioxide, nitrogen oxides (Class I municipal waste combustion units
only), and carbon monoxide continuous emissions monitoring systems.
(g) Records of the relationship between oxygen and carbon dioxide.
If you choose to monitor carbon dioxide instead of oxygen as a diluent
gas, document the relationship between oxygen and carbon dioxide, as
specified in Sec. 60.1255.
(h) Records of calendar dates. Include the calendar date on each
record.
Sec. 60.1370 What records must I keep for municipal waste combustion
units that use activated carbon?
For municipal waste combustion units that use activated carbon to
control dioxins/furans or mercury emissions, you must keep records of
five items:
(a) Records of average carbon feed rate. Document five items:
(1) Average carbon feed rate in kilograms (or pounds) per hour
during all stack tests for dioxins/furans and mercury emissions.
Include supporting calculations in the records.
(2) For the operating parameter chosen to monitor carbon feed rate,
average operating level during all stack tests for dioxins/furans and
mercury emissions. Include supporting data that document the
relationship between the operating parameter and the carbon feed rate.
(3) All 8-hour block average carbon feed rates in kilograms (or
pounds) per hour calculated from the monitored operating parameter.
(4) Total carbon purchased and delivered to the municipal waste
combustion plant for each calendar quarter. If you choose to evaluate
total carbon purchased and delivered on a municipal waste combustion
unit basis, record the total carbon purchased and delivered for each
individual municipal waste combustion unit at your plant. Include
supporting documentation.
(5) Required quarterly usage of carbon for the municipal waste
combustion plant, calculated using equation 4 or 5 in Sec. 60.1460(f).
If you choose to evaluate required quarterly usage for carbon on a
municipal waste combustion unit basis, record the required quarterly
usage for each municipal waste combustion unit
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at your plant. Include supporting calculations.
(b) Records of low carbon feed rates. Document three items:
(1) The calendar dates when the average carbon feed rate over an 8-
hour block was less than the average carbon feed rates determined
during the most recent stack test for dioxins/furans or mercury
emissions (whichever has a higher feed rate).
(2) Reasons for the low carbon feed rates.
(3) Corrective actions you took or are taking to meet the 8-hour
average carbon feed rate requirement.
(c) Records of minimum carbon feed rate data. Document three items:
(1) Calendar dates for which you did not collect the minimum amount
of carbon feed rate data required under Sec. 60.1335.
(2) Reasons you did not collect the minimum data.
(3) Corrective actions you took or are taking to get the required
amount of data.
(d) Records of exclusions. Document each time you have excluded
data from your calculation of average carbon feed rates and the reasons
the data were excluded.
(e) Records of calendar dates. Include the calendar date on each
record.
Reporting
Sec. 60.1375 What reports must I submit before I submit my notice of
construction?
(a) If you are required to submit an application for a construction
permit under 40 CFR part 51, subpart I, or 40 CFR part 52, you must
submit five items by the date you submit your application.
(1) Your draft materials separation plan, as specified in
Sec. 60.1065.
(2) Your revised materials separation plan, as specified in
Sec. 60.1085(c).
(3) Your notice of the initial public meeting for your draft
materials separation plan, as specified in Sec. 60.1070(b).
(4) A transcript of the initial public meeting, as specified in
Sec. 60.1080(f).
(5) The document that summarizes your responses to the public
comments you received during the initial public comment period, as
specified in Sec. 60.1085(a).
(b) If you are not required to submit an application for a
construction permit under 40 CFR part 51, subpart I, or 40 CFR part 52,
you must submit the items in paragraph (a) of this section with your
notice of construction.
Sec. 60.1380 What must I include in my notice of construction?
(a) Include ten items:
(1) A statement of your intent to construct the municipal waste
combustion unit.
(2) The planned initial startup date of your municipal waste
combustion unit.
(3) The types of fuels you plan to combust in your municipal waste
combustion unit.
(4) The capacity of your municipal waste combustion unit including
supporting capacity calculations, as specified in Sec. 60.1460(d) and
(e).
(5) Your siting analysis, as specified in Sec. 60.1125.
(6) Your final materials separation plan, as specified in
Sec. 60.1100(b).
(7) Your notice of the second public meeting (siting analysis
meeting), as specified in Sec. 60.1130(b).
(8) A transcript of the second public meeting, as specified in
Sec. 60.1140(d).
(9) A copy of the document that summarizes your responses to the
public comments you received during the second public comment period,
as specified in Sec. 60.1145(a).
(10) Your final siting analysis, as specified in Sec. 60.1145(c).
(b) Submit your notice of construction no later than 30 days after
you commence construction, reconstruction, or modification of your
municipal waste combustion unit.
Sec. 60.1385 What reports must I submit after I submit my notice of
construction and in what form?
(a) Submit an initial report and annual reports, plus semiannual
reports for any emission or parameter level that does not meet the
limits specified in this subpart.
(b) Submit all reports on paper, postmarked on or before the
submittal dates in Secs. 60.1395, 60.1405, and 60.1420. If the
Administrator agrees, you may submit electronic reports.
(c) Keep a copy of all reports required by Secs. 60.1400, 60.1410,
and 60.1425 onsite for 5 years.
Sec. 60.1390 What are the appropriate units of measurement for
reporting my data?
See Tables 1 and 2 of this subpart for appropriate units of
measurement.
Sec. 60.1395 When must I submit the initial report?
As specified in Sec. 60.7(c), submit your initial report within 60
days after your municipal waste combustion unit reaches the maximum
load level at which it will operate, but no later than 180 days after
its initial startup.
Sec. 60.1400 What must I include in my initial report?
You must include seven items:
(a) The emission levels measured on the date of the initial
evaluation of your continuous emission monitoring systems for all of
the following five pollutants or parameters as recorded in accordance
with Sec. 60.1365(b).
