§ 21-78. Control of emissions.

(a)

Emissions from all principal use incinerator facilities shall not cause any of the following ambient levels in milligrams per cubic meter at seventy-seven (77) degrees Fahrenheit and twenty-nine and ninety-two one hundredths (29.92) inches of mercury (except for asbestos) to be exceeded beyond three hundred (300) feet of the incinerator stack.

No.	Emission	Annual Carcinogens	24-Hour Chronic Toxicants	1-Hour Acute Systemic Toxicants	15-Minute Acute Irritants
1	acetaldehyde				27
2	acetic acid				3.7
3	acrolein				0.08
4	ammonia				2.7
5	aniline			1
6	arsenic & compounds	2.3×10
7	asbestos	2.8×10
		fibers/ml
8	aziridine		0.006
9	benzidine & salts	1.5×10
10	benzo (a) pyrene	3.3×10
11	benzyl chloride			0.5
12	beryllium	4.1×10
13	beryllium chloride	4.1×10
14	beryllium flouride	4.1×10
15	beryllium nitrate	4.1×10
16	bis-chloromethyl ether	3.7×10
17	bromide				0.2
18	cadmium	5.5×10
19	cadium acetate	5.5×10
20	cadium bromide	5.5×10
21	carbon disulfide		0.186
22	chloride		0.0375		0.9
23	chlorobenzene		2.2
24	chloroprene		0.44	3.5
25	cresol			2.2
26	p-dichlorobenzene				66
27	dichlorodifluoromethane		248
28	dichlorofluoremethane		0.5
29	di (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate		0.03
30	dimethyl sulfate		0.003
31	1, 4-dioxane		0.56
32	epichlorohydrine	8.3×10
33	ethyl acetate			140
34	ethylenediamine		0.3	2.5
35	ethylene dibromide	4.0×10
36	ethylene dichloride	3.8×10
37	ethylene glycol monoethyl ether		0.12	1.9
38	ethyl mercaptan			0.1
39	fluorides		0.016	0.25
40	formaldehyde				0.15
41	hexachlorocyclo-pentadiene		0.0006	0.01
42	hexachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin	7.6×10
43	n-hexane		1.1
44	hexane isomers except n-hexane				360
45	hydrazine		0.006
46	hydrogen chloride				0.7
47	hydrogen cyanide		0.14	1.1
48	hydrogen fluoride		0.03		0.25
49	hydrogen sulfide				2.1
50	maleic anhydride		0.012	0.1
51	manganese & compounds		0.031
52	manganese cyclopentadienyl tricarbonyl		0.0006
53	manganese tetroxide		0.0062
54	mercury, alkyl		0.00006
55	mercury, aryl and inorganic compounds		0.0006
56	mercury, vapor		0.0006
57	methyl chloroform		12		245
58	methyl ethyl ketone		3.7		88.5
59	methyl isobutyl ketone		2.56	30
60	methyl mercaptan		0.05
61	nickel metal		6.0×10
62	nickel carbonyl		6.0×10
63	nickel subsulfide	2.1×10
64	nickel, soluble compounds as nickel		6.0×10
65	nitric acid				1
66	nitrobenzene		0.06	0.5
67	N-nitrosodi-methylamine	5.0×10
68	pentachlorophenol		0.003	0.025
69	phenol		0.95
70	phosgene		0.0025
71	phosphine				0.13
72	polychlorinated biphenyls	8.2×10
73	styrene		1.34		42.5
74	sulfuric acid		0.012	0.1
75	1.1.1.2-tetrachloro-2.2-difluoroethane		52
76	1.1.2.2-tetrachloro-2.2-difluoroethane		52
77	1.1.1.2-tetrachloro-ethane	6.3×10
78	toluene		4.7		56
79	toluene-2.4-diisocyanate		0.0005		0.015
80	trichlorofluoro-methane			560
81	1.1.2-trichloro-1.2.2-trifluoroethane				950
82	vinyl chloride	3.8×10
83	vinylidene chloride		0.12
84	exlene		2.7

 

(b)

The emissions form all principal use incinerator facilities shall not cause any of the following ambient levels and milligrams per cubic meter at seventy-seven (77) degrees Fahrenheit and twenty-nine and ninety-two one hundredths (29.92) inches of mercury to be exceeded beyond three hundred (300) feet of the incinerator stack.

