Utah Admin. Code R315-270-66 - Hazardous Waste Permit Program - Permits for Boilers and Industrial Furnaces Burning Hazardous Waste

When an owner or operator of a cement kiln, lightweight aggregate kiln, solid fuel boiler, liquid fuel boiler, or hydrochloric acid production furnace becomes subject to the hazardous waste permit requirements after October 12, 2005 or when an owner or operator of an existing cement kiln, lightweight aggregate kiln, solid fuel boiler, liquid fuel boiler, or hydrochloric acid production furnace demonstrates compliance with the air emission standards and limitations in Subsection R307-214-2(39), i.e., by conducting a comprehensive performance test and submitting a Notification of Compliance under 40 CFR 63.1207(j) and 63.1210(d) which are incorporated by reference in R307-214-2(39) documenting compliance with all applicable requirements of Subsection R307-214-2(39), the requirements of Section R315-270-66 do not apply. The requirements of Section R315-270-66 do apply, however, if the Director determines certain provisions are necessary to ensure compliance with Subsections R315-266-102(e)(1) and 102(e)(2)(iii) if owners and operators elect to comply with Subsection R315-270-235(a)(1)(i) to minimize emissions of toxic compounds from startup, shutdown, and malfunction events; or if you are an area source and elect to comply with the Sections R315-266-105, 106, and 107 standards and associated requirements for particulate matter, hydrogen chloride and chlorine gas, and non-mercury metals; or the Director determines certain provisions apply, on a case-by-case basis, for purposes of information collection in accordance with Subsections R315-270-10(k), 10(l), 32(b)(2), and 32(b)(3).

(a) General. Owners and operators of new boilers and industrial furnaces, those not operating under the interim status standards of Section R315-266-103, are subject to Subsections R315-270-66(b) through (f). Boilers and industrial furnaces operating under the interim status standards of Section R315-266-103 are subject to Subsection R315-270-66(g).

(b) Permit operating periods for new boilers and industrial furnaces. A permit for a new boiler or industrial furnace shall specify appropriate conditions for the following operating periods:

(1) Pretrial burn period. For the period beginning with initial introduction of hazardous waste and ending with initiation of the trial burn, and only for the minimum time required to bring the boiler or industrial furnace to a point of operational readiness to conduct a trial burn, not to exceed 720 hours operating time when burning hazardous waste, the Director shall establish in the Pretrial Burn Period of the permit conditions, including but not limited to, allowable hazardous waste feed rates and operating conditions. The Director may extend the duration of this operational period once, for up to 720 additional hours, at the request of the applicant when good cause is shown. The permit may be modified to reflect the extension according to Section R315-270-42.

(i) Applicants shall submit a statement, with part B of the permit application that suggests the conditions necessary to operate in compliance with the standards of Sections R315-266-104 through 107 during this period. This statement should include, at a minimum, restrictions on the applicable operating requirements identified in Subsection R315-266-102(e).

(ii) The Director shall review this statement and any other relevant information submitted with part B of the permit application and specify requirements for this period sufficient to meet the performance standards of Sections R315-266-104 through 107.

(2) Trial burn period. For the duration of the trial burn, the Director shall establish conditions in the permit for the purposes of determining feasibility of compliance with the performance standards of Sections R315-266-104 through 107 and determining adequate operating conditions under Subsection R315-266-102(e). Applicants shall propose a trial burn plan, prepared under Subsection R315-270-66(c), to be submitted with part B of the permit application.

(3) Post-trial burn period.

(i) For the period immediately following completion of the trial burn, and only for the minimum period sufficient to allow sample analysis, data computation, and submission of the trial burn results by the applicant, and review of the trial burn results and modification of the facility permit by the Director to reflect the trial burn results, the Director shall establish the operating requirements most likely to ensure compliance with the performance standards of Sections R315-266-104 through 107.

(ii) Applicants shall submit a statement, with part B of the application that identifies the conditions necessary to operate during this period in compliance with the performance standards of Sections R315-266-104 through 107. This statement should include, at a minimum, restrictions on the operating requirements provided by Subsection R315-266-102(e).

(iii) The Director shall review this statement and any other relevant information submitted with part B of the permit application and specify requirements for this period sufficient to meet the performance standards of Sections R315-266-104 through 107.

(4) Final permit period. For the final period of operation, the Director shall develop operating requirements in conformance with Subsection R315-266-102(e) that reflect conditions in the trial burn plan and are likely to ensure compliance with the performance standards of Sections R315-266-104 through 107. Based on the trial burn results, the Director shall make any necessary modifications to the operating requirements to ensure compliance with the performance standards. The permit modification shall proceed according to Section R315-270-42.

