[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 45 (Tuesday, March 9, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 11536-11554]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-3799]
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Part II
Environmental Protection Agency
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40 CFR Parts 60 and 63
Polymer and Resin Production Facilities (Groups I and IV) and Volatile
Organic Compound (VOC) From the Polymer Manufacturing Industry; Final
Rule and Proposed Rule
Federal Register / Vol. 64, No. 45 / Tuesday, March 9, 1999 / Rules
and Regulations
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 60 and 63
[AD-FRL-6301-6]
RIN 2060-AH-47
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
Emissions: Group I Polymers and Resins and Group IV Polymers and Resins
and Standards of Performance for Volatile Organic Compound (VOC)
Emissions from the Polymer Manufacturing Industry
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Direct final rule.
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SUMMARY: On September 5, 1996, the EPA issued the National Emission
Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Group I Polymers
and Resins (61 FR 46906); on September 12, 1996, the EPA issued the
Group IV Polymers and Resins NESHAP (61 FR 48208); and on December 11,
1990, the EPA issued the Standards of Performance for Volatile Organic
Compound (VOC) Emissions from the Polymer Manufacturing Industry (55 FR
51035). This action revises the promulgated rules by adding provisions,
correcting errors, and making clarifications in all of the above-
mentioned rulemakings, as described in the remainder of this document.
DATES: The direct final rule is effective May 10, 1999 without further
notice unless the Agency receives relevant adverse comments by April 8,
1999. (However, see information on the public hearing below.) Should
the Agency receive such comments, it will publish a timely withdrawal
informing the public that this rule will not take effect.
Public Hearing. If anyone contacts the EPA requesting to speak at a
public hearing by March 19, 1999, a public hearing will be held in
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, beginning at 10 a.m. on March
23, 1999. Persons interested in attending the hearing should call Ms.
Marguerite Thweatt at (919) 541-5673 to verify that a hearing will be
held. If a hearing is requested, written comments must be received by
April 23, 1999.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be submitted (in duplicate, if
possible) to: Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center (6102),
Attention Docket Number A-92-44 (Group I Polymers and Resins) and/or
Docket Number A-92-45 (Group IV Polymers and Resins), Room M-1500, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC
20460. The EPA requests that a separate copy of each public comment be
sent to the contact person listed below (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT). Comments may also be submitted electronically by following
the instructions provided in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
Docket. Docket numbers A-92-44 and A-92-45, containing information
relevant to this Direct Final Rule, are available for public inspection
between 8 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday (except for Federal
holidays) at the following address: U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center (MC-6102), 401
M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460. The docket is located at the above
address in Room M-1500, Waterside Mall (ground floor). Alternatively, a
docket index, as well as individual items contained within the docket,
may be obtained by calling (202) 260-7548 or (202) 260-7549. A
reasonable fee may be charged for copying.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Robert E. Rosensteel, Organic
Chemicals Group, Emission Standards Division (MD-13), U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
27711, telephone number (919) 541-5608.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Regulated Entities
Entities potentially regulated by this direct final rule include:
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Category Examples of regulated entities
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Industry..................... Butyl Rubber, Halobutyl Rubber,
Epichlorohydrin Elastomer, Ethylene
Propylene Rubber, HypalonTM, Neoprene,
Nitrile Butadiene Rubber, Nitrile
Butadiene Latex, Polybutadiene Rubber,
Styrene-Butadiene Rubber or Latex,
Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene Resin,
Styrene Acrylonitrile Resin, Methyl
Methacrylate Acrylonitrile Butadiene
Styrene Resin, Methyl Methacrylate
Butadiene Styrene Resin, Poly(ethylene
terephthalate) Resin, Polystyrene Resin,
Nitrile Resin, Polypropylene and
polyethylene producers
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This table is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather provides a
guide for readers regarding entities likely to be affected by this
action. To determine whether your facility is regulated by this direct
final rule, you should carefully examine the applicability criteria in
Secs. 63.480 and 63.1310 of the promulgated rules. If you have any
questions regarding the applicability of this direct final rule to a
particular entity, consult the person listed in the preceding FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
Electronic Access and Filing Addresses
This document, the promulgated texts, and other background
information are available in Docket Numbers A-92-44 and A-92-45 or by
request from the EPA's Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center
(see ADDRESSES). These documents can also be accessed through the EPA
web site at: http://www.epa.gov/ttn/oarpg. For further information and
general questions regarding the Technology Transfer Network (TTN), call
Mr. Hersch Rorex (919) 541-5637 or Mr. Phil Dickerson (919) 541-4814.
Electronic comments and data may be submitted by sending electronic
mail (e-mail) to: a-and-r-docket@epamail.epa.gov. Submit comments as an
ASCII file, avoiding the use of special characters and any form of
encryption. Comments and data will also be accepted on diskette in Word
Perfect 5.1 or 6.1 or ACSII file format. Identify all comments and data
in electronic form by the docket numbers A-92-44 and/or A-92-45. No
Confidential Business Information (CBI) should be submitted through
electronic mail. Electronic comments may be filed online at many
Federal Depository Libraries. For additional information concerning
comments, see the parallel proposal action found in the Proposed Rules
section of this Federal Register.