1	acrylonitrile	1.5×10
2	ammonium chromate	8.3×10
3	ammonium dichromate	8.3×10
4	benzene	1.2×10
5	1.30-butadiene	1.7×10
6	calcium chromate	8.3×10
7	carbon tetrachloride	6.7×10
8	chloroform	4.3×10
9	chromic acid	8.3×10
10	chromium (IV)	8.3×10
11	ethylene oxide	2.7×10
12	lithium chromate	8.3×10
13	methylene chloride	2.4×10
14	perchloroethylene	1.9×10
15	potassium chromate	8.3×10
16	potassium dichromate	8.3×10
17	sodium chromate	8.3×10
18	sodium dichromate	8.3×10
19	strontium chromate	8.3×10
20	tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin	3.0×10
21	trichloroethylene	5.9×10

 

(c)

Ambient air concentrations shall be determined by using appropriate environmental protection agency dispersion modeling procedures or other methods specified by the planning commission. Ambient air concentrations are to be evaluated for annual period over a calendar year, twenty-four-hour periods from midnight to midnight, for one-hour periods beginning on the hour, and for thirty-minute periods beginning on the hour thirty (30) minutes after the hour. The identification of each toxic air pollutant emitted and its corresponding emission rate shall be determined using mass balancing analysis, source testing, or other methods acceptable to the planning commission.

(d)

For principal use incinerator facilities the emissions of hydrogen chloride shall not exceed four (4) pounds per hour unless the emission is reduced by at least ninety-nine (99) percent by weight and mercury shall not exceed one (1) pound per twenty-four-hour-period.

(e)

Special requirements for principal use biomedical incineration facility:

(1)

No person shall operate a principal use biomedical incineration facility unless:

a.

The dioxin emissions have been reduced by ninety-nine (99) percent or more of the uncontrolled emissions;

b.

The dioxin emissions have been reduced to ten (10) nanograms or less per kilogram of waste burned.

(2)

For the purposes of demonstrating compliance with this paragraph, the owner or operator of a principal use biomedical waste incineration facility shall conduct a minimum of two (2) annual source tests for the dioxins stack emissions using test method approved by the State of California Air Resources Board and a minimum of three (3) sampling runs shall be conducted for the method. Annual source tests shall be conducted until at least two (2) consecutive tests demonstrate compliance, at which time the frequency of future source tests is at the discretion of the planning commission. For purposes of determining compliance with subparagraph (1)a. of this rule, emissions shall be sampled simultaneously from the flue at the location where all the combustion is complete, but prior to the control equipment, and from the stack during source testing. For the purpose of determining compliance with subparagraph (1)b. of this rule, the source testing shall be conducted at the stack. The information regarding the composition (moisture content, and the amount of the total waste that is infectious, pathological, hazardous, or radioactive) and feed rate of the fuel charge during the source test shall be provided with the test results. The planning commission can require additional necessary information regarding the composition of the waste. Source testing shall be conducted at the maximum waste firing capacity (plus or minus ten (10) percent) allowed by the permit. A copy of all source test results conducted for purpose of demonstrating compliance with this rule shall be provided to the planning commission. The planning commission may in its discretion prescribe the testing company performing such test and may prescribe the time for performance of the test without advance notice to the owner or operator.

(3)

No person shall operate a principal use medical waste incinerator unless such individual who operates or maintains the incinerator obtains a certificate of training in medical waste incinerators issued by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers within nine (9) months of the commencement of the training program. Copies of the training certificates for the operators and maintenance engineers shall be submitted to the planning commission and shall be available for inspection at the facility along with the permit to operate.

(Ord. No. 15-92, § VIII, 7-23-92)