Utah Admin. Code R315-270-235 - Hazardous Waste Permit Program - Integration with Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) Standards - Options For Incinerators, Cement Kilns, Lightweight Aggregate Kilns, Solid Fuel Boilers, Liquid Fuel Boilers and Hydrochloric Acid Production Furnaces to Minimize Emissions From Startup, Shutdown, and Malfunction Events
(a)
Facilities with existing permits
(1)
Revisions to permit conditions after documenting compliance with MACT. The
owner or operator of a hazardous waste-permitted incinerator, cement kiln,
lightweight aggregate kiln, solid fuel boiler, liquid fuel boiler, or
hydrochloric acid production furnace may request that the Director address
permit conditions that minimize emissions from startup, shutdown, and
malfunction events under any of the following options when requesting removal
of permit conditions that are no longer applicable according to Subsections
R315-264-340(b)
and
R315-266-100(b):
(i) Retain relevant permit conditions. Under
this option, the Director shall:
(A) Retain
permit conditions that address releases during startup, shutdown, and
malfunction events, including releases from emergency safety vents, as these
events are defined in the facility's startup, shutdown, and malfunction plan
required under
40
CFR 63.1206(c)(2), which is
incorporated by reference in Subsection
R307-214-2(39);
and
(B) Limit applicability of
those permit conditions only to when the facility is operating under its
startup, shutdown, and malfunction plan.
(ii) Revise relevant permit conditions.
(A) Under this option, the Director shall:
(I) Identify a subset of relevant existing
permit requirements, or develop alternative permit requirements, that ensure
emissions of toxic compounds are minimized from startup, shutdown, and
malfunction events, including releases from emergency safety vents, based on
review of information including the source's startup, shutdown, and malfunction
plan, design, and operating history.
(II) Retain or add these permit requirements
to the permit to apply only when the facility is operating under its startup,
shutdown, and malfunction plan.
(B) Changes that may significantly increase
emissions.
(I) You shall notify the Director
in writing of changes to the startup, shutdown, and malfunction plan or changes
to the design of the source that may significantly increase emissions of toxic
compounds from startup, shutdown, or malfunction events, including releases
from emergency safety vents. You shall notify the Director of such changes
within five days of making such changes. You shall identify in the notification
recommended revisions to permit conditions necessary as a result of the changes
to ensure that emissions of toxic compounds are minimized during these events.
(II) The Director may revise
permit conditions as a result of these changes to ensure that emissions of
toxic compounds are minimized during startup, shutdown, or malfunction events,
including releases from emergency safety vents either:
(IIi) Upon permit renewal, or, if
warranted;
(iii) Remove permit conditions. Under this
option:
(A) The owner or operator shall
document that the startup, shutdown, and malfunction plan required under
40
CFR 63.1206(c)(2), which is
incorporated by reference in Subsection
R307-214-2(39),
has been approved by the Director of the Division of Air Quality under
40
CFR 63.1206(c)(2)(ii)(B),
which is incorporated by reference in Subsection
R307-214-2(39);
and
(B) The Director shall remove
permit conditions that are no longer applicable according to Subsections
R315-264-340(b)
and
R315-266-100(b).
(2) Addressing permit
conditions upon permit reissuance. The owner or operator of an incinerator,
cement kiln, lightweight aggregate kiln, solid fuel boiler, liquid fuel boiler,
or hydrochloric acid production furnace that has conducted a comprehensive
performance test and submitted to the Director of the Division of Air Quality a
Notification of Compliance documenting compliance with the standards of
Subsection R315-214-2(39), which adopts 40 CDR 63 subpart EEE by reference, may
request in the application to reissue the permit for the combustion unit that
the Director control emissions from startup, shutdown, and malfunction events
under any of the following options:
(i) RCRA
option A.
(A) Under this option, the Director
shall:
(I) Include, in the permit, conditions
that ensure compliance with Subsections
R315-264-345(a)
and 345(c) or Subsections
R315-266-102(e)(1)
and 102(e)(2)(iii) to minimize emissions of toxic compounds from startup,
shutdown, and malfunction events, including releases from emergency safety
vents; and
(II) Specify that these
permit requirements apply only when the facility is operating under its
startup, shutdown, and malfunction plan; or
(ii) RCRA option B.
