North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter D - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL REQUIREMENTS › Section .1200 - CONTROL OF EMISSIONS FROM INCINERATORS AND COMBUSTION UNITS › Section 02D .1202 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) For the
				  purposes of this Section, the definitions in
				  40 CFR
				  60.5250,
				  40 CFR 60.2875, and
				  40 CFR
				  60.51c shall apply in addition to the
				  following definitions:
(1) "Air curtain
				  incinerator," also referred to as an "air curtain burner," means an incinerator
				  that operates by forcefully projecting a curtain of air across an open chamber
				  or pit in which combustion occurs as defined in
				  40 CFR
				  60.2875.
(2) "Commercial and industrial solid waste
				  incinerator" (CISWI) or "commercial and industrial solid waste incineration
				  unit" is defined in 40 CFR
				  60.2875.
(3) "Co-fired combustor" is defined in
				  40 CFR
				  60.51c. For the purposes of this definition,
				  pathological waste, chemotherapeutic waste, and low-level radioactive waste
				  shall be deemed "other" wastes when calculating the percentage of hospital,
				  medical, or infectious waste combusted.
(4) "Crematory incinerator" means any
				  incinerator located at a crematory regulated pursuant to
				  21 NCAC
				  34C that is used solely for the cremation of
				  human remains.
(5) "Dioxin and
				  Furan" (also referred to as "dioxins/furans") means tetra- through octa-
				  chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans.
(6) "Hospital, medical, and infectious waste
				  incinerator (HMIWI)" means any device that combusts any amount of hospital,
				  medical, and infectious waste.
(7)
				  "Large HMIWI" means:
(A) a HMIWI whose
				  maximum design waste burning capacity is more than 500 pounds per
				  hour;
(B) a continuous or
				  intermittent HMIWI whose maximum charge rate is more than 500 pounds per hour;
				  or
(C) a batch HMIWI whose maximum
				  charge rate is more than 4,000 pounds per day.
(8) "Hospital waste" means discards generated
				  at a hospital, except unused items returned to the manufacturer. The definition
				  of hospital waste does not include human corpses, remains, and anatomical parts
				  that are intended for interment or cremation.
(9) "Medical and Infectious Waste" means any
				  waste generated in the diagnosis, treatment, or immunization of human beings or
				  animals, in research pertaining thereto, or in the production or testing of
				  biologicals that is listed in Part (A)(i) through (A)(vii) of this
				  Subparagraph.
(A) The definition of medical
				  and infectious waste includes:
(i) cultures
				  and stocks of infectious agents and associated biologicals, including:
(I) cultures from medical and pathological
				  laboratories;
(II) cultures and
				  stocks of infectious agents from research and industrial
				  laboratories;
(III) wastes from the
				  production of biologicals;
(IV)
				  discarded live and attenuated vaccines; and
(V) culture dishes and devices used to
				  transfer, inoculate, and mix cultures;
(ii) human pathological waste, including
				  tissues, organs, and body parts and body fluids that are removed during
				  surgery, autopsy, or other medical procedures, and specimens of body fluids and
				  their containers;
(iii) human blood
				  and blood products including:
(I) liquid waste
				  human blood;
(II) products of
				  blood;
(III) items saturated or
				  dripping with human blood; or
(IV)
				  items that were saturated or dripping with human blood that are now caked with
				  dried human blood, including serum, plasma, other blood components, and their
				  containers, that were used or intended for use in either patient care, testing
				  and laboratory analysis, or the development of pharmaceuticals. Intravenous
				  bags are also included in this category;
(iv) sharps that have been used in animal or
				  human patient care or treatment or in medical, research, or industrial
				  laboratories, including hypodermic needles, syringes (with or without the
				  attached needle), pasteur pipettes, scalpel blades, blood vials, needles with
				  attached tubing, and culture dishes (regardless of presence of infectious
				  agents). Also included are other types of broken or unbroken glassware that
				  were in contact with infectious agents, such as used slides and cover
				  slips;
(v) animal waste, including
				  contaminated animal carcasses, body parts, and bedding of animals that were
				  known to have been exposed to infectious agents during research (including
				  research in veterinary hospitals), production of biologicals, or testing of
				  pharmaceuticals;
(vi) isolation
				  wastes, including biological waste and discarded materials contaminated with
				  blood, excretions, exudates, or secretions from humans who are isolated to
				  protect others from highly communicable diseases, or isolated animals known to
				  be infected with highly communicable diseases; and
(vii) unused sharps, including the following
				  unused or discarded sharps;
(I) hypodermic
				  needles;
(II) suture
				  needles;
(III) syringes;
				  and
(IV) scalpel blades.
(B) The definition of
				  medical and infectious waste shall not include:
(i) hazardous waste identified or listed in
				  40 CFR Part 261;
(ii) household
				  waste, as defined in 40 CFR
				  261.4(b)(1);
(iii) ash from incineration of medical and
				  infectious waste after the incineration process has been completed;
(iv) human corpses, remains, and anatomical
				  parts that are intended for interment or cremation; and
(v) domestic sewage materials identified in
				  40 CFR
				  261.4(a)(1).
(10) "Medium HMIWI"
				  means:
(A) a HMIWI whose maximum design waste
				  burning capacity is more than 200 pounds per hour but less than or equal to 500
				  pounds per hour;
(B) a continuous
				  or intermittent HMIWI whose maximum charge rate is more than 200 pounds per
				  hour but less than or equal to 500 pounds per hour; or
(C) a batch HMIWI whose maximum charge rate
				  is more than 1,600 pounds per day but less than or equal to 4,000 pounds per
				  day.
(11) "POTW" means a
				  publicly owned treatment works as defined in
				  40 CFR
				  501.2.
(12) "Sewage sludge" is defined in
				  40 CFR
				  60.5250.
(13) "Sewage sludge incineration (SSI) unit"
				  is defined in 40 CFR
				  60.5250.
(14) "Small HMIWI" means:
(A) a HMIWI whose maximum design waste
				  burning capacity is less than or equal to 200 pounds per hour;
(B) a continuous or intermittent HMIWI whose
				  maximum charge rate is less than or equal to 200 pounds per hour; or
(C) a batch HMIWI whose maximum charge rate
				  is less than or equal to 1,600 pounds per day.
(15) "Small remote HMIWI" means any small
				  HMIWI that is located more than 50 miles from the boundary of the nearest
				  Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA) and that burns less than 2,000
				  pounds per week of hospital, medical and infectious waste. The 2,000 pound per
				  week limitation does not apply during performance tests.
(16) "Solid waste" means the term solid waste
				  as defined in 40 CFR
				  241.2.
(17) "Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area
				  (SMSA)" means any area listed in Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Bulletin
				  No. 93-17, entitled "Revised Statistical Definitions for Metropolitan Areas"
				  dated July 30, 1993, incorporated by reference not including subsequent
				  amendments or editions. A copy of this document may be obtained through the
				  internet at
				  http://www.census.gov/population/estimates/metro-city/93mfips.txt.