Okla. Admin. Code § 252:100-17-10

Current through Vol. 42, No. 4, November 1, 2024

Section 252:100-17-10 - Design and operation

An incinerator subject to this part shall be designed and built with a primary combustion chamber and secondary combustion chamber(s) each equipped with burners or other combustion devices that maintain the applicable temperature and retention time specified in (1) through (3) of this section in both the primary and secondary combustion chamber(s) at all times when biomedical waste is being incinerated.

(1) The temperature in the primary combustion chamber shall not be less than 1,200°F.

(2) The temperature in the secondary combustion chamber(s) shall not be less than 1,800°F with a retention time of not less than one (1) second when processing biomedical waste containing no chemotherapeutic waste.

(3) The temperature in the secondary combustion chamber(s) shall not be less than 2,000°F with a retention time of not less than two (2) seconds when processing biomedical waste containing chemotherapeutic waste.

Okla. Admin. Code § 252:100-17-10

Added at 28 Ok Reg 643, eff 7-1-11