NR 440.215(2)(z)(z) “Twenty-four-hour daily average” or “24-hour daily average” means the arithmetic or geometric mean as specified in sub. (9) (e), (g) or (h), as applicable, of all hourly emission rates when the affected facility is operating and firing MSW measured over a 24-hour period between 12:00 midnight and the following midnight.
NR 440.215(2)(ze)(ze) “Untreated lumber” means wood or wood products that have been cut or shaped and includes wet, air-dried and kiln-dried wood products. Untreated lumber does not include wood products that have been painted, pigment-stained or pressure-treated. Pressure treating compounds include chromate copper arsenate, pentachlorophenol and creosote.
NR 440.215(2)(zm)(zm) “Waterwall furnace” means a combustion unit having energy (heat) recovery in the furnace (that is, radiant heat transfer section) of the combustor.
NR 440.215(2)(zs)(zs) “Yard waste” means grass, grass clippings, bushes, shrubs and clippings from bushes and shrubs that are generated by residential, commercial or retail, institutional or industrial sources as part of maintenance activities associated with yards or other private or public lands. Yard waste does not include construction, renovation and demolition wastes, which are exempt from the definition of MSW. Yard waste does not include clean wood, which is exempt from the definition of MSW.
NR 440.215(3)(3)Standard for municipal waste combustor metals.
NR 440.215(3)(a)(a) On and after the date on which the initial compliance test is completed or is required to be completed under s. NR 440.08, no owner or operator of an affected facility located within a large MWC plant may cause to be discharged into the atmosphere from that affected facility any gases that contain particulate matter in excess of 34 milligrams per dry standard cubic meter (0.015 grains per dry standard cubic foot), corrected to 7% oxygen dry basis.
NR 440.215(3)(b)(b) On and after the date on which the initial compliance test is completed or is required to be completed under s. NR 440.08, no owner or operator of an affected facility subject to the particulate matter emission limit under par. (a) may cause to be discharged into the atmosphere from that affected facility any gases that exhibit greater than 10% opacity (6-minute average).
NR 440.215(4)(4)Standard for municipal waste combustor organics.
NR 440.215(4)(b)(b) On and after the date on which the initial compliance test is completed or is required to be completed under s. NR 440.08, no owner or operator of an affected facility located within a large MWC plant may cause to be discharged into the atmosphere from that affected facility any gases that contain dioxin/furan emissions that exceed 30 nanograms per dry standard cubic meter (12 grains per billion dry standard cubic feet), corrected to 7% oxygen dry basis.
NR 440.215(5)(5)Standard for municipal waste combustor acid gases.
NR 440.215(5)(c)(c) On and after the date on which the initial compliance test is completed or is required to be completed under s. NR 440.08, no owner or operator of an affected facility located within a large MWC plant shall cause to be discharged into the atmosphere from that affected facility any gases that contain sulfur dioxide in excess of 20% of the potential sulfur dioxide emission rate (80% reduction by weight or volume) or 30 parts per million by volume, corrected to 7% oxygen dry basis, whichever is less stringent. The averaging time is specified in sub. (9) (e).
NR 440.215(5)(d)(d) On and after the date on which the initial compliance test is completed or is required to be completed under s. NR 440.08, no owner or operator of an affected facility located within a large MWC plant may cause to be discharged into the atmosphere from that affected facility any gases that contain hydrogen chloride in excess of 5% of the potential hydrogen chloride emission rate (95% reduction by weight or volume) or 25 parts per million by volume, corrected to 7% oxygen dry basis, whichever is less stringent.
NR 440.215(6)(6)Standard for nitrogen oxides. On and after the date on which the initial compliance test is completed or is required to be completed under s. NR 440.08, no owner or operator of an affected facility located within a large MWC plant may cause to be discharged into the atmosphere from that affected facility any gases that contain nitrogen oxides in excess of 180 parts per million by volume, corrected to 7% oxygen dry basis. The averaging time is specified under sub. (9) (g).
NR 440.215(7)(7)Standards for municipal waste combustor operating practices.
NR 440.215(7)(a)(a) On and after the date on which the initial compliance test is completed or is required to be completed under s. NR 440.08, no owner or operator of an affected facility located within a large MWC plant may cause the facility to exceed the carbon monoxide standards shown in Table 1.
1 Measured at the combustor outlet in conjunction with a measurement of oxygen concentration, corrected to 7% oxygen dry basis. The averaging times are specified in sub. (9) (h).
NR 440.215(7)(b)(b) No owner or operator of an affected facility located within a large MWC plant may cause the facility to operate at a load level greater than 110% of the maximum demonstrated MWC unit load as defined in sub. (2). The averaging time is specified under sub. (9) (h).
NR 440.215(7)(c)(c) No owner or operator of an affected facility located within a large MWC plant may cause the facility to operate at a temperature, measured at the final particulate matter control device inlet, exceeding 17°C (30°F) above the maximum demonstrated particulate matter control device temperature as defined in sub. (2). The averaging time is specified under sub. (9) (h).
NR 440.215(7)(d)(d) Within 24 months from the date of startup of an affected facility or before February 11, 1993, whichever is later, each chief facility operator and shift supervisor of an affected facility located within a large MWC plant shall obtain and keep current either a provisional or operator certification in accordance with ASME QRO-1-1994, incorporated by reference in s. NR 440.17 (2) (h) 1., or an equivalent state approved certification program.
NR 440.215(7)(e)(e) No owner or operator of an affected facility may allow the affected facility located at a large MWC plant to operate at any time without a certified shift supervisor, as provided under par. (d), on duty at the affected facility. This requirement shall take effect 24 months after the date of startup of the affected facility or on and after February 11, 1993, whichever is later.
NR 440.215(7)(f)(f) The owner or operator of an affected facility located within a large MWC plant shall develop and update on a yearly basis a site specific operating manual that shall, at a minimum, address the following elements of MWC unit operation:
NR 440.215(7)(f)1.1. Summary of the applicable standards under this section;
NR 440.215(7)(f)2.2. Description of basic combustion theory applicable to an MWC unit;
NR 440.215(7)(f)3.3. Procedures for receiving, handling and feeding MSW;
NR 440.215(7)(f)4.4. MWC unit startup, shutdown and malfunction procedures;
NR 440.215(7)(f)5.5. Procedures for maintaining proper combustion air supply levels;
NR 440.215(7)(f)6.6. Procedures for operating the MWC unit within the standards established under this section;
NR 440.215(7)(f)7.7. Procedures for responding to periodic upset or off specification conditions;
NR 440.215(7)(f)8.8. Procedures for minimizing particulate matter carryover;