Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 340 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Division 230 - INCINERATOR REGULATIONS › Section 340-230-0030 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
The definitions in OAR 340-200-0020, 340-238-0040  and this rule
				apply to this division, except for 340-230-0415  and 340-230-0500. If the same
				term is defined in this rule and 340-200-0020  or 340-238-0040, the definition
				in this rule applies to this division.
(1) "Acid Gases" means any exhaust gas that
			 includes hydrogen chloride and sulfur dioxide.
(2) "Administrator" means the Administrator
			 of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or his/her authorized
			 representative or Administrator of a State Air Pollution Control
			 Agency.
(3) "CFR" means Code of
			 Federal Regulations and, unless otherwise expressly identified, refers to the
			 July 1, 2013 edition.
(4)
			 "Continuous Emission Monitoring (CEM)" means a monitoring system for
			 continuously measuring the emissions of a pollutant from an affected
			 incinerator. Continuous emission monitoring system (CEMS) also means the total
			 equipment that may be required to meet the data acquisition and availability
			 requirements, used to sample, condition (if applicable), analyze, and provide a
			 record of emissions. Continuous monitoring equipment and operation must be
			 certified in accordance with EPA performance specifications and quality
			 assurance procedures outlined in  40 C.F.R. Part 60, Appendices B and F, and
			 DEQ's Continuous Monitoring Manual. [NOTE: DEQ's manual is published with OAR
			 340-200-0035.]
(5) "Crematory
			 Incinerator" means an incinerator used solely for the cremation of human and
			 animal bodies.
(6) "Dry Standard
			 Cubic Foot" means the amount of gas that would occupy a volume of one cubic
			 foot, if the gas were free of uncombined water at standard conditions. When
			 applied to combustion flue gases from waste or refuse burning, "Standard Cubic
			 Foot (SCF)" implies adjustment of gas volume to that which would result at a
			 concentration of seven percent oxygen or 50 percent excess air.
(7) "Fluidized bed combustion unit" means a
			 unit where municipal waste is combusted in a fluidized bed of material. The
			 fluidized bed material may remain in the primary combustion zone or may be
			 carried out of the primary combustion zone and returned through a recirculation
			 loop.
(8) "Incinerator" means any
			 structure or furnace in which combustion takes place, the primary purpose of
			 which is the reduction in volume and weight of unwanted material.
(9) "Infectious Waste" means waste as defined
			 in ORS Chapter 763, Oregon Laws 1989, that contains or may contain any disease
			 producing microorganism or material, and includes, but is not limited to the
			 following:
(a) "Biological waste", which
			 includes blood and blood products, and body fluids that cannot be directly
			 discarded into a municipal sewer system, and waste materials saturated with
			 blood or body fluids, but does not include soiled diapers;
(b) "Cultures and stocks", which includes
			 etiologic agents and associated biologicals; including specimen cultures and
			 dishes, devices used to transfer, inoculate and mix cultures, wastes from
			 production of biologicals, and serums and discarded live and attenuated
			 vaccines. "Cultures" does not include throat and urine cultures;
(c) "Pathological waste", which includes
			 biopsy materials and all human tissues, anatomical parts that emanate from
			 surgery, obstetrical procedures, autopsy and laboratory procedures and animal
			 carcasses exposed to pathogens in research and the bedding and other waste from
			 such animals. "Pathological wastes" does not include teeth or formaldehyde or
			 other preservative agents;
(d)
			 "Sharps", which includes needles, IV tubing with needles attached, scalpel
			 blades, lancets, glass tubes that could be broken during handling and syringes
			 that have been removed from their original sterile containers.