Illinois Administrative Code › Title 35 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part 703 - RCRA PERMIT PROGRAM › Subpart E - SPECIAL FORMS OF PERMITS › Section 703.232 - Permits for Boilers and Industrial Furnaces Burning Hazardous Waste

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
When the owner or operator of a cement kiln, lightweight
				  aggregate kiln, solid fuel boiler, liquid fuel boiler, or hydrochloric acid
				  production furnace becomes subject to RCRA permit requirements or when an owner
				  or operator of an existing cement kiln, lightweight aggregate kiln, solid fuel
				  boiler, liquid fuel boiler, or hydrochloric acid production furnace
				  demonstrates compliance with the air emission standards and limitations of the
				  federal National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAPs) in
				  subpart EEE of 40 CFR 63 (National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air
				  Pollutants from Hazardous Waste Combustors), incorporated by reference in 35
				  Ill. Adm. Code
				  720.111(b)
				  (i.e., by conducting a comprehensive performance test and submitting a
				  Notification of Compliance pursuant to
				  40 CFR
				  63.1207(j) and
				  63.1210(d)
				  documenting compliance with all applicable requirements of subpart EEE of 40
				  CFR 63 ), this Section does not apply. This Section does apply, however, if the
				  Agency determines certain provisions are necessary to ensure compliance with 35
				  Ill. Adm. Code
				  726.202(e)(1) and
				  (e)(2)(C) if the owner or operator elects to
				  comply with Section
				  703.320(a)(1)(A)
				  to minimize emissions of toxic compounds from startup, shutdown, and
				  malfunction events; or if the facility is an area source and the owner or
				  operator elects to comply with the Sections
				  726.205,
				  726.206,
				  and
				  726.207
				  standards and associated requirements for particulate matter, hydrogen chloride
				  and chlorine gas, and non-mercury metals; or if the Agency determines certain
				  provisions apply, on a case-by-case basis, for purposes of information
				  collection in accordance with Sections
				  703.188,
				  703.189,
				  and
				  703.241(a)(2) and
				  (a)(3).
a) General. The owner or operator of a new
				boiler or industrial furnace (one not operating under the interim status
				standards of 35 Ill. Adm. Code
				726.203
				) is subject to subsections (b) through (f). A boiler or industrial furnace
				operating under the interim status standards of 35 Ill. Adm. Code
				726.203
				is subject to subsection (g).
b)
				Permit Operating Periods for a New Boiler or Industrial Furnace. A permit for a
				new boiler or industrial furnace must specify appropriate conditions for the
				following operating periods:
1) Pretrial burn
				period. For the period beginning with initial introduction of hazardous waste
				and ending with initiation of the trial burn, and only for the minimum time
				required to bring the boiler or industrial furnace to a point of operation
				readiness to conduct a trial burn, not to exceed 720 hours operating time when
				burning hazardous waste, the Agency must establish permit conditions in the
				pretrial burn period, including but not limited to allowable hazardous waste
				feed rates and operating conditions. The Agency must extend the duration of
				this operational period once, for up to 720 additional hours, at the request of
				the applicant when good cause is shown. The permit must be modified to reflect
				the extension according to Sections
				703.280
				through
				703.283.
A) Applicants must submit a statement, with
				Part B of the permit application, that suggests the conditions necessary to
				operate in compliance with the standards of 35 Ill. Adm. Code
				726.204
				through
				726.207
				during this period. This statement should include, at a minimum, restrictions
				on the applicable operating requirements identified in 35 Ill. Adm. Code
				726.202(e).
B) The Agency must review this statement and
				any other relevant information submitted with Part B of the permit application
				and specify requirements for this period sufficient to meet the performance
				standards of 35 Ill. Adm. Code
				726.204
				through
				726.207
				based on the Agency's engineering judgment.