Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 113 - STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS AND FOR DESIGNATED FACILITIES AND POLLUTANTS › Subchapter D - DESIGNATED FACILITIES AND POLLUTANTS › Division 2 - HOSPITAL/MEDICAL/INFECTIOUS WASTE INCINERATORS › Section 113.2076 - Monitoring, Reporting, and Recordkeeping Requirements

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Monitoring Requirements for Affected
					 Facilities. Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the owner or
					 operator of a hospital/medical/infectious waste incinerator (HMIWI) unit, as
					 defined in §
											113.2070
					 of this title (relating to Definitions) shall comply with the following
					 monitoring requirements.
(1) The owner or
					 operator of an affected facility shall install, calibrate (to manufacturers'
					 specifications), maintain, and operate devices (or establish methods) for
					 monitoring the applicable maximum and minimum operating parameters listed in
					 Table 6, §
												113.2075(a)(3)(A)
					 of this title (relating to Compliance and Performance Testing Requirements),
					 such that these devices (or methods) measure and record values for these
					 operating parameters at the frequencies indicated in Table 6, §
												113.2075(a)(3)(A)
					 of this title, at all times, except during periods of startup and
					 shutdown.
(2) The owner or operator
					 of an affected facility shall install, calibrate (to manufacturers'
					 specifications), maintain, and operate a device or method for measuring the use
					 of the bypass stack including date, time, and duration.
(3) The owner or operator of an affected
					 facility using some method other than a dry scrubber followed by a fabric
					 filter, a wet scrubber, or a dry scrubber followed by a fabric filter and a wet
					 scrubber to comply with the emission limits under §
												113.2072 of this
					 title (relating to Emission Limits) shall install, calibrate (to manufacturers'
					 specifications), maintain, and operate the equipment necessary to monitor the
					 site-specific operating parameters developed under §
												113.2075(a)(5)
					 of this title.
(4) The owner or
					 operator of an affected facility shall obtain monitoring data at all times
					 during HMIWI operation except during periods of monitoring equipment
					 malfunction, calibration, or repair. At a minimum, valid monitoring data shall
					 be obtained for 75% of the operating hours per day and for 90% of the operating
					 days per calendar quarter that the affected facility is combusting hospital
					 waste and/or medical/infectious waste.
(5) Commercial medical waste incinerators and
					 HMIWI units burning more than 200 (medium and large units) pounds per hour of
					 hospital waste or medical/infectious waste shall be equipped with continuous
					 emissions monitoring systems (CEMS) which measure and record in-stack carbon
					 monoxide (CO) in addition to the other requirements of this section. Compliance
					 with the CO limits specified in Table 1, §
												113.2071(a)
					 of this title (relating to Designated Facilities) may be demonstrated using a
					 rolling hourly average. The rolling hourly average shall be defined as the
					 arithmetic mean of the 60 most recent one-minute concentrations measured by the
					 CEMS.
(6) HMIWI units may be
					 equipped with certified continuous opacity monitoring systems (COMS) which
					 measure and record exhaust plume opacity. Compliance with the opacity limits
					 specified in §
												113.2072(b)(2)
					 of this title may be demonstrated using a rolling hourly average. The rolling
					 hourly average shall be defined as the arithmetic mean of the 60 most recent
					 one-minute opacity values measured by the COMS.
(7) Except in the case of incinerators with
					 COMS, CO CEMS, or equivalent monitors approved by the executive director or his
					 designated representative, the incinerator shall be limited in hours of
					 operation from one hour after sunrise to one hour before sunset.