| (a) Within 60 days from the date the commission publishes notice
in the Texas Register that the EPA has approved
these rules and state plan, an owner or operator subject to the requirements
of this division shall submit to the executive director a notice of intention
to comply with these requirements within one year after EPA approval, a petition
requesting a compliance extension, a notice of intention to shut down their
hospital/medical/infectious waste incinerator (HMIWI) unit, or a petition
requesting an extension of the shutdown date. The executive director will
approve or deny a petition for compliance or shutdown extension within 60
days of receipt of the petition.
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection,
an owner or operator subject to the requirements of this division shall be
in compliance with all provisions of this division on or before the date one
year after EPA approval of these rules and state plan, regardless of whether
a designated facility is identified in the state plan inventory.
(2) An owner or operator who files a petition requesting
a compliance extension shall comply with the requirements in Table 11 of this
paragraph. The compliance schedule may be extended to allow compliance on
or before the date three years after EPA approval of these rules and state
plan, but in no case will a compliance extension be granted for a compliance
date later than September 15, 2002.
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(3) Except as provided in paragraph (4) of this subsection,
any HMIWI unit for which the owner or operator has filed a notice of intention
to shut down will complete the shutdown on or before the date one year after
EPA approval of these rules and state plan.
(4) An owner or operator who files a petition requesting
a shutdown extension shall comply with the requirements in Table 12 of this
paragraph. The shutdown schedule may be extended to allow compliance on or
before the date three years after EPA approval of these rules and state plan,
but in no case will a compliance extension be granted for a compliance date
later than September 15, 2002.
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(b) An owner or operator subject to the requirements of this
division shall be in compliance with the operator training and qualification
requirements specified in §113.2078(b) of this title (relating to Operating
Procedures and Operator Training/Qualification Requirements) and the inspection
requirements specified in §113.2078(c) of this title on or before the
date one year after EPA approval of these rules and state plan. Any owner
or operator who has been granted an extended compliance schedule shall be
in compliance with any additional operator training and qualification requirements
and inspection requirements necessitated by the addition of air pollution
control equipment on or before the extended compliance date granted by the
executive director.
(c) An owner or operator of an affected HMIWI unit subject
to the requirements of the federal operating permits program shall submit
an abbreviated application to the executive director on or before September
15, 2000.
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