Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerator Shutdown

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-013449

1. Period of time after all waste has been combusted in the primary chamber. For continuous HMIWI, shutdown must commence no less than 2 hours after the last charge to the incinerator. For intermittent HMIWI, shutdown must commence no less than 4 hours after the last charge to the incinerator. For batch HMIWI, shutdown must commence no less than 5 hours after the high-air phase of combustion has been completed.

2. Period of time after all sewage sludge has been combusted in the primary chamber.

Table 1. Record
Identifier	MLC-T-ENV-013449
Field	Environment
References	40 CFR 62.14490 (CFR 2018); 40 CFR 62.16045 (CFR 2018)

Record as JSON

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  "term": "Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerator Shutdown",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Period of time after all waste has been combusted in the primary chamber. For continuous HMIWI, shutdown must commence no less than 2 hours after the last charge to the incinerator. For intermittent HMIWI, shutdown must commence no less than 4 hours after the last charge to the incinerator. For batch HMIWI, shutdown must commence no less than 5 hours after the high-air phase of combustion has been completed.\n\n2. Period of time after all sewage sludge has been combusted in the primary chamber.",
  "references": [
    "40 CFR 62.14490 (CFR 2018)",
    "40 CFR 62.16045 (CFR 2018)"
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  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/hospital-medical-infectious-waste-incinerator-shutdown/"
}

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