La. Admin. Code tit. 33 § V-529

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section V-529 - Specific Part II Information Requirements for Incinerators

Except as LAC 33:V. Chapter 31 and Subsection F of this Section provide otherwise, owners and operators of facilities that incinerate hazardous waste must fulfill the requirements of Subsection A, B, or C of this Section:

A. when seeking an exemption under LAC 33:V.3105.B or C (ignitable, corrosive, or reactive wastes only):

1. documentation that the waste is listed as a hazardous waste in LAC 33:V. Chapter 49, solely because it is ignitable (Hazard Code I) or corrosive (Hazard Code C) or both; or

2. documentation that the waste is listed as a hazardous waste in LAC 33:V. Chapter 49, solely because it is reactive (Hazard Code R) for characteristics other than those listed in LAC 33:V.4903.D.4 and 5, and will not be burned when other hazardous wastes are present in the combustion zone; or

3. documentation that the waste is a hazardous waste solely because it possesses the characteristics of ignitability, corrosivity, or both, as determined by the tests for characteristics of hazardous waste under LAC 33:V.4903; or

4. documentation that the waste is a hazardous waste solely because it possesses the reactivity characteristics listed in LAC 33:V.4903.D.1, 2, 3, 6, 7, or 8, and that it will not be burned when other hazardous wastes are present in the combustion zone; or

B. submit a trial burn plan or the results of a trial burn, including all required determinations, in accordance with LAC 33:V.3115; or

C. in lieu of a trial burn, the applicant may submit the following information:

1. an analysis of each waste or mixture of wastes to be burned including:

a. heat value of the waste in the form and composition in which it will be burned;

b. viscosity (if applicable), or description of physical form of the waste;

c. an identification of any hazardous organic constituents listed in LAC 33:V.3105, Table 1, that are present in the waste to be burned, except that the applicant need not analyze for constituents listed in LAC 33:V.3105, Table 1, which would reasonably not be expected to be found in the waste. The constituents excluded from analysis must be identified and the basis for their exclusion stated. The waste analysis must rely on appropriate analytical techniques;

d. an approximate quantification of the hazardous constituents identified in the waste, within the precision produced by appropriate analytical methods;

e. a quantification of those hazardous constituents in the waste which may be designated as POHC's based on data submitted from other trial or operational burns which demonstrate compliance with the performance standards in LAC 33:V.3111;

2. a detailed engineering description of the incinerators, including:

a. manufacturer's name and model number of incinerator;

b. type of incinerator;

c. linear dimension of incinerator unit including cross sectional area of combustion chamber;

d. description of auxiliary fuel system (type/feed);

e. capacity of prime mover;

f. description of automatic waste feed cutoff system(s);

g. stack gas monitoring and pollution control monitoring system;

h. nozzle and burner design;

i. construction materials;

j. location and description of temperature, pressure, and flow indicating devices and control devices;

3. a description and analysis of the waste to be burned compared with the waste for which data from operational or trial burns are provided to support the contention that a trial burn is not needed; The data should include those items listed in Paragraph C.1 of this Section. This analysis should specify the POHC's which the applicant has identified in the waste for which a permit is sought, and any differences from the POHC's in the waste for which burn data are provided;

4. the design and operating conditions of the incinerator unit to be used, compared with that for which comparative burn data are available;

5. a description of the results submitted from any previously conducted trial burn(s) including:

a. sampling and analysis techniques used to calculate performance standards in LAC 33:V.3111;

b. methods and results of monitoring temperatures, waste feed rates, carbon monoxide, and an appropriate indicator of combustion gas velocity (including a statement concerning the precision and accuracy of this measurement);

6. the expected incinerator operation information to demonstrate compliance with LAC 33:V.3111 and 3117, including:

a. expected carbon monoxide (CO) level in the stack exhaust gas;

b. waste feed rate;

c. combustion zone temperature;

d. indication of combustion gas velocity;

e. expected stack gas volume, flow rate, and temperature;

f. computed residence time for waste in the combustion zone;

g. expected hydrochloric acid removal efficiency;

h. expected fugitive emissions and their control procedures;

i. proposed waste feed cut-off limits based on the identified significant operating parameters;

7. such supplemental information as the administrative authority finds necessary to achieve the purposes of this Subsection;

8. waste analysis data, including that submitted in Paragraph C.1 of this Section, sufficient to allow the administrative authority to specify as permit Principal Organic Hazardous Constituents (permit POHC's) those constituents for which destruction and removal efficiencies will be required;

D. the administrative authority shall approve a permit application without a trial burn if he finds that:

1. the wastes are sufficiently similar; and

2. the incinerator units are sufficiently similar, and the data from other trial burns are adequate to specify (under LAC 33:V.3117) operating conditions that will ensure that the performance standards in LAC 33:V.3111 will be met by the incinerator;

E. commercial hazardous waste incinerators. The administrative authority shall issue no new permit or substantial permit modification, as defined in LAC 33:I.1503, that authorizes the construction or operation of any commercial hazardous waste incineration facility, of any type, until the permit applicant complies with:

1. all applicable hazardous waste regulations in LAC 33:V, particularly as they pertain to:

a. design as required in LAC 33:V. Chapters 5 and 31;

b. siting as required in LAC 33:V. Chapters 5, 7, and 15;

c. construction as required in LAC 33:V. Chapters 7 and 31;

d. operation as required in LAC 33:V. Chapters 3, 5, 7, and 31;

e. emission limitations as required in LAC 33:V. Chapters 5 and 31; and

f. disposal methods as required in LAC 33:V. Chapters 22, 31, and 35;

2. all applicable air quality regulations in LAC 33:III; and

3. all applicable water quality regulations in LAC 33:IX;

F. when an owner or operator of a hazardous waste incineration unit becomes subject to RCRA permit requirements after October 12, 2005, or when an owner or operator of an existing hazardous waste incineration unit demonstrates compliance with the air emission standards and limitations in 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart EEE, as incorporated by reference at LAC 33:III.5122 (i.e., by conducting a comprehensive performance test and submitting a notification of compliance in accordance with 40 CFR 63.1207(j) and 63.1210(d), documenting compliance with all applicable requirements of 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart EEE), the requirements of this Section do not apply, except those provisions the administrative authority determines are necessary to ensure compliance with LAC 33:V.3117.A and C if the owner or operator elects to comply with LAC 33:V.2001.A.1.a to minimize emissions of toxic compounds from startup, shutdown, and malfunction events. Nevertheless, the administrative authority may apply the provisions of this Section, on a case-by-case basis, for purposes of information collection in accordance with LAC 33:V.303.Q-R and 311.E-F.

La. Admin. Code tit. 33, § V-529

Promulgated by the Department of Environmental Quality, Office of Solid and Hazardous Waste, Hazardous Waste Division, LR 10:200 (March 1984), amended LR 10:280 (April 1984), LR 22:817 (September 1996), amended by the Office of Waste Services, Hazardous Waste Division, LR 25:2199 (November 1999), amended by the Office of Environmental Assessment, Environmental Planning Division, LR 27:292 (March 2001), LR 29:319 (March 2003), amended by the Office of Environmental Assessment, LR 31:1571 (July 2005), amended by the Office of the Secretary, Legal Affairs Division, LR 34:620 (April 2008), LR 34:1011 (June 2008), LR 34:1894 (September 2008).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:2011(D)(24)(a) and 2180 et seq.