Illinois Administrative Code › Title 35 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part 229 - HOSPITAL/MEDICAL/INFECTIOUS WASTE INCINERATORS › Subpart A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 229.102 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
The definitions contained in this Section apply only to the
				  provisions of this Part. Unless otherwise defined herein and unless a different
				  meaning of a term is clear from its context, the definitions of terms used in
				  this Part shall have the meanings specified for those terms in 415 ILCS 5/39.5,
				  35 Ill. Adm. Code 201.102 or 35 Ill. Adm. Code 211.
"Bag leak detection system" means an instrument that is
				  capable of monitoring PM loadings in the exhaust of a fabric filter in order to
				  detect bag failures. A bag leak detection system includes, but is not limited
				  to, an instrument that operates on triboelectric, lightscattering,
				  light-transmittance, or other effects to monitor relative PM loadings.
"Batch HMIWI" means an HMIWI that is designed in such a way
				  that neither waste charging nor ash removal can occur during combustion.
"Biologicals" means preparations made from living organisms
				  and their products, including vaccines, cultures, etc., intended for use in
				  diagnosing, immunizing, or treating humans or animals or in research pertaining
				  thereto.
"Body fluids" means liquid emanating or derived from humans
				  and limited to: blood; dialysate; amniotic, cerebrospinal, synovial, pleural,
				  peritoneal and pericardial fluids; semen and vaginal secretions.
"Bypass stack" means an alternative stack used for
				  discharging combustion gases to the atmosphere primarily to avoid severe damage
				  to an air pollution control device or other equipment.
"Charge" means the act of placing waste into an HMIWI for
				  incineration.
"Chemotherapeutic waste" means waste material resulting from
				  the production or use of antineoplastic agents used for the purpose of stopping
				  or reversing the growth of malignant cells.
"Co-fired combustor" means a unit combusting hospital waste
				  or medical/infectious waste with other fuels or wastes (e.g., coal, municipal
				  solid waste) and subject to an enforceable requirement limiting the unit to
				  combusting a fuel feed stream, of which 10 percent or less of the weight is
				  comprised, in aggregate, of hospital waste and medical/infectious waste as
				  measured on a calendar quarter basis. For purposes of this definition,
				  pathological waste, chemotherapeutic waste, and low-level radioactive waste are
				  considered "other" wastes when calculating the percentage of hospital waste and
				  medical/infectious waste combusted.
"Commercial HMIWI" means an HMIWI that offers incineration
				  services for hospital/medical/ infectious waste generated offsite by firms
				  unrelated to the firm that owns the HMIWI.
"Continuous emission monitoring system" or "CEMS" means a
				  monitoring system for continuously measuring and recording the emissions of a
				  pollutant from an affected facility.
"Continuous HMIWI" means an HMIWI that is designed to allow
				  waste charging and ash removal during combustion.
"Dioxins/furans" means the total emissions of any tetra-
				  through octa-chlorinated dibenzo-para-dioxins and dibenzofurans, as measured by
				  EPA Reference Method 23, incorporated by reference in Section 229.104(d) of
				  this Subpart.
"Dry scrubber" means an add-on air pollution control system
				  that injects dry alkaline sorbent (dry injection) or sprays an alkaline sorbent
				  (spray dryer) to react with and neutralize acid gases in an HMIWI exhaust
				  stream, forming a dry powder material.
"Fabric filter" means an add-on air pollution control system
				  that removes PM and nonvaporous metals emissions by passing flue gas through
				  filter bags.
"Facilities manager" means the individual in charge of
				  purchasing, maintaining, and operating an HMIWI, or the owner's or operator's
				  representative responsible for the management of an HMIWI. Alternative titles
				  may include director of facilities or vice president of support
				  services.
"High air phase" means the stage of the batch operating cycle
				  when the primary chamber reaches and maintains maximum operating
				  temperatures.
"Hospital" means any facility that has an organized medical
				  staff, maintaining at least 6 inpatient beds and where the primary function of
				  the facility is to provide diagnostic and therapeutic patient services and
				  continuous nursing care primarily to human inpatients who are not related and
				  who stay on average in excess of 24 hours per admission. This definition does
				  not include facilities maintained for the sole purpose of providing nursing or
				  convalescent care to human patients who generally are not acutely ill but who
				  require continuing medical supervision.
"Hospital/medical/infectious waste incinerator" or "HMIWI"
				  means any device that combusts any amount of hospital waste or
				  medical/infectious waste.
"Hospital waste" means discards generated at a hospital,
				  except unused items returned to the manufacturer. The definition of hospital
				  waste does not include human corpses, remains, or anatomical parts that are
				  intended for interment or cremation.
"HMIWI operator" means any person who operates, controls, or
				  supervises the day-to-day operation of an HMIWI.
"Infectious agent" means any organism that is capable of
				  being communicated by invasion and multiplication in body tissues and is also
				  capable of causing disease or adverse health impacts in humans.
"Intermittent HMIWI" means an HMIWI that is designed to allow
				  waste charging, but not ash removal, during combustion.
