SECTION 252:100-17-21. Standards for municipal waste combustor operating practices  


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  • (a)   The concentration of carbon monoxide contained in the gases discharged to the atmosphere from a MWC unit shall not exceed the following limits for each type of affected equipment:
     
    MUNICIPAL WASTE COMBUSTOR OPERATING LIMITS
         
    Municipal waste combustor technology
    Carbon monoxide emissions level
    (ppm by volume)
      a  
    Averaging Time  b  
    (hours)
     
    Mass burn waterwall
    100
    4
    Mass burn refractory
    100
    4
    Mass burn rotary refractory
    100
    24
    Mass burn rotary waterwall
    250
    24
    Modular starved air
    50
    4
    Modular excess air
    50
    4
    Refuse-derived fuel stoker
    200
    24
    Fluidized bed, mixed fuel
    (wood/refuse-derived fuel)
    200
    24  c  
    Bubbling fluidized bed combustor
    100
    4
    Circulating fluidized bed combustor
    100
    4
    Pulverized coal/refuse-derived fuel mixed fuel-fired combustor
    150
    4
    Spreader stoker coal/refuse-derived fuel mixed fuel-fired combustor
    200
    24
    Semi-suspension refuse-derived fuel-fired combustor/wet refuse-derived fuel process conversion
    250
    24  c  
    Spreader stoker fixed floor refuse-derived fuel-fired combustor/100 percent coal capable
    250
    24  c  
     
    a  Measured at the combustor outlet in conjunction with a measurement of oxygen concentration, corrected to 7 percent oxygen, dry basis. Calculated as an arithmetic average.
    b  Averaging times are 4-hour or 24-hour block averages.
    c  24-hour block average, geometric mean.
     
    (b)   An owner or operator of a MWC shall comply with all provisions specified in 40 CFR 60.53b(b) and (c), which is hereby incorporated by reference as it exists on November 6, 2006.
[Source: Added at 15 Ok Reg 2591, eff 6-25-98; Amended at 20 Ok Reg 1595, eff 6-12-03; Amended at 26 Ok Reg 1165, eff 7-1-09]