(A) No person shall install or make any alteration or modification to an incinerator which affects the emission of air contaminants without first having obtained a permit from the director and paying the fee provided for in the general schedule of fees.
(B) A person making application for a permit shall furnish the information concerning the incinerator, as the Director may request, including the plans, specifications, manufacturer's descriptive literature and test reports.
(C) (1) All incinerators installed after the effective date of this chapter shall be multiple chambered, gas fired in the primary and secondary chamber and water scrubbed. All incinerators shall have a capacity of 75 pounds per hour or greater provided that this capacity shall not be applicable to incinerators designed and used exclusively as pathological incinerators.
(2) An incinerator of different construction may be used when the Director determines that the incinerator will be equally effective in controlling the emission of air contaminants and approves its installation.
(D) All incinerators shall be maintained and operated according to good practices.
(E) Incinerators with a maximum burning capacity of 200 pounds per hour or more shall not emit particulate matter in excess of 0.2 grains per dry cubic foot corrected to 12% CO, of exhaust gas under standard conditions. Incinerators with a maximum burning capacity of less than 200 pounds per hour or more shall not emit particulate matter in excess of 0.3 grains per dry cubic foot corrected to 12% of exhaust gas under standard conditions.
(F) Incinerators may emit dense smoke up to, but not exceeding an opacity designated as 40% as recorded by a certified visible emissions reader, for periods not exceeding 5 minutes in any 60-minute period and not exceeding 20 minutes in any 24-hour period.
(G) No permit shall be granted for the proposed installation, alteration or modification of an incinerator unless the conditions contained herein are satisfied.
(Prior Code, § 9-605) Penalty, see § 10.99