NR 440.218(2)(nm)3.c. c. Items saturated or dripping with human blood.

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.

NR 440.218(2)(tm) (tm) “Operation” means the period during which waste is combusted in the incinerator excluding periods of startup or shutdown.

NR 440.218(2)(u) (u) “Particulate matter” or “PM” means the total particulate matter emitted from an HMIWI as measured by Method 5 or Method 29 of 40 CFR part 60, Appendix A, incorporated by reference in s. NR 440.17 (1).

NR 440.218(2)(um) (um) “Pathological waste” means waste material consisting of only human or animal remains, anatomical parts or tissue; the bags or containers used to collect and transport the waste material; and animal bedding if applicable.

NR 440.218(2)(v) (v) “Primary chamber” means the chamber in an HMIWI that receives waste material, in which the waste is ignited, and from which ash is removed.

NR 440.218(2)(vm) (vm) “Pyrolysis” means the endothermic gasification of hospital waste or medical/infectious waste using external energy.

NR 440.218(2)(w) (w) “Secondary chamber” means a component of the HMIWI that receives combustion gases from the primary chamber and in which the combustion process is completed.

NR 440.218(2)(wm) (wm) “Shutdown” means the period of time after all waste has been combusted in the primary chamber. For continuous HMIWI, shutdown shall commence no less than 2 hours after the last charge to the incinerator. For intermittent HMIWI, shutdown shall commence no less than 4 hours after the last charge to the incinerator. For batch HMIWI, shutdown shall commence no less than 5 hours after the high-air phase of combustion has been completed.

NR 440.218(2)(x) (x) “Small HMIWI” means an HMIWI whose maximum design waste burning capacity is less than or equal to 200 pounds per hour, a continuous or intermittent HMIWI whose maximum charge rate is less than or equal to 200 pounds per hour, or a batch HMIWI whose maximum charge rate is less than or equal to 1,600 pounds per day. A continuous or intermittent HMIWI whose maximum charge rate is more than 200 pounds per hour or a batch HMIWI whose maximum charge rate is more than 1,600 pounds per day is not a small HMIWI.

NR 440.218(2)(xm) (xm) “Standard conditions” means a temperature of 205C and a pressure of 101.3 kilopascals.

NR 440.218(2)(y) (y) “Startup” means the period of time between the activation of the system and the first charge to the unit. For batch HMIWI, startup means the period of time between activation of the system and ignition of the waste.

NR 440.218(2)(ym) (ym) “Wet scrubber” means an add-on air pollution control device that utilizes an alkaline scrubbing liquor to collect particulate matter, including nonvaporous metals and condensed organics, or to absorb and neutralize acid gases.

NR 440.218(3) (3) Emission limits.