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 111.124 - Burning Hazardous Waste Fuels in Commercial Combustion Facilities

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
No person shall cause, suffer, allow, or permit the
						burning of hazardous waste as fuel for energy recovery in any facility that
						accepts hazardous waste as fuel from off-site sources which involves a
						commercial transaction or a change in ownership of the waste and is not
						regulated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency at 40 Code of
						Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 264 or 265, Subpart O, unless the following
						requirements are met.
(1) Particulate
					 emissions shall not exceed 0.18 gram per dry standard cubic meter or 0.08 grain
					 per dry standard cubic foot, to include particulate matter caught by impinger
					 train, when corrected for 7.0% oxygen in the stack gas according to the formula
					 specified in §
											111.121(1)
					 of this title (relating to Single-, Dual-, and Multiple-Chamber
					 Incinerators).
(2) Hydrogen
					 chloride (HCl) emissions greater than 1.8 kilograms (four pounds) per hour
					 shall be controlled with a minimum removal efficiency of 95%.
(3) Destruction and removal efficiency (DRE)
					 shall be at least 99.99% for each principal organic hazardous constituent
					 (POHC) in each waste feed. The POHCs shall be selected according to the method
					 at 40 CFR Part 264.342 and shall be approved in advance by the executive
					 director. DRE shall be determined using the following formula.
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(4) The
					 facility shall perform a trial burn according to the requirements listed at 40
					 CFR Part 270.62 to determine compliance with paragraphs (1)-(3) of this
					 section. The operating conditions and waste feed composition during a trial
					 burn demonstrating compliance with the requirements of paragraphs (1)-(3) of
					 this section shall be maintained as limits for subsequent operation for the
					 facility. Substitution of new hazardous waste constituents and increases in the
					 concentration of any hazardous waste constituent compared to the conditions
					 existing during the trial burn will require retesting, unless such change or
					 substitution has received written approval from the executive director. The
					 operating limits shall be monitored continuously and shall include the
					 following:
(A) maximum carbon monoxide level
					 in the exhaust gas of the combustion device;
(B) minimum oxygen level in the exhaust gas
					 of the combustion device;
(C)
					 maximum waste feed rate to the combustion device;
(D) minimum combustion temperature;
(E) an appropriate indicator of combustion
					 gas velocity;
(F) maximum total
					 hydrocarbons in the exhaust gas of the combustion device; and
(G) any other operating limit determined
					 necessary by the executive director to ensure that the requirements of
					 paragraphs (1)-(3) of this section are met.