(1) The 24-hour daily geometric average concentration of sulfur
dioxide emissions or the 24-hour daily geometric percent reduction of
sulfur dioxide emissions.
(2) For Class I municipal waste combustion units only, the 24-hour
daily arithmetic average concentration of nitrogen oxides emissions.
(3) The 4-hour block or 24-hour daily arithmetic average
concentration of carbon monoxide emissions.
(4) The 4-hour block arithmetic average load level of your
municipal waste combustion unit.
(5) The 4-hour block arithmetic average flue gas temperature at the
inlet of the particulate matter control device.
(b) The results of the initial stack tests for eight pollutants or
parameters (use appropriate units as specified in Table 2 of this
subpart):
(1) Dioxins/furans.
(2) Cadmium.
(3) Lead.
(4) Mercury.
(5) Opacity.
(6) Particulate matter.
(7) Hydrogen chloride.
(8) Fugitive ash.
(c) The test report that documents the initial stack tests
including supporting calculations.
(d) The initial performance evaluation of your continuous emissions
monitoring systems. Use the applicable performance specifications in
appendix B of this part in conducting the evaluation.
(e) The maximum demonstrated load of your municipal waste
combustion unit and the maximum demonstrated temperature of the flue
gases at the inlet of the particulate matter control device. Use values
established during your initial stack test for dioxins/furans emissions
and include supporting calculations.
(f) If your municipal waste combustion unit uses activated carbon
to control dioxins/furans or mercury emissions, the average carbon feed
rates that you recorded during the initial stack tests for dioxins/
furans and mercury emissions. Include supporting calculations as
specified in Sec. 60.1370(a)(1) and (2).
(g) If you choose to monitor carbon dioxide instead of oxygen as a
diluent gas, documentation of the relationship between oxygen and
carbon dioxide, as specified in Sec. 60.1255.
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Sec. 60.1405 When must I submit the annual report?
Submit the annual report no later than February 1 of each year that
follows the calendar year in which you collected the data. If you have
an operating permit for any unit under title V of the Clean Air Act
(CAA), the permit may require you to submit semiannual reports. Parts
70 and 71 of this chapter contain program requirements for permits.
Sec. 60.1410 What must I include in my annual report?
Summarize data collected for all pollutants and parameters
regulated under this subpart. Your summary must include twelve items:
(a) The results of the annual stack test, using appropriate units,
for eight pollutants, as recorded under Sec. 60.1360(a):
(1) Dioxins/furans.
(2) Cadmium.
(3) Lead.
(4) Mercury.
(5) Particulate matter.
(6) Opacity.
(7) Hydrogen chloride.
(8) Fugitive ash.
(b) A list of the highest average levels recorded, in the
appropriate units. List the values for five pollutants or parameters:
(1) Sulfur dioxide emissions.
(2) For Class I municipal waste combustion units only, nitrogen
oxides emissions.
(3) Carbon monoxide emissions.
(4) Load level of the municipal waste combustion unit.
(5) Temperature of the flue gases at the inlet of the particulate
matter air pollution control device (4-hour block average).
(c) The highest 6-minute opacity level measured. Base the value on
all 6-minute average opacity levels recorded by your continuous opacity
monitoring system (Sec. 60.1365(a)(1)).
(d) For municipal waste combustion units that use activated carbon
for controlling dioxins/furans or mercury emissions, include four
records:
(1) The average carbon feed rates recorded during the most recent
dioxins/furans and mercury stack tests.
(2) The lowest 8-hour block average carbon feed rate recorded
during the year.
(3) The total carbon purchased and delivered to the municipal waste
combustion plant for each calendar quarter. If you choose to evaluate
total carbon purchased and delivered on a municipal waste combustion
unit basis, record the total carbon purchased and delivered for each
individual municipal waste combustion unit at your plant.
(4) The required quarterly carbon usage of your municipal waste
combustion plant calculated using equation 4 or 5 in Sec. 60.1460(f).
If you choose to evaluate required quarterly usage for carbon on a
municipal waste combustion unit basis, record the required quarterly
usage for each municipal waste combustion unit at your plant.
(e) The total number of days that you did not obtain the minimum
number of hours of data for six pollutants or parameters. Include the
reasons you did not obtain the data and corrective actions that you
have taken to obtain the data in the future. Include data on:
(1) Sulfur dioxide emissions.
(2) For Class I municipal waste combustion units only, nitrogen
oxides emissions.
(3) Carbon monoxide emissions.
(4) Load level of the municipal waste combustion unit.
(5) Temperature of the flue gases at the inlet of the particulate
matter air pollution control device.
(6) Carbon feed rate.
(f) The number of hours you have excluded data from the calculation
of average levels (include the reasons for excluding it). Include data
for six pollutants or parameters:
(1) Sulfur dioxide emissions.
(2) For Class I municipal waste combustion units only, nitrogen
oxides emissions.
(3) Carbon monoxide emissions.
(4) Load level of the municipal waste combustion unit.
(5) Temperature of the flue gases at the inlet of the particulate
matter air pollution control device.
(6) Carbon feed rate.
(g) A notice of your intent to begin a reduced stack testing
schedule for dioxins/furans emissions during the following calendar
year, if you are eligible for alternative scheduling (Sec. 60.1305(a)
or (b)).
(h) A notice of your intent to begin a reduced stack testing
schedule for other pollutants during the following calendar year if you
are eligible for alternative scheduling (Sec. 60.1305(a)).
(i) A summary of any emission or parameter level that did not meet
the limits specified in this subpart.
(j) A summary of the data in paragraphs (a) through (d) of this
section from the year preceding the reporting year which gives the
Administrator a summary of the performance of the municipal waste
combustion unit over a 2-year period.
