Section 24-118. Installation of refuse burning equipment, other than municipal, prohibited; new installation

No person shall cause or permit  the installation of refuse burning equipment. This prohibition shall not
  apply to refuse burning equipment operated by:
    (1) 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  general  rubbish  under  the  public  health  law  or
  regulations thereunder; or
    (2) The department or the department of sanitation in connection  with
  sewage treatment plants and solid waste disposals; or
    (3)  The  department  of  transportation in connection with waterborne
  marine transportation facilities operated under its jurisdiction.