For all resource recovery facilities, either Class I or Class
II units, the following shall apply (except for periods of startup, shutdown,
and malfunction) per 40 C.F.R. Part 60, Subpart BBBB:
A.
Emission Limiting Standards.
An owner or operator may request that compliance with the following applicable
emission standards be determined using carbon dioxide measurements corrected to
an equivalent of 7 percent oxygen.
(1)
Particulate Matter
(a) For Class
I units, emission limits for particulate matter are specified in Tables 2 and 3
of 40 C.F.R. Part
60, Subpart BBBB.
(b) For Class II units, the emission limit
for particulate matter contained in the gases discharged to the atmosphere is
23 milligrams per dry standard cubic meter, corrected to 7 percent oxygen. The
averaging time is specified in Table 4 of 40 C.F.R. Part
60, Subpart
BBBB.
(2)
Opacity
The emission limit for opacity exhibited by the gases
discharged to the atmosphere from are source recovery unit is 10 percent
(6-minute block average basis).
(3)
Cadmium, Lead, Mercury, Nitrogen
Oxides, and Dioxins/Furans
(a) For
Class I units, applicable emission limits for these pollutants are specified in
Tables 2 and 3 of 40 C.F.R. Part
60, Subpart BBBB.
For Class II units, the emission limits in the gases
discharged to the atmosphere areas follows. These emission limits are all
corrected to 7 percent oxygen.
i.
Cadmium: 30 micrograms per dry standard cubic meter (dscm);
ii. Lead: 660 micrograms per dry standard
cubic meter;
iii. Mercury: 28
micrograms per dry standard cubic meter or 15 percent of the potential mercury
emission concentration (85 percent reduction by weight), corrected to 7 percent
oxygen (dry basis), whichever is less stringent;
iv. Nitrogen Oxides: 315-330 parts per
million by volume.
(b)
Dioxins/Furans. The emission limit for dioxins/furans contained in
the gases discharged to the atmosphere from a designated unit is 25 nanograms
per dry standard cubic meter (total mass), corrected to 7 percent
oxygen.
(4)
Sulfur
Dioxide
The emission limit for sulfur dioxide contained in the gases
discharged to the atmosphere from a Class I or a Class II resource recovery
facility is 30 parts per million by volume or 20 percent of the potential
sulfur dioxide emission concentration (80 percent reduction by weight or
volume), corrected to 7 percent oxygen (dry basis), whichever is less
stringent. Compliance with this emission limit is based on a 24-hour daily
geometric mean.
(5)
Hydrogen Chloride
The emission limit for hydrogen chloride contained in the
gases discharged to the atmosphere from a Class I or a Class II resource
recovery facility is 25 parts per million by volume or 5 percent of the
potential hydrogen chloride emission concentration (95 percent reduction by
weight or volume), corrected to 7 percent oxygen (dry basis), whichever is less
stringent.
(6)
Carbon
Monoxide
The emission limitation for carbon monoxide, as measured at a
location upstream of the control device, shall not exceed 100 parts per million
(ppm) as an 8-hr running average corrected to 7 percent oxygen.
(7)
Fugitive Ash Visible
Emissions
No owner or operator of are source recovery facility shall
cause to be discharged to the atmosphere visible emissions of combustion ash
from an ash conveying system (including conveyor transfer points and buildings
or enclosures of ash conveying systems and storage areas) in excess of 5
percent of the observation period (i.e., 9 minutes in any 3-hour period), as
determined by EPA Reference Method 22 in 40 C.F.R. Part 60, Appendix A. The
provisions specified in this section do not apply during maintenance and repair
of ash conveying systems.
B.
Operating Practices. The
operating practices for Class I and Class II waste combustion units are
specified in 40 C.F.R. Part
60, Subpart BBBB.
C.
Operator Training. Operator
training and certification requirements of 40 C.F.R. Part
60, Subpart BBBB
shall apply to all facilities with Class I or Class II municipal waste
combustor units.
D.
Compliance and Performance Testing. The owner or operator of any
applicable resource recovery facility shall prepare and submit to the
Commissioner for approval a plan for performing tests required under this
regulation. Such plan shall include, but is not limited to, sampling locations,
test methods, sample analysis procedures, and quality assurance procedures. For
any resource recovery facility which is issued an approved air emission license
after the effective date of this regulation, the plan must be submitted ninety
(90) days prior to the facility's start up.
(1)
Emission Testing Schedule.
Testing required pursuant to this section shall be conducted in accordance with
the following schedule:
(a) Testing during the
first two (2) years of operation must be conducted at least once in every
6-month period, with a minimum of three months between performance tests. The
two year test period shall begin upon the Department's determination that the
facility has begun commercial operation.
