§ 24-118 Installation of refuse burning equipment, municipal equipment, incinerators and crematoriums.
AC § 24-118
No person shall cause or permit the installation of equipment designed to burn solid waste, as such term is defined in section 16-209 of the code, provided that the following equipment shall not be prohibited: (1) An incinerator operated by any hospital, biological laboratory or other medical facility required to incinerate dressings, biological and obstetrical wastes, contagious and infectious materials, disposable syringes and needles, amputations, and other materials under any state or local laws, or rules or regulations promulgated thereunder; or (2) Equipment operated by the department in connection with sewage treatment plants for energy generation; or (3) Equipment operated by or on behalf of the department of sanitation in connection with solid waste disposal or processing for energy generation or other resource recovery or such other purposes as may be permitted by the rules of the department; or (4) Crematoriums used to reduce human or animal remains to their basic elements using high heat. (Am. L.L. 2015/038, 5/6/2015, eff. 5/6/2016)
