NR 440.216(13)(j)(j) All reports specified under pars. (a) to (c) and (f) to (i) shall be submitted as a paper copy, postmarked on or before the submittal dates specified and maintained onsite as a paper copy for a period of 5 years. NR 440.216(13)(k)(k) All records specified under pars. (d) and (e) shall be maintained onsite in either paper copy or computer-readable format, unless an alternative format is approved by the department. NR 440.216(13)(L)(L) If the owner or operator of an affected facility would prefer a different annual or semiannual date for submitting the periodic reports required by pars. (g), (h) and (i), the dates may be changed by mutual agreement between the owner or operator and the department according to the procedures specified in s. NR 440.185 (3). NR 440.216 HistoryHistory: CR 06-109: cr. Register May 2008 No. 629, eff. 6-1-08; corrections in (3) (e), (12) (g) 6. and (13) (d) 15. made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 1. and 7., Stats., Register May 2008 No. 629. NR 440.218NR 440.218 Hospital/medical/infectious waste incinerators for which construction is commenced after June 20, 1996. NR 440.218(1)(a)(a) Except as provided in pars. (b) to (h), the affected facility to which this section applies is each individual hospital/medical/infectious waste incinerator (HMIWI) for which construction is commenced after June 20, 1996 or for which modification is commenced after March 16, 1998. NR 440.218(1)(b)(b) A combustor is not subject to this section during periods when only pathological waste, low-level radioactive waste or chemotherapeutic waste is burned alone or in any combination, provided the owner or operator of the combustor does all of the following: NR 440.218(1)(b)2.2. Keeps records on a calendar quarter basis of the periods of time when only pathological waste, low-level radioactive waste or chemotherapeutic waste is burned alone or in any combination. NR 440.218(1)(c)(c) Any co-fired combustor is not subject to this section if the owner or operator of the co-fired combustor does all of the following: NR 440.218(1)(c)2.2. Provides an estimate of the relative amounts of hospital waste, medical/infectious waste and other fuels and wastes to be combusted. NR 440.218(1)(c)3.3. Keeps records on a calendar quarter basis of the weight of hospital waste and medical/infectious waste combusted and the weight of all other fuels and wastes combusted at the co-fired combustor. NR 440.218(1)(d)(d) Any combustor required to have a permit under section 3005 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 USC 6925), or a license under s. 291.25, Stats., is not subject to this section. NR 440.218(1)(g)(g) Cement kilns firing hospital waste or medical/infectious waste are not subject to this section. NR 440.218(1)(h)(h) Physical or operational changes made to an existing HMIWI solely for the purpose of complying with emission guidelines under 40 CFR part 60, subpart Ce, are not considered a modification and do not result in an existing HMIWI becoming subject to this section. NR 440.218(1)(L)(L) Beginning September 15, 2000, affected facilities subject to this section shall operate pursuant to a permit issued under ch. NR 407. NR 440.218 NoteNote: The federal rule, 40 CFR 60.50c (l), requires that an affected facility operate pursuant to an operating permit issued no later than the later of September 15, 2000 or the effective date of an EPA approved operating permit program under Title V of the Act (42 USC 7661 to 7661f) and 40 CFR part 70. The department received final interim approval of its operating permit program on April 5, 1995 and full approval on November 30, 2001. Any permit issued to an affected facility prior to June 1, 2008, will contain references to the appropriate federal rule provisions of 40 CFR part 60 subpart Ec. NR 440.218(2)(2) Definitions. As used in this section, all terms not defined in this subsection have the meanings given in s. NR 440.02 or, for terms not defined in s. NR 440.02, the meanings given in s. NR 400.02. In this section: NR 440.218(2)(a)(a) “Batch HMIWI” means an HMIWI that is designed such that neither waste charging nor ash removal can occur during combustion. NR 440.218(2)(am)(am) “Biologicals” means preparations made from living organisms and their products, including vaccines, cultures, etc., intended for use in diagnosing, immunizing or treating humans or animals or in research pertaining thereto. NR 440.218(2)(b)(b) “Blood products” means any product derived from human blood, including blood plasma, platelets, red or white blood corpuscles and other derived licensed products, such as interferon, etc. NR 440.218(2)(bm)(bm) “Body fluids” means liquid emanating