Md. Code Regs. 26.11.08.05 - Particulate Matter

A. Requirements for Areas I, II, V, and VI.

(1) Calculations. Except as provided in Regulations .08 and .05-2 of this chapter, incinerator or hazardous waste incinerator emissions shall be adjusted to 12 percent carbon dioxide.

(2) Incinerators Constructed Before January 17, 1972. Except as provided in Regulations .08 and .05-2 of this chapter, a person may not cause or permit the discharge into the outdoor atmosphere from any incinerator constructed before January 17, 1972, particulate matter to exceed the following limitations:

(a) Incinerators burning less than 200 pounds (90.7 kilograms) of municipal solid waste per hour, 0.3 gr/SCFD (687 mg/dscm);

(b) Incinerators burning 200 pounds (90.7 kilograms) or more pounds of municipal solid waste per hour, 0.2 gr/SCFD (458 mg/dscm).

(3) Incinerators Constructed on or After January 17, 1972. Except as provided in Regulations .07, .08, and .05-2 of this chapter, a person may not cause or permit the discharge of particulate matter into the outdoor atmosphere from any incinerator or crematory constructed on or after January 17, 1972, to exceed 0.10 grains per standard cubic foot dry 0.10 gr/SCFD (229 mg/dscm).

(4) Hazardous Waste Incinerators. A person may not cause or permit to be discharged into the outdoor atmosphere from any hazardous waste incinerator, particulate matter to exceed 0.03 gr/SCFD (68.7 mg/dscm).

B. Requirements for Areas III and IV.

(1) Calculations. Except as provided in Regulations .08 and .05-2 of this chapter, incinerator or hazardous waste incinerator emissions shall be adjusted to 12 percent carbon dioxide.

(2) Except as provided in Regulations .07, .08, and .05-2 of this chapter, a person may not cause or permit the discharge of particulate matter into the outdoor atmosphere from any incinerator, hazardous waste incinerator, or crematory to exceed the following limitations:

(a) Special medical waste incinerators burning less than 1 ton of refuse per hour and less than 8 tons of refuse per day and crematories, 0.10 grains per standard cubic foot dry 0.10 gr/SCFD (229 mg/dscm);

(b) All other incinerators and hazardous waste incinerators, 0.03 gr/SCFD (68.7 mg/dscm).

Notes

Md. Code Regs. 26.11.08.05

Regulations .05A and B adopted effective March 25, 1984 (11:3 Md. R. 202)
Regulations .05A amended effective June 8, 1981 (8:9 Md. R. 800)
Regulations .05 amended effective December 3, 1984 (11:22 Md. R. 1899)
Regulation .05A amended effective January 18, 1982 (8:25 Md. R. 1995)
Regulation .05 amended effective December 2, 1988 (15:22 Md. R. 2556); November 23, 1992 (19:23 Md. R. 2042); April 17, 2000 (27:7 Md. R. 707); September 12, 2005 (32:18 Md. R. 1522)
Regulation .05B amended effective April 22, 1991 (18:6 Md. R. 689); amended effective 45:24 Md. R. 1163, eff. 12/6/2018