S.C. Code Regs. § § 61-62.5.3.1.V
Current through Register Vol. 48, 12, December 27, 2024
Section 61-62.5.3.1.V - Monitoring Requirements(a) General. (1) The owner or operator of an affected facility shall ensure that all monitoring devices are maintained in accordance with Section VI. of this Standard.(2) The owner or operator of an affected facility shall ensure that all data recorder resolutions are sufficient to display the data recording frequencies required in Table IV, and Section V. (d) of this Standard.(b) Small (Rural) HMIWI facilities. (1) The owner or operator of an affected facility shall install, calibrate, maintain, and operate a device for measuring and recording the temperature of the secondary chamber on a continuous basis, the output of which shall be recorded, at a minimum, once every minute throughout operation.(2) The owner or operator of an affected facility shall install, calibrate, maintain, and operate a device which automatically measures and records the date, time, and weight of each charge fed into the HMIWI.(3) The owner or operator of an affected facility shall obtain monitoring data at all times during HMIWI operation except during periods of monitoring equipment malfunction, calibration, or repair. At a minimum, valid monitoring data shall be obtained for 75 percent of the operating hours per day and for 90 percent of the operating hours per calendar quarter that the affected facility is combusting hospital waste and/or medical/infectious waste.(c) Small (Urban), Medium, and Large HMIWI facilities (1) The owner or operator of an affected facility shall install, calibrate, maintain, and operate devices (or establish methods) for monitoring the applicable maximum and minimum operating parameters listed in Table IV of this Standard such that these devices (or methods) measure and record values for these operating parameters at the frequencies indicated in Table IV of this Standard at all times except during periods of startup and shutdown.(2) The owner or operator of an affected facility shall install, calibrate, maintain, and operate a device or method for measuring the use of the bypass stack including date, time, and duration.(3) The owner or operator of an affected facility using something other than a dry scrubber followed by a fabric filter, a wet scrubber, or a dry scrubber followed by a fabric filter and a wet scrubber to comply with the emission limits under this Standard shall install, calibrate, maintain, and operate the equipment necessary to monitor the site-specific operating parameters developed pursuant to Section VII, (c)(8) of this Standard.(4) The owner or operator of an affected facility shall obtain monitoring data at all times during HMIWI operation except during periods of monitoring equipment malfunction, calibration, or repair. At a minimum, valid monitoring data shall be obtained for 75 percent of the operating hours per day and for 90 percent of the operating days per calendar quarter that the affected facility is combusting hospital waste and/or medical/infectious waste.(5) The owner or operator of an affected facility shall ensure that: (i) The secondary chamber or afterburner temperatures are continuously monitored and recorded.(ii) Sensors are installed, maintained, and operated such that the flames from the burners do not impinge upon the sensors.(iii) The secondary chamber temperature is measured at or beyond the chamber exit.(6) The Department reserves the right to require the owner/operator to provide telemetering of continuous monitoring data to the Department.(d) Large HMIWI facilities with capacity equal to or greater than 2,000 lbs/hr The owner or operator of an affected facility shall ensure that:
(1) continuous monitors are installed on each HMIWI emission stack for O2, CO, CO2, and opacity.(2) the O2, CO, and CO2 monitors are co-located upstream of any air pollution control devices unless otherwise approved by the Department.(3) each O2 monitor takes at a minimum of one measurement every 60 seconds and that this data is recorded at least every successive five minutes.(4) each CO monitor takes a minimum of one measurement every 60 seconds and that this data recorded at least every successive five minutes.(5) each CO2 monitor takes a minimum of one measurement every 60 seconds and that this data recorded at least every successive five minutes.(6) each opacity monitor completes a minimum of one cycle of sampling and analysis for each 10 second period and one cycle of data recording for each successive six minute period. WIDETABLE |
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TABLE IV |
OPERATING PARAMETERS TO BE MONITORED AND MINIMUM MEASUREMENT AND RECORDING FREQUENCIES |
Minimum frequency | Control system |
Operating parameters to be monitored | Data measurement | Data recording | Dry scrubber followed by fabric filter | Wet scrubber | Dry scrubber followed by fabric filter and wet scrubber |
Maximum operating parameters: |
Max. charge rate | Continuous | 1 time/hour | X | X | X |
Max. fabric filter inlet temperature | Continuous | 1 time/minute | X | ........... | X |
Max. flue gas temperature | Continuous | 1 time/minute | X | X | X |
Minimum operating parameters: |
Min. secondary chamber temperature | Continuous | 1 time/minute | X | X | X |
Min. dioxins/furans sorbent flow rate | Hourly | 1 time/hour | X | ........... | X |
Min. HCl sorbent flow rate | Hourly | 1 time/hour | X | ........... | X |
Min. mercury (Hg) sorbent flow rate | Hourly | 1 time/hour | X | ........... | X |
Min. pressure drop across the wet scrubber or min. horsepower or amperage to wet scrubber | Continuous | 1 time/minute | - ---------- | X | X |
Min. scrubber liquor flow rate | Continuous | 1 time/minute | - ---------- | X | X |
Min. scrubber liquor pH | Continuous | 1 time/minute | - ---------- | X | X |
X = applicable |
S.C. Code Regs. § 61-62.5.3.1.V