15A NCac 02q .0810      air curtain burners

(a)  This Rule shall apply to facilities whose only sources requiring a permit are one or more air curtain burners.

(b)  A facility whose air curtain burners combust less than 8,100 tons of land clearing debris per year shall be exempt from the requirements of 15A NCAC 02Q .0500.

(c)  The owner or operator of a air curtain burner exempted by this Rule from the requirements of 15A NCAC 02Q .0500 shall submit to the regional supervisor 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 a responsible official, as defined in 15A NCAC 02Q .0303, certifying as to the truth and accuracy of the report.

(d)  The owner or operator of a facility exempted by this Rule from the requirements of 15A NCAC 02Q .0500 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 the requirements of 15A NCAC 02Q .0500 shall retain records to document the amount of material combusted per year for the previous three years.

(e)  For facilities governed 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;

Readopted Eff. April 1, 2018.