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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02-6" citation="COMAR 26.13.07.02-6" title_num="26" subtitle_num="13" chapter_num="07" heading="Specific Information Requirements for Incinerators.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>In addition to complying with the requirements of Regulation .02 of this chapter, a person seeking a CHS facility permit to incinerate hazardous waste shall provide the Secretary with the specific information required by §§B and C of this regulation.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>For facilities that incinerate hazardous waste, except as otherwise provided in COMAR 26.13.05.16B, the permit applicant shall provide the following information:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>If the applicant is seeking exemption under COMAR 26.13.05.16B, which provides for reduced regulatory requirements for incinerators that burn only ignitable, corrosive, or reactive wastes, documentation that the waste is:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Listed as a hazardous waste in COMAR 26.13.02.15—.19 solely because it is ignitable (Hazard Code I), corrosive (Hazard Code C), or both;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Listed as a hazardous waste in COMAR 26.13.02.15—.19 solely because it is reactive (Hazard Code R) for characteristics other than those listed in COMAR 26.13.02.12A(4) and (5), and will not be burned when other hazardous wastes are present in the combustion zone;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>A hazardous waste solely because it possesses the characteristics of ignitability, corrosivity, or both, as determined by the tests for characteristics of hazardous waste under COMAR 26.13.02.11—.12; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>A hazardous waste solely because it possesses the reactivity characteristics listed in COMAR 26.13.02.13A(1), (2), (3), (6), (7), or (8), and that it will not be burned when other hazardous wastes are present in the combustion zone;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Either:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A trial burn plan, or the results of a trial burn, including all required determinations conducted in accordance with Regulation .17 of this chapter; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The information required by §C of this regulation.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>If the permit applicant does not submit a trial burn plan or the results of a trial burn under §B(2) of this regulation, the permit applicant shall submit the following information:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>An analysis, using the analytical techniques specified in COMAR 26.13.02.22, of each waste or mixture of wastes to be burned including:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Heat value of the waste in the form and composition in which it will be burned;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Viscosity, if applicable, or description of physical form of the waste;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>An identification of any hazardous organic constituents listed in COMAR 26.13.02.24, which are present in the waste to be burned, except that the applicant need not analyze for constituents listed in COMAR 26.13.02.24 which would reasonably not be expected to be found in the waste;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>A list of the constituents excluded from the analysis required by §C(1)(c) of this regulation and the basis for their exclusion;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>An approximate quantification of the hazardous constituents identified in the waste, within the precision produced by the analytical methods specified in COMAR 26.13.02.22; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>A quantification of those hazardous constituents in the waste which may be designated as POHCs under COMAR 26.13.05.16E, based on data submitted from other trial or operational burns which demonstrate compliance with the performance standard in COMAR 26.13.05.16F;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A detailed engineering description of the hazardous waste incinerator, including:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Manufacturer's name and model number of incinerator;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Type of incinerator;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Linear dimension of incinerator unit including cross-sectional area of combustion chamber;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Description of auxiliary fuel system (type/feed);</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Capacity of prime mover;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Description of automatic waste feed cutoff system or systems;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>Stack gas monitoring and pollution control monitoring system;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(h)">
        <text>Nozzle and burner design;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(i)">
        <text>Construction materials;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(j)">
        <text>Location and description of temperature, pressure, and flow indicating devices and control devices;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>A description and analysis of the waste to be burned that:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Provides a comparison with the waste for which data from operational or trial burns are provided to support the contention that a trial burn is not needed;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Includes the items listed in §C(1) of this regulation; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Specifies the POHCs which the applicant has identified in the waste for which a permit is sought, and any differences from the POHCs in the waste for which burn data are provided;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>The design and operating conditions of the hazardous waste incinerator unit to be used, compared with that for which comparative burn data are available;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>A description of the results submitted from any previously conducted trial burn or burns, including:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Sampling and analysis techniques used to calculate performance standards in COMAR 26.13.05.16F;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Methods and results of monitoring temperatures, waste feed rates, carbon monoxide, and an appropriate indicator of combustion gas velocity, including a statement concerning the precision and accuracy of this measurement; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>The certification and results required by Regulation .17 of this chapter;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>The expected hazardous waste incinerator operation information to demonstrate compliance with COMAR 26.13.05.16F and H, including:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Expected carbon monoxide (CO) level in the stack exhaust gas;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Waste feed rate;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Combustion zone temperature;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Indication of combustion gas velocity;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Expected stack gas volume, flow rate, and temperature;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Computed residence time for waste in the combustion zone;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>Expected hydrochloric acid removal efficiency;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(h)">
        <text>Expected fugitive emissions and their control procedures;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(i)">
        <text>Proposed waste feed cut-off limits based on the identified significant operating parameters;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Supplemental information that the Secretary finds necessary to achieve the purpose of this section;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Waste analysis data, including that submitted in §C(1) of this regulation, sufficient to allow the Secretary to specify the Principal Organic Hazardous Constituents (POHCs) in the permit for which destruction and removal efficiencies will be required.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The Secretary shall approve a permit application without a trial burn, if the Secretary finds that the:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Wastes that the applicant seeks to burn are sufficiently similar to the wastes that were used to generate operational and trial burn data that the applicant proposes to use instead of conducting a trial burn; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Hazardous waste incinerator units are sufficiently similar, and the data from other trial burns are sufficiently similar, and the data from other trial burns are adequate to specify, under COMAR 26.13.05.16H, operating conditions that will ensure that the performance standards in COMAR 26.13.05.16F will be met by the incinerator.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>