or derived from humans and limited to blood; dialysate; amniotic, cerebrospinal, synovial, pleural, peritoneal and pericardial fluids; and semen and vaginal secretions. NR 440.218(2)(c)(c) “Bypass stack” means a device used for discharging combustion gases to avoid severe damage to the air pollution control device or other equipment. NR 440.218(2)(cm)(cm) “Chemotherapeutic waste” means waste material resulting from the production or use of antineoplastic agents used for the purpose of stopping or reversing the growth of malignant cells. NR 440.218(2)(d)(d) “Co-fired combustor” means a unit combusting hospital waste or medical/infectious waste or both with other fuels or wastes, for example, coal or municipal solid waste, and subject to an enforceable requirement limiting the unit to combusting a fuel feed stream, 10% or less of the weight of which is comprised, in aggregate, of hospital waste and medical/infectious waste as measured on a calendar quarter basis. For purposes of this definition, pathological waste, chemotherapeutic waste and low-level radioactive waste are considered “other” wastes when calculating the percentage of hospital waste and medical/infectious waste combusted. NR 440.218(2)(dm)(dm) “Continuous emission monitoring system” or “CEMS” means a monitoring system for continuously measuring and recording the emissions of a pollutant from an affected facility. NR 440.218(2)(e)(e) “Continuous HMIWI” means an HMIWI that is designed to allow waste charging and ash removal during combustion. NR 440.218(2)(em)(em) “Dioxin/furan” means the combined emissions of tetra- through octa-chlorinated dibenzo-para-dioxins and dibenzofurans, as measured by Method 23 of 40 CFR part 60, Appendix A, incorporated by reference in s. NR 440.17 (1). NR 440.218(2)(f)(f) “Dry scrubber” means an add-on air pollution control system that injects dry alkaline sorbent (dry injection) or sprays an alkaline sorbent (spray dryer) to react with and neutralize acid gases in the HMIWI exhaust stream forming a dry powder material. NR 440.218(2)(fm)(fm) “Fabric filter” or “baghouse” means an add-on air pollution control system that removes particulate matter and nonvaporous metals emissions by passing flue gas through filter bags. NR 440.218(2)(g)(g) “Facilities manager” means the individual in charge of purchasing, maintaining and operating the HMIWI or the owner’s or operator’s representative responsible for the management of the HMIWI. Alternative titles may include director of facilities or vice president of support services. NR 440.218(2)(gm)(gm) “High-air phase” means the stage of the batch operating cycle when the primary chamber reaches and maintains maximum operating temperatures. NR 440.218(2)(h)(h) “Hospital” means any facility which has an organized medical staff, maintains at least 6 inpatient beds, and where the primary function of the institution is to provide diagnostic and therapeutic patient services and continuous nursing care primarily to human inpatients who are not related and who stay on average in excess of 24 hours per admission. This definition does not include facilities maintained for the sole purpose of providing nursing or convalescent care to human patients who generally are not acutely ill but who require continuing medical supervision. NR 440.218(2)(hm)(hm) “Hospital/medical/infectious waste incinerator” or “HMIWI” or “HMIWI unit” means any device that combusts any amount of hospital waste or medical/infectious waste. NR 440.218(2)(i)(i) “Hospital/medical/infectious waste incinerator operator” or “HMIWI operator” means any person who operates, controls or supervises the day-to-day operation of an HMIWI. NR 440.218(2)(im)(im) “Hospital waste” means discards generated at a hospital, except unused items returned to the manufacturer. The definition of hospital waste does not include human corpses, remains and anatomical parts that are intended for interment or cremation. NR 440.218(2)(j)(j) “Infectious agent” means any organism, such as a virus or bacteria, that is capable of being communicated by invasion and multiplication in body tissues and capable of causing disease or adverse health impacts in humans. NR 440.218(2)(jm)(jm) “Intermittent HMIWI” means an HMIWI that is designed to allow waste charging, but not ash removal, during combustion. NR 440.218(2)(k)(k) “Large HMIWI” means an HMIWI whose maximum design waste burning capacity is more than 500 pounds per hour, a continuous or intermittent HMIWI whose maximum charge rate is more than 500 pounds per hour or a batch HMIWI whose maximum charge rate is more than 4,000 pounds per day. A continuous or intermittent HMIWI whose maximum charge rate is less than or equal to 500 pounds per