NR 440.216(8)(g) (g) The operating manual required by par. (e) shall be kept in a readily accessible location for all persons required to undergo training under par. (f). The operating manual and records of training shall be available for inspection by the department upon request.
NR 440.216(9) (9)Standards for municipal waste combustor fugitive ash emissions.
NR 440.216(9)(a)(a) On and after the date on which the initial performance test is completed or is required to be completed under s. NR 440.08, no owner or operator of an affected facility may cause to be discharged to the atmosphere visible emissions of combustion ash from an ash conveying system, including conveyor transfer points, in excess of 5% of the observation period, that is, 9 minutes per 3-hour period, as determined by observations according to Method 22 of 40 CFR part 60, Appendix A, incorporated by reference in s. NR 440.17 (1), as specified in sub. (12) (k), except as provided in pars. (b) and (c).
NR 440.216(9)(b) (b) The emission limit specified in par. (a) does not cover visible emissions discharged inside buildings or enclosures of ash conveying systems. However, the emission limit specified in par. (a) does cover visible emissions discharged to the atmosphere from buildings or enclosures of ash conveying systems.
NR 440.216(9)(c) (c) The provisions specified in par. (a) do not apply during maintenance and repair of ash conveying systems.
NR 440.216(10) (10)Standards for air curtain incinerators. On and after the date on which the initial performance test is completed or is required to be completed under s. NR 440.08, the owner or operator of an air curtain incinerator with the capacity to combust greater than 250 tons per day of municipal solid waste and that combusts a fuel feed stream composed of 100% yard waste and no other municipal solid waste materials may at no time cause to be discharged into the atmosphere from that incinerator any gases that exhibit greater than 10% opacity, 6-minute average, except that an opacity level of up to 35%, 6-minute average, is permitted during startup periods during the first 30 minutes of operation of the unit.
NR 440.216(11) (11)Siting requirements.
NR 440.216(11)(a)(a) The owner or operator of an affected facility for which the initial application for a construction permit under ch. NR 405 or 408, as applicable, is submitted after December 19, 1995, shall prepare a materials separation plan, as defined in sub. (2), for the affected facility and its service area, and shall comply with the requirements specified in subds. 1. to 10. The initial application is defined as representing a good faith submittal for complying with the requirements under ch. NR 405 or 408, as determined by the department.
NR 440.216(11)(a)1. 1. The owner or operator shall prepare a preliminary draft materials separation plan and shall make the plan available to the public as follows:
NR 440.216(11)(a)1.a. a. The owner or operator shall distribute the preliminary draft materials separation plan to the principal public libraries in the area where the affected facility is to be constructed.
NR 440.216(11)(a)1.b. b. The owner or operator shall publish a notification of a public meeting in the principal newspapers serving the area where the affected facility is to be constructed and where the waste treated by the affected facility will primarily be collected. As a minimum, the notification shall include the following information:
1) The date, time, and location of the public meeting.
2) The location of the public libraries where the preliminary draft materials separation plan may be found, including normal business hours of the libraries.
3) An agenda of the issues to be discussed at the public meeting.
4) The dates that the public comment period on the preliminary draft materials separation plan begins and ends.
NR 440.216(11)(a)2. 2. The owner or operator shall conduct a public meeting, accept comments on the preliminary draft materials separation plan and comply with the following requirements:
NR 440.216(11)(a)2.a. a. The public meeting shall be conducted in the county where the affected facility is to be located.
NR 440.216(11)(a)2.b. b. The public meeting shall be scheduled to occur 30 days or more after making the preliminary draft materials separation plan available to the public as specified under subd. 1.
NR 440.216(11)(a)2.c. c. Suggested issues to be addressed at the public meeting are as follows:
1) The expected size of the service area for the affected facility.
2) The amount of waste generation anticipated for the service area.
3) The types and estimated amounts of materials proposed for separation.
4) The methods proposed for materials separation.
5) The amount of residual waste to be disposed.
6) Alternate disposal methods for handling the residual waste.
7) Identification of the locations where responses to public comment on the preliminary draft materials separation plan will be available for inspection, as specified in subds. 3. and 4.
8) Identification of the locations where the final draft materials separation plan will be available for inspection, as specified in subd. 7.
NR 440.216(11)(a)2.d. d. Nothing in this section shall preclude an owner or operator from combining this public meeting with any other public meeting required as part of any other federal, department or local permit review process except the public meeting required under par. (b) 4.
