No owner or operator of a new sewage sludge incinerator shall cause to be discharged into the atmosphere from the incinerator any gases which:
contain particulate matter in excess of 0.65 g/kg dry sludge input (1.30 lb/ton dry sludge input); or
exhibit 20 percent opacity or greater.
No owner or operator of a new sewage sludge incinerator shall operate such incinerator unless such incinerator utilizes auxiliary fuel burners that maintain a minimum temperature of 1200 degrees Fahrenheit for a minimum retention time of 0.3 second or other method of odor control as approved by the commissioner.
For the purposes of this part, "new sewage sludge incinerator" means a sewage sludge incinerator on which construction, modification, or reconstruction commenced after June 11, 1973.
MS s 116.07
L 1987 c 186 s 15; 18 SR 614; 22 SR 1237
February 25, 2008
Official Publication of the State of Minnesota
Revisor of Statutes