Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 111 - CONTROL OF AIR POLLUTION FROM VISIBLE EMISSIONS AND PARTICULATE MATTER › Subchapter A - VISIBLE EMISSIONS AND PARTICULATE MATTER › Division 2 - INCINERATION › Section 111.121 - Single-, Dual-, and Multiple-Chamber Incinerators

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
No person shall cause, suffer, allow, or permit the
						burning of domestic, municipal, commercial, or industrial solid waste as
						defined in §
											101.1 of
						this title (relating to Definitions) in a single-, dual-, or multiple-chamber
						incinerator, unless the conditions listed in paragraphs (1) - (6) of this
						section are met. For purposes of this section, the term "commercial waste"
						shall be defined as waste material generated from retail and wholesale
						establishments. The requirements of this section do not apply to hazardous
						waste incinerators, or hospital and medical/infectious waste
						incinerators.
(1) Particulate
					 emissions shall not exceed 0.18 gram per dry standard cubic meter (g/dscm) or
					 0.08 grain per dry standard cubic foot (gr/dscf), front-half of sampling train
					 only, when corrected for 7.0% oxygen (O2) in the stack gas according to the
					 formula.
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(2)
					 Hydrogen chloride (HCl) emissions greater than 1.8 kilograms (4 pounds) per
					 hour require a control device with a minimum removal efficiency of
					 95%.
(3) Carbon monoxide (CO)
					 emissions shall not exceed 120 parts per million by volume dry basis, when
					 corrected to 7.0% O 2 in the stack gas as specified in paragraph (1) of this
					 section. CO and O2 shall be measured at the same location. Upon the approval of
					 the executive director of the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
					 (TNRCC), a total hydrocarbon (THC) standard may be chosen as an alternative to
					 the CO standard. In such cases, the emissions shall not exceed 20 parts per
					 million, when corrected to 7.0% O 2 in the stack gas as specified in paragraph
					 (1) of this section. THC and O2 shall be measured at the same
					 location.
(4) Oxygen content shall
					 be maintained at greater than 4.0% by volume of the emissions of the
					 incinerator, measured at the exit of the incinerator, or at an alternate
					 location approved by the executive director or a designated representative of
					 the TNRCC. Incinerators subject to the requirements of this section may operate
					 at O2 concentrations less than 4.0% by volume if compliance with paragraph (3)
					 of this section can be continuously demonstrated at a lower O2
					 concentration.
(5) Visible
					 emissions shall not exceed an opacity of 5.0% averaged over any six-minute
					 period.
(6) Incinerators burning
					 not more than 100 pounds per hour of domestic, municipal, commercial, or
					 industrial solid waste, based on the total weight of materials burned, shall be
					 subject to an opacity limit of 5.0% averaged over a six-minute period, the
					 requirements of §
											111.127(d)
					 of this title (relating to Monitoring and Recordkeeping Requirements), and the
					 operating requirements of §
											111.129(1)
					 of this title (relating to Operating Requirements); but shall be otherwise
					 exempt from the provisions of this section and §§
											111.125,
					 111.127,
					 and
					 111.129 of
					 this title (relating to Incineration).