Section 1200-03-25-.02 - GENERAL(1) Incinerators which burn infectious waste generated by Hospitals, Nursing Homes or Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Centers as such facilities are defined in T.C.A. § 68-11-201 are subject to the provisions of this chapter.(2) An owner or operator shall not burn infectious waste except in a multiple-chamber incinerator with a solid hearth, or in a device found to be equally effective for the purpose of air contaminant control as an approved multiple-chamber incinerator as determined by the Technical Secretary but not a described in 1200-3-25-.06(1)(c).(3) The Technical Secretary may establish an emission limit more restrictive than that otherwise specified in this chapter and/or an emission limit for any air contaminant discharged from the infectious waste incinerator that is not specified in this chapter. These emission limits shall be a special condition on any permit or order concerning the source and shall be ratified by the Air Pollution Control Board. Violation of the special condition shall be grounds for revocation of the issued permit or order pursuant to the UAPA.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1200-03-25-.02
Original rule filed September 21, 1988; effective November 6, 1988.Authority: T.C.A. §§ 68-25-105 and 4-5-202.