(k) If you choose to monitor carbon dioxide instead of oxygen as a
diluent gas, documentation of the relationship between oxygen and
carbon dioxide, as specified in Sec. 60.1255.
(l) Documentation of periods when all certified chief facility
operators and certified shift supervisors are offsite for more than 12
hours.
Sec. 60.1415 What must I do if I am out of compliance with the
requirements of this subpart?
You must submit a semiannual report on any recorded emission or
parameter level that does not meet the requirements specified in this
subpart.
Sec. 60.1420 If a semiannual report is required, when must I submit
it?
(a) For data collected during the first half of a calendar year,
submit your semiannual report by August 1 of that year.
(b) For data you collected during the second half of the calendar
year, submit your semiannual report by February 1 of the following
year.
Sec. 60.1425 What must I include in the semiannual out-of-compliance
reports?
You must include three items in the semiannual report:
(a) For any of the following six pollutants or parameters that
exceeded the limits specified in this subpart, include the calendar
date they exceeded the limits, the averaged and recorded data for that
date, the reasons for exceeding the limits, and your corrective
actions:
(1) Concentration or percent reduction of sulfur dioxide emissions.
(2) For Class I municipal waste combustion units only,
concentration of nitrogen oxides emissions.
(3) Concentration of carbon monoxide emissions.
(4) Load level of your municipal waste combustion unit.
(5) Temperature of the flue gases at the inlet of your particulate
matter air pollution control device.
(6) Average 6-minute opacity level. The data obtained from your
continuous opacity monitoring system are not used to determine
compliance with the limit on opacity emissions.
(b) If the results of your annual stack tests (as recorded in
Sec. 60.1360(a)) show emissions above the limits specified in Table 1
of this subpart for dioxins/furans, cadmium, lead, mercury, particulate
matter, opacity, hydrogen chloride, and fugitive ash, include a copy of
the test report that documents the emission levels and your corrective
actions.
(c) For municipal waste combustion units that apply activated
carbon to control dioxins/furans or mercury emissions, include two
items:
(1) Documentation of all dates when the 8-hour block average carbon
feed rate (calculated from the carbon
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injection system operating parameter) is less than the highest carbon
feed rate established during the most recent mercury and dioxins/furans
stack test (as specified in Sec. 60.1370(a)(1)). Include four items:
(i) Eight-hour average carbon feed rate.
(ii) Reasons for occurrences of low carbon feed rates.
(iii) The corrective actions you have taken to meet the carbon feed
rate requirement.
(iv) The calendar date.
(2) Documentation of each quarter when total carbon purchased and
delivered to the municipal waste combustion plant is less than the
total required quarterly usage of carbon. If you choose to evaluate
total carbon purchased and delivered on a municipal waste combustion
unit basis, record the total carbon purchased and delivered for each
individual municipal waste combustion unit at your plant. Include five
items:
(i) Amount of carbon purchased and delivered to the plant.
(ii) Required quarterly usage of carbon.
(iii) Reasons for not meeting the required quarterly usage of
carbon.
(iv) The corrective actions you have taken to meet the required
quarterly usage of carbon.
(v) The calendar date.
Sec. 60.1430 Can reporting dates be changed?
(a) If the Administrator agrees, you may change the semiannual or
annual reporting dates.
(b) See Sec. 60.19(c) for procedures to seek approval to change
your reporting date.
Air Curtain Incinerators that Burn 100 Percent Yard Waste
Sec. 60.1435 What is an air curtain incinerator?
An air curtain incinerator operates by forcefully projecting a
curtain of air across an open chamber or open pit in which combustion
occurs. Incinerators of that type can be constructed above or below
ground and with or without refractory walls and floor.
Sec. 60.1440 What is yard waste?
Yard waste is grass, grass clippings, bushes, shrubs, and clippings
from bushes and shrubs. They come from residential, commercial/retail,
institutional, or industrial sources as part of maintaining yards or
other private or public lands. Yard waste does not include two items:
(a) Construction, renovation, and demolition wastes that are exempt
from the definition of ``municipal solid waste'' in Sec. 60.1465.
(b) Clean wood that is exempt from the definition of ``municipal
solid waste'' in Sec. 60.1465.
Sec. 60.1445 What are the emission limits for air curtain incinerators
that burn 100 percent yard waste?
If your air curtain incinerator combusts 100 percent yard waste,
you must meet only the emission limits in this section.
(a) Within 60 days after your air curtain incinerator reaches the
maximum load level at which it will operate, but no later than 180 days
after its initial startup, you must meet two limits:
(1) The opacity limit is 10 percent (6-minute average) for air
curtain incinerators that can combust at least 35 tons per day of
municipal solid waste and no more than 250 tons per day of municipal
solid waste.
(2) The opacity limit is 35 percent (6-minute average) during the
startup period that is within the first 30 minutes of operation.
(b) Except during malfunctions, the requirements of this subpart
apply at all times. Each malfunction must not exceed 3 hours.
Sec. 60.1450 How must I monitor opacity for air curtain incinerators
that burn 100 percent yard waste?
(a) Use EPA Reference Method 9 in appendix A of this part to
determine compliance with the opacity limit.
(b) Conduct an initial test for opacity as specified in Sec. 60.8.
(c) After the initial test for opacity, conduct annual tests no
more than 13 calendar months following the date of your previous test.
Sec. 60.1455 What are the recordkeeping and reporting requirements for
air curtain incinerators that burn 100 percent yard waste?
(a) Provide a notice of construction that includes four items:
(1) Your intent to construct the air curtain incinerator.
(2) Your planned initial startup date.
(3) Types of fuels you plan to combust in your air curtain
incinerator.
(4) The capacity of your incinerator, including supporting capacity
calculations, as specified in Sec. 60.1460(d) and (e).
(b) Keep records of results of all opacity tests onsite in either
paper copy or electronic format unless the Administrator approves
another format.
