ASME QMO-1:2000 pdf download STANDARD FOR THE !UAllFll ATION AND GERTIFICATION OF MEDICAL WASTE I N CI N ERATO R OP ERATORS
1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Scope
This Standard covers the qualification and certificationof operators of hospital, medical, and infectious wasteincinerators (HMIWI).
1.2 Purpose
This Standard provides requirements to be used incertifying operators of HMIWI facilities. These require.ments recognize the knowledge, training,and experiencein the physical operation of a facility needed to complywith the facility’s operating permits, occupational safetyrequirements,and related environmental criteria. ThisStandard provides an acceptable means to qualify operators of medical waste incinerators as required by40CFR60 subparts Ce and Ec.
This Standard does not cover the certification orvalidation of facility operating procedures, operatingpractices, facility performance, nor compliance withpermit requjrements.
1.3 Definitions
air pollution control system: air pollution control devices (APCD) and equipment incorporated into theexhaust gas stream of an incinerator to reduce emissionsto the atmosphere of solid or gaseous air pollutants.burn cycle: as used in para. 2.2.1 of this Standarda period containing a minimum of one of each of thefollowing medical waste incineration systems compo-nents: unit preheat, initiation of waste charging, wastedestruction, ash burn down (if applicable), unit shut一down and ash removal. Unit shutdown does not necessarily require that the incinerator be cooled to ambienttemperature. If appropriate, the burn cycle shall alsoinclude operation of waste heat recovery systems andair pollution control systems.
facility: the immediate area of the medical wasteincinerator system,including all waste storage equipment, handling equipment, treatment equipment, and al] structures and improvements that are directly relatedto the treatment of medical waste.
medical waste las defined in 40CFR60.51(c): generally includes any waste, including solid, semi-solid, orliquid material,generated in the diagnosis, treatmentor immmunization of huran beings or animals, in researchpertaining thereto, or in the production or testing ofbiologicals.This includes both regulated and non-regu-lated waste materials. Excluded from this definition isany solid waste regulated as a hazardous waste by thefederal government under the Resource Conservationand Recovery Act.
medical waste incinerator: any hospital, medical,orinfectious waste incinerator system [as defined in40CFR60.51(c)] including all equipment related to themedical waste incineration process, such as the feederto the incinerator, the incinerator itself, the gas cleaningequipmment,the residue management equipment, controland monitoring equipment, and any boiler or heatexchanger equipment that utilizes waste heat form theincinerator.
waste heat recovery system: any equipment, such asboilers or heat exchangers, incorporated into an incineration system to transfer heat from the incinerator exhaustgas to another medium for useful purposes.
2 DUTIES AND QUALIFICATIONS
2.1 Duties
This paragraph establishes the duties of the operatorfor the purpose of identifying facility personnel towhom this Standard applies at HMIWI facilities
2.1.1 The Operator class designation is as follows;(a) An operator is certified to operate a medicalwaste incinerator with a waste heat recovery and aitpollution control system.
(b) A medicalwaste incinerator system may haveany combination of waste heat recovery and air pollutioncontrol systems.
ASME QMO-1:2000 pdf download
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