Authority: IC 13-14-8; IC
13-17-3-4; IC
13-17-3-11
Affected: IC 13-15; IC 13-17
Sec. 9.
(a) Except as
provided in subsections (b) and (d), each designated facility shall be in
compliance with:
(1) the emission limits in
section 4(a) of this rule by March 31, 2002; and
(2) the emission limits in section 4(b) or
4(c) of this rule within one (1) year after the effective date of the 2011
amendments to this rule;
regardless of whether the designated facility is identified
in the state plan inventory required by 40 CFR 60, Subpart B, Section
60.25(a)*.
(b)
The owner or operator of a designated facility planning to install the
necessary air pollution control equipment to meet the emission limits in
section 4(b) or 4(c) of this rule shall be in compliance with the emission
limits in section 4(b) or 4(c) of this rule no later than October 6, 2014,
provided that the designated facility complies with the measurable and
enforceable incremental steps of progress in this subsection. The owner or
operator of the designated facility shall do the following:
(1) Submit a final control plan to the
department no later than October 6, 2012.
(2) Award contracts for emission control
systems or for process modifications, or issuance of orders for the purchase of
component parts to accomplish emission control or process modifications no
later than May 6, 2013.
(3)
Initiate on-site construction or installation of emission control equipment or
process change no later than January 6, 2014.
(4) Complete on-site construction or
installation of emission control equipment or process change no later than
August 6, 2014.
(5) Be in final
compliance no later than October 6, 2014.
(c) The owner or operator shall notify the
department within thirty (30) days of the applicable date in subsection (b) if
an incremental step of progress is not completed by that date. Notifying the
department under this subsection does not preclude an enforcement action for
failure to meet the compliance dates in subsection (b).
(d) The owner or operator of a designated
facility may petition the department to establish an alternative compliance
schedule for closure of the incinerator for installation of an on-site
alternative waste treatment technology. The compliance schedule shall allow
final compliance no later than October 6, 2014. The designated facility
requesting an extension shall submit the following information to the
department within eight (8) months from the effective date of the 2011
amendments to this rule:
(1) Documentation of
the analyses undertaken to support the need for an extension, including an
explanation of why additional time is necessary. The documentation shall
include an evaluation of the option to transport the waste off-site to a
commercial medical waste treatment and disposal facility on a temporary or
permanent basis.
(2) A detailed
compliance plan including documentation of measurable and enforceable
incremental steps of progress to be taken towards compliance with this
rule.
(e) The department
shall grant or deny the petition for extension stating reasons for granting or
denying in a written response to the facility within one hundred twenty (120)
days of receipt of a complete petition containing the information required in
subsection (d).
(f) An owner or
operator of a designated facility shall be in compliance with the operator
training and qualification requirements of section 5(a) of this rule by March
11, 2000.
*Copies of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) referenced
in this rule may be obtained from the Government Printing Office, Washington,
D.C. 20402 and are available for copying at the Indiana Department of
Environmental Management, Office of Air Management, Indiana Government Center
North, 100 North Senate Avenue, Tenth Floor, Indianapolis, Indiana
46204.
