Wis. Admin. Code Department of Natural Resources NR 670.019

Current through October 28, 2024

Section NR 670.019 - Specific feasibility and plan of operation report information requirements for incinerators

Except as ss. NR 664.0340 and 670.019(5) provide otherwise, owners and operators of facilities that incinerate hazardous waste shall fulfill sub. (1), (2) or (3).

(1) When seeking an exemption under s. NR 664.0340(2) or (3) (ignitable, corrosive or reactive wastes only), one of the following must be provided:

(a) Documentation that the waste is listed as a hazardous waste in subch. D of ch. NR 661, solely because it is ignitable (hazard code I) or corrosive (hazard code C) or both.

(b) Documentation that the waste is listed as a hazardous waste in subch. D of ch. NR 661, solely because it is reactive (hazard code R) for characteristics other than those listed in s. NR 661.0023(1) (d) and (e), and will not be burned when other hazardous wastes are present in the combustion zone.

(c) Documentation that the waste is a hazardous waste solely because it possesses the characteristic of ignitability, corrosivity or both, as determined by the tests for characteristics of hazardous waste under subch. C of ch. NR 661.

(d) Documentation that the waste is a hazardous waste solely because it possesses the reactivity characteristics listed in s. NR 661.0023(1) (a), (b), (c), (f), (g) or (h), and that it will not be burned when other hazardous wastes are present in the combustion zone.

(2) Submit a trial burn plan or the results of a trial burn, including all required determinations, according to s. NR 670.062.

(3) In lieu of a trial burn, the applicant may submit all of the following information:

(a) An analysis of each waste or mixture of wastes to be burned including all of the following:

1. Heat value of the waste in the form and composition in which it will be burned.

2. Viscosity (if applicable), or description of physical form of the waste.

3. An identification of any hazardous organic constituents listed in ch. NR 661 Appendix VIII, which are present in the waste to be burned, except that the applicant need not analyze for constituents listed in ch. NR 661 Appendix VIII, which would reasonably not be expected to be found in the waste. Identify the constituents excluded from analysis and state the basis for their exclusion. The waste analysis shall rely on appropriate analytical methods.

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

5. A quantification of those hazardous constituents in the waste which may be designated as POHC's based on data submitted from other trial or operational burns which demonstrate compliance with the performance standards in s. NR 664.0343.

(b) A detailed engineering description of the incinerator, including all of the following:

1. Manufacturer's name and model number of incinerator.

2. Type of incinerator.

3. Linear dimension of incinerator unit including cross sectional area of combustion chamber.

4. Description of auxiliary fuel system (type/feed).

5. Capacity of prime mover.

6. Description of automatic waste feed cutoff systems.

7. Stack gas monitoring and pollution control monitoring system.

8. Nozzle and burner design.

9. Construction materials.

10. Location and description of temperature, pressure and flow indicating devices and control devices.

(c) A description and analysis of the waste to be burned compared with the waste for which data from operational or trial burns are provided to support the contention that a trial burn is not needed. The data shall include those items listed in par. (a). This analysis shall specify the POHCs which the applicant has identified in the waste for which a license is sought, and any differences from the POHCs in the waste for which burn data are provided.

(d) The design and operating conditions of the incinerator unit to be used, compared with that for which comparative burn data are available.

(e) A description of the results submitted from any previously conducted trial burns including all of the following:

1. Sampling and analysis techniques used to calculate performance standards in s. NR 664.0343.

2. 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).

(f) The expected incinerator operation information to demonstrate compliance with ss. NR 664.0343 and 664.0345 including all of the following:

1. Expected carbon monoxide (CO) level in the stack exhaust gas.

2. Waste feed rate.

3. Combustion zone temperature.

4. Indication of combustion gas velocity.

5. Expected stack gas volume, flow rate and temperature.

6. Computed residence time for waste in the combustion zone.

7. Expected hydrochloric acid removal efficiency.

8. Expected fugitive emissions and their control procedures.

9. Proposed waste feed cut-off limits based on the identified significant operating parameters.

(g) Supplemental information as the department finds necessary to achieve the purposes of this subsection.

(h) Waste analysis data, including that submitted in sub. (3) (a), sufficient to allow the department to specify in the license those principal organic hazardous constituents (license POHCs) for which destruction and removal efficiencies will be required.

(4) The department shall approve a license application without a trial burn if the department finds that all of the following apply:

(a) The wastes are sufficiently similar.

(b) The incinerator units are sufficiently similar, and the data from other trial burns are adequate to specify (under s. NR 664.0345) operating conditions that will ensure that the performance standards in s. NR 664.0343 will be met by the incinerator.

(5) When an owner or operator of a hazardous waste incineration unit becomes subject to hazardous waste licensing requirements after October 12, 2005, or when an owner or operator demonstrates compliance with the air emission standards and limitations in 40 CFR part 63, subpart EEE (for instance, by conducting a comprehensive performance test and submitting a notification of compliance under 40 CFR 63.1207(j) and 63.1210(d) documenting compliance with 40 CFR part 63, subpart EEE), the requirements of this section do not apply, except those provisions the department determines are necessary to ensure compliance with s. NR 664.0345(1) and (3) if the owner or operator elects to comply with s. NR 670.235(1) (a) 1. to minimize emissions of toxic compounds from startup, shutdown and malfunction events. Nevertheless, the department may apply the rules in this section, on a case-by-case basis, for purposes of information collection according to ss. NR 670.010(11) and 670.032(2) (b).

Wis. Admin. Code Department of Natural Resources NR 670.019

CR 05-032: cr. Register July 2006 No. 607, eff. 8-1-06.

Amended by, CR 16-007: am. (3) (a) 3., 4., (5) Register July 2017 No. 739, eff. 8-1-17; correction in (5) made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register July 2017 No. 739, eff.8/1/2017

Amended by, CR 19-082: am. (1) (b), (d) Register August 2020 No. 776, eff. 9/1/2020