Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 266.1 - HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT: STANDARDS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF SPECIFIC HAZARDOUS WASTES AND SPECIFIC TYPES OF HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITIES › Part 266 - STANDARDS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF SPECIFIC HAZARDOUS WASTES AND SPECIFIC TYPES OF HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITIES › Subpart 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) of this section, a boiler or industrial furnace burning hazardous waste
					 must 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 must be demonstrated during a trial burn for
					 each principal organic hazardous constituent (POHC) designated (under paragraph
					 (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 § 270.66 of this
					 chapter. 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 part 261, appendix VIII of
					 this chapter 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 Wastes Nos. F020, F021, F022, F023, F026, or F027 must
					 achieve a destruction and removal efficiency (DRE) of 99.9999% for each POHC
					 designated (under paragraph (a)(2) of this section) 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) of this section.
					 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 § 266.110 are
					 considered to be in compliance with the DRE standard of paragraph (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 § 266.109(a) are considered to be in compliance with the
					 DRE standard of paragraph (a)(1) of this section and are exempt from the DRE
					 trial burn.