(c) Keep all records for each incinerator for at least 5 years.
(d) Make all records available for submittal to the Administrator
or for onsite review by an inspector.
(e) Submit the results (each 6-minute average) of the opacity tests
by February 1 of the year following the year of the opacity emission
test.
(f) Submit reports as a paper copy on or before the applicable
submittal date. If the Administrator agrees, you may submit reports on
electronic media.
(g) If the Administrator agrees, you may change the annual
reporting dates (see Sec. 60.19(c)).
(h) Keep a copy of all reports onsite for a period of 5 years.
Equations
Sec. 60.1460 What equations must I use?
(a) Concentration correction to 7 percent oxygen. Correct any
pollutant concentration to 7 percent oxygen using equation 1 of this
section:
C7 = Cunc * (13.9) * (1/
(20.9-CO2)) (Eq.1)
Where:
C7 = concentration corrected to 7 percent
oxygen.
Cunc = uncorrected pollutant concentration.
CO2 = concentration of oxygen (percent).
(b) Percent reduction in potential mercury emissions. Calculate the
percent reduction in potential mercury emissions (%P Hg)
using equation 2 of this section:
%PHg = (Ei-o) * (100/Ei)
(Eq. 2)
Where:
%PHg = percent reduction of potential mercury emissions
Ei = mercury emission concentration as measured at the air
pollution control device inlet, corrected to 7 percent oxygen, dry
basis
Eo = mercury emission concentration as measured at the air
pollution control device outlet, corrected to 7 percent oxygen, dry
basis
(c) Percent reduction in potential hydrogen chloride emissions.
Calculate the percent reduction in potential hydrogen chloride
emissions (%PHC1) using equation 3 of this section:
%PHC1 = (Ei - Eo) * (100/
Ei) (Eq. 3)
Where:
%PHC1 = percent reduction of the potential hydrogen chloride
emissions
EI = hydrogen chloride emission concentration as measured at
the air pollution control device inlet, corrected to 7 percent oxygen,
dry basis
EO = hydrogen chloride emission concentration as measured at
the air pollution control device outlet, corrected to 7 percent oxygen,
dry basis
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(d) Capacity of a municipal waste combustion unit. For a municipal
waste combustion unit that can operate continuously for 24-hour
periods, calculate the municipal waste combustion unit capacity based
on 24 hours of operation at the maximum charge rate. To determine the
maximum charge rate, use one of two methods:
(1) For municipal waste combustion units with a design based on
heat input capacity, calculate the maximum charging rate based on the
maximum heat input capacity and one of two heating values:
(i) If your municipal waste combustion unit combusts refuse-derived
fuel, use a heating value of 12,800 kilojoules per kilogram (5,500
British thermal units per pound).
(ii) If your municipal waste combustion unit combusts municipal
solid waste, use a heating value of 10,500 kilojoules per kilogram
(4,500 British thermal units per pound).
(2) For municipal waste combustion units with a design not based on
heat input capacity, use the maximum designed charging rate.
(e) Capacity of a batch municipal waste combustion unit. Calculate
the capacity of a batch municipal waste combustion unit as the maximum
design amount of municipal solid waste they can charge per batch
multiplied by the maximum number of batches they can process in 24
hours. Calculate the maximum number of batches by dividing 24 by the
number of hours needed to process one batch. Retain fractional batches
in the calculation. For example, if one batch requires 16 hours, the
municipal waste combustion unit can combust 24/16, or 1.5 batches, in
24 hours.
(f) Quarterly carbon usage. If you use activated carbon to comply
with the dioxins/furans or mercury limits, calculate the required
quarterly usage of carbon using equation 4 of this section for plant
basis or equation 5 of this section for unit basis:
(1) Plant basis.
[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TR06DE00.001
Where:
C = required quarterly carbon usage for the plant in kilograms (or
pounds).
fi = required carbon feed rate for the municipal waste
combustion unit in kilograms (or pounds) per hour. That is the average
carbon feed rate during the most recent mercury or dioxins/furans stack
tests (whichever has a higher feed rate).
hi = number of hours the municipal waste combustion unit was
in operation during the calendar quarter (hours).
n = number of municipal waste combustion units, i, located at your
plant.
(2) Unit basis.
[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TR06DE00.002
Where:
C = required quarterly carbon usage for the unit in kilograms (or
pounds).
f = required carbon feed rate for the municipal waste combustion unit
in kilograms (or pounds) per hour. That is the average carbon feed rate
during the most recent mercury or dioxins/furans stack tests (whichever
has a higher feed rate).
h = number of hours the municipal waste combustion unit was in
operation during the calendar quarter (hours).
Definitions
Sec. 60.1465 What definitions must I know?
Terms used but not defined in this section are defined in the CAA
and in subparts A and B of this part.
Administrator means the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency or his/her authorized representative or the
Administrator of a State Air Pollution Control Agency.
Air curtain incinerator means an incinerator that operates by
forcefully projecting a curtain of air across an open chamber or pit in
which combustion occurs. Incinerators of that type can be constructed
above or below ground and with or without refractory walls and floor.
Batch municipal waste combustion unit means a municipal waste
combustion unit designed so it cannot combust municipal solid waste
continuously 24 hours per day because the design does not allow waste
to be fed to the unit or ash to be removed during combustion.
Calendar quarter means three consecutive months (nonoverlapping)
beginning on: January 1, April 1, July 1, or October 1.
Calendar year means 365 (or 366 consecutive days for leap years)
consecutive days starting on January 1 and ending on December 31.
Chief facility operator means the person in direct charge and
control of the operation of a municipal waste combustion unit. That
person is responsible for daily onsite supervision, technical
direction, management, and overall performance of the municipal waste
combustion unit.
