18 Alaska Admin. Code § 50.050

Current through September 25, 2024
Section 18 AAC 50.050 - Incinerator emission standards
(a) Visibility through the exhaust effluent of an incinerator, including an air curtain incinerator, may not be reduced by visible emissions, excluding condensed water vapor, by more than 20 percent averaged over any six consecutive minutes.
(b) Particulate matter emissions from an incinerator may not exceed the particulate matter standard listed for that incinerator in Table 4 in this subsection.Table 4Particulate Matter Standards for IncineratorsIncineratorParticulate MatterStandard Rated capacity less than 1,000 pounds per hour No limit Rated capacity greater than or 0.15 grains per cubic foot of equal to 1,000 but less than 2,000 of exhaust gas corrected to 12 pounds per hour percent carbon dioxide and standard conditions, averaged over three hours Rated capacity greater than or 0.08 grains per cubic foot of equal to 2,000 pounds per hour exhaust gas corrected to 12 percent carbon dioxide and standard conditions, averaged over three hours An incinerator that burns waste 0.65 grams per kilogram of dry containing more than 10 percent sludge input wastewater treatment plant sludge by dry weight from a municipal wastewater treatment plant that serves 10,000 or more persons

18 AAC 50.050

Eff. 1/18/97, Register 141; am 5/3/2002, Register 162; am 7/25/2008, Register 187

Authority:AS 46.03.020

AS 46.14.010

AS 46.14.020

AS 46.14.030

Sec. 30, ch. 74, SLA 1993