[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 24]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR264.345]

[Page 353-354]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 264_STANDARDS FOR OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE TREATMENT, 
STORAGE, AND DISPOSAL FACILITIES--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart O_Incinerators
 
Sec. 264.345  Operating requirements.

    (a) An incinerator must be operated in accordance with operating 
requirements specified in the permit. These will be specified on a case-
by-case basis as those demonstrated (in a trial burn or in alternative 
data as specified in Sec. 264.344(b) and included with part B of a 
facility's permit application) to be sufficient to comply with the 
performance standards of Sec. 264.343.
    (b) Each set of operating requirements will specify the composition 
of the waste feed (including acceptable variations in the physical or 
chemical

[[Page 354]]

properties of the waste feed which will not affect compliance with the 
performance requirement of Sec. 264.343) to which the operating 
requirements apply. For each such waste feed, the permit will specify 
acceptable operating limits including the following conditions:
    (1) Carbon monoxide (CO) level in the stack exhaust gas;
    (2) Waste feed rate;
    (3) Combustion temperature;
    (4) An appropriate indicator of combustion gas velocity;
    (5) Allowable variations in incinerator system design or operating 
procedures; and
    (6) Such other operating requirements as are necessary to ensure 
that the performance standards of Sec. 264.343 are met.
    (c) During start-up and shut-down of an incinerator, hazardous waste 
(except wastes exempted in accordance with Sec. 264.340) must not be 
fed into the incinerator unless the incinerator is operating within the 
conditions of operation (temperature, air feed rate, etc.) specified in 
the permit.
    (d) Fugitive emissions from the combustion zone must be controlled 
by:
    (1) Keeping the combustion zone totally sealed against fugitive 
emissions; or
    (2) Maintaining a combustion zone pressure lower than atmospheric 
pressure; or
    (3) An alternate means of control demonstrated (with part B of the 
permit application) to provide fugitive emissions control equivalent to 
maintenance of combustion zone pressure lower than atmospheric pressure.
    (e) An incinerator must be operated with a functioning system to 
automatically cut off waste feed to the incinerator when operating 
conditions deviate from limits established under paragraph (a) of this 
section.
    (f) An incinerator must cease operation when changes in waste feed, 
incinerator design, or operating conditions exceed limits designated in 
its permit.

[46 FR 7678, Jan. 23, 1981, as amended at 47 FR 27532, June 24, 1982; 50 
FR 4514, Jan. 31, 1985]