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Minnesota Rule 70 11.12 15 Page 1 of 3 Minnesota Rules; Table of Chapters Table of contents for Chatter 7011 7011.1215 APPLICABILITY OF STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE FOR WASTE COMBUSTORS. Subpart 1. Waste combustors. A person who constructs, modifies, reconstructs, or operates a waste combustor shall comply with parts 7011.1201 to 7011.1290, except as provided in subparts 2, 2a, and 3. subp. 2. Cofired facilities. A person who constructs, modifies, reconstructs, or operates a cofired unit is not a waste combustor, and shall comply with the applicable requirements of parts 7011.0500 to 7011.0551 or 7011.0600 to 7011.0625. Subp. 2a. Units combusting tires or fuel derived from tires. A waste combustor burning a single-item waste stream of tires or fuel derived from tires is not subject to parts 7011.1201 to 7011.1290 if the owner or operator notifies the commissioner in writing of its intent to combust only tires, and provides data documenting that the unit qualifies for this exemption. Subp. 2b. Units combusting waste contaminated with used oil. An owner of a solid-fuel-fired indirect or direct heating source burning fossil fuel with only wastes contaminated with used oil generated by the owner is not subject to parts 7011.1201 to 7011.1290. subp. 3. Exemptions from standards of performance. Crematoria, pathological waste combustors, and waste combustors used solely for the disposal of animal carcasses are exempt from the requirements of parts 7011.1210 to 7011.1290, and shall meet the conditions of this subpart. A. No owner or operator of a crematorium, pathological waste combustor unit, or waste combustor unit used solely for the disposal of animal carcasses shall cause to be emitted into the atmosphere gases which are greater than 20 percent opacity. B. Waste combustor owners and operators shall install and operate an afterburner which maintains flue gases at 1,200 degrees Fahrenheit for at least 0.3 seconds. C. Ash shall be stored and transported in such a manner to prevent avoidable amounts of particulate matter to become airborne. Subp . 4. Standards. The standards of parts 7011.1227, 7011.1228, 7011.1229, 7011.1230, 7011.1231, 7011.1233, 7011.1240, subpart 2, and 7011.1272, subpart 2, apply at all times when waste is being continuously burned, except during periods of start-up, shutdown, or malfunction, provided that the duration of start-up, shutdown, or malfunction does not exceed three hours. Fugitive emissions standards applicable to ash conveying systems do not apply during maintenance and repair of ash conveying systems. "Malfunction" means any sudden and unavoidable failure of air pollution control equipment or process equipment or of a process to operate in a normal or usual manner. Failures that are caused entirely or in part by h 07/1 6/2001