New Mexico Administrative Code

December 1, 1995, unless a later date is cited at the end of a section.

To prevent equipment covered by this Part from being constructed, placed, maintained, altered, used, or operated unless the equipment meets the applicable emission limitations established by 20.11.67 NMAC.

In addition to the definitions in 20.11.67.7 NMAC, the definitions in 20.11.1 NMAC apply unless there is a conflict between definitions, in which case the definition in 20.11.67 NMAC shall govern. A. "Btu" means British thermal unit. B. "Commenced" means that an owner or operator…

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Any amendment to 20.11.67 NMAC which is filed with the State Records Center shall not affect actions pending for violation of a City or County ordinance, Air Quality Control Board Regulation No. 6 Orchard Heaters; Regulation No. 10 Kraft Mills; Regulation No. 12 Coal Burning Equi…

Albuquerque/ Bernalillo County Air Quality Control Board. P.O. Box 1293, Albuquerque, NM 87103. Telephone: (505) 768-2600. 6/14/71 . . . 12/1/95; 20.11.68.1 NMAC - Rn, 20 NMAC 11.68.I.1, 4/01/02]

If any section, paragraph, sentence, clause, or word of this Part or any federal standards incorporated herein is for any reason held to be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid by any court, the decision shall not affect the validity of remaining provisions of this Part.

Documents incorporated and cited in this Part may be viewed at the Albuquerque Environmental Health Department, One Civic Plaza NW, 3rd Floor, Room 3023, Albuquerque, NM 87102.

This Part amends and supersedes Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Air Quality Control Board Regulation No. 04 - Incinerators and Crematories, filed on March 16, 1994. All references to this regulation shall be understood as a reference to this Part.

A. This Part is applicable to sources located in Bernalillo County. B. Exempt: This Part does not apply to sources within Bernalillo County which are located on Indian lands over which the Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Air Quality Control Board lacks jurisdiction.

A. Residential Use: The construction, use or operation of an incinerator on property devoted to residential uses is prohibited. B. Construction/Operation: The construction, use or operation of an incinerator, even if an "affected facility" pursuant to 40 CFR 60, Subpart Ea as ame…

This Part is adopted pursuant to the authority provided in the New Mexico Air Quality Control Act, NMSA 1978 Sections 74-2-4, 74-2-5.C; the Joint Air Quality Control Board Ordinance, Bernalillo County Ordinance 94-5 Section 4; and the Joint Air Quality Control Board Ordinance, Re…

Permanent.

December 1, 1995.

The objective of this Part is to minimize emissions from and in most cases eliminate the use of a particular class of equipment which the Board has found produces unsightly and noxious byproducts of combustion.

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Any amendment to 20.11.68 NMAC which is filed with the State Records Center shall not affect actions pending for violation of a City or County ordinance, Board Regulation No. 4, or 20.11.68 NMAC. Prosecution for a violation under prior regulation wording shall be governed and pro…

Albuquerque - Bernalillo County Air Quality Control Board. P.O. Box 1293, Albuquerque, NM 87103. Telephone: (505) 768-2601.

If any section, paragraph, sentence, clause, or word of 20.11.69 NMAC or any federal standards incorporated herein is for any reason held to be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid by any court, the decision shall not affect the validity of remaining provisions of 20.11.69 NMAC.

Documents incorporated and cited in 20.11.69 NMAC may be viewed at the Albuquerque Environmental Health Department, 400 Marquette NW, Albuquerque, NM.

A. A PWD may only be used to destroy pathological waste that has been generated at the site where the unit is located. B. No one shall burn material marked with radiation symbols or material having a radioactivity level greater than background, in a unit subject to 20.11.69 NMAC.…

No owner or operator shall cause or allow exceedence of the following emission limits: (Particulate matter emissions are measured at 12 percent CO2. All other emissions are measured at 7 percent 02. Opacity shall never exceed 10 percent). (1) For PWDs with a charging capacity of …

A. Compliance with the carbon monoxide (CO) emission limitation, for units required to have continuous CO monitoring, shall be determined by continuous emission monitor measurements calculated in 4-hour block averages. For units not equipped with continuous CO monitoring equipmen…

A. All units shall be equipped with a secondary combustion chamber, which provides turbulent mixing of the secondary air with the combustion gases. The secondary combustion chamber shall provide one second of residence time, measured from the point of maximum temperature consider…

A. Exhaust stack height for all PWDs shall be determined as the greater of: (1) Hg=H + 1.5L; where Hg =required stack height measured from the ground-level elevation at the base of the stack; H=Height of nearby structure(s) measured from the ground-level elevation at the base of …

