69Afterburners without catalytic control system

69 Afterburners without catalytic control system

69 Afterburners without catalytic control system

The occupier of premises must ensure an afterburner on the premises that does not employ a catalytic control system is operated in a way that ensures—

(a) the time between an air impurity entering and exiting the afterburner is—

(i) if the air impurity originates from material containing a principal toxic air pollutant—more than 2 seconds, or

(ii) otherwise—more than 0.3 seconds, and

(b) the temperature for the combustion of an air impurity by the afterburner is—

(i) if the air impurity originates from material containing a principal toxic air pollutant—more than 980°C, or

(ii) otherwise—more than 760°C, and

(c) the destruction efficiency of the plant, in relation to an air impurity entering the plant, is—

(i) if the air impurity originates from material containing a principal toxic air pollutant—more than 99.9999%, or

(ii) otherwise—more than 99.99%.

Maximum penalty—

(a) for a corporation—400 penalty units, or

(b) for an individual—200 penalty units.