Illinois Administrative Code › Title 35 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part 726 - STANDARDS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF SPECIFIC HAZARDOUS WASTE AND SPECIFIC TYPES OF HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITIES › Subpart H - HAZARDOUS WASTE BURNED IN BOILERS AND INDUSTRIAL FURNACES › Section 726.204 - Standards to Control Organic Emissions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a)
				Destruction Removal Efficiency (DRE) Standard
1) General. Except for subsection (a)(3), a
				boiler and industrial furnace (BIF) burning hazardous waste must achieve a 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 subsection (a)(2)) in its permit for each
				waste feed. DRE is determined for each POHC from the following equation:
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Where:
I
=
Mass feed rate of one POHC in the hazardous waste
							 fired to the BIF
O
=
Mass emission rate of the same POHC present in stack
							 gas prior to release to the atmosphere
2)
				Designation of POHCs. POHCs are those compounds for which compliance with the
				DRE requirements of this Section must be demonstrated in a trial burn in
				compliance with procedures prescribed in 35 Ill. Adm. Code 703.232. One or more
				POHCs must be designated by the Agency for each waste feed to be burned. POHCs
				must 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 H to 35 Ill. Adm. Code 721 that are also present
				in the normal waste feed. However, if the applicant demonstrates to the Agency
				that a compound not listed in Appendix H of 35 Ill. Adm. Code 721 or not
				present in the normal waste feed is a suitable indicator of compliance with the
				DRE requirements of this Section, that compound must be designated as a POHC.
				Such POHCs need not be toxic or organic compounds.
3) Dioxin-Listed Waste. A BIF burning
				hazardous waste containing (or derived from) USEPA Hazardous Wastes Nos. F020,
				F021, F022, F023, F026, or F027 must achieve a DRE of 99.9999 percent for each
				POHC designated (under subsection (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 subsection (a)(1). In addition, the owner or operator
				of the BIF must notify the Agency of intent to burn USEPA hazardous waste
				numbers 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 726.210 are considered to be in compliance with the DRE
				standard of subsection (a)(1) and are exempt from the DRE trial burn.
5) Low risk waste. Owners and operators of
				BIFs that burn hazardous waste in compliance with the requirements of Section
				726.209(a) are considered to be in compliance with the DRE standard of
				subsection (a)(1) and are exempt from the DRE trial burn.