N.H. Code Admin. R. Env-A 3502.01

Current through Register No. 25, June 20, 2024

Section Env-A 3502.01 - Applicability

(a) This chapter shall apply to each individual hospital/medical/infectious waste incinerator unit (HMIWI unit) for which construction was commenced on or before June 20, 1996.

(b) This chapter shall apply to the following 4 distinct sizes of HMIWI as defined in Env-A 3503.01:

(1) Small, remote;

(2) Small;

(3) Medium; and

(4) Large.

(c) A HMIWI unit shall not be subject to this chapter during periods when only pathological waste, low-level radioactive waste, or chemotherapeutic waste, or any combination thereof, is burned, provided the owner or operator of the unit:

(1) Notifies the department of an exemption claim; and

(2) Keeps records on a calendar quarter basis, for a minimum of 5 years, of the periods of time when only pathological waste, low-level radioactive waste, or chemotherapeutic waste, or any combination thereof, is burned.

(d) A HMIWI unit that meets the definition of a co-fired combustor as defined in Env-A 3503.01(g) shall not be subject to this chapter if the owner or operator of the unit:

(1) Notifies the department of an exemption claim;

(2) Provides a written estimate to the department that:

a. States the relative weight of hospital waste, medical/infectious waste, and other fuels and wastes to be combusted; and

b. Is verifiable using the records required in (3), below; and

(3) Keeps records on a calendar quarter basis, for a minimum of 5 years, of the weight of hospital waste and medical/infectious waste combusted, and the weight of all other fuels and wastes combusted at the co-fired combustor.

(e) The following devices shall be exempt from the requirements of this chapter:

(1) Any combustor required to have a permit under the Solid Waste Disposal Act, 42 U.S.C. §6925;

(2) Any combustor that meets the applicability requirements of 40 CFR 60 Subpart Cb, Ea, or Eb;

(3) Any pyrolysis unit; or

(4) Cement kilns firing hospital waste or medical/infectious waste or a combination thereof.

(f) Physical or operational changes made to an existing HMIWI unit solely for the purpose of complying with emission limits under this chapter shall not be considered a modification such that an existing HMIWI unit becomes subject to the provisions of 40 CFR 60 Subpart Ec, namely, New Source Performance Standards for hospital/medical/infectious waste incinerators.

N.H. Code Admin. R. Env-A 3502.01

#6938, eff 1-30-99; ss by #8788, eff 1-5-07