Unless specifically defined in the TCAA or in the rules of the commission,
the terms used in this division have the meanings commonly ascribed to them
in the field of air pollution control. In addition to the terms which are
defined in the TCAA, §3.2 of this title (relating to Definitions), §101.1
of this title (relating to Definitions), and §113.1 of this title (relating
to Definitions), the following words and terms, when used in this division,
shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) Biologicals - 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.
(2) Blood products - Any product derived from human blood
including, but not limited to, blood plasma, platelets, red or white blood
corpuscles, and other derived licensed products, such as interferon, etc.
(3) Body fluids - Liquid emanating or derived from humans
and limited to blood, dialysate, amniotic, cerebrospinal, synovial, pleural,
peritoneal and pericardial fluids; and semen and vaginal secretions.
(4) Bypass stack - A device used for discharging combustion
gases to avoid severe damage to the air pollution control device or other
equipment.
(5) Chemotherapeutic waste - Waste material resulting
from the production or use of antineoplastic agents used for the purpose of
stopping or reversing the growth of malignant cells.
(6) Co-fired combustor/incinerator - A unit combusting
hospital waste and/or medical/infectious waste with other fuels or wastes
(e.g., coal, 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 the 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.
(7) Commercial medical waste incinerator - A facility
that accepts for incineration medical waste generated outside the property
boundaries of the facility.
(8) Dioxins/furans - The combined emissions of tetra-
through octa-chlorinated dibenzi-para-dioxins and dibenzofurans, as measured
by EPA Reference Method 23.
(9) Dry scrubber - 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 incinerator exhaust
stream forming a dry powder material.
(10) Fabric filter (or baghouse) - An add-on air pollution
control system that removes particulate matter and non-vaporous metals emissions
by passing flue gas through filter bags.
(11) Facilities manager - The individual in charge of
purchasing, maintaining, and operating the hospital/medical/infectious waste
incinerator (HMIWI) or the owner/operator's representative responsible for
the management of the HMIWI. Alternative titles may include director of facilities
or vice president of support services.
(12) Good combustion practices - The minimum residence
time and temperature in the secondary chamber as determined by the design
of the incinerator, as well as the quantity and composition of the wastes
incinerated, such that the incinerator can meet the emissions limits specified
in §113.2072 of this title (relating to Emission Limits).
(13) High-air phase - The stage of the batch operating
cycle when the primary chamber reaches and maintains maximum operating temperatures.
(14) Hospital - Any facility which has an organized medical
staff, maintains at least six 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.
(15) Hospital/medical/infectious waste incinerator (HMIWI)
or HMIWI unit - Any device that combusts any amount of hospital waste and/or
medical/infectious waste.
(A) Batch HMIWI - An HMIWI unit that is designed such that
neither waste charging nor ash removal can occur during combustion.
(B) Continuous HMIWI - An HMIWI unit that is designed to allow
waste charging and ash removal during combustion.
(C) Intermittent HMIWI - An HMIWI unit that is designed to
allow waste charging, but not ash removal, during combustion.
(D) Large HMIWI - An HMIWI unit which has a maximum design
waste combustor capacity that is greater than 500 pounds per hour (lb/hr),
or a continuous or intermittent HMIWI unit which has a maximum charge rate
that is greater than 500 lb/hr, or a batch HMIWI unit which has a maximum
charge rate that is greater than 4,000 pounds per day.
(E) Medium HMIWI - An HMIWI unit which has a maximum design
waste combustor capacity that is greater than 200 lb/hr but less than or equal
to 500 lb/hr, or a continuous or intermittent HMIWI unit which has a maximum
charge rate that is greater than 200 lb/hr but less than or equal to 500 lb/hr,
or a batch HMIWI unit which has a maximum charge rate that is greater than
1,600 pounds per day but less than or equal to 4,000 pounds per day.
(F) Small HMIWI - An HMIWI unit which has a maximum design
waste combustor capacity that is less than or equal to 200 lb/hr, or a continuous
or intermittent HMIWI unit which has a maximum charge rate that is less than
or equal to 200 lb/hr, or a batch HMIWI unit which has a maximum charge rate
that is less than or equal to 1,600 pounds per day.
(G) Small-remote HMIWI - A small HMIWI unit which is located
more than 50 miles from the boundary of the nearest Standard Metropolitan
Statistical Area (as defined in Office of Management and Budget Bulletin Number
93-17 entitled "Revised Statistical Definitions for Metropolitan Areas" dated
June 30, 1993), and burns less than 2,000 pounds of waste per week.
(16) Hospital waste - 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.
(17) Infectious agent - 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 diseases or adverse health impacts
in humans.
(18) Low-level radioactive waste - Waste material which
contains radionuclides 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 by-product material as defined by the Atomic
Energy Act of 1954 (42 United States Code, §2014(e)(2)).
(19) Malfunction - 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.
(20) Maximum charge rate - For continuous and intermittent
incinerators, 110% of the lowest three-hour average charge rate measured during
the most recent performance test demonstrating compliance with all applicable
emission limits; and for batch incinerators, 110% of the lowest daily charge
rate measured during the most recent performance test demonstrating compliance
with all applicable emission limits.
(21) Maximum design waste burning capacity -
(A) for intermittent and continuous incinerators,
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(B) for batch incinerators,
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(22) Maximum fabric filter inlet temperature - 110%
of the lowest three-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.
(23) Maximum flue gas temperature - 110% of the lowest
three-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 (Hg) emission limit.
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