(a) If the facility incinerates waste other than infectious waste, the operator shall submit to the Department a chemical analysis of composite samples of the ash residue on forms provided by the Department:
- (1) Prior to the disposal of ash or residue from a facility.
- (2) At a minimum, monthly for the first 6 months of incineration operations at the facility, and quarterly during the remaining life of the facility.
(b) Ash residue from municipal waste incineration shall be sampled and analyzed as follows:
- (1) If fly ash and bottom ash are generated separately, they shall be sampled and analyzed separately.
- (2) If fly ash and bottom ash are combined as part of the incineration process, or mixed as part of a totally enclosed treatment system which is an integral part of the facility, fly ash and bottom ash may be sampled and analyzed as combined.
- (c) Ash residue from a facility subject to this chapter that is not hazardous under Article VII (relating to hazardous waste management) shall be disposed as a special handling waste under Chapter 273 (relating to municipal waste landfills). Ash residue from a facility subject to this chapter that is hazardous under Article VII shall be managed under applicable laws pertaining to hazardous waste.
- (d) Ash or residue shall be stored under § 285.131 (relating to storage and containment of ash residue from municipal waste incineration, including from infectious or chemotherapeutic waste incineration).
- (e) Ash or residue shall be transported under § 285.221 (relating to transportation of ash residue from municipal waste incineration and from infectious or chemotherapeutic waste incineration).
Cross References
This section cited in 25 Pa. Code § 283.303 (relating to application requirements for incineration of municipal waste).