(c) Requirements for trial burn plans. The trial burn plan shall include the following information. The Director, in reviewing the trial burn plan, shall evaluate the sufficiency of the information provided and may require the applicant to supplement this information, if necessary, to achieve the purposes of Subsections R315-270-66(c)(1) through (9):

(1) An analysis of each feed stream, including hazardous waste, other fuels, and industrial furnace feed stocks, as fired, that includes:

(i) Heating value, levels of antimony, arsenic, barium, beryllium, cadmium, chromium, lead, mercury, silver, thallium, total chlorine/chloride, and ash;

(ii) Viscosity or description of the physical form of the feed stream;

(2) An analysis of each hazardous waste, as fired, including:

(i) An identification of any hazardous organic constituents listed in appendix VIII, of Rule R315-261, that are present in the feed stream, except that the applicant need not analyze for constituents listed in appendix VIII that would reasonably not be expected to be found in the hazardous waste. The constituents excluded from analysis shall be identified and the basis for this exclusion explained. The waste analysis shall be conducted in accordance with appropriate analytical techniques.

(ii) An approximate quantification of the hazardous constituents identified in the hazardous waste, within the precision produced by appropriate analytical methods.

(iii) A description of blending procedures, if applicable, prior to firing the hazardous waste, including a detailed analysis of the hazardous waste prior to blending, an analysis of the material with which the hazardous waste is blended, and blending ratios.

(3) A detailed engineering description of the boiler or industrial furnace, including:

(i) Manufacturer's name and model number of the boiler or industrial furnace;

(ii) Type of boiler or industrial furnace;

(iii) Maximum design capacity in appropriate units;

(iv) Description of the feed system for the hazardous waste, and, as appropriate, other fuels and industrial furnace feedstocks;

(v) Capacity of hazardous waste feed system;

(vi) Description of automatic hazardous waste feed cutoff system(s);

(vii) Description of any air pollution control system; and

(viii) Description of stack gas monitoring and any pollution control monitoring systems.

(4) A detailed description of sampling and monitoring procedures including sampling and monitoring locations in the system, the equipment to be used, sampling and monitoring frequency, and planned analytical procedures for sample analysis.

(5) A detailed test schedule for each hazardous waste for which the trial burn is planned, including date(s), duration, quantity of hazardous waste to be burned, and other factors relevant to the Director's decision under Subsection R315-270-66(b)(2).

(6) A detailed test protocol, including, for each hazardous waste identified, the ranges of hazardous waste feed rate, and, as appropriate, the feed rates of other fuels and industrial furnace feedstocks, and any other relevant parameters that may affect the ability of the boiler or industrial furnace to meet the performance standards in Sections R315-266-104 through 107.

(7) A description of, and planned operating conditions for, any emission control equipment that will be used.

(8) Procedures for rapidly stopping the hazardous waste feed and controlling emissions in the event of an equipment malfunction.

(9) Such other information as the Director reasonably finds necessary to determine whether to approve the trial burn plan in light of the purposes of Section R315-270-66(c) and the criteria in Subsection R315-270-66(b)(2).

(d) Trial burn procedures.

(1) A trial burn shall be conducted to demonstrate conformance with the standards of Sections R315-266-104 through 107 under an approved trial burn plan.

(2) The Director shall approve a trial burn plan if the Director finds that:

(i) The trial burn is likely to determine whether the boiler or industrial furnace can meet the performance standards of Sections R315-266-104 through 107;

(ii) The trial burn itself shall not present an imminent hazard to human health and the environment;

(iii) The trial burn will help the Director to determine operating requirements to be specified under Subsection R315-266-102(e); and

(iv) The information sought in the trial burn cannot reasonably be developed through other means.

(3) The Director shall send a notice to all persons on the facility mailing list as set forth in Subsection R315-124-10(c)(1)(ix) and to the appropriate units of State and local government as set forth in Subsection R315-124-10(c)(1)(x) announcing the scheduled commencement and completion dates for the trial burn. The applicant may not commence the trial burn until after the Director has issued such notice.

(i) This notice shall be mailed within a reasonable time period before the trial burn. An additional notice is not required if the trial burn is delayed due to circumstances beyond the control of the facility or the Director.

(ii) This notice shall contain:

(A) The name and telephone number of applicant's contact person;

(B) The name and telephone number of the Division;

(C) The location where the approved trial burn plan and any supporting documents can be reviewed and copied; and

(D) An expected time period for commencement and completion of the trial burn.

(4) The applicant shall submit to the Director a certification that the trial burn has been carried out in accordance with the approved trial burn plan, and shall submit the results of all the determinations required in Subsection R315-270-66(c). This submission shall be made within 90 days of completion of the trial burn, or later if approved by the Director.

