Authority: IC 13-14-8; IC
13-17-3-4; IC
13-17-3-11
Affected: IC 13-15; IC 13-17
Sec. 1.
(a) Except as
provided in subsections (b) and (c), this rule applies to each
hospital/medical/infectious waste incinerator, referred to as designated
facility, for which construction was commenced:
(1) on or before June 20, 1996, or for which
modification was commenced on or before March 16, 1998; or
(2) after June 20, 1996, but no later than
December 1, 2008, or for which modification is commenced after March 16, 1998,
but no later than April 6, 2010.
(b) The following are exempt from this rule:
(1) Any combustor during periods when only
pathological waste, low-level radioactive waste, or chemotherapeutic waste, or
any combination of these wastes, is burned, regardless of whether the waste
meets the definition of hospital waste or medical/infectious waste, provided
the owner or operator of the combustor does the following:
(A) Notifies the department and U.S. EPA of
an exemption claim.
(B) Maintains
records on a calendar quarter basis of the periods of time when only
pathological waste, low-level radioactive waste, or chemotherapeutic waste, or
any combination of these wastes, is burned.
(2) Any cofired combustor if the owner or
operator of the cofired combustor does the following:
(A) Notifies the department and U.S. EPA of
an exemption claim.
(B) Provides
the department and U.S. EPA with an estimate of the relative weight of hospital
waste, medical/infectious waste, and other fuels or wastes to be
combusted.
(C) Maintains records on
a calendar quarter basis of the weight of hospital waste and medical/infectious
waste combusted, and the weight of all other fuels and wastes combusted at the
cofired combustor.
(3)
Any combustor required to have a permit under Section 3005 of the Solid Waste
Disposal Act (42 U.S.C.
6925)*.
(4) Any combustor that meets the
applicability requirements under 40 CFR
60, Subpart Cb*, Ea*, or Eb* (standards
or guidelines for certain municipal waste combustors).
(5) Any pyrolysis unit.
(6) Cement kilns firing hospital waste or
medical/infectious waste, or any combination of these wastes.
(c) Physical or operational
changes made to an existing hospital/medical/infectious waste incinerator
solely for the purpose of complying with emission limits under this rule:
(1) are not considered modifications;
and
(2) do not result in an
existing hospital/medical/infectious waste incinerator becoming subject to 40
CFR
60, Subpart Ec*.
(d)
The provisions in 40 CFR Part
60.24(f) * shall not apply to designated
facilities.
*These documents are incorporated by reference. Copies may be
obtained from the Government Printing Office, 732 North Capitol Street NW,
Washington, D.C. 20401 or are available for review and copying at the Indiana
Department of Environmental Management, Office of Air Quality, Indiana
Government Center North, Tenth Floor, 100 North Senate Avenue, Indianapolis,
Indiana 46204.