"Large HMIWI" means:
An HMIWI whose maximum design waste burning capacity is more
				  than 500 lbs per hour; or
A continuous or intermittent HMIWI whose maximum charge rate
				  is more than 500 lbs per hour; or
A batch HMIWI whose maximum charge rate is more than 4,000
				  lbs per day.
"Low-level radioactive waste" means waste that contains
				  radioactive nuclides emitting primarily beta or gamma radiation, or both, in
				  concentrations or quantities that exceed applicable Federal or State standards
				  for unrestricted release. Low-level radioactive waste is not high-level
				  radioactive waste, spent nuclear fuel, or by-product material as defined by the
				  Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (
				  42
				  USC 2014(e)(2) ).
"Malfunction" means any sudden, infrequent, and not
				  reasonably preventable failure of air pollution control equipment, process
				  equipment, or of a process to operate in a normal or usual manner. Failures
				  that are caused, in part, by poor maintenance or careless operation are not
				  malfunctions.
"Maximum charge rate" means:
For continuous and intermittent HMIWI, 110 percent of the
				  lowest 3-hour average charge rate measured during the most recent performance
				  test demonstrating compliance with all applicable emission limits specified in
				  Subpart E of this Part.
For batch HMIWI, 110 percent of the lowest daily charge rate
				  measured during the most recent performance test demonstrating compliance with
				  all applicable emission limits specified in Subpart E of this Part.
"Maximum design waste burning capacity" means:
For intermittent and continuous HMIWI:
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Where:
C
=
HMIWI capacity, lb/hr
Pv
=
primary chamber volume,
							 ft3
15,000
=
primary chamber heat release rate factor,
							 Btu/ft3/hr
8,500
=
standard waste heating value, Btu/lb;
For batch HMIWI:
Image
Where:
C
=
HMIWI capacity, lb/hr
Pv
=
primary chamber volume,
							 ft3
4.5
=
waste density factor,
							 lb/ft3
8
=
typical hours of operation of a batch HMIWI,
							 hours.
"Maximum fabric filter inlet temperature" means 110 percent
				  of the lowest 3-hour average temperature at the inlet to the fabric filter
				  (taken, at a minimum, once every minute) measured during the most recent
				  performance test demonstrating compliance with the applicable dioxin/furan
				  emission limit specified in Subpart E of this Part.
"Maximum flue gas temperature" means 110 percent of the
				  lowest 3-hour average temperature at the outlet from the wet scrubber (taken,
				  at a minimum, once every minute) measured during the most recent performance
				  test demonstrating compliance with the applicable Hg emission limit specified
				  in Subpart E of this Part.
"Medical/infectious waste" means any waste generated in the
				  diagnosis, treatment, or immunization of human beings or animals, in research
				  pertaining thereto, or in the production or testing of biologicals. The
				  definition of medical/infectious waste does not include hazardous waste
				  identified or listed under the regulations in 40 CFR 261; household waste, as
				  defined in
				  40
				  CFR 261.4(b)(1); and
				  domestic sewage materials identified in
				  40
				  CFR 261.4(a)(1). For the
				  purposes of this Part, medical/infectious waste includes:
Cultures and stocks of infectious agents and associated
				  biologicals, including: vaccines and cultures intended for use in diagnosing,
				  immunizing, or treating humans or animals; cultures from medical and
				  pathological laboratories; cultures and stocks of infectious agents from
				  research and industrial laboratories; wastes from the production of
				  biologicals; and discarded live and attenuated vaccines;
Human pathological waste, including tissues, organs, and body
				  parts and body fluids that are removed during surgery or autopsy, or other
				  medical procedures, and specimens of body fluids and their containers;
Human blood, any products derived from human blood, or
				  anything that has been in contact with human blood in any form;
Intravenous bags and associated tubing;
Sharps that have been used in animal or human patient care or
				  treatment or in medical, research, or industrial laboratories, including
				  hypodermic needles, syringes (with or without the attached needle), pasteur
				  pipettes, scalpel blades, blood vials, and needles with attached tubing;
Culture dishes, regardless of the presence of infectious
				  agents, and culture dishes and devices used to transfer, inoculate, and mix
				  cultures;
Any type of broken or unbroken glassware that has been in
				  contact with infectious agents;
Animal waste, including contaminated animal carcasses, body
				  parts, bedding of animals that were known to have been exposed to infectious
				  agents during research (including research in veterinary hospitals), production
				  of biologicals or testing of pharmaceuticals;
Isolation wastes, including biological waste and discarded
				  materials contaminated with blood, excretions, exudates, or secretions from
				  humans who are isolated to protect others from highly communicable diseases, or
				  isolated animals known to be infected with highly communicable diseases;
				  and
Unused sharps, including the following unused, discarded
				  sharps: hypodermic needles, suture needles, syringes, and scalpel
				  blades.
"Medium HMIWI" means:
An HMIWI whose maximum design waste burning capacity is more
				  than 200 lbs per hour but less than or equal to 500 lbs per hour; or
A continuous or intermittent HMIWI whose maximum charge rate,
				  as set by permit, is more than 200 lbs per hour but less than or equal to 500
				  lbs per hour; or
A batch HMIWI whose maximum charge rate, as set by permit, is
				  more than 1,600 lbs per day but less than or equal to 4,000 lbs per day.
