South Carolina Code of Regulations › Chapter 61 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL › Subchapter 61-62 - Air Pollution Control Regulations and Standards › Subchapter 61-62.5 - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL STANDARDS › STANDARD NO. 3 - WASTE COMBUSTION AND REDUCTION › Section 61-62.5.3.VIII - PERIODIC TESTING

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 6, June 28, 2024
A. An owner or
				  operator of any source listed in paragraph D below shall ensure that scheduled
				  periodic tests for the parameters associated with that source are conducted in
				  accordance with Regulation Regulation
				  61-62.1, Section IV, Source
				  Tests. These tests shall be performed within 60 days after achieving the
				  maximum production rate at which the affected facility will be operated, but
				  not later than 180 days after initial startup of the facility and every two
				  years thereafter, except as otherwise noted herein. This requirement to conduct
				  tests may be waived if an alternative method for determining compliance with
				  emission limits can be developed which is acceptable to the Department.
				  Department approval of the alternative method for determining compliance must
				  be given prior to the compliance demonstration.
B. Unless more frequent testing is required
				  by an applicable federal requirement, sources subject to a more restrictive
				  requirement in Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) or a promulgated
				  Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) Standard shall be excluded from
				  the testing frequency requirements of Section VIII provided any additional
				  parameters required by this section (for example, nickel) are tested and
				  compliance demonstrations are performed at least every three years. Compliance
				  demonstrations must be performed with a maximum frequency of three years for
				  all pollutants listed in Section VIII, as applicable. Spiking for metals and
				  HCl are not required for these periodic retests, but sources must conduct these
				  tests on their normal highest metals and HCl containing waste
				  streams.
C. Other tests may be
				  required by special permit conditions as indicated by a case-by-case evaluation
				  of material being incinerated or burned and by source testing.
D. Tests Required
Sources
Parameters
1. Sludge Incinerators
a. Particulate
								Matter (PM) b. Mercury (Hg)
2. Hazardous Waste Incinerators
a.
								Hydrochloric Acid (HCl) b. PM c. Oxygen (O2) initially
								only d. Carbon Monoxide (CO) initially only e. Metals f. POHC Destruction &
								Removal Efficiency (DRE) initially only
3. Municipal Waste Combustors
a. PM b.
								HCl (effective 5/25/90) c. CO (effective 5/25/90) d. O2
								(effective 5/25/90) e. CO2 (effective 5/25/90)
4. Commercial Incinerator (effective June 25,
								1999)
a. PM b. CO
5. Industrial Incinerators
PM
6. Industrial Boilers and Utility Boilers
a. PM b. Metals c. POHC Destruction & Removal Efficiency (DRE) initially
								only if burning hazardous waste d. CO if burning hazardous waste e.
								O2 if burning hazardous waste f. HCl
7. Industrial Furnaces
a. PM b. Metals c.
								POHC Destruction & Removal Efficiency (DRE) initially only if burning
								hazardous waste d. CO if burning hazardous waste e. O2
								if burning hazardous waste f. HCl
E.
				  A waiver of the POHC DRE test requirement may be granted for boilers operating
				  under special conditions that ensure 99.99 percent DRE. Such conditions may
				  include but are not limited to the following:
1. >50 percent of boiler heat input from
				  fuel oil, natural gas, or pulverized coal;
2. Minimum waste heat value of 8000
				  Btu/lb;
3. Waste must be fired with
				  an atomization system;
4. Boiler
				  must be operated at >25 percent load; and
5. CO and O2 flue gas
				  limits with continuous monitoring requirements.