Outline
The information presented in this preamble is organized as follows:
I. Background
II. Summary of and Rationale for Revisions
A. Correction to Equation in Sec. 60.564
B. Modification of Compressors
C. Compliance Extension for Compressors
D. Changes to the 20 ppmv Organic HAP Outlet Concentration
Option for Group 1 Continuous Process Vents
E. Addition of New PET Compliance Options
F. Clarification of the Term ``Primary Condenser''
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G. References to Test Methods for the Polymers and Resins I Rule
H. Cross-reference and Grammatical Corrections in Emissions
Averaging Provisions
I. Removal of Reference to Obsolete HON Table
J. Clarification to Group 1 Storage Vessel Requirements in
Subpart JJJ
K. Process Vent Provisions for Affected Sources Producing
Acrylonitrile Styrene Acrylate Resin/Alpha Methyl Styrene
Acrylonitrile Resin (ASA/AMSAN)
L. Exemptions from Wastewater Provisions in Subpart JJJ
M. Amendments to Tables 3 and 5 of Subpart JJJ
III. Impacts
IV. Administrative Requirements
A. Docket
B. Executive Order 12866
C. Executive Order 12875: Enhancing Intergovernmental
Partnerships
D. Executive Order 13084: Consultation and Coordination with
Indian Tribal Governments
E. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
F. Regulatory Flexibility
G. Paperwork Reduction Act
H. Applicability of Executive Order 13045
I. Submission to Congress and the Comptroller General
J. National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act
I. Background
On September 5, 1996 (61 FR 46906), and September 12, 1996 (61 FR
48208), the EPA published the Group I Polymers and Resins NESHAP and
the Group IV Polymers and Resins NESHAP, respectively. These
regulations were promulgated as subparts U and JJJ in 40 CFR part 63.
On November 25, 1996 the EPA published an Advance Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking (ANPR) (61 FR 59849) informing the public of the intent to
propose amendments to the recently promulgated Group I Polymers and
Resins NESHAP and Group IV Polymers and Resins NESHAP.
Although it is anticipated that the amendments to the Group I and
Group IV Polymers and Resins NESHAP will be published simultaneously
with this Direct Final Rule, it is not likely that those amendments
will be finalized prior to Spring 1999. For that reason, the EPA is
publishing this direct final rule, which, as long as no relevant
adverse comments are received by April 8, 1999, will become effective
immediately (without further rulemaking action) on May 10, 1999. If
adverse comments are received on one or more of the distinct
amendments, paragraphs, or sections in this rulemaking, the EPA will
publish a timely withdrawal in the Federal Register withdrawing the
specific provisions that are the subject of adverse comment. Any
provision in today's rulemaking that does not receive adverse comment
will become effective on the date set out above, notwithstanding any
adverse comment on any other distinct provision in today's rulemaking.
The EPA is publishing this rule as a direct final rule because the EPA
views this as a noncontroversial amendment and anticipates no adverse
comments. However, should adverse comments be received on a distinct
provision in this rulemaking, the EPA will publish a timely withdrawal
in the Federal Register indicating which provisions will become
effective and which provisions are being withdrawn. If part or all of
this direct final rule is withdrawn, all public comments received will
be addressed in a subsequent final rule based on today's proposal. The
nature of the changes contained in today's direct final rule are such
that it will be of great benefit to industry and the States for these
changes to become effective sooner rather than later, as will be
described in more detail below.
II. Summary of and Rationale for Revisions
A. Correction to Equation in Sec. 60.564
The first correction that this direct final rule makes is to an
equation in Sec. 60.564 of the Standards for Performance for Volatile
Organic Compound (VOC) Emissions from the Polymer Manufacturing
Industry (subpart DDD). The equation in Sec. 60.564(h) is being
corrected so that the emission rate determined by the equation is
actually in kg total organic compound (TOC) per Mg product. During work
on the other changes contained in this direct final rule, the EPA
became aware that the promulgated version of the equation in
Sec. 60.564(h) misplaced the conversion factor between kilograms and
megagrams, resulting in an erroneous production rate of polymer. The
corrected equation results in the correct units for the emission rate
of TOC (i.e., kg TOC/Mg product).
B. Modification of Compressors
The remainder of the changes contained in this Direct Final Rule
are either in the Group I Polymers and Resins NESHAP, in the Group IV
Polymers and Resins NESHAP, or both. The NESHAP for Group I Polymers
and Resins and for Group IV Polymers and Resins omitted a provision
that is contained in the Hazardous Organics NESHAP (HON), 40 CFR part
63, subpart H, on which these provisions are based. This provision, as
added at Secs. 63.481(d)(1)(iv) and 63.1311(d)(1)(iv), specifies
another criterion to be considered in determining the compliance data
for compressors.
C. Compliance Extension for Compressors
This direct final rule includes new language in Sec. 63.1311(d)(4),
as Sec. 63.1311(d)(4)(ii), which corrects an error in the promulgated
paragraph. At promulgation, this paragraph identified two situations in
which a compliance extension could be requested. These situations are
if the compressor must be replaced or the distance piece must be
recast. A third situation (which was included in subpart U, as
Sec. 63.481(d)(4)(iii)) should have been included, which is if a design
modification is required to connect the compressor to a closed-vent or
recovery system. As part of adding this third situation, the paragraph
was reorganized to improve the clarity.
D. Changes to the 20 ppmv Organic HAP Outlet Concentration Option for
Group 1 Continuous Process Vents
Several changes have been made related to the 20 ppmv organic HAP
outlet concentration compliance option for Group 1 continuous process
vents subject to Secs. 63.485 or 63