A. The owner or operator of a PWD shall not manually charge the primary combustion chamber through doors open to the atmosphere while the unit is operating. Charging of waste for units other than batch units shall be by mechanical means, which prevents upsets in the burn cycle. B…

A. Continuous emission monitors (CEM)s shall be installed, calibrated, maintained, and operated, and shall continuously record data for the following: (1) For PWDs with a total charging rate of 1000 pounds per hour or greater: (a) carbon monoxide (CO); (b) oxygen (O2); (c) opacit…

Whenever any required continuous emission monitor cannot meet the data capture requirement of Subsection G of 20.11.69.18 NMAC, and the owner or operator does not obtain the required data from an alternate monitor or test method, the PWD shall cease operation until it can comply …

A. The requirements of 20.11.69 NMAC apply to the owner or operator of any pathological waste destructor (PWD). B. EXEMPT: 20.11.69 NMAC does not apply to sources within Bernalillo county which are located on Indian lands over which the Albuquerque - Bernalillo County Air Quality…

A. During or within thirty days of the emission tests required by 20.11.69.21 NMAC, the owner or operator shall conduct a performance evaluation of each continuous emissions monitor in accordance with the procedures of 40 CFR Part 60, Appendix B - Performance Specification as ame…

A. Within sixty days of first achieving the maximum charging rate, but not more than one hundred eighty days from the date of initial startup, the first annual performance test shall be conducted. B. The owner or operator of any PWD that has a charging capacity of less than 200 p…

A. Notice of the test date and a copy of the test protocol shall be submitted to the department at least thirty days prior to the actual test date. B. A representative of the department shall be given the opportunity to be present during all emissions test required by 20.11.69 NM…

The owner or operator shall submit a report containing the following information to the department within thirty days from the end of each calendar quarter: A. The average hourly charging rate to each unit. B. The thirty-minute average temperatures of the primary chamber, the sec…

A. The owner or operator shall maintain records for a period of three years from the date created, for all parameters required in 20.11.69 NMAC and shall make them available upon request for inspection and copying by the department. B. All information submitted to the department …

A. The provisions of 20.11.49 NMAC shall not apply to any PWD. B. Whenever the temperature requirements of Sections 15 or 17 of 20.11.69 NMAC or any emission limit in 20.11.69.13 NMAC for which compliance is based on continuous emissions monitoring, is exceeded, the operator shal…

A. All handling and storage of fly ash and bottom ash shall be conducted in a closed system, which prevents ash from becoming airborne. B. Transporters of pathological waste destructor ash (PWD ash): (1) shall not accept or transport PWD ash unless it has been treated or is secur…

A. A certified operator shall be present at the facility whenever waste is being burned. The facility employed, unit operator will control the operation of the pathological waste destructor during performance testing. B. All unit operators of their immediate supervisor on-site mu…

A. PWDs in existence before the effective date of 20.11.69 NMAC must achieve full compliance with this regulation within ten (10) days of the effective date of 20.11.69 NMAC. Each owner or operator of an existing PWD who intends to permanently cease operating the unit shall remov…

A. A certified pathological waste destructor (PWD) operator shall be present at the facility in which a PWD is located whenever waste is being burned. The facility-employed operator will control the operation of the PWD during performance testing. B. All PWD operators or their im…

20.11.69 NMAC is adopted pursuant to the authority provided in the New Mexico Air Quality Control Act, NMSA 1978 Sections 74-2-4, 74-2-5.C; the Joint Air Quality Control Board Ordinance, Bernalillo County Ordinance 94-5 Section 4; and the Joint Air Quality Control Board Ordinance…

TABLE 1 Report/Description Reference Date due to Department Notice of CEM performance evaluation. Subsection C of 20.11.69.20 NMAC At least 30 days prior to performance evaluation. CEM performance evaluation. Subsection D of 20.11.69.20 NMAC Within 30 days from the end of the tes…

Permanent.

December 1, 1995, unless a later date is cited at the end of a section.

To assure that the citizens of Bernalillo county are not needlessly exposed to infectious or toxic substances in the air, which pathological waste destructors, might otherwise emit.

In addition to the definitions in 20.11.69.7 NMAC the definitions in 20.11.1 NMAC apply unless there is a conflict between definitions, in which case the definition in 20.11.69 NMAC shall govern. A. "Charging capacity" means the pathological waste destructor manufacturers or desi…

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