Ala. Admin. Code r. 335-3-4-.08 - Wood Waste Boilers

(1) Applicability. This Rule applies to boilers and other indirect heat exchangers using not less than thirty percent (30%) wood waste or wood by-products as fuel measured by heat input.

(2) Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this Rule, no person shall cause or permit the emission of particulate matter from any existing wood waste boilers in excess of 0.30 grains per standard dry cubic foot adjusted to fifty percent (50%) excess air. Provided that: for any existing wood waste boiler which must be modified in order to meet the emission limitations of this Rule, no person shall cause or permit the emission of particulates in excess of:

(a) 0.17 grains per standard dry cubic foot, adjusted to fifty percent (50%) excess air for combination gas and wood waste boilers.

(b) 0.20 grains per standard dry cubic foot, adjusted to 50 percent excess air for combination oil and wood waste boilers.

(c) 0.23 grains per standard dry cubic foot, adjusted to fifty percent (50%) excess air for combination coal and wood waste boilers.

(d) 0.20 grains per standard dry cubic foot, adjusted to fifty percent (50%) excess air for boilers using wood waste only.

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Ala. Admin. Code r. 335-3-4-.08

Effective Date: July 26, 1972. Amended: January 27, 1981; December 9, 1983; October 10, 1984. Amended: Filed October 17, 1996; effective November 21, 1996. Amended: Filed August 3, 2000; effective September 7, 2000. Amended by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XXXV, Issue No. 07, April 28, 2017, eff. 6/9/2017.

Authors: James W Cooper, John E. Daniel

Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§22-2 8-14; 22-22A-5, 22-22A-6, 22-22A-8.