Posttrial burn

The purpose of a hazardous waste incinerator permit is to allow a new hazardous incinerator to establish conditions including, but not limited to, allowable waste feeds and operating conditions that will ensure adequate protection of human health and the environment. The incinerator permit covers four phases of operation pretrial bum, trial bum, posttrial burn, and final operating conditions. 

The posttrial bum period is the time for U.S. EPA to evaluate all of the data that were recorded during the incinerator s trial burn. To allow the operation of a hazardous waste incinerator following the completion of the trial bum, U.S. EPA establishes permit conditions sufficient to ensure that the unit will meet the incinerator performance standards. This posttrial burn period is limited to the minimum time required to complete the sampling, analysis, data computation of trial bum results, and the submission of these results to U.S. EPA. 

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