[Title 40 CFR 60.50c]
[Code of Federal Regulations (annual edition) - July 1, 2009 Edition]
[Title 40 - PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT]
[Chapter I - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)]
[Subchapter C - AIR PROGRAMS (CONTINUED)]
[Part 60 - STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE FOR NEW STATIONARY SOURCES--]
[Subpart Ec - Standards of Performance for Hospital/Medical/Infectious]
[Sec. 60.50c - Applicability and delegation of authority.]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]


40PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT62009-07-012009-07-01false60.50cSec. 60.50cPROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENTENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)AIR PROGRAMS (CONTINUED)STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE FOR NEW STATIONARY SOURCES--Standards of Performance for Hospital/Medical/Infectious
Sec. 60.50c  Applicability and delegation of authority.

    (a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) through (h) of this 
section, the affected facility to which this subpart applies is each 
individual hospital/medical/infectious waste incinerator (HMIWI) for 
which construction is commenced after June 20, 1996 or for which 
modification is commenced after March 16, 1998.
    (b) A combustor is not subject to this subpart during periods when 
only pathological waste, low-level radioactive waste, and/or 
chemotherapeutic waste (all defined in Sec. 60.51c) is burned, provided 
the owner or operator of the combustor:
    (1) Notifies the Administrator of an exemption claim; and
    (2) Keeps records on a calendar quarter basis of the periods of time 
when only pathological waste, low-level radioactivewaste and/or 
chemotherapeutic waste is burned.
    (c) Any co-fired combustor (defined in Sec. 60.51c) is not subject 
to this subpart if the owner or operator of the co-fired combustor:
    (1) Notifies the Administrator of an exemption claim;
    (2) Provides an estimate of the relative amounts of hospital waste, 
medical/infectious waste, and other fuels and wastes to be combusted; 
and
    (3) Keeps records on a calendar quarter basis of the weight of 
hospital waste and medical/infectious waste combusted, and the weight of 
all other fuels and wastes combusted at the co-fired combustor.
    (d) Any combustor required to have a permit under section 3005 of 
the Solid Waste Disposal Act is not subject to this subpart.
    (e) Any combustor which meets the applicability requirements under 
subpart Cb, Ea, or Eb of this part (standards or guidelines for certain 
municipal waste combustors) is not subject to this subpart.
    (f) Any pyrolysis unit (defined in Sec. 60.51c) is not subject to 
this subpart.
    (g) Cement kilns firing hospital waste and/or medical/infectious 
waste are not subject to this subpart.
    (h) Physical or operational changes made to an existing HMIWI solely 
for the purpose of complying with emission guidelines under subpart Ce 
are not considered a modification and do not result in an existing HMIWI 
becoming subject to this subpart.
    (i) In delegating implementation and enforcement authority to a 
State under section 111(c) of the Clean Air Act, the following 
authorities shall be retained by the Administrator and not transferred 
to a State:
    (1) The requirements of Sec. 60.56c(i) establishing operating 
parameters when using controls other than those listed in Sec. 
60.56c(d).
    (2) Alternative methods of demonstrating compliance under Sec. 
60.8.
    (j) Affected facilities subject to this subpart are not subject to 
the requirements of 40 CFR part 64.
    (k) The requirements of this subpart shall become effective March 
16, 1998
    (l) Beginning September 15, 2000, or on the effective date of an 
EPA-approved operating permit program under Clean Air Act title V and 
the implementing regulations under 40 CFR part 70 in the State in which 
the unit is located, whichever date is later, affected facilities 
subject to this subpart shall operate pursuant to a permit issued under 
the EPA approved State operating permit program.

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