1. The director shall require that a regents university which operates an infectious medical waste incinerator shall conduct periodic monitoring, under the direction of the Iowa department of public health, and as required by the department of natural resources, to measure compliance with the emission limitations standards for toxic air pollutants adopted by rule of the department of natural resources. In order to continue incineration, the existing incinerator shall continue to meet the emission limitations standards for toxic air pollutants adopted by rule of the department of natural resources.
2. If monitoring results do not meet the emission limitations standards established, the director of the department of natural resources shall require that the university employ the best available control technology for toxics as defined by rule of the department of natural resources. Following employment of the best available control technology for toxics, if the incinerator does not meet the standards established, the permit for operation of the infectious medical waste incinerator shall be revoked.
91 Acts, ch 242, §3
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