S.C. Code Regs. § § 61-62.5.3.I

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 9, September 27, 2024

Section 61-62.5.3.I - APPLICABILITY

A. Except as provided for in paragraphs J and K of this section, this standard applies to any source, regardless of type or construction date, which burns any waste other than virgin fuel for any purpose.

B. Municipal Waste Combustion facilities constructed, reconstructed or modified on or before September 20, 1994, with a unit capacity greater than 250 tons per day of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) shall be subject to 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 60, Subpart Cb, Emission Guidelines and Compliance Schedules for Municipal Waste Combustors, promulgated December 19, 1995, 60 Federal Register (FR) 65415, and amended August 25, 1997, 62 FR 45119 and 45125 and the South Carolina Air Quality Implementation Plan. For the purposes of this standard, the definitions contained in the various provisions of 40 CFR 60, adopted herein, shall apply except that the term "Administrator," when used in 40 CFR 60, shall mean the Department. These Municipal Waste Combustors shall also be subject to any provision of this standard that would impose a more restrictive emission limit or requirement.

C. Sources burning more than one type of waste are subject to the most restrictive requirements of this standard for the wastes being burned.

D. Hospital/medical/infectious waste incinerators are subject to Standard No. 3.1 of Regulation 61-62.5.

E. Hospital/medical/infectious waste incinerators burning other waste in addition to medical waste are subject to the requirements of this standard that are more restrictive than those found in Standard No. 3.1 for the waste being burned.

F. Municipal waste combustors subject to 40 CFR 60, Subpart Ea; 40 CFR 60, Subpart Eb; or 40 CFR 60, Subpart Cb are subject to more restrictive requirements of this standard applicable to the waste being burned.

G. Municipal waste combustors, excluding air curtain incinerators, subject to this standard that meet the definition of retail business incinerators or commercial incinerators are subject only to the requirements of this standard applicable to those units.

H. Any unit that burns tires as its only MSW is not subject to the portions of this standard applicable to Municipal Waste Combustors if the owner or operator of the unit:

1. Notifies the Department of an exemption claim; and

2. Provides data documenting that the unit qualifies for this exemption.

I. Air curtain incinerators subject to this standard whose only municipal solid waste being burned is yard waste are subject only to those requirements of this standard applicable to air curtain incinerators. Air curtain incinerators subject to this standard that burn any other municipal solid waste other than yard waste are subject only to the requirement of having refractory lined pits that is applicable to air curtain incinerators and to all the requirements of this standard applicable to municipal waste combustors.

J. Exemptions

1. Industrial furnaces and boilers at pulp and paper facilities burning only black liquor, only total reduced sulfur (TRS) compounds, or only black liquor and/or TRS compounds and/or virgin fuel are not subject to this standard. Also, total reduced sulfur control devices burning only gaseous TRS and virgin fuel are not subject to this standard. Gaseous process streams containing TRS compounds that are regulated in accordance with Section XI of Regulation Regulation 61-62.5, Standard No. 4, Emissions from Process Industries, and/or 40 CFR 60, Subpart BB, Standards of Performance for Kraft Pulp Mills, are also not subject to this standard. Exemptions for additional process streams will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Additions to black liquor for the purpose of waste disposal shall not be exempt from this standard.

2. Facilities utilizing a renewable energy resource burned for energy recovery may request an exemption from this standard by: 1) submitting a site-specific chemical analysis of the renewable energy resource and/or source testing results to the Department for review, and 2) providing additional documentation as necessary so that the Department can confirm that the exemption will be protective of human health and the environment. The Department reserves the right to deny a request for an exemption to Standard No. 3 for any renewable energy resource(s) that does not satisfy the above conditions.

3. A facility with an emission unit and/or control device that complies with all the requirements of an applicable Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) Standard under 40 CFR 63, including the testing and reporting requirements, may request an exemption from this standard. Facilities requesting such an exemption shall provide any documentation as necessary in order for the Department to make a determination. Upon review of such a request, the Department may grant an exemption from this standard if it determines that compliance with the applicable MACT Standard(s) would be as protective of human health and the environment as the requirements of this standard. Any new waste and/or process stream must be evaluated by the Department in order to maintain this exemption. Also, any operational change that may impact emissions from the waste must be evaluated by the Department in order to maintain this exemption.

K. Space heaters engineered to burn used oil will be exempt from this standard provided the used oil is generated on-site or originates from "do-it-yourself" oil changes and provided also that the burners are rated at no more than 0.5 x 10⁶ British thermal unit per hour (Btu/hr) heat input and the exhaust is vented to the ambient air. No construction or operating permit will be required.

L. This standard was effective on the date of publication in the State Register, which was originally February 26, 1988. Subsequent dates of effective revisions published in the State Register will be indicated at appropriate places as necessary in this standard.

M. For the purpose of this standard, existing sources are sources that are "in existence" on February 26, 1988, unless otherwise noted herein.

S.C. Code Regs. § 61-62.5.3.I