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Chapter 61 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLSubchapter 61-62 - Air Pollution Control Regulations and StandardsSubchapter 61-62.5 - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL STANDARDS
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Section 61-62.5.3.V - WASTE ANALYSIS

S.C. Code Regs. § § 61-62.5.3.V

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Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 9, September 27, 2024
Section 61-62.5.3.V - WASTE ANALYSIS
A. Regardless of the type source involved, each waste stream (if the waste is deemed to be consistent in composition) or each waste batch/shipment (if the waste is deemed inconsistent in composition) that is to be burned shall be classified hazardous or non-hazardous utilizing the South Carolina Hazardous Waste Management Regulation Regulation 61-79.261. This classification decision may be based on generator knowledge of the waste determined from Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS), waste profiles, or other process information.
B. Regardless of the type of source involved, with the exception of crematory and air curtain incinerators, each waste stream (if the waste is deemed to be consistent in composition) or each waste batch/shipment (if the waste is deemed inconsistent in composition) that is to be burned shall be analyzed for heat value (British thermal unit per gallon (Btu/gal) and/or British thermal unit per pound (Btu/lb), total halogen, percent nitrogen and percent sulfur.
C. Regardless of the type of source involved (except retail business, crematory and air curtain incinerators), each waste stream (if the waste is deemed to be consistent in composition) or each waste batch/shipment (if the waste is deemed inconsistent in composition) that is to be burned shall be identified by waste analysis or special knowledge of the waste (MSDS, waste profiles, etc.) for those air toxic compounds identified in Regulation Regulation 61-62.5, Standard No. 8 that can reasonably be expected to be in the waste stream.
D. Regardless of the type of source involved, each burner of used oil shall have each batch or shipment of used oil analyzed in order to determine if the used oil is spec. oil or non-spec. oil.
E. If a source has an air pollutant emission rate established in a permit other than opacity, particulate matter, nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulfur dioxide (SO2), and/or carbon monoxide, each waste stream (if the waste is deemed to be consistent in composition) or each waste batch/shipment (if the waste is deemed inconsistent in composition) that is to be burned shall be analyzed for those pollutants for which the emission rate was established that may reasonably be expected to be in the waste. When an HCl emission rate is set, HCl testing shall be required. Total halogens analysis may be performed as an alternative to HCl testing although this method will yield a high HCl bias.
F. Other analyses as may be required by the Department in order to demonstrate compliance with applicable state or federal regulations and/or permit conditions.
G. Waste may be exempted from all or part of the analyses required in paragraphs A-F above on a case-by-case basis for any of the following reasons at the facility's discretion, unless the Department has a valid reason to require the analyses:
1. Special knowledge of the waste;
2. The waste composition is deemed to be consistent through prior analysis or special knowledge;
3. The waste constitutes less than 0.1 percent by weight of the daily design capacity throughput;
4. Ambient air modeling for compliance with Regulation Regulation 61-62.5, Standards No. 2 and No. 8 indicates that at the maximum waste firing rate and storage volume a particular constituent at its maximum potential concentration will be in compliance with the applicable standard; or
5. The waste is non-hazardous municipal solid or hospital/medical/infectious waste.
H. Analytical methods to be utilized in paragraphs A-F above include but are not limited to ASTM Standard Test Methods; those methods contained in the South Carolina Hazardous Waste Management Regulation Regulation 61-79.261 Subpart C and Subpart D which are incorporated by reference in the South Carolina Hazardous Waste Management Regulation Regulation 61-79.260.11; and/or other methodologies (that is, Standard Methods, state or federal regulations, or proposed methods) approved by the Department as long as proper QA/QC is provided.
I. All waste analyses shall be performed by a laboratory certified by the Department to perform the methodology or in accordance with a Department approved methodology.
J. All information used to determine compliance with this section (that is, MSDS, waste manifests, waste analyses) must be kept on-site for a period of five years and made available to the Department upon request.
K. The Department reserves the right to require a facility to cease combustion of any waste stream which creates an undesirable level as determined by the Department.
L. The Department reserves the right to conduct quality assurance audits by 'spiking', splitting samples, or any other methods deemed appropriate.
M. Combustion of any new or modified waste stream must be consistent with terms and conditions of any applicable regulation or permit requirement. Written notification shall be submitted to the Director of the Division of Engineering Services of the Department's Bureau of Air Quality at least 30 days prior to combusting any new or modified waste stream unless otherwise approved through permit conditions.

S.C. Code Regs. § 61-62.5.3.V

Amended by State Register Volume 37, Issue No. 4, eff April 26, 2013; State Register Volume 40, Issue No. 09, eff. 9/23/2016.