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  1. Title 40 —Protection of Environment
  2. Chapter I —Environmental Protection Agency
  3. Subchapter C —Air Programs
  4. Part 60 —Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources
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Title 40Protection of EnvironmentPart / Section
Chapter IEnvironmental Protection Agency1 – 1099
Subchapter CAir Programs50 – 99
Part 60Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources60.1 – 60.6685
Subpart VVVVStandards of Performance for Large Municipal Waste Combustors60.5680 – 60.6145
Introduction60.5680 – 60.5685
§ 60.5680What does this subpart do?
§ 60.5685When does this subpart become effective?
Applicability60.5690 – 60.5725
§ 60.5690Does this subpart apply to my municipal waste combustor?
§ 60.5695What is a new municipal waste combustor?
§ 60.5700Does this subpart allow any exemptions?
§ 60.5705Do other new source performance standards also apply to my municipal waste combustor?
§ 60.5710What authorities to enforce these federal new source performance standards can the Administrator delegate to a state agency?
§ 60.5715How are these new source performance standards structured?
§ 60.5720Do all five components of these new source performance standards apply at the same time?
§ 60.5725Are there different subcategories of municipal waste combustors within this subpart?
Preconstruction Requirements: Materials Separation Plan60.5730 – 60.5785
§ 60.5730Who must submit a materials separation plan?
§ 60.5735What is a materials separation plan?
§ 60.5740What steps must I complete for my materials separation plan?
§ 60.5745What must I include in my draft materials separation plan?
§ 60.5750How do I make my draft materials separation plan available to the public?
§ 60.5755When must I accept comments on the materials separation plan?
§ 60.5760Where and when must I hold a public meeting on my draft materials separation plan?
§ 60.5765What must I do with any public comments I receive during the public comment period on my draft materials separation plan?
§ 60.5770What must I do with my revised materials separation plan?
§ 60.5775What must I include in the public meeting on my revised materials separation plan and siting analysis?
§ 60.5780What must I do with any public comments I receive on my revised materials separation plan?
§ 60.5785How do I submit my final materials separation plan?
Preconstruction Requirements: Siting Analysis60.5790 – 60.5830
§ 60.5790Who must submit a siting analysis?
§ 60.5795What is a siting analysis?
§ 60.5800What steps must I complete for my siting analysis?
§ 60.5805What must I include in my siting analysis?
§ 60.5810How do I make my siting analysis available to the public?
§ 60.5815When must I accept comments on the siting analysis and revised materials separation plan?
§ 60.5820Where and when must I hold a public meeting on the siting analysis?
§ 60.5825What must I do with any public comments I receive during the public comment period on my siting analysis?
§ 60.5830How do I submit my siting analysis?
Good Combustion Practices: Operator Training60.5835 – 60.5860
§ 60.5835What types of training must I do?
§ 60.5840Who must complete the operator training course? By when?
§ 60.5845Who must complete the site-specific training course?
§ 60.5850What site-specific training must I provide?
§ 60.5855What information must I include in the site-specific operating manual?
§ 60.5860Where must I keep the site-specific operating manual?
Good Combustion Practices: Operator Certification60.5865 – 60.5875
§ 60.5865What types of operator certification must the chief facility operator and shift supervisor obtain and by when must they obtain it?
§ 60.5870After the required date for operator certification, who may operate the municipal waste combustor?
§ 60.5875What if all the certified operators must be temporarily offsite?
Good Combustion Practices: Operating Requirements60.5880 – 60.5885
§ 60.5880What are the operating practice requirements for my municipal waste combustor?
§ 60.5885What happens to the operating requirements during periods of startup, shutdown, and malfunction?
Emission Limits60.5890 – 60.5900
§ 60.5890What pollutants are regulated by this subpart?
§ 60.5895What emission limits must I meet? By when?
§ 60.5900What happens to the emission limits during periods of startup, shutdown, and malfunction?
Continuous Emission Monitoring60.5905 – 60.5955
§ 60.5905What types of continuous emission monitoring must I perform?
§ 60.5910What continuous emission monitoring systems must I install for gaseous pollutants?
§ 60.5915How are the data from the continuous emission monitoring systems used?
