California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 4.5 - Environmental Health Standards for the Management of Hazardous Waste › Chapter 16 - Recyclable Materials (Recyclable Hazardous Wastes) › Article 8 - Hazardous Waste Burned in Boilers and Industrial Furnaces › Section 66266.104 - Standards to Control Organic Emissions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) DRE standard-
(1) General. Except as provided in subsection
				  (a)(3) of this section, a boiler or industrial furnace burning hazardous waste
				  shall achieve a destruction and removal efficiency (DRE) of 99.99% for all
				  organic hazardous constituents in the waste feed. To demonstrate conformance
				  with this requirement, 99.99% DRE shall be demonstrated during a trial burn for
				  each principal organic hazardous constituent (POHC) designated (under
				  subsection (a)(2) of this section) in its permit for each waste feed. DRE is
				  determined for each POHC from the following equation:
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where:
Win = Mass feed rate of one
					 principal organic hazardous constituent (POHC) in the hazardous waste fired to
					 the boiler or industrial furnace; and
Wout = Mass emission rate of the
					 same POHC present in stack gas prior to release to the
					 atmosphere.
(2) Designation
				  of POHCs. Principal organic hazardous constituents (POHCs) are those compounds
				  for which compliance with the DRE requirements of this section shall be
				  demonstrated in a trial burn in conformance with procedures prescribed in
				  section 66270.66 of chapter 20 of this
				  division. One or more POHCs shall be designated by the Director for each waste
				  feed to be burned. POHCs shall be designated based on the degree of difficulty
				  of destruction of the organic constituents in the waste and on their
				  concentrations or mass in the waste feed considering the results of waste
				  analyses submitted with part B of the permit application. POHCs are most likely
				  to be selected from among those compounds listed in appendix VIII of chapter 11
				  of this division that are also present in the normal waste feed. However, if
				  the applicant demonstrates to the Department's satisfaction that a compound not
				  listed in appendix VIII or not present in the normal waste feed is a suitable
				  indicator of compliance with the DRE requirements of this section, that
				  compound may be designated as a POHC. Such POHCs need not be toxic or organic
				  compounds
(3) Dioxin-listed waste.
				  A boiler or industrial furnace burning hazardous waste containing (or derived
				  from) US EPA Hazardous Wastes Nos. F020, F021, F022, F023, F026, or F027 shall
				  achieve a destruction and removal efficiency (DRE) of 99.9999% for each POHC
				  designated (under subsection (a)(2) of this section) in its permit. This
				  performance shall be demonstrated on POHCs that are more difficult to burn than
				  tetra-, penta-, and hexachlorodibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans. DRE is
				  determined for each POHC from the equation in subsection (a)(1) of this
				  section. In addition, the owner or operator of the boiler or industrial furnace
				  shall notify the Director of intent to burn US EPA Hazardous Waste Nos. F020,
				  F021, F022, F023, F026, or F027.
(4) Automatic waiver of DRE trial burn.
				  Owners and operators of boilers operated under the special operating
				  requirements provided by section
				  66266.110 are considered to be in
				  compliance with the DRE standard of subsection (a)(1) of this section and are
				  exempt from the DRE trial burn.
(5)
				  Low risk waste. Owners and operators of boilers or industrial furnaces that
				  burn hazardous waste in compliance with the requirements of section
				  66266.109(a) are
				  considered to be in compliance with the DRE standard of subsection (a)(1) of
				  this section and are exempt from the DRE trial burn.