Alabama Administrative Code › Title 335 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT › LAND DIVISION - HAZARDOUS WASTE PROGRAM › Chapter 335-14-5 - STANDARDS FOR OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE TREATMENT, STORAGE, AND DISPOSAL FACILITIES › Section 335-14-5-.15 - Incinerators

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1)
Applicability
.
(a)
				The requirements of
				335-14-5-.15 apply to owners and
				operators of hazardous waste incinerators (as defined in
				335-14-1-.02), except as
				335-14-5-.01(1)
				provides otherwise.
(b) Integration
				of the MACT standards.
1. Except as provided
				by 335-14-5-.15(1)(b)2.,
				(b)3. and (b)4., the standards of 335-14-5 no
				longer apply when an owner or operator demonstrates compliance with the maximum
				achievable control technology (MACT) requirements of
				335-3-11-.06(56)
				by conducting a comprehensive performance test and submitting to the Director a
				Notification of Compliance under
				335-3-11-.06(56)
				and
				40 CFR §
												63.1210(d) documenting
				compliance with the requirements of
				335-3-11-.06(56).
				Nevertheless, even after this demonstration of compliance with the MACT
				standards, RCRA permit conditions that were based on the standards of 335-14-5
				will continue to be in effect until they are removed from the permit or the
				permit is terminated or revoked, unless the permit expressly provides
				otherwise.
2. The MACT standards do
				not replace the closure requirements of
				335-14-5-.15(12)
				or the applicable requirements of
				335-14-5-.01 through 5-.08,
				5-.28, and 5-.29.
3. The
				particulate matter standard of
				335-14-5-.15(4)(c)
				remains in effect for incinerators that elect to comply with the alternative to
				the particulate matter standard of
				40
				CFR §63.1206(b)(14) and
				§
											63.1219(e).
4. The following requirements remain in
				effect for startup, shutdown, and malfunction events if the facility elects to
				comply with
				335-14-8-.15(1)(a)1.(i)
				to minimize emissions of toxic compounds from these events:
(i)335-14-5-.15(6)(a)
				requiring that an incinerator operate in accordance with operating requirements
				specified in the permit; and
(ii)335-14-5-.15(6)(c)
				requiring compliance with the emission standards and operating requirements
				during startup and shutdown if hazardous waste is in the combustion chamber,
				except for particular hazardous wastes.
(c) After consideration of the waste analysis
				included with Part B of the permit application, the Department, in establishing
				the permit conditions, may exempt the applicant from all requirements of
				335-14-5-.15 except
				335-14-5-.15(2)
				(Waste analysis) and
				335-14-5-.15(12)
				(Closure).
1. If the Department finds that
				the waste to be burned is:
(i) Listed as a
				hazardous waste in Rule
				335-14-2-.04 solely because it is
				ignitable (Hazard Code I), corrosive (Hazard Code C), or both; or
(ii) Listed as a hazardous waste in rule
				335-14-2-.04 solely because it is
				reactive (Hazard Code R) for characteristics other than those listed in
				335-14-2-.03(4)(a)4.
				and 5., and will not be burned when other hazardous wastes are present in the
				combustion zone; or
(iii) A
				hazardous waste solely because it possesses the characteristic of ignitability,
				corrosivity, or both, as determined by the test for characteristics of
				hazardous wastes under rule
				335-14-2-.03; or
(iv) A hazardous waste solely because it
				possesses any of the reactivity characteristics described by
				335-14-2-.03(4)(a)1.,
				2., 3., 6., 7. and 8., and will not be burned when other hazardous wastes are
				present in the combustion zone; and
2. If the waste analysis shows that the waste
				contains none of the hazardous constituents listed in 335-14-2 -Appendix VIII,
				which would reasonably be expected to be in the waste.
(d) If the waste to be burned is one which is
				described by
				335-14-5-.15(1)(c)1.(i),
				(c)1.(ii), (c)1.(iii), or (c)1.(iv) and
				contains insignificant concentrations of the hazardous constituents listed in
				335-14-2 - Appendix VIII, then the Department may, in establishing permit
				conditions, exempt the applicant from all requirements of
				335-14-5-.15, except
				335-14-5-.15(2)
				(Waste analysis) and
				335-14-5-.15(12)
				(Closure), after consideration of the waste analysis included with Part B of
				the permit application, unless the Department finds that the waste will pose a
				threat to human health and the environment when burned in an
				incinerator.
(e) The owner or
				operator of an incinerator may conduct trial burns subject only to the
				requirements of
				335-14-8-.06(2)
				(Short term and incinerator permits).