Class I units mean small municipal waste combustion units subject
to this subpart that are located at municipal waste combustion plants
with an aggregate plant combustion capacity greater than 250 tons per
day of municipal solid waste. See the definition in this section of
``municipal waste combustion plant capacity'' for specification of
which units at a plant site are included in the aggregate capacity
calculation.
Class II units mean small municipal waste combustion units subject
to this subpart that are located at municipal waste combustion plants
with an aggregate plant combustion capacity less than or equal to 250
tons per day of municipal solid waste. See the definition in this
section of ``municipal waste combustion plant capacity'' for
specification of which units at a plant site are included in the
aggregate capacity calculation.
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 two items:
(1) ``Yard waste,'' which is defined elsewhere in this section.
(2) Construction, renovation, or demolition wastes (for example,
railroad ties and telephone poles) that are exempt from the definition
of ``municipal solid waste'' in this section.
Co-fired combustion unit means a unit that combusts municipal solid
waste with nonmunicipal solid waste fuel (for example, coal, industrial
process waste). To be considered a co-fired combustion unit, the unit
must be subject to a federally enforceable permit that limits it to
combusting a fuel feed stream which is 30 percent or less (by weight)
municipal solid waste as measured each calendar quarter.
Continuous burning means the continuous, semicontinuous, or batch
feeding of municipal solid waste to dispose of the waste, produce
energy, or provide heat to the combustion system in preparation for
waste disposal or energy production. Continuous burning does not mean
the use of municipal solid waste solely to thermally protect the grate
or hearth during the startup period when municipal solid waste is not
fed to the grate or hearth.
Continuous emission monitoring system means a monitoring system
that continuously measures the emissions of a pollutant from a
municipal waste combustion unit.
Dioxins/furans mean tetra- through octachlorinated dibenzo-p-
dioxins and dibenzofurans.
Eight-hour block average means the average of all hourly emission
concentrations or parameter levels when
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the municipal waste combustion unit operates and combusts municipal
solid waste measured over any of three 8-hour periods of time:
(1) 12:00 midnight to 8:00 a.m.
(2) 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
(3) 4:00 p.m. to 12:00 midnight.
Federally enforceable means all limits and conditions the
Administrator can enforce (including the requirements of 40 CFR parts
60, 61, and 63), requirements in a State's implementation plan, and any
permit requirements established under 40 CFR 52.21 or under 40 CFR
51.18 and 40 CFR 51.24.
First calendar half means the period that starts on January 1 and
ends on June 30 in any year.
Fluidized bed combustion unit means a unit where municipal waste is
combusted in a fluidized bed of material. The fluidized bed material
may remain in the primary combustion zone or may be carried out of the
primary combustion zone and returned through a recirculation loop.
Four-hour block average or 4-hour block average means the average
of all hourly emission concentrations or parameter levels when the
municipal waste combustion unit operates and combusts municipal solid
waste measured over any of six 4-hour periods:
(1) 12:00 midnight to 4:00 a.m.
(2) 4:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m.
(3) 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon.
(4) 12:00 noon to 4:00 p.m.
(5) 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
(6) 8:00 p.m. to 12:00 midnight.
Mass burn refractory municipal waste combustion unit means a field-
erected municipal waste combustion unit that combusts municipal solid
waste in a refractory wall furnace. Unless otherwise specified, that
includes municipal waste combustion units with a cylindrical rotary
refractory wall furnace.
Mass burn rotary waterwall municipal waste combustion unit means a
field-erected municipal waste combustion unit that combusts municipal
solid waste in a cylindrical rotary waterwall furnace.
Mass burn waterwall municipal waste combustion unit means a field-
erected municipal waste combustion unit that combusts municipal solid
waste in a waterwall furnace.
Materials separation plan means a plan that identifies a goal and
an approach for separating certain components of municipal solid waste
for a given service area in order to make the separated materials
available for recycling. A materials separation plan may include three
items:
(1) Elements such as dropoff facilities, buy-back or deposit-return
incentives, curbside pickup programs, or centralized mechanical
separation systems.
(2) Different goals or approaches for different subareas in the
service area.
(3) No materials separation activities for certain subareas or, if
warranted, the entire service area.
Maximum demonstrated load of a municipal waste combustion unit
means the highest 4-hour block arithmetic average municipal waste
combustion unit load achieved during 4 consecutive hours in the course
of the most recent dioxins/furans stack test that demonstrates
compliance with the applicable emission limit for dioxins/furans
specified in this subpart.
Maximum demonstrated temperature of the particulate matter control
device means the highest 4-hour block arithmetic average flue gas
temperature measured at the inlet of the particulate matter control
device during 4 consecutive hours in the course of the most recent
stack test for dioxins/furans emissions that demonstrates compliance
with the limits specified in this subpart.
Medical/infectious waste means any waste meeting the definition of
``medical/infectious waste'' in Sec. 60.51c of subpart E, of this part.
Mixed fuel-fired (pulverized coal/refuse-derived fuel) combustion
unit means a combustion unit that combusts coal and refuse-derived fuel
simultaneously, in which pulverized coal is introduced into an air
stream that carries the coal to the combustion chamber of the unit
where it is combusted in suspension. That includes both conventional
pulverized coal and micropulverized coal.
Modification or modified municipal waste combustion unit means a
municipal waste combustion unit you have changed after June 6, 2001 and
that meets one of two criteria:
(1) The cumulative cost of the changes over the life of the unit
exceeds 50 percent of the original cost of building and installing the
unit (not including the cost of land) updated to current costs.
(2) Any physical change in the municipal waste combustion unit or
change in the method of operating it that increases the emission level
of any air pollutant for which new source performance standards have
been established under section 129 or section 111 of the CAA. Increases
in the emission level of any air pollutant are determined when the
municipal waste combustion unit operates at 100 percent of its physical
load capability and are measured downstream of all air pollution
control devices. Load restrictions based on permits or other
nonphysical operational restrictions cannot be considered in the
determination.