(b) After the first two (2) years of
operation, a test every twelve months is required with the following
allowances: If all stack tests for a given pollutant over three consecutive
years show compliance with the emission limit, the next subsequent stack test
is required within 36 months of the anniversary of the third consecutive stack
test showing compliance with the emission limit. There after, stack testing is
required every third year but no later than 36 months following the previous
stack test. If a stack test shows noncompliance with an emission limit, annual
stack tests for that pollutant will then be required until all stack tests for
three consecutive years show compliance with the emission limit for that
pollutant. This provision applies to all pollutants subject to stack testing
requirements per the applicable NSPS: dioxins/furans, cadmium, lead, mercury,
particulate matter, opacity, hydrogen chloride, and fugitive ash.
Dioxins/furans stack testing may be required less often if
the facility owns or operates multiple municipal waste combustion units and all
municipal waste combustion units have demonstrated levels of dioxins/furans
emissions less than or equal to 15 nanograms per dry standard cubic meter
(total mass) for Class I units, or 30 nanograms per dry standard cubic meter
(total mass) for Class II units, for two consecutive years. In that case, the
facility may choose to conduct annual stack tests on only one municipal waste
combustion unit per year per facility. If any annual stack test indicates
levels of dioxins/furans emissions greater than the applicable level specified
in this paragraph, subsequent annual stack tests are required on all municipal
waste combustion units at a facility. A facility may return to testing one
municipal waste combustion unit per year if dioxins/furans emissions levels are
demonstrated to meet the applicable levels specified in this paragraph for all
municipal waste combustion units at the facility for two consecutive years.
(c) Any alternative stack
testing schedule must be submitted to the Department for preapproval and must
meet the requirements of 40 C.F.R. Part
60, Subpart BBBB.
(2)
Emission Testing. The owner
or operator of any applicable resource recovery facility shall conduct the
following emission tests (all performance tests shall consist of three test
runs):
(a)
Oxygen (or Carbon
Dioxide). Emissions testing for oxygen (or carbon dioxide) shall be
conducted using EPA Method 3A or 3B (40 C.F.R. Part
60, Appendix A).
(b)
Dioxins/Furans. Emissions
testing for dioxins/furans emissions shall be conducted using EPA Method 23 (40
C.F.R. Part
60, Appendix A).
(c)
Hydrogen Chloride. Emissions testing for hydrogen chlorideshall be
conducted using EPA Method 26 (40 C.F.R. Part
60, Appendix A).
(d)
Particulate Matter.
Emissions testing for particulate matter shall be conducted using EPA Method 5
(40 C.F.R. Part
60, Appendix A).
(e)
Metals. Emissions testing
for lead, cadmium, arsenic, nickel, mercury, beryllium, and chromium shall be
conducted using EPA Method 29 (C.F.R. 40, Part 60, Appendix A).
(f)
Fugitive Emissions.
Emissions testing for fugitive emissions shall be conducted using EPA Method 22
(40 C.F.R. Part
60, Appendix A).
(3)
Continuous Emissions
Monitoring. Resource recovery facilities subject to this section must
install and operate instruments for continuously monitoring carbon monoxide
(CO) emissions, sulfur dioxide emissions (SO
2), and
opacity. An O
2 or CO
2 CEMS shall
be calibrated, maintained, and operated at each location where the CO and
SO
2 CEMS are operated. When demonstrating compliance
with the 80% reduction in SO
2 emissions,
SO
2and diluent gas (O
2 or
CO
2) shall be measured via CEMS at both the inlet and
outlet of the control device. Continuous emissions monitoring instrumentation
shall meet the requirements in 40 C.F.R. Part
60, Appendices B and F.
E.
Reporting and
Recordkeeping
(1) When continuous
emission monitoring (CEM) or continuous opacity monitoring (COM) indicates that
the limits in Section 7. A have been exceeded, the licensee shall document in
writing the probable cause(s) for each exceeded emission limit and the
corrective action taken after each exceeded emission limit in accordance with
06-096 C.M.R. ch. 117, Section 7. Continuous emissions monitoring data is to be
retained by the owner or operator of the resource recovery facility for a
minimum of six years.
(2) All
applicable reports shall be submitted to the Department on a quarterly basis
within (30) days of the last date of the reporting period in accordance with
06-096 C.M.R. ch. 117, Section 7.
(3) All emission and performance test reports
shall be submitted to the Department within sixty (60) days from the date of
test completion.