(A) Under this option, the Director shall:
(I) Include, in the permit conditions, that
ensure emissions of toxic compounds are minimized from startup, shutdown, and
malfunction events, including releases from emergency safety vents, based on
review of information including the source's startup, shutdown, and malfunction
plan, design, and operating history; and
(II) Specify that these permit requirements
apply only when the facility is operating under its startup, shutdown, and
malfunction plan.
(B)
Changes that may significantly increase emissions.
(I) You shall notify the Director in writing
of changes to the startup, shutdown, and malfunction plan or changes to the
design of the source that may significantly increase emissions of toxic
compounds from startup, shutdown, or malfunction events, including releases
from emergency safety vents. You shall notify the Director of such changes
within five days of making such changes. You shall identify in the notification
recommended revisions to permit conditions necessary as a result of the changes
to ensure that emissions of toxic compounds are minimized during these events.
(II) The Director may revise
permit conditions as a result of these changes to ensure that emissions of
toxic compounds are minimized during startup, shutdown, or malfunction events,
including releases from emergency safety vents either:
(IIi) Upon permit renewal, or, if warranted;
(iii) CAA option. Under this option:
(A) The owner or operator shall document that
the startup, shutdown, and malfunction plan required under
40
CFR 63.1206(c)(2), which is
incorporated by reference in Subsection
R307-214-2(39),
has been approved by the Director of the Division of Air Quality under
40
CFR 63.1206(c)(2)(ii)(B),
which is incorporated by reference in Subsection
R307-214-2(39);
and
(B) The Director shall omit
from the permit conditions that are not applicable under Subsections
R315-264-340(b)
and
R315-266-100(b).
(b) Interim
status facilities
(1) Interim status
operations. In compliance with Section R315-265-340 and Subsection
R315-266-100(b),
the owner or operator of an incinerator, cement kiln, lightweight aggregate
kiln, solid fuel boiler, liquid fuel boiler, or hydrochloric acid production
furnace that is operating under the interim status standards of Rule R315-265
or 266 may control emissions of toxic compounds during startup, shutdown, and
malfunction events under either of the following options after conducting a
comprehensive performance test and submitting to the Director of the Division
of Air Quality a Notification of Compliance documenting compliance with the
standards of Subsection
R307-214-2(39),
which adopts 40 CFR 63 subpart EEE by reference.
(i) RCRA option. Under this option, the owner
or operator continues to comply with the interim status emission standards and
operating requirements of Rules R315-265 or 266 relevant to control of
emissions from startup, shutdown, and malfunction events. Those standards and
requirements apply only during startup, shutdown, and malfunction events; or
(ii) CAA option. Under this
option, the owner or operator is exempt from the interim status standards of
Rules R315-265 or 266 relevant to control of emissions of toxic compounds
during startup, shutdown, and malfunction events upon submission of written
notification and documentation to the Director that the startup, shutdown, and
malfunction plan required under
40
CFR 63.1206(c)(2), which is
incorporated by reference in Subsection
R307-214-2(39),
has been approved by the Director of the Division of Air Quality under
40
CFR 63.1206(c)(2)(ii)(B),
which is incorporated by reference in Subsection
R307-214-2(39).
(2) Operations under a subsequent RCRA
permit. When an owner or operator of an incinerator, cement kiln, lightweight
aggregate kiln, solid fuel boiler, liquid fuel boiler, or hydrochloric acid
production furnace that is operating under the interim status standards of
Rules R315-265 or 266 submits a RCRA permit application, the owner or operator
may request that the Director control emissions from startup, shutdown, and
malfunction events under any of the options provided by Subsection
R315-270-235(a)(2)(i), (a)(2)(ii), or (a)(2)(iii).
(c) New units. Hazardous waste incinerator,
cement kiln, lightweight aggregate kiln, solid fuel boiler, liquid fuel boiler,
or hydrochloric acid production furnace units that become subject to hazardous
waste permit requirements after October 12, 2005 shall control emissions of
toxic compounds during startup, shutdown, and malfunction events under either
of the following options:
(1) Comply with the
requirements specified in
40
CFR 63.1206(c)(2), which is
incorporated by reference in Subsection
R307-214-2(39);
or
(2) Request to include in the
hazardous waste permit, conditions that ensure emissions of toxic compounds are
minimized from startup, shutdown, and malfunction events, including releases
from emergency safety vents, based on review of information including the
source's startup, shutdown, and malfunction plan and design. The Director shall
specify that these permit conditions apply only when the facility is operating
under its startup, shutdown, and malfunction plan.
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