NR 440.216(11)(a)3. 3. Following the public meeting required by subd. 2., the owner or operator shall prepare responses to the comments received at the public meeting.
NR 440.216(11)(a)4. 4. The owner or operator shall make the document summarizing responses to public comments available to the public, including distribution to the principal public libraries used to announce the meeting, in the service area where the affected facility is to be located.
NR 440.216(11)(a)5. 5. The owner or operator shall prepare a final draft materials separation plan for the affected facility considering the public comments received at the public meeting.
NR 440.216(11)(a)6. 6. As required under sub. (13) (a), the owner or operator shall submit to the department a copy of the notification of the public meeting, a transcript of the public meeting, the document summarizing responses to public comments and copies of both the preliminary and final draft materials separation plans at or before the time the facility's application for a construction permit is submitted under ch. NR 405 or 408, as applicable.
NR 440.216(11)(a)7. 7. As part of the distribution of the siting analysis required under par. (b) 3., the owner or operator shall make the final draft materials separation plan required under subd. 5. available to the public, as specified in par. (b) 3.
NR 440.216(11)(a)8. 8. As part of the public meeting for review of the siting analysis required under par. (b) 4., the owner or operator shall address questions concerning the final draft materials separation plan required by subd. 5., including discussion of how the final draft materials separation plan has changed from the preliminary draft materials separation plan that was discussed at the first public meeting required by subd. 2.
NR 440.216(11)(a)9. 9. If the owner or operator receives any comments on the final draft materials separation plan during the public meeting required in par. (b) 4., the owner or operator shall respond to those comments in the document prepared in accordance with par. (b) 5.
NR 440.216(11)(a)10. 10. The owner or operator shall prepare a final materials separation plan and shall submit, as required under sub. (13) (b) 5. b., the final materials separation plan as part of the initial notification of construction.
NR 440.216(11)(b) (b) The owner or operator of an affected facility for which the initial application for a construction permit under ch. NR 405 or 408, as applicable, is submitted after December 19, 1995 shall prepare a siting analysis in accordance subds. 1. and 2. and shall comply with the requirements specified in subds. 3. to 7.
NR 440.216(11)(b)1. 1. The siting analysis shall be an analysis of the impact of the affected facility on ambient air quality, visibility, soils and vegetation.
NR 440.216(11)(b)2. 2. The analysis shall consider air pollution control alternatives that minimize, on a site-specific basis, to the maximum extent practicable, potential risks to the public health or the environment.
NR 440.216(11)(b)3. 3. The owner or operator shall make the siting analysis and final draft materials separation plan required by par. (a) 5. available to the public as follows:
NR 440.216(11)(b)3.a. a. The owner or operator shall distribute the siting analysis and final draft materials separation plan to the principal public libraries in the area where the affected facility is to be constructed.
NR 440.216(11)(b)3.b. b. The owner or operator shall publish a notification of a public meeting in the principal newspapers serving the area where the affected facility is to be constructed and where the waste treated by the affected facility will primarily be collected. As a minimum, the notification shall include the following information:
1) The date, time and location of the public meeting.
2) The location of the public libraries where the siting analyses and final draft materials separation plan may be found, including normal business hours.
3) An agenda of the issues to be discussed at the public meeting.
4) The dates that the public comment period on the siting analyses and final draft materials separation plan begins and ends.
NR 440.216(11)(b)4. 4. The owner or operator shall conduct a public meeting and accept comments on the siting analysis and the final draft materials separation plan required under par. (a) 5. The public meeting shall be conducted in the county where the affected facility is to be located and shall be scheduled to occur 30 days or more after making the siting analysis available to the public as specified under subd. 3.
NR 440.216(11)(b)5. 5. The owner or operator shall prepare responses to the comments on the siting analysis and the final draft materials separation plan that are received at the public meeting.
NR 440.216(11)(b)6. 6. The owner or operator shall make the document summarizing responses to public comments available to the public, including distribution to all public libraries, in the service area where the affected facility is to be located.
NR 440.216(11)(b)7. 7. As required under sub. (13) (b) 5., the owner or operator shall submit a copy of the notification of the public meeting, a transcript of the public meeting, the document summarizing responses to public comments, and the siting analysis as part of the initial notification of construction.