Modular excess-air municipal waste combustion unit means a
municipal waste combustion unit that combusts municipal solid waste, is
not field-erected, and has multiple combustion chambers, all of which
are designed to operate at conditions with combustion air amounts in
excess of theoretical air requirements.
Modular starved-air municipal waste combustion unit means a
municipal waste combustion unit that combusts municipal solid waste, is
not field-erected, and has multiple combustion chambers in which the
primary combustion chamber is designed to operate at substoichiometric
conditions.
Municipal solid waste or municipal-type solid waste means
household, commercial/retail, or institutional waste. Household waste
includes material discarded by residential dwellings, hotels, motels,
and other similar permanent or temporary housing. 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 materials discarded by schools, by hospitals (nonmedical), by
nonmanufacturing activities at prisons and government facilities, and
other similar establishments or facilities. Household, commercial/
retail, and institutional waste does include yard waste and refuse-
derived fuel. Household, commercial/retail, and institutional waste
does not include used oil; sewage sludge; wood pallets; construction,
renovation, and demolition wastes (which include railroad ties and
telephone poles); clean wood; industrial process or manufacturing
wastes; medical waste; or motor vehicles (including motor vehicle parts
or vehicle fluff).
Municipal waste combustion plant means one or more municipal waste
combustion units at the same location as specified under Applicability
(Sec. 60.1015(a)and (b)).
Municipal waste combustion plant capacity means the aggregate
municipal waste combustion capacity of all municipal waste combustion
units at the plant that are subject to subparts Ea or Eb of this part,
or this subpart.
Municipal waste combustion unit means any setting or equipment that
combusts solid, liquid, or gasified municipal solid waste including,
but not limited to, field-erected combustion
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units (with or without heat recovery), modular combustion units
(starved-air or excess-air), boilers (for example, steam generating
units), furnaces (whether suspension-fired, grate-fired, mass-fired,
air curtain incinerators, or fluidized bed-fired), and pyrolysis/
combustion units. Two criteria further define municipal waste
combustion units:
(1) Municipal waste combustion units do not include pyrolysis or
combustion units located at a plastics or rubber recycling unit as
specified under Applicability (Sec. 60.1020(h) and (i)). Municipal
waste combustion units also do not include cement kilns that combust
municipal solid waste as specified under Applicability
(Sec. 60.1020(j)). Municipal waste combustion units also do not include
internal combustion engines, gas turbines, or other combustion devices
that combust landfill gases collected by landfill gas collection
systems.
(2) The boundaries of a municipal waste combustion unit are defined
as follows. The municipal waste combustion unit includes, but is not
limited to, the municipal solid waste fuel feed system, grate system,
flue gas system, bottom ash system, and the combustion unit water
system. The municipal waste combustion unit does not include air
pollution control equipment, the stack, water treatment equipment, or
the turbine-generator set. The municipal waste combustion unit boundary
starts at the municipal solid waste pit or hopper and extends through
three areas:
(i) The combustion unit flue gas system, which ends immediately
after the heat recovery equipment or, if there is no heat recovery
equipment, immediately after the combustion chamber.
(ii) The combustion unit bottom ash system, which ends at the truck
loading station or similar equipment that transfers the ash to final
disposal. It includes all ash handling systems connected to the bottom
ash handling system.
(iii) The combustion unit water system, which starts at the feed
water pump and ends at the piping that exits the steam drum or
superheater.
Particulate matter means total particulate matter emitted from
municipal waste combustion units as measured using EPA Reference Method
5 in appendix A of this part and the procedures specified in
Sec. 60.1300.
Plastics or rubber recycling unit means an integrated processing
unit for which plastics, rubber, or rubber tires are the only feed
materials (incidental contaminants may be in the feed materials). The
feed materials are processed and marketed to become input feed stock
for chemical plants or petroleum refineries. The following three
criteria further define a plastics or rubber recycling unit:
(1) Each calendar quarter, the combined weight of the feed stock
that a plastics or rubber recycling unit produces must be more than 70
percent of the combined weight of the plastics, rubber, and rubber
tires that recycling unit processes.
(2) The plastics, rubber, or rubber tires fed to the recycling unit
may originate from separating or diverting plastics, rubber, or rubber
tires from municipal or industrial solid waste. The feed materials may
include manufacturing scraps, trimmings, and off-specification
plastics, rubber, and rubber tire discards.
(3) The plastics, rubber, and rubber tires fed to the recycling
unit may contain incidental contaminants (for example, paper labels on
plastic bottles or metal rings on plastic bottle caps).
Potential hydrogen chloride emissions means the level of emissions
from a municipal waste combustion unit that would occur from combusting
municipal solid waste without emission controls for acid gases.
Potential mercury emissions means the level of emissions from a
municipal waste combustion unit that would occur from combusting
municipal solid waste without controls for mercury emissions.
Potential sulfur dioxide emissions means the level of emissions
from a municipal waste combustion unit that would occur from combusting
municipal solid waste without emission controls for acid gases.
Pyrolysis/combustion unit means a unit that produces gases,
liquids, or solids by heating municipal solid waste. The gases,
liquids, or solids produced are combusted and the emissions vented to
the atmosphere.
Reconstruction means rebuilding a municipal waste combustion unit
and meeting two criteria:
(1) The reconstruction begins after June 6, 2001.
(2) The cumulative cost of the construction over the life of the
unit exceeds 50 percent of the original cost of building and installing
the municipal waste combustion unit (not including land) updated to
current costs (current dollars). To determine what systems are within
the boundary of the municipal waste combustion unit used to calculate
those costs, see the definition in this section of ``municipal waste
combustion unit.''
Refractory unit or refractory wall furnace means a municipal waste
combustion unit that has no energy recovery (such as through a
waterwall) in the furnace of the municipal waste combustion unit.