§ 60.5920How do I make sure my continuous emission monitoring systems are operating correctly?
§ 60.5925What is my schedule for evaluating continuous emission monitoring systems?
§ 60.5930What must I do if I choose to monitor carbon dioxide instead of oxygen as a diluent gas?
§ 60.5935What is the minimum amount of monitoring data I must collect with my continuous emission monitoring systems?
§ 60.5940How do I convert my 1-hour arithmetic averages into the appropriate averaging times and units?
§ 60.5945What is required for my continuous opacity monitoring system and how are the data used?
§ 60.5950What additional requirements must I meet for the operation of my continuous emission monitoring systems and continuous opacity monitoring system?
§ 60.5955What must I do if any of my continuous emission monitoring systems are temporarily unavailable to meet the data collection requirements?
Stack Testing60.5960 – 60.5985
§ 60.5960What types of stack tests must I conduct?
§ 60.5965How are the stack test data used?
§ 60.5970What schedule must I follow for the stack testing?
§ 60.5975What procedures and test methods must I use to stack test?
§ 60.5980May I conduct stack testing less often?
§ 60.5985May I conduct continuous monitoring or sampling in lieu of stack testing?
Other Monitoring Requirements60.5990 – 60.6015
§ 60.5990Must I meet other requirements for continuous monitoring?
§ 60.5995How do I monitor the load of my municipal waste combustor?
§ 60.6000How do I monitor the temperature of flue gases at the inlet of my particulate matter control device?
§ 60.6005How do I monitor the injection rate of activated carbon?
§ 60.6010What is the minimum amount of monitoring data I must collect with my continuous parameter monitoring systems?
§ 60.6015What requirements must I meet for estimating my municipal waste combustor capacity?
Recordkeeping60.6020 – 60.6050
§ 60.6020What records must I keep?
§ 60.6025Where must I keep my records and for how long?
§ 60.6030What records must I keep for the materials separation plan and siting analysis?
§ 60.6035What records must I keep for operator training and certification?
§ 60.6040What records must I keep for stack tests?
§ 60.6045What records must I keep for continuously monitored pollutants or parameters?
§ 60.6050What records must I keep for municipal waste combustors that use activated carbon?
Reporting60.6055 – 60.6110
§ 60.6055What reports must I submit before I submit my notice of construction?
§ 60.6060What must I include in my notice of construction?
§ 60.6065What reports must I submit after I submit my notice of construction and in what form?
§ 60.6070What are the appropriate units of measurement for reporting my data?
§ 60.6075When must I submit the initial performance test report?
§ 60.6080What must I include in my initial performance test report?
§ 60.6085When must I submit the annual report?
§ 60.6090What must I include in my annual report?
§ 60.6095What must I do if I am out of compliance with the requirements of this subpart?
§ 60.6100If a semiannual report is required, when must I submit it?
§ 60.6105What must I include in the semiannual out-of-compliance reports?
§ 60.6110Can reporting dates be changed?
Air Curtain Incinerators That Burn 100 Percent Wood Waste, Clean Lumber, and/or Yard Waste60.6115 – 60.6135
§ 60.6115What is an air curtain incinerator?
§ 60.6120What is yard waste?
§ 60.6125What are the emission limits for air curtain incinerators that burn 100 percent wood waste, clean lumber, and/or yard waste?
§ 60.6130How must I monitor opacity for air curtain incinerators that burn 100 percent wood waste, clean lumber, and/or yard waste?
§ 60.6135What are the recordkeeping and reporting requirements for air curtain incinerators that burn 100 percent wood waste, clean lumber, and/or yard waste?
Equations60.6140
§ 60.6140What equations must I use?
Definitions60.6145
§ 60.6145What definitions apply to this subpart?
Table 1 to Subpart VVVV
Large Municipal Waste Combustor Carbon Monoxide Limits
Table 2 to Subpart VVVV
Emission Limitations for New Large Municipal Waste Combustors
Table 3 to Subpart VVVV of Part 60
Requirements for Continuous Emission Monitoring Systems (CEMS)
Table 4 to Subpart VVVV
Performance Test Requirements for Compliance With Emissions Limits under § 60.5895
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