"Minimum dioxin/furan sorbent flow rate" means 90 percent of
				  the highest 3-hour average dioxin/furan sorbent flow rate (taken, at a minimum,
				  once every hour) measured during the most recent performance test demonstrating
				  compliance with the applicable dioxin/furan emission limit specified in Subpart
				  E of this Part.
"Minimum Hg sorbent flow rate" means 90 percent of the
				  highest 3-hour average Hg sorbent flow rate (taken, at a minimum, once every
				  hour) measured during the most recent performance test demonstrating compliance
				  with the applicable Hg emission limit specified in Subpart E of this
				  Part.
"Minimum HCl sorbent flow rate" means 90 percent of the
				  highest 3-hour average HCl sorbent flow rate (taken, at a minimum, once every
				  hour) measured during the most recent performance test demonstrating compliance
				  with the applicable HCl emission limit specified in Subpart E of this
				  Part.
"Minimum horsepower" or "minimum amperage" means 90 percent
				  of the highest 3-hour average horsepower or amperage to the wet scrubber
				  (taken, at a minimum, once every minute) measured during the most recent
				  performance test demonstrating compliance with the applicable emission limits
				  specified in Subpart E of this Part.
"Minimum pressure drop across the wet scrubber" means 90
				  percent of the highest 3-hour average pressure drop across the wet scrubber PM
				  control device (taken, at a minimum, once every minute) measured during the
				  most recent performance test demonstrating compliance with the applicable PM
				  emission limit specified in this Subpart E of this Part.
"Minimum reagent flow rate" means 90 percent of the highest
				  3-hour average reagent flow rate at the inlet to the selective noncatalytic
				  reduction technology (taken, at a minimum, once every minute) measured during
				  the most recent performance test demonstrating compliance with the applicable
				  NOx emissions limit specified in Subpart E of this
				  Part.
"Minimum scrubber liquor flow rate" means 90 percent of the
				  highest 3-hour average liquor flow rate at the inlet to the wet scrubber
				  (taken, at a minimum, once every minute) measured during the most recent
				  performance test demonstrating compliance with the applicable emission limits
				  specified in Subpart E of this Part.
"Minimum scrubber liquor pH" means 90 percent of the highest
				  3-hour average liquor pH at the inlet to the wet scrubber (taken, at a minimum,
				  once every minute) measured during the most recent performance test
				  demonstrating compliance with the applicable HCl emission limit specified in
				  Subpart E of this Part.
"Minimum secondary chamber temperature" means 90 percent of
				  the highest 3-hour average secondary chamber temperature (taken, at a minimum,
				  once every minute) measured during the most recent performance test
				  demonstrating compliance with the PM, CO, dioxin/furan, and applicable
				  NOx emissions limits specified in Subpart E of this
				  Part.
"Operating day" means a 24-hour period between 12:00 midnight
				  and the following midnight during which any amount of hospital waste or
				  medical/infectious waste is combusted at any time in an HMIWI.
"Operation" means any period during which waste is combusted
				  in an HMIWI, excluding periods of startup or shutdown.
"Pathological waste" means waste material consisting of only
				  human or animal remains, anatomical parts, tissue, and the bags or containers
				  used to collect and transport the waste material and associated animal bedding,
				  if applicable.
"Primary chamber" means the chamber in an HMIWI that receives
				  waste material, in which the waste is ignited, and from which ash is
				  removed.
"Rural HMIWI" means any HMIWI identified in Section
				  229.110(a) of this Part, that is located more than 50 miles from the boundary
				  of the nearest Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined in OMB
				  Bulletin No. 93-17, incorporated by reference at Section 229.104(b) of this
				  Part, meets the criteria specified in the definition of "small HMIWI" and burns
				  less than 2,000 lbs per week of hospital waste and medical/infectious waste
				  (except the 2,000 lbs per week limitation does not apply during performance
				  testing).
"Secondary chamber" means that component of an HMIWI that
				  receives combustion gases from the primary chamber and in which the combustion
				  process is completed.
"Shutdown" means the period of time after all waste has been
				  combusted in the primary chamber.
"Small HMIWI" means:
An HMIWI whose maximum design waste burning capacity is less
				  than or equal to 200 lbs per hour; or
A continuous or intermittent HMIWI whose maximum charge rate,
				  as set by permit, is less than or equal to 200 lbs per hour; or
A batch HMIWI whose maximum charge rate, as set by permit, is
				  less than or equal to 1,600 lbs per day.
"Startup" means the period of time between the activation of
				  an HMIWI and the first charge of waste to the unit. For batch HMIWI, startup
				  means the period of time between activation of an HMIWI and ignition of the
				  waste.
"Wet scrubber" means an add-on air pollution control device
				  that utilizes either an alkaline or some other type of scrubbing liquor to
				  collect pollutants and/or neutralize acid gases.