Refuse-derived fuel means a type of municipal solid waste produced
by processing municipal solid waste through shredding and size
classification. That includes all classes of refuse-derived fuel
including two fuels:
(1) Low-density fluff refuse-derived fuel through densified refuse-
derived fuel.
(2) Pelletized refuse-derived fuel.
Same location means the same or contiguous properties under common
ownership or control, including those separated only by a street, road,
highway, or other public right-of-way. Common ownership or control
includes properties that are owned, leased, or operated by the same
entity, parent entity, subsidiary, subdivision, or any combination
thereof. Entities may include a municipality, other governmental unit,
or any quasi-governmental authority (for example, a public utility
district or regional authority for waste disposal).
Second calendar half means the period that starts on July 1 and
ends on December 31 in any year.
Shift supervisor means the person who is in direct charge and
control of operating a municipal waste combustion unit and who is
responsible for onsite supervision, technical direction, management,
and overall performance of the municipal waste combustion unit during
an assigned shift.
Spreader stoker, mixed fuel-fired (coal/refuse-derived fuel)
combustion unit means a municipal waste combustion unit that combusts
coal and refuse-derived fuel simultaneously, in which coal is
introduced to the combustion zone by a mechanism that throws the fuel
onto a grate from above. Combustion takes place both in suspension and
on the grate.
Standard conditions when referring to units of measure mean a
temperature of 20 deg.C and a pressure of 101.3 kilopascals.
Startup period means the period when a municipal waste combustion
unit begins the continuous combustion of municipal solid waste. It does
not include any warmup period during which the municipal waste
combustion unit combusts fossil fuel or other solid waste fuel but
receives no municipal solid waste.
Stoker (refuse-derived fuel) combustion unit means a steam
generating unit that combusts refuse-derived fuel in a semisuspension
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combusting mode, using air-fed distributors.
Total mass dioxins/furans or total mass means the total mass of
tetra-through octachlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans as
determined using EPA Reference Method 23 in appendix A of this part and
the procedures specified in Sec. 60.1300.
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 municipal waste combustion unit
operates and combusts municipal solid waste measured during the 24
hours between 12:00 midnight and the following midnight.
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 by compounds such as chromate
copper arsenate, pentachlorophenol, and creosote.
Waterwall furnace means a municipal waste combustion unit that has
energy (heat) recovery in the furnace (for example, radiant heat
transfer section) of the combustion unit.
Yard waste means grass, grass clippings, bushes, shrubs, and
clippings from bushes and shrubs. They come from residential,
commercial/retail, institutional, or industrial sources as part of
maintaining yards or other private or public lands. Yard waste does not
include two items:
(1) Construction, renovation, and demolition wastes that are exempt
from the definition of ``municipal solid waste'' in this section.
(2) Clean wood that is exempt from the definition of ``municipal
solid waste'' in this section.
Tables
Table 1 of Subpart AAAA--Emission Limits for New Small Municipal Waste Combustion Units
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You must meet the
For the following pollutants following emission Using the following And determine compliance by the
limits\a\ averaging times following methods
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1. Organics
Dioxins/Furans (total mass 13 nanograms per 3-run average Stack test.
basis). dry standard cubic (minimum run
meter. duration is 4
hours).
2. Metals:
Cadmium..................... 0.020 milligrams 3-run average (run Stack test.
per dry standard duration specified
cubic meter. in test method).
Lead........................ 0.20 milligrams per 3-run average (run Stack test.
dry standard cubic duration specified
meter. in test method).
Mercury..................... 0.080 milligrams 3-run average (run Stack test.
per dry standard duration specified
cubic meter or 85 in test method).
percent reduction
of potential
mercury emissions.
Opacity..................... 10 percent......... Thirty 6-minute Stack test.
averages.
Particulate Matter.......... 24 milligrams per 3-run average (run Stack test.
dry standard cubic duration specified
meter. in test method).
3. Acid Gases:
Hydrogen Chloride........... 25 parts per 3-run average Stack test
million by dry (minimum run
volume or 95 duration is 1
percent reduction hour).
of potential
hydrogen chloride
emissions.
Nitrogen Oxides (Class I 150 (180 for 1st 24-hour daily block Continuous emission monitoring
units) \b\. year of operation) arithmetic average system.
parts per million concentration.
by dry volume.
Nitrogen Oxides (Class II 500 parts per See footnote \d\... See footnote\d\
units) \c\. million by dry
volume.
Sulfur Dioxide.............. 30 parts per 24-hour daily block Continuous monitoring emission
million by dry geometric average system.
volume or 80 concentration or
percent reduction percent reduction.
of potential
sulfur dioxide
emissions.
4. Other:
Fugitive Ash................ Visible emissions Three 1-hour Visible emission test.
for no more than 5 observation
percent of hourly periods.
observation period.
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\a\ All emission limits (except for opacity) are measured at 7 percent oxygen.
\b\ Class I units mean small municipal waste combustion units subject to this subpart that are located at
municipal waste combustion plants with an aggregate plant combustion capacity more than 250 tons per day of
municipal solid waste. See Sec. 60.1465 for definitions.
\c\ Class II units mean small municipal waste combustion units subject to this subpart that are located at
municipal waste combustion plants with an aggregate plant combustion capacity no more than 250 tons per day of
municipal solid waste. See Sec. 60.1465 for definitions.
\d\ No monitoring, testing, recordkeeping, or reporting is required to demonstrate compliance with the nitrogen
oxides limit for Class II units.
Table 2 of Subpart AAAA--Carbon Monoxide Emission Limits for New Small Municipal Waste Combustion Units
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For the following municipal waste You must meet the following Using the following averaging times
combustion units carbon monoxide limits \a\ \b\
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1. Fluidized-bed........................ 100 parts per million by dry 4-hour.
volume.