NR 440.216(11)(c) (c) The owner or operator of an affected facility for which construction is commenced after September 20, 1994 shall prepare a siting analysis in accordance with ch. NR 405 or 408, as applicable, and shall submit the siting analysis as part of the initial notification of construction. Affected facilities subject to pars. (a) and (b) are not subject to this paragraph.
NR 440.216(12) (12)Compliance and performance testing.
NR 440.216(12)(a)1.1. Except as provided by sub. (10), the standards under this section apply at all times except during periods of startup, shutdown and malfunction. Duration of startup, shutdown or malfunction periods are limited to 3 hours per occurrence, except as provided in subd. 1. c.
NR 440.216(12)(a)1.a. a. The startup period commences when the affected facility begins the continuous burning of municipal solid waste and does not include any warmup period when the affected facility is combusting fossil fuel or other nonmunicipal solid waste fuel and no municipal solid waste is being fed to the combustor.
NR 440.216(12)(a)1.b. b. Continuous burning is the continuous, semicontinuous or batch feeding of municipal solid waste for purposes of waste disposal, energy production or providing heat to the combustion system in preparation for waste disposal or energy production. The use of municipal solid waste solely to provide thermal protection of the grate or hearth during the startup period when municipal solid waste is not being fed to the grate is not considered to be continuous burning.
NR 440.216(12)(a)1.c. c. For the purpose of compliance with the carbon monoxide emission limits in sub. (7) (a), if a loss of boiler water level control, for example, boiler waterwall tube failure, or a loss of combustion air control, for example, loss of combustion air fan, induced draft fan or combustion grate bar failure, is determined to be a malfunction, the duration of the malfunction period is limited to 15 hours per occurrence.
NR 440.216(12)(a)2. 2. The opacity limits for air curtain incinerators specified in sub. (10) apply at all times as specified under sub. (10) except during periods of malfunction. Duration of malfunction periods are limited to 3 hours per occurrence.
NR 440.216(12)(b) (b) The owner or operator of an affected facility shall install, calibrate, maintain and operate a continuous emission monitoring system and record the output of the system for measuring the oxygen or carbon dioxide content of the flue gas at each location where carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide or nitrogen oxides emissions are monitored and shall comply with the following test procedures and test methods:
NR 440.216(12)(b)1. 1. The span value of the oxygen (or 20% carbon dioxide) monitor shall be 25% oxygen (or 20% carbon dioxide).
NR 440.216(12)(b)2. 2. The monitor shall be installed, evaluated and operated in accordance with s. NR 440.13.
NR 440.216(12)(b)3. 3. The initial performance evaluation shall be completed no later than 180 days after the date of initial startup of the affected facility, as specified under s. NR 440.08.
NR 440.216(12)(b)4. 4. The monitor shall conform to Performance Specification 3 in Appendix B of 40 CFR part 60, incorporated by reference in s. NR 440.17 (1), except for section 2.3, relative accuracy requirement.
NR 440.216(12)(b)5. 5. The quality assurance procedures of Appendix F of 40 CFR part 60, incorporated by reference in s. NR 440.17 (1), except for section 5.1.1, relative accuracy test audit, shall apply to the monitor.
NR 440.216(12)(b)6. 6. If carbon dioxide is selected for use in diluent corrections, the relationship between oxygen and carbon dioxide levels shall be established during the initial performance test according to the procedures and methods specified in subd. 6. a. to d. This relationship may be reestablished during performance compliance tests.
NR 440.216(12)(b)6.a. a. The fuel factor equation in Method 3B of 40 CFR part 60, Appendix A, incorporated by reference in s. NR 440.17 (1), shall be used to determine the relationship between oxygen and carbon dioxide at a sampling location. Method 3, 3A or 3B of 40 CFR part 60, Appendix A, as applicable, shall be used to determine the oxygen concentration at the same location as the carbon dioxide monitor.
NR 440.216(12)(b)6.b. b. Samples shall be taken for at least 30 minutes in each hour.
NR 440.216(12)(b)6.c. c. Each sample shall represent a 1-hour average.
NR 440.216(12)(b)6.d. d. A minimum of 3 runs shall be performed.
NR 440.216(12)(b)7. 7. The relationship between carbon dioxide and oxygen concentrations that is established in accordance with subd. 6. shall be submitted to the department as part of the initial performance test report and, if applicable, as part of the annual test report if the relationship is reestablished during the annual performance test.
