Section 33-24-05-530 - Standards to control particulate matter1. A boiler or industrial furnace burning hazardous waste may not emit particulate matter in excess of one hundred eighty milligrams per dry standard cubic meter [0.08 grains per dry standard cubic foot] after correction to a stack gas concentration of seven percent oxygen, using procedures prescribed in 40 CFR part 60, appendix A, methods 1 through 5, and appendix XXIV of chapter 33-24-05. 2. An owner or operator meeting the requirements of subsection 2 of section 33-24-05-534 for the low risk waste exemption is exempt from the particulate matter standard. 3. Oxygen correction. a. Measured pollutant levels must be corrected for the amount of oxygen in the stack gas according to the formula: Pc = Pm x 14/(E-Y)
where:
Pc is the corrected concentration of the pollutant in the stack gas;
Pm is the measured concentration of the pollutant in the stack gas;
E is the oxygen concentration on a dry basis in the combustion air fed to the device; and
Y is the measured oxygen concentration on a dry basis in the stack.
b. For devices that feed normal combustion air, E will equal twenty-one percent. For devices that feed oxygen-enriched air for combustion (that is, air with an oxygen concentration exceeding twenty-one percent), the value of E will be the concentration of oxygen in the enriched air.
c. Compliance with all emission standards provided by sections 33-24-05-525 through 33-24-05-549 must be based on correcting to seven percent oxygen using this procedure. 4. For the purposes of permit enforcement, compliance with the operating requirements specified in the permit (under section 33-24-05-527) will be regarded as compliance with this section. However, evidence that compliance with those permit conditions is insufficient to ensure compliance with the requirements of this section may be "information" justifying modification or revocation and reissuance of a permit under section 33-24-06-12. N.D. Admin Code 33-24-05-530
Effective July 1, 1997; amended effective December 1, 2003.General Authority: NDCC 23-20.3-03
Law Implemented: NDCC 23-20.3-03, 23-20.3-04, 33-20.3-05, 23-20.3-09