hour, or a batch HMIWI whose maximum charge rate is less than or equal to 4,000 pounds per day, is not a large HMIWI. NR 440.218(2)(km)(km) “Low-level radioactive waste” means waste material which contains radioactive nuclides emitting primarily beta or gamma radiation, or both, in concentrations or quantities that exceed applicable federal or state standards for unrestricted release. Low-level radioactive waste is not high-level radioactive waste, spent nuclear fuel or byproduct material as defined by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 USC 2014 (e) (2)). NR 440.218(2)(L)(L) “Malfunction” means any sudden, infrequent and not reasonably preventable failure of air pollution control equipment, process equipment or a process to operate in a normal or usual manner. Failures that are caused, in part, by poor maintenance or careless operation are not malfunctions. During periods of malfunction the operator shall operate within established parameters as much as possible, and monitoring of all applicable operating parameters shall continue until all waste has been combusted or until the malfunction ceases, whichever comes first. NR 440.218(2)(Lm)1.1. For continuous and intermittent HMIWI, 110% of the lowest 3-hour average charge rate measured during the most recent performance test demonstrating compliance with all applicable emission limits. NR 440.218(2)(Lm)2.2. For batch HMIWI, 110% of the lowest daily charge rate measured during the most recent performance test demonstrating compliance with all applicable emission limits. NR 440.218(2)(m)(m) “Maximum design waste burning capacity” means the following: C = PV x 15,000/8,500
where:
C is the HMIWI capacity, lb/hr
PV is the primary chamber volume, ft3
15,000 is the primary chamber heat release rate factor, Btu/ft3/hr
8,500 is the standard waste heating value, Btu/lb
C = PV x 4.5/8
where:
C is the HMIWI capacity, lb/hr
PV is the primary chamber volume, ft3
4.5 is the waste density, lb/ft3
8 is the typical hours of operation of a batch HMIWI, hours
NR 440.218(2)(mm)(mm) “Maximum fabric filter inlet temperature” means 110% of the lowest 3-hour average temperature at the inlet to the fabric filter, taken at a minimum once every minute, measured during the most recent performance test demonstrating compliance with the dioxin/furan emission limit. NR 440.218(2)(n)(n) “Maximum flue gas temperature” means 110% of the lowest 3-hour average temperature at the outlet from the wet scrubber, taken at a minimum once every minute, measured during the most recent performance test demonstrating compliance with the mercury emission limit. NR 440.218(2)(nm)(nm) “Medical/infectious waste” means any waste generated in the diagnosis, treatment or immunization of human beings or animals, in research pertaining thereto, or in the production or testing of biologicals that are listed in subds. 1. to 7. Medical/infectious waste does not include hazardous waste identified or listed under the regulations in 40 CFR part 261; household waste as defined in 40 CFR 261.4 (b) (1); ash from incineration of medical/infectious waste, once the incineration process has been completed; human corpses, remains, and anatomical parts that are intended for internment or cremation; and domestic sewage materials identified in 40 CFR 261.4 (a) (1). NR 440.218(2)(nm)1.1. Cultures and stocks of infectious agents and associated biologicals, including cultures from medical and pathological laboratories; cultures and stocks of infectious agents from research and industrial laboratories; wastes from the production of biologicals; discarded live and attenuated vaccines; and culture dishes and devices used to transfer, inoculate and mix cultures. NR 440.218(2)(nm)2.2. Human pathological waste, including tissues, organs, and body parts and body fluids that are removed during surgery or autopsy, or other medical procedures, and specimens of body fluids and their containers. NR 440.218(2)(nm)3.d.d. Items that were saturated or dripping with human blood that are now caked with dried human blood; including serum, plasma, and other blood components, and their containers, which were used or intended for use in either patient care, testing and laboratory analysis or the development of pharmaceuticals. Intravenous bags are also include in this category. NR 440.218(2)(nm)4.4. Sharps that have been used in animal or human patient care or treatment or in medical, research or industrial laboratories, including hypodermic needles, syringes with or without the attached needle, pasteur pipettes, scalpel blades, blood vials, needles with attached tubing and culture dishes regardless of presence of infectious agents. Also included are other types of broken