NR 440.216(12)(c) (c) The procedures and test methods specified in subds. 1. to 11. shall be used to determine compliance with the emission limits for particulate matter and opacity under sub. (3) (a) and (b).
NR 440.216(12)(c)1. 1. Method 1 of 40 CFR part 60, Appendix A, incorporated by reference in s. NR 440.17 (1), shall be used to select sampling site and number of traverse points.
NR 440.216(12)(c)2. 2. Method 3, 3A or 3B of 40 CFR part 60, Appendix A, incorporated by reference in s. NR 440.17 (1), as applicable, shall be used for gas analysis.
NR 440.216(12)(c)3. 3. Method 5 of 40 CFR part 60, Appendix A, incorporated by reference in s. NR 440.17 (1), shall be used for determining compliance with the particulate matter emission limit. The minimum sample volume shall be 1.7 cubic meters. The probe and filter holder heating systems in the sample train shall be set to provide a gas temperature no greater than 160 ± 14°C (320 ± 25°F). An oxygen or carbon dioxide measurement shall be obtained simultaneously with each Method 5 run.
NR 440.216(12)(c)4. 4. The owner or operator of an affected facility may request that compliance with the particulate matter emission limit be determined using carbon dioxide measurements corrected to an equivalent of 7% oxygen. The relationship between oxygen and carbon dioxide levels for the affected facility shall be established as specified in par. (b) 6.
NR 440.216(12)(c)5. 5. As specified under s. NR 440.08, all performance tests shall consist of 3 test runs. The average of the particulate matter emission concentrations from the 3 test runs shall be used to determine compliance.
NR 440.216(12)(c)6. 6. In accordance with subds. 7. and 11., Method 9 of 40 CFR part 60, Appendix A, incorporated by reference in s. NR 440.17 (1), shall be used for determining compliance with the opacity limit except as provided under s. NR 440.11 (5).
NR 440.216(12)(c)7. 7. The owner or operator of an affected facility shall conduct an initial performance test for particulate matter emissions and opacity as required under s. NR 440.08.
NR 440.216(12)(c)8. 8. The owner or operator of an affected facility shall install, calibrate, maintain and operate a continuous opacity monitoring system for measuring opacity and shall comply with the following methods and procedures:
NR 440.216(12)(c)8.a. a. The output of the continuous opacity monitoring system shall be recorded on a 6-minute average basis.
NR 440.216(12)(c)8.b. b. The continuous opacity monitoring system shall be installed, evaluated and operated in accordance with s. NR 440.13.
NR 440.216(12)(c)8.c. c. The continuous opacity monitoring system shall conform to Performance Specification 1 in Appendix B of 40 CFR part 60, incorporated by reference in s. NR 440.17 (1).
NR 440.216(12)(c)8.d. d. The initial performance evaluation shall be completed no later than 180 days after the date of the initial startup of the municipal waste combustor unit, as specified under s. NR 440.08.
NR 440.216(12)(c)9. 9. Following the date that the initial performance test for particulate matter is completed or is required to be completed under s. NR 440.08 for an affected facility, the owner or operator shall conduct a performance test for particulate matter on an annual basis, no more than 12 calendar months following the previous performance test.
NR 440.216(12)(c)11. 11. Following the date that the initial performance test for opacity is completed or is required to be completed under s. NR 440.08 for an affected facility, the owner or operator shall conduct a performance test for opacity on an annual basis, no more than 12 calendar months following the previous performance test, using the test method specified in subd. 6.
NR 440.216(12)(d) (d) The procedures and test methods specified in this paragraph shall be used to determine compliance with the emission limits for cadmium, lead and mercury under sub. (3) (c) to (e):
NR 440.216(12)(d)1. 1. The following procedures and test methods shall be used to determine compliance with the emission limits for cadmium and lead under sub. (3) (c) and (d):
NR 440.216(12)(d)1.a. a. Method 1 of 40 CFR part 60, Appendix A, incorporated by reference in s. NR 440.17 (1), shall be used for determining the location and number of sampling points.
NR 440.216(12)(d)1.b. b. Method 3, 3A or 3B of 40 CFR part 60, Appendix A, incorporated by reference in s. NR 440.17 (1), as applicable, shall be used for flue gas analysis.
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Published under s. 35.93, Stats. Updated on the first day of each month. Entire code is always current. The Register date on each page is the date the chapter was last published.