Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 266 - HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT STANDARDS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF SPECIFIC HAZARDOUS WASTE AND SPECIFIC TYPES OF HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITIES › Subchapter H - HAZARDOUS WASTE BURNED IN BOILERS AND INDUSTRIAL FURNACES › Section 11-266-104 - Standards to control organic emissions

Current through June, 2024
(a) DRE standard.
(1) General. Except as provided in paragraph
				  (a)(3), a boiler or industrial furnace burning hazardous waste must achieve a
				  destruction and removal efficiency (DRE) of 99.99 percent for all organic
				  hazardous constituents in the waste feed. To demonstrate conformance with this
				  requirement, 99.99 percent DRE must be demonstrated during a trial burn for
				  each principal organic hazardous constituent (POHC) designated (under paragraph
				  (a)(2)) in its permit for each waste feed. DRE is determined for each POHC from
				  the following equation:
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where:
Wln = 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 11-270-66. 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 chapter 11-261, appendix
				  VIII that are also present in the normal waste feed. However, if the applicant
				  demonstrates to the director'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) EPA Hazardous Waste Nos. F020, F021, F022, F023, F026, or F027 must
				  achieve a destruction and removal efficiency (DRE) of 99.9999 percent for each
				  POHC designated (under paragraph (a)(2)) in its permit. This performance must
				  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 paragraph (a)(1). In addition, the owner or operator
				  of the boiler or industrial furnace must notify the director of intent to burn
				  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 11-266-110 are considered to be in compliance
				  with the DRE standard of paragraph (a)(1) 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 subsection 11-266-109(a) are considered to
				  be in compliance with the DRE standard of paragraph (a)(1) and are exempt from
				  the DRE trial burn.