Waste Incinerator Dioxin Control and Emission Standards Article 8

Incinerators shall be equipped with a control panel that displays real-time operating conditions listed in the foregoing article excluding Paragraph 1, Subparagraph 2 as well as the read outs from monitoring equipment for the opacity of particulate pollutants, carbon monoxide concentration, emission oxygen concentration.The monitoring results of the foregoing paragraph shall be recorded and reported to the local competent authority before the 15th day of each month.Incinerators shall conduct once a year regular tests of dioxin pollutants in stack emissions. Seven days before the initial regular test, a test plan shall be submitted to the local competent authority. If in subsequent regular tests the operational conditions of the incinerator are changed, an additional test plan shall be submitted.The test results shall be submitted to the local competent authority in a test report within 60 days after the test. The time interval between two consecutive regular tests shall be more than six months.From January 1, 2004, incinerators shall conduct twice yearly regular tests of dioxine pollutants in stack emissions. Each test shall be executed during the January-June period and during the July-December period.However, the two regular tests shall be spaced three to nine months apart and shall not be carried out within the month following annual maintenance.Incinerators of the foregoing paragraph shall submit a test plan to the local competent authority seven days before the initial regular test. Moreover, before each regular test, incinerators shall publicly announce the test date and test content at the incinerator plant or on the information website of the competent authority, or at an appropriate local location, while also notifying environmental groups and local resident representatives to participate in the supervision.The results of regular incinerator tests of the foregoing paragraph shall be submitted to the local competent authority in a test report within 60 days after the test. After review by the local competent authority, the test results shall be made public on the information website of the local competent authority for reference by all sectors.A single incinerator plant that has multiple incinerators of identical model, scale, operating conditions and pollution control equipment may select one incinerator above a certain quantity, in accordance with the content and regulations of the operating permit or after gaining approval from the local competent authority, and conduct the test. However, the incinerator in two consecutive tests may not be the same.The local competent authority may designate the certain quantity (X) of the foregoing paragraph according to following calculation method:X = lnN，by rounding decimals to the nearest whole number.ln: Natural logarithmN: Stationary pollution sources of identical model, scale, operating conditions and pollution control equipment, N≧2.