Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerator Emission Guidelines : Summary of the Requirements for Section 111(D)/ 129 State Plans

By Environmental Protection Agency

Book Id: WPLBN0000131266
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Reproduction Date: 2007

Title:	Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerator Emission Guidelines : Summary of the Requirements for Section 111(D)/ 129 State Plans
Author:	Environmental Protection Agency
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Language:	English
Subject:	Ecology, Natural resource issues, Environemtal protection
Collections:	Environmental Awareness Library Collection
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Publisher:	United States Environmental Protection Agency


Citation APA MLA Chicago Protection Agency, B. E. (n.d.). Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerator Emission Guidelines : Summary of the Requirements for Section 111(D)/ 129 State Plans. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Description
Excerpt: This document does not establish any new requirements. Rather, it summarizes existing regulations and provides guidance to States pertaining to State Plan development under Section 129 of the Clean Air Act as amended in 1990.`

Table of Contents
Table of Contents Page 1.0 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 1.1 Organization of this Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 1.2 Clean Air Act Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 1.3 Emission Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 1.4 Requirements for State Plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5 1.5 Relationship Between the Section 111(d)/129 State Plan and SIP . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10 2.0 Schedule and Responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 2.1 State Plan Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 2.2 Responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4 2.2.1 EPA Responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5 2.2.2 State Responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6 2.2.3 Source Responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8 3.0 Required Elements of an Acceptable State Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 3.1 Demonstration of Legal Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 3.2 Criteria for an Adequate Enforceable Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4 3.3 Source Inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6 3.4 Emission Inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7 3.4.1 Emission Estimation Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7 3.4.2 Required Emission Summary Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8 3.4.3 Annual Emission Reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9 3.4.4 Reporting to AFS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9 3.5 Compliance with Emission Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9 3.6 Testing, Monitoring, Recordkeeping, Reporting and Other Source Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11 3.7 Operator Training and Qualification Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12 3.8 Inspection Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12 3.9 Waste Management Plan Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13 3.10 Compliance Schedules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13 3.10.1 Retrofit Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14