Section 11-60.1-38 - Sulfur oxides from fuel combustion(a) No person shall burn any fuel containing in excess of two percent sulfur by weight.(b) No person shall burn any fuel containing in excess of 0.50 percent sulfur by weight in any fossil fuel fired power and steam generating unit having a power generating output in excess of twenty-five megawatts or a heat input greater than two hundred fifty million BTU per hour.(c) Compliance with sulfur by weight requirements shall be determined by evaluating sulfur by weight pursuant to American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) methods. (1) For liquid fuels: ASTM D129-00(2005) Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products (General Bomb Method); D2622-05 Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products by Wavelength Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry; D4294-03 Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum and Petroleum Products by Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry; D5453-05 Standard Test Method for Determination of Total Sulfur in Light Hydrocarbons, Motor Fuels and Oils by Ultraviolet Fluorescence; or other EPA approved methods.(2) For gaseous fuels: ASTM 01072-90(1999) Standard Test Method for Total Sulfur in Fuel Gases; D3246-05 Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Gas by Oxidative Microcoulometry; 04810-88(1999) Standard Test Method for Hydrogen Sulfide in Natural Gas Using Length-of-Stain Detector Tubes; 06228-98(2003), D6667-01 or Gas Processors Association Standard 2377-86 Test for Hydrogen Sulfide and Carbon Dioxide in Natural Gas Using Length-of-Stain Tubes; or other EPA approved methods.(d) The use of fuels prohibited in subsections (a) and (b) may be allowed at the director's sole discretion if it can be demonstrated that the use of these fuels will result in equivalent or lower emission rates of oxides of sulfur. Compliance with oxides of sulfur emissions requirements shall be determined by evaluating oxides of sulfur emissions pursuant to 40 CFR Part 60, Appendix A-4, Method 8 or other EPA approved methods.Haw. Code R. § 11-60.1-38
[Eff 11/26/93; comp 10/26/98; am and comp 9/15/01; comp 11/14/03; comp 1/13/12; comp JUN 30 2014] (Auth: HRS §§ 342B-3, 342B-12; 42 U.S.C. §§7407, 7416 ) (Imp: HRS §§ 342B-3, 342B-12; 42 U.S.C. §§7407, 7416 )Historical note: § 11-60.1-38 is based substantially upon § 11-60-9. [Eff 11/29/82; am, ren § 11-60-9 and comp 4/14/86; am and comp 6/29/92; R 11/26/93]