or unbroken glassware that were in contact with infectious agents, such as used slides and cover slips. NR 440.218(2)(nm)5.5. Animal waste including contaminated animal carcasses, body parts and bedding of animals that were known to have been exposed to infectious agents during research, including research in veterinary hospitals, production of biologicals or testing of pharmaceuticals. NR 440.218(2)(nm)6.6. Isolation wastes including biological waste and discarded materials contaminated with blood, excretions, exudates or secretions from humans who are isolated to protect others from certain highly communicable diseases, or isolated animals known to be infected with highly communicable diseases. NR 440.218(2)(nm)7.7. Unused sharps including the following unused, discarded sharps: hypodermic needles, suture needles, syringes and scalpel blades. NR 440.218(2)(o)(o) “Medium HMIWI” means an HMIWI whose maximum design waste burning capacity is more than 200 pounds per hour but less than or equal to 500 pounds per hour, a continuous or intermittent HMIWI whose maximum charge rate is more than 200 pounds per hour but less than or equal to 500 pounds per hour, or a batch HMIWI whose maximum charge rate is more than 1,600 pounds per day but less than or equal to 4,000 pounds per day. A continuous or intermittent HMIWI whose maximum charge rate is less than or equal to 200 pounds per hour or more than 500 pounds per hour or a batch HMIWI whose maximum charge rate is more than 4,000 pounds per day or less than or equal to 1,600 pounds per day is not a medium HMIWI. NR 440.218(2)(om)(om) “Minimum dioxin/furan sorbent flow rate” means 90% of the highest 3-hour average dioxin/furan sorbent flow rate, taken at a minimum once every hour, measured during the most recent performance test demonstrating compliance with the dioxin/furan emission limit. NR 440.218(2)(p)(p) “Minimum mercury sorbent flow rate” means 90% of the highest 3-hour average mercury sorbent flow rate, taken at a minimum once every hour, measured during the most recent performance test demonstrating compliance with the mercury emission limit. NR 440.218(2)(pm)(pm) “Minimum hydrogen chloride sorbent flow rate” means 90% of the highest 3-hour average hydrogen chloride (HCl) sorbent flow rate, taken at a minimum once every hour, measured during the most recent performance test demonstrating compliance with the HCl emission limit. NR 440.218(2)(q)(q) “Minimum horsepower or amperage” means 90% of the highest 3-hour average horsepower or amperage to the wet scrubber, taken at a minimum once every minute, measured during the most recent performance test demonstrating compliance with the applicable emission limits. NR 440.218(2)(qm)(qm) “Minimum pressure drop across the wet scrubber” means 90% of the highest 3-hour average pressure drop across the wet scrubber PM control device, taken at a minimum once every minute, measured during the most recent performance test demonstrating compliance with the PM emission limit. NR 440.218(2)(r)(r) “Minimum scrubber liquor flow rate” means 90% of the highest 3-hour average liquor flow rate at the inlet to the wet scrubber, taken at a minimum once every minute, measured during the most recent performance test demonstrating compliance with all applicable emission limits. NR 440.218(2)(rm)(rm) “Minimum scrubber liquor pH” means 90% of the highest 3-hour average liquor pH at the inlet to the wet scrubber, taken at a minimum once every minute, measured during the most recent performance test demonstrating compliance with the HCl emission limit. NR 440.218(2)(s)(s) “Minimum secondary chamber temperature” means 90% of the highest 3-hour average secondary chamber temperature, taken at a minimum once every minute, measured during the most recent performance test demonstrating compliance with the PM, CO or dioxin/furan emission limits. NR 440.218(2)(sm)(sm) “Modification” or “modified HMIWI” means any changes to an HMIWI unit after September 15, 1997 if the cumulative costs of the changes, over the life of the unit, exceed 50% of the original cost of the construction and installation of the unit, not including the cost of any land purchased in connection with the construction or installation, updated to current costs; or any physical change in, or change in the method of operation of the unit which increases the amount of any air pollutant emitted by the unit for which standards have been established under section 111 or 129 of the Act (42 USC 7411 or 7429). NR 440.218(2)(t)(t) “Operating day” means a 24-hour period between 12:00 midnight and the following midnight during which any amount of hospital waste or medical/infectious waste is combusted at any time in the HMIWI.
