All new and existing incinerators having a capacity greater than six thousand (6,000) pounds per hour and all incinerators used for the incineration of toxic and hazardous wastes shall be designed, operated, and maintained in accordance with this Chapter and Agency regulations.
A. License Required: It is unlawful for any person to construct, establish, maintain or operate an incinerator without first obtaining a license from the County Board for each incinerator so constructed, maintained or operated. The following information shall be submitted as a part of the application:
1. Plans And Specifications: A minimum of three (3) sets of construction plans and specifications, folded to eight and one- half inch by eleven inch (81/2" x 11") size, prepared by a registered engineer of Minnesota to serve as a basis for construction of facilities adequate to comply with this Chapter and Agency regulations. The construction plans and specifications shall include a plot plan showing land use, zoning, and the location, type and height of all buildings within five hundred feet (500') of the proposed installation.
2. Engineering Report: An engineering report including furnace design criteria and expected performance data, the present and future population and area to be served by the incinerator, and the characteristics, quantities and sources of solid waste to be incinerated.
3. Plans For Disposal Of Residue: Plans for the disposal of incinerator residue, and emergency disposal of solid waste in the event of major incinerator plant breakdown.
4. Owner: Owner of the incinerator.
5. Operation And Maintenance: Persons responsible for actual operation and maintenance of the plant, intended operating procedures, and provision proposed to be made for periodic training and retraining of operating and maintenance personnel.
6. Additional Information: Such additional information as may be requested by the Solid Waste Officer.
7. Notice To Local Government: Written proof that the applicable local government has been given at least thirty (30) days' notification of the pendency of the application for a license.
B. Construction, Operation And Maintenance Requirements: Incinerators shall be constructed, operated and maintained in accordance with recognized engineering principles and the following requirements:
1. Interference With Other Activities In Area; Traffic: The incinerator plant shall be so situated, equipped, operated and maintained as to minimize interference with other activities in the area. All incoming and outgoing traffic shall be controlled by the licensee in such a manner as to provide orderly and safe ingress and egress.
2. Shelter, Sanitary Facilities: Shelter and sanitary facilities adequate for plant personnel shall be provided at the site.
3. Sign: A permanent sign shall be posted at the entrance of the operation identifying the operation, and showing its Agency permit number, and indicating the hours and days when the operation is open for public use. Public access to the operation shall be limited to those times when authorized personnel are on duty.
4. Incoming Solid Waste: All incoming solid waste to be incinerated at the operation shall be confined to the unloading area. Adequate holding bin capacity shall be provided to accommodate all incoming solid waste.
5. Dust Control: Facilities shall be designed to provide for dust control in the unloading and charging areas, and dust control measures shall be employed throughout the operation to prevent avoidable amounts of particulate from becoming airborne.
6. Weighing Facilities; Records: The incinerator operation shall have weighing facilities available. Permanent records shall be maintained indicating the total weight of the material incinerated, the total quantity or resulting residue, the total hours of incinerator operation, and the means employed for disposal of residue. These records shall be submitted monthly to the Solid Waste Officer and the Agency in a form prescribed by the Agency.
7. Firefighting Equipment: Firefighting equipment, meeting the standards of Underwriters Laboratory, Inc., or such other nationally recognized safety standards as the Solid Waste Officer shall approve, shall be available in the storage and charging areas and elsewhere as needed.
8. Local Fire Protection Agency: Arrangements shall be made with the local fire protection agency to provide firefighting forces in an emergency.
9. Communication Facilities: Communication facilities adequate for emergency purposes shall be provided.
10. Cleaning Equipment: Equipment shall be provided in the storage and charging areas and elsewhere as necessary to allow cleaning after each day of operation and to maintain the operation in a sanitary condition.
11. Safety Equipment: All equipment throughout the operation, including, but not limited to, charging openings shall be provided with safety equipment.
12. Pyrometer: A continuously recording pyrometer shall be provided in order to maintain continuous records of temperature in the combustion chambers. Such records shall be submitted to the Solid Waste Officer on a monthly basis in a form prescribed by the Agency.
13. Residue: All residue removed from the incinerator operation shall be promptly disposed of in a sanitary landfill. Residue containing toxic or hazardous wastes shall be analyzed to determine its chemical composition, identified to the satisfaction of the Solid Waste Officer and disposed of in a toxic pit within the sanitary landfill or as otherwise designated by the Agency.
14. Performance Tests: Performance tests of the plant may be required by the Solid Waste Officer. A report covering the results of the performance tests in such cases shall be prepared by the design engineer of the project and submitted to the Solid Waste Officer with a copy of all supporting data.
15. Inspection: Upon completion of the plant and prior to initial operation, the Solid Waste Officer and the Agency shall be notified to allow their personnel to inspect the plant both prior to and during the performance tests. (Ord. 5, 12-12-1972)