[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 23]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR260.32]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 260--HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM: GENERAL--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart C--Rulemaking Petitions
 
Sec. 260.32  Variances to be classified as a boiler.

    In accordance with the standards and criteria in Sec. 260.10 
(definition of ``boiler''), and the procedures in Sec. 260.33, the 
Administrator may determine on a case-by-case basis that certain 
enclosed devices using controlled flame combustion are boilers, even 
though they do not otherwise meet the definition of boiler contained in 
Sec. 260.10, after considering the following criteria:
    (a) The extent to which the unit has provisions for recovering and 
exporting thermal energy in the form of steam, heated fluids, or heated 
gases; and
    (b) The extent to which the combustion chamber and energy recovery 
equipment are of integral design; and
    (c) The efficiency of energy recovery, calculated in terms of the 
recovered energy compared with the thermal value of the fuel; and
    (d) The extent to which exported energy is utilized; and
    (e) The extent to which the device is in common and customary use as 
a ``boiler'' functioning primarily to produce steam, heated fluids, or 
heated gases; and
    (f) Other factors, as appropriate.

[50 FR 662, Jan. 4, 1985, as amended at 59 FR 48041, Sept. 19, 1994]