Section 33-24-05-149 - Operating requirements1. An incinerator must be operated in accordance with operating requirements specified in the permit. These will be specified on a case-by-case basis as those demonstrated (in a trial burn or in alternative data as specified in subsection 2 of section 33-24-05-148 and included with a facility's permit application) to be sufficient to comply with the performance standards of section 33-24-05-147. 2. Each set of operating requirements will specify the composition of the waste feed (including acceptable variations in the physical or chemical properties of the waste feed which will not affect compliance with the performance requirement of section 33-24-05-147) to which the operating requirements apply. For each such waste feed, the permit will specify acceptable operating limits including the following conditions: a. Carbon monoxide level in the stack exhaust gas; c. Combustion temperature; d. An appropriate indicator of combustion gas velocity; e. Allowable variation in incinerator system design or operating procedures; and f. Such operating requirements as are necessary to ensure that the performance standards of section 33-24-05-147 are met. 3. During startup and shutdown of an incinerator, hazardous waste (except waste exempted in accordance with section 33-24-05-144) may not be fed into the incinerator unless the incinerator is operating within the conditions of operation, (temperature, air feed rate, etc.) specified in the permit. 4. Fugitive emissions from the combustion zone must be controlled by: a. Keeping the combustion zone totally sealed against fugitive emissions; b. Maintaining a combustion zone pressure lower than atmospheric pressure; or c. An alternate means of control demonstrated (with the permit application) to provide fugitive emissions control equivalent to maintenance of combustion zone pressure lower than atmospheric pressure. 5. An incinerator must be operated with a functioning system to automatically cut off waste feed to the incinerator when operating conditions deviate from limits established under subsection 1. 6. An incinerator must cease operation when changes in waste feed, incinerator design, or operating conditions exceed limits designated in its permit. N.D. Admin Code 33-24-05-149
Effective January 1, 1984; amended effective December 1, 1988.General Authority: NDCC 23-20.3-03
Law Implemented: NDCC 23-20.3-03, 23-20.3-04