Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 11 - Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality › Part 2 - Air Regulations › Chapter 1 - Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality, Air Emission Regulations for the Prevention, Abatement, and Control of Air Contaminants › Rule 11-2-1.12 - Provisions for Existing Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerators

Current through June 25, 2024
A. Applicability.
(1) Except as provided in subparagraphs (2)
				through (8) of this paragraph, the designated or affected facility to which
				Rule 1.12 applies is each individual hospital/medical/infectious waste
				incinerator (HMIWI) for which construction was commenced on or before June
				20,1996.
(2) A combustor is not
				subject to Rule 1.12 of these regulations during periods when only pathological
				waste, low-level radioactive waste, and/or chemotherapeutic waste is burned,
				provided the owner or operator of the combustor:
(a) Notifies the Department of an exemption
				claim; and
(b) Keeps records on a
				calendar quarter basis of the periods of time when only pathological waste,
				low-level radioactive waste, and/or chemotherapeutic waste is burned.
(3) Any co-fired
				combustor is not subject to Rule 1.12 of these regulations if the owner or
				operator of the co-fired combustor:
(a)
				Notifies the Department of an exemption claim;
(b) Provides an estimate of the relative
				weight of hospital waste, medical/infectious waste, and other fuels and/or
				wastes to be combusted; and
(c)
				Keeps records on a calendar quarter basis of the weight of hospital waste and
				medical/infectious waste combusted, and the weight of all other fuels and
				wastes combusted at the co-fired combustor.
(4) Any combustor required to have a permit
				under Section 3005 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is not subject to Rule 1.12
				of these regulations.
(5) Any
				combustor which meets the applicability requirements in standards or guidelines
				for certain municipal waste combustors under Subpart Cb, Ea, or Eb of 40 C.F.R.
				60 is not subject to Section 12 of these regulations.
(6) Any pyrolysis unit is not subject to Rule
				1.12 of these regulations.
(7)
				Cement kilns firing hospital waste and/or medical/infectious waste are not
				subject to Section 12 of these regulations.
(8) Physical or operational changes made to
				an existing HMIWI unit solely for the purpose of complying with Rule 1.12 of
				these regulations are not considered a modification and do not result in an
				existing HMIWI unit becoming subject to the new source provisions under Rule
				1.6 of these regulations and Subpart Ec
				of 40 C.F.R. 60.
(9) Each existing
				HMIWI is subject to the permitting requirements in Title 11, Part 2, Chapter 6,
				Air Emissions Operating Permit Regulations for the Purposes of Title V of the
				Federal Clean Air Act,. Each owner and operator of an existing HMIWI shall
				submit an application for a Title V permit to the Department by December 15,
				1999.
(10) Beginning September 15,
				2000, designated facilities subject to Rule 1.12 of these regulations shall
				operate pursuant to a permit issued under Title 11, Part 2, Chapter 6, Air
				Emissions Operating Permit Regulations for the Purposes of Title V of the
				Federal Clean Air Act.