2. Fluidized bed, mixed fuel, (wood/ 200 parts per million by dry 24-hour.\c\
refuse-derived fuel). volume.
3. Mass burn rotary refractory.......... 100 parts per million by dry 4-hour.
volume.
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4. Mass burn rotary waterwall........... 100 parts per million by dry 24-hour.
volume.
5. Mass burn waterwall and refractory... 100 parts per million by dry 4-hour.
volume.
6. Mixed fuel-fired (pulverized coal/ 150 parts per million by dry 4-hour.
refuse-derived fuel). volume.
7. Modular starved-air and excess air... 50 parts per million by dry 4-hour.
volume.
8. Spreader stoker, mixed fuel-fired 150 parts per million by dry 24-hour daily.
(coal/refuse-derived fuel). volume.
9. Stoker, refuse-derived fuel.......... 150 parts per million by dry 24-hour daily.
volume.
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\a\ All limits (except for opacity) are measured at 7 percent oxygen. Compliance is determined by continuous
emission monitoring systems.
\b\ Block averages, arithmetic mean. See Sec. 60.1465 for definitions.
\c\ 24-hour block average, geometric mean. See Sec. 60.1465 for definitions.
Table 3 of Subpart AAAA--Requirements for Validating Continuous Emission Monitoring Systems (CEMS)
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Use the following methods in
For the following continuous emission appendix A of this part to Use the following methods in appendix A of
monitoring systems validate pollutant this part to measure oxygen (or carbon
concentration levels dioxide)
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1. Nitrogen Oxides (Class I units Method 7, 7A, 7B, 7C, 7D, or Method 3 or 3A.
only) \a\. 7E.
2. Sulfur Dioxide.................... Method 6 or 6C............... Method 3 or 3A.
3. Carbon Monoxide................... Method 10, 10A, or 10B....... Method 3 or 3A.
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\a\ Class I units mean small municipal waste combustion units subject to this subpart that are located at
municipal waste combustion plants with an aggregate plant combustion capacity more than 250 tons per day of
municipal solid waste. See Sec. 60.1465 for definitions.
Table 4 of Subpart AAAA--Requirements for Continuous Emission Monitoring Systems (CEMS)
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Use the following If needed to meet minimum data
performance specifications requirements, use the following
For the following pollutants Use the following span values for your CEMS in appendix B of this part alternate methods in appendix A of this
for your CEMS part to collect data
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1. Opacity....................... 100 percent opacity.......................... P.S. 1 Method 9.
2. Nitrogen Oxides (Class I units Control device outlet: 125 percent of the P.S. 2 Method 7E.
only) \a\. maximum expected hourly potential nitrogen
oxides emissions of the municipal waste
combustion unit.
3. Sulfur Dioxide................ Inlet to control device: 125 percent of the P.S. 2 Method 6C.
maximum expected sulfur dioxide emissions of
the municipal waste combustion unit. Control
device outlet: 50 percent of the maximum
expected hourly potential sulfur dioxide
emissions of the municipal waste combustion
unit.
4. Carbon Monoxide............... 125 percent of the maximum expected hourly P.S. 4A Method 10 alternative interference trap.
potential carbon with monoxide emissions of
the municipal waste combustion unit.
5. Oxygen or Carbon Dioxide...... 25 percent oxygen or 25 percent carbon P.S. 3 Method 3A or 3B.
dioxide.
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\a\ Class I units mean small municipal waste combustion units subject to this subpart that are located at municipal waste combustion plants with an
aggregate plant combustion capacity more than 250 tons per day of municipal solid waste. See Sec. 60.1465 for definitions.
Table 5 of Subpart AAAA--Requirements for Stack Tests
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Use the following Use the methods in
methods in appendix A appendix A of this
To measure the following pollutants of this part to part to measure Also note the following
determine the sampling pollutant additional information
location concentration
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1. Organics:
Dioxins/Furans................. Method 1.............. Method 23 \a\......... The minimum sampling time
must be 4 hours per test
run while the municipal
waste combustion unit is
operating at full load.
2. Metals:
Cadmium........................ Method 1.............. Method 29 \a\......... Compliance testing must be
performed while the
municipal waste combustion
unit is operating at full
load.
Lead........................... Method 1.............. Method 29 \a\......... Compliance testing must be
performed while the
municipal waste combustion
unit is operating at full
load.
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Mercury........................ Method 1.............. Method 29 \a\......... Compliance testing must be
performed while the
municipal waste combustion
unit is operating at full
load.
Opacity........................ Method 9.............. Method 9.............. Use Method 9 to determine
compliance with opacity
limit. 3-hour observation
period (thirty 6-minute
averages).
Particulate Matter............. Method 1.............. Method 5 \a\.......... The minimum sample Matter
volume must be 1.0 cubic
meters. The probe and
filter holder heating
systems in the sample
train must be set to
provide a gas temperature
no greater than 160 14 deg.C. The
minimum sampling time is 1
hour.
3. Acid Gases: \b\
Hydrogen Chloride.............. Method 1.............. Method 26 or 26A \a\.. Test runs must be at least
1 hour long while the
municipal waste combustion
unit is operating at full
load.
4. Other: \b\
Fugitive Ash................... Not applicable........ Method 22 (visible The three 1-hour
emissions). observation period must
include periods when the
facility transfers
fugitive ash from the
municipal waste combustion
unit to the area where the
fugitive ash is stored or
loaded into containers or
trucks.
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\a\ Must simultaneously measure oxygen (or carbon dioxide) using Method 3A or 3B in appendix A of this part.
\b\ Use CEMS to test sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, and carbon monoxide. Stack tests are not required except
for quality assurance requirements in Appendix F of this part.
[FR Doc. 00-30003 Filed 12-5-00; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-P