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 3 - EMISSION GUIDELINES AND COMPLIANCE TIMES FOR SMALL MUNICIPAL WASTE COMBUSTION UNITS CONSTRUCTED ON OR BEFORE AUGUST 30, 1999 › Section 113.2100 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
Terms used but not defined in this division are defined
						in the Federal Clean Air Act and in 40 Code of Federal Regulations Part 60,
						Subparts A and B.
(1)
					 Administrator--The administrator of the United States Environmental Protection
					 Agency or his/her authorized representative or the administrator of a state air
					 pollution control agency.
(2) Air
					 curtain incinerator--An incinerator that operates by forcefully projecting a
					 curtain of air across an open chamber or pit in which combustion occurs.
					 Incinerators of that type can be constructed above or below ground and with or
					 without refractory walls and floor.
(3) Batch municipal waste combustion unit--A
					 municipal waste combustion unit designed so it cannot combust municipal solid
					 waste continuously 24 hours per day because the design does not allow waste to
					 be fed to the unit or ash to be removed during combustion.
(4) Calendar quarter--Three consecutive
					 months (nonoverlapping) beginning on: January 1, April 1, July 1, or October
					 1.
(5) Calendar year--365 (or 366
					 consecutive days in leap years) consecutive days starting on January 1 and
					 ending on December 31.
(6) Chief
					 facility operator--The person in direct charge and control of the operation of
					 a municipal waste combustion unit. That person is responsible for daily onsite
					 supervision, technical direction, management, and overall performance of the
					 municipal waste combustion unit.
(7) Class I units--Small municipal waste
					 combustion units subject to this division that are located at municipal waste
					 combustion plants with an aggregate plant combustion capacity greater than 250
					 tons per day of municipal solid waste. See the definition in this section of
					 "Municipal waste combustion plant capacity" for specification of which units at
					 a plant site are included in the aggregate capacity calculation.
(8) Class II units--Small municipal
					 combustion units subject to this division that are located at municipal waste
					 combustion plants with aggregate plant combustion capacity less than or equal
					 to 250 tons per day of municipal solid waste. See the definition in this
					 section of "Municipal waste combustion plant capacity" for specification of
					 which units at a plant site are included in the aggregate capacity
					 calculation.
(9) Clean
					 wood--Untreated wood or untreated wood products including clean untreated
					 lumber, tree stumps (whole or chipped), and tree limbs (whole or chipped).
					 Clean wood does not include two items:
(A)
					 "Yard waste," which is defined elsewhere in this section.
(B) Construction, renovation, or demolition
					 wastes (for example, railroad ties and telephone poles) that are exempt from
					 the definition of "Municipal solid waste" in this section.