15A NCAC 02Q .0810. AIR CURTAIN BURNERS

(a)  This Rule applies to facilities whose only sources requiring a permit is one or more air curtain burners.

(b)  Any facility whose air curtain burners combust less than 8,100 tons of land clearing debris per year shall be exempted from the requirements of Section .0500 of this Subchapter.

(c)  The owner or operator of any air curtain burner exempted by this Rule from Section .0500 of this Subchapter shall submit to the regional supervisors of the appropriate Division regional office by March 1 of each year a report containing the following information:

(1)           the name and location of the facility;

(2)           the quantity of material combusted during the previous calendar year; and

(3)           the signature of the appropriate official as identified in Rule .0304(j) of this Subchapter certifying as to the truth and accuracy of the report.

(d)  The owner or operator of any facility exempted by this Rule from Section .0500 of this Subchapter shall provide documentation of the quantity of material combusted to the Director upon request. The owner or operator of a facility exempted by this Rule from Section .0500 of this Subchapter shall retain records to document the amount of material combusted per year for the previous three years.

(e)  For facilities covered by this Rule, the owner or operator shall report to the Director any exceedance of a requirement of this Rule within one week of its occurrence.

 

History Note:        Authority G.S. 143-215.3(a); 143-215.107(a)(10); 143-215.108;

Eff. December 1, 2005.