62.15020—Can my small municipal waste combustion unit be exempt from this subpart?
(a) Small municipal waste combustion units that combust less than 11 tons per day.
Your unit is exempt from this subpart if four requirements are met:
(1)
Your municipal waste combustion unit is subject to a federally enforceable permit limiting municipal solid waste combustion to less than 11 tons per day.
(b) Small power production units.
Your unit is exempt from this subpart if four requirements are met:
(1)
Your unit qualifies as a small power production facility under section 3(17 )(C) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 796(17)(C) ).
(1)
Your unit qualifies as a cogeneration facility under section 3(18 )(B) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 796(18)(B) ).
(2)
Your unit combusts homogeneous waste (excluding refuse-derived fuel) to produce electricity and steam or other forms of energy used for industrial, commercial, heating, or cooling purposes.
(d) Municipal waste combustion units that combust only tires.
Your unit is exempt from this subpart if three requirements are met:
(1)
Your municipal waste combustion unit combusts a single-item waste stream of tires and no other municipal waste (the unit can cofire coal, fuel oil, natural gas, or other nonmunicipal solid waste).
(e) Hazardous waste combustion units.
Your unit is exempt from this subpart if the unit has received a permit under section 3005 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act.
(f) Materials recovery units.
Your unit is exempt from this subpart if the unit combusts waste mainly to recover metals. Primary and secondary smelters may qualify for this exemption.
(1)
Your unit has a federally enforceable permit limiting municipal solid waste combustion to 30 percent of the total fuel input by weight.
(4)
You record the weights, each quarter, of municipal solid waste and of all other fuels combusted.
(h) Plastics/rubber recycling units.
Your unit is exempt from this subpart if four requirements are met:
(1)
Your pyrolysis/combustion unit is an integrated part of a plastics/rubber recycling unit as defined under “Definitions” ( § 62.15410 ).
(3)
You record the weight, each quarter, of feed stocks produced and marketed from chemical plants and petroleum refineries.
(i) Units that combust fuels made from products of plastics/rubber recycling plants.
Your unit is exempt from this subpart if two requirements are met:
(1)
Your unit combusts gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, fuel oils, residual oil, refinery gas, petroleum coke, liquified petroleum gas, propane, or butane produced by chemical plants or petroleum refineries that use feed stocks produced by plastics/rubber recycling units.
(j) Cement kilns.
Your unit is exempt from this subpart if your cement kiln combusts municipal solid waste.
(k) Air curtain incinerators.
If your air curtain incinerator (see § 62.15410 for definition) combusts 100 percent yard waste, then you must meet only the requirements under “Air Curtain Incinerators That Burn 100 Percent Yard Waste” ( §§ 62.15365 through 62.15385) and the title V operating permit requirements of this subpart. However, if your air curtain incinerator combusts municipal solid waste other than yard waste, it is subject to all provisions of this subpart.