South Carolina Code of Regulations › Chapter 61 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL › Subchapter 61-79 - Hazardous Waste Management Regulations › Part 61-79.266 - STANDARDS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF SPECIFIC HAZARDOUS WASTES AND SPECIFIC TYPES OF HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITIES › Subpart H - HAZARDOUS WASTE BURNED IN BOILERS AND INDUSTRIAL FURNACES › Section 61-79.266.H.104 - Standards to control organic emissions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 6, June 28, 2024
(a) DRE standard.
(1) General. Except as provided in paragraph
				  (a)(3) of this section, a boiler or industrial furnace burning hazardous waste
				  must achieve a destruction and removal efficiency (DRE) of 99.99% for all
				  organic hazardous constituents in the waste feed. To demonstrate conformance
				  with this requirement, 99.99% DRE must be demonstrated during a trial burn for
				  each principal organic hazardous constituent (POHC) designated (under paragraph
				  (a)(2) of this section) in its permit for each waste feed. DRE is determined
				  for each POHC from the following equation:
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WIN=Mass feed rate of one principal
					 organic hazardous constituent (POHC) in the hazardous waste fired to the boiler
					 or industrial furnace; and
WOUT=Mass emission rate of the same
					 POHC present in stack gas prior to release to the atmosphere.
(2) Designation of POHCs. Principal organic
				  hazardous constituents (POHCs) are those compounds for which compliance with
				  the DRE requirements of this section shall be demonstrated in a trial burn in
				  conformance with procedures prescribed in 270.66 of this chapter. One or more
				  POHCs shall be designated by the Department for each waste feed to be burned.
				  POHCs shall be designated based on the degree of difficulty of destruction of
				  the organic constituents in the waste and on their concentrations or mass in
				  the waste feed considering the results of waste analyses submitted with part B
				  of the permit application. POHCs are most likely to be selected from among
				  those compounds listed in part 261, appendix VIII of this chapter that are also
				  present in the normal waste feed. However, if the applicant demonstrates to the
				  Department satisfaction that a compound not listed in appendix VIII or not
				  present in the normal waste feed is a suitable indicator of compliance with the
				  DRE requirements of this section, that compound may be designated as a POHC.
				  Such POHCs need not be toxic or organic compounds.
(3) Dioxin-listed waste. A boiler or
				  industrial furnace burning hazardous waste containing (or derived from) EPA
				  Hazardous Wastes Nos. F020, F021, F022, F023, F026, or F027 must achieve a
				  destruction and removal efficiency (DRE) of 99.9999% for each POHC designated
				  (under paragraph (a)(2) of this section) in its permit. This performance must
				  be demonstrated on POHCs that are more difficult to burn than tetra-, penta-,
				  and hexachlorodibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans. DRE is determined for each
				  POHC from the equation in paragraph (a)(1) of this section. In addition, the
				  owner or operator of the boiler or industrial furnace must notify the
				  Department of intent to burn EPA Hazardous Waste Nos. F020, F021, F022, F023,
				  F026, or F027.
(4) Automatic waiver
				  of DRE trial burn. Owners and operators of boilers operated under the special
				  operating requirements provided by 266.110 are considered to be in compliance
				  with the DRE standard of paragraph (a)(1) of this section and are exempt from
				  the DRE trial burn.
(5) Low risk
				  waste. Owners and operators of boilers or industrial furnaces that burn
				  hazardous waste in compliance with the requirements of 266.109(a) are
				  considered to be in compliance with the DRE standard of paragraph (a)(1) of
				  this section and are exempt from the DRE trial burn.