(5) All data collected during any trial burn shall be submitted to the Director following completion of the trial burn.

(6) All submissions required by Subsection R315-270-66(d) shall be certified on behalf of the applicant by the signature of a person authorized to sign a permit application or a report under Section R315-270-11.

(e) Special procedures for DRE trial burns. When a DRE trial burn is required under Subsection R315-266-104(a), the Director shall specify, based on the hazardous waste analysis data and other information in the trial burn plan, as trial Principal Organic Hazardous Constituents (POHCs) those compounds for which destruction and removal efficiencies shall be calculated during the trial burn. These trial POHCs shall be specified by the Director based on information including the Director's estimate of the difficulty of destroying the constituents identified in the hazardous waste analysis, their concentrations or mass in the hazardous waste feed, and, for hazardous waste containing or derived from wastes listed in Sections R315-261-30 through 35, the hazardous waste organic constituent(s) identified in Appendix VII of Rule R315-261 as the basis for listing.

(f) Determinations based on trial burn. During each approved trial burn, or as soon after the burn as is practicable, the applicant shall make the following determinations:

(1) A quantitative analysis of the levels of antimony, arsenic, barium, beryllium, cadmium, chromium, lead, mercury, thallium, silver, and chlorine/chloride, in the feed streams; hazardous waste, other fuels, and industrial furnace feedstocks;

(2) When a DRE trial burn is required under Subsection R315-266-104(a):

(i) A quantitative analysis of the trial POHCs in the hazardous waste feed;

(ii) A quantitative analysis of the stack gas for the concentration and mass emissions of the trial POHCs; and

(iii) A computation of destruction and removal efficiency (DRE), in accordance with the DRE formula specified in Subsection R315-266-104(a);

(3) When a trial burn for chlorinated dioxins and furans is required under Subsection R315-266-104(e), a quantitative analysis of the stack gas for the concentration and mass emission rate of the 2,3,7,8-chlorinated tetra-octa congeners of chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and furans, and a computation showing conformance with the emission standard;

(4) When a trial burn for particulate matter, metals, or HCl/Cl2 is required under Section R315-266-105, or Subsections R315-266-106(c) or (d), or SubsectionsR315-266-107(b)(2) or (c), a quantitative analysis of the stack gas for the concentrations and mass emissions of particulate matter, metals, or hydrogen chloride (HCl) and chlorine (Cl2), and computations showing conformance with the applicable emission performance standards;

(5) When a trial burn for DRE, metals, or HCl/Cl2 is required under Subsections R315-266-104(a), 106(c) or (d), or 107(b)(2) or (c), a quantitative analysis of the scrubber water, if any); ash residues; other residues; and products for the purpose of estimating the fate of the trial POHCs, metals, and chlorine/chloride;

(6) An identification of sources of fugitive emissions and their means of control;

(7) A continuous measurement of carbon monoxide (CO), oxygen, and where required, hydrocarbons (HC), in the stack gas; and

(8) Such other information as the Director may specify as necessary to ensure that the trial burn shall determine compliance with the performance standards in Sections R315-266-104 through 107 and to establish the operating conditions required by Subsection R315-266-102(e) as necessary to meet those performance standards.

(g) Interim status boilers and industrial furnaces. For the purpose of determining feasibility of compliance with the performance standards of Sections R315-266-104 through 107 and of determining adequate operating conditions under Section R315-266-103, applicants owning or operating existing boilers or industrial furnaces operated under the interim status standards of Section R315-266-103 shall either prepare and submit a trial burn plan and perform a trial burn in accordance with the requirements of Section R315-270-66 or submit other information as specified in Subsection R315-270-22(a)(6). The Director shall announce the Director's intention to approve of the trial burn plan in accordance with the timing and distribution requirements of Subsection R315-270-66(d)(3). The contents of the notice shall include: the name and telephone number of a contact person at the facility; the name and telephone number of a contact office at the Division; the location where the trial burn plan and any supporting documents can be reviewed and copied; and a schedule of the activities that are required prior to permit issuance, including the anticipated time schedule for Director approval of the plan and the time periods during which the trial burn would be conducted. Applicants who submit a trial burn plan and receive approval before submission of the part B permit application shall complete the trial burn and submit the results specified in Subsection R315-270-66(f) with the part B permit application. If completion of this process conflicts with the date set for submission of the part B application, the applicant shall contact the Director to establish a later date for submission of the part B application or the trial burn results. If the applicant submits a trial burn plan with part B of the permit application, the trial burn shall be conducted and the results submitted within a time period prior to permit issuance to be specified by the Director.

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Utah Admin. Code R315-270-66

Adopted by Utah State Bulletin Number 2016-9, effective 4/15/2016