§ 10.56.230. Incinerators.

A.

No person shall burn any refuse in any incinerator except in an incinerator having a rated capacity of one hundred pounds per hour or greater, with adequate auxiliary heat or other approved means to prevent air pollution or an air pollution nuisance. This requirement of a capacity of one hundred pounds per hour shall not apply to incinerators designed for and used exclusively as pathological incinerators.

B.

No person shall cause, suffer, allow or permit the emissions from any incinerator, having a charge rate of two thousand pounds per hour or less, particulate matter in quantities exceeding two-tenths grain per standard dry cubic foot of flue gases, adjusted to twelve percent carbon dioxide by volume excluding the contribution of auxiliary fuel.

C.

No person shall cause, suffer, allow or permit the emissions from any incinerator, having a charge rate greater than two thousand pounds per hour, particulate matter in quantities exceeding eight one-hundredths grain per standard dry cubic foot of flue gases, adjusted to twelve percent carbon dioxide by volume excluding the contribution of auxiliary fuel.

D.

Irrespective of the emission standards of this section, the metropolitan board of health, by regulation, may specify emission standards for any new, modified or existing incinerator located within or impacting on a nonattainment area.

E.

Tests to determine compliance with this section shall be performed as provided in Section 10.56.300.

F.

This section shall not apply to any incinerator covered by any regulation duly adopted by the board in accordance with Section 10.56.090.

(Prior code § 4-1-6)