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 113.2122 - What are the operating practice requirements for my municipal waste combustion unit?

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) You must not
					 operate your municipal waste combustion unit at loads greater than 110 percent
					 of the maximum demonstrated load of the municipal waste combustion unit (4-hour
					 block average), as specified in §
											113.2100
					 of this title (relating to Definitions).
(b) You must not operate your municipal waste
					 combustion unit so that the temperature at the inlet of the particulate matter
					 control device exceeds 17 degrees Celsius above the maximum demonstrated
					 temperature of the particulate matter control device (4-hour block average), as
					 specified in §
											113.2100
					 of this title.
(c) If your
					 municipal waste combustion unit uses activated carbon to control dioxins/furans
					 or mercury emissions, you must maintain an 8-hour block average carbon feed
					 rate at or above the highest average level established during the most recent
					 dioxins/furans or mercury test.
(d)
					 If your municipal waste combustion unit uses activated carbon to control
					 dioxins/furans or mercury emissions, you must evaluate total carbon usage for
					 each calendar quarter. The total amount of carbon purchased and delivered to
					 your municipal waste combustion plant must be at or above the required
					 quarterly usage of carbon. At your option, you may choose to evaluate required
					 quarterly carbon usage on a municipal waste combustion unit basis for each
					 individual municipal waste combustion unit at your plant. Calculate the
					 required quarterly usage of carbon using equation 4 or 5 in §
											113.2171(f)
					 of this title (relating to What equations must I use?).
(e) Your municipal waste combustion unit is
					 exempt from limits on load level, temperature at the inlet of the particulate
					 matter control device, and carbon feed rate during any of five situations:
(1) During your annual tests for
					 dioxins/furans.
(2) During your
					 annual mercury tests (for carbon feed rate requirements only).
(3) During the 2 weeks preceding your annual
					 tests for dioxins/furans.
(4)
					 During the 2 weeks preceding your annual mercury tests (for carbon feed rate
					 requirements only).
(5) Whenever
					 the executive director permits you to do any of five activities:
(A) Evaluate system performance.
(B) Test new technology or control
					 technologies.
(C) Perform
					 diagnostic testing.
(D) Perform
					 other activities to improve the performance of your municipal waste combustion
					 unit.
(E) Perform other activities
					 to advance the state of the art for emission controls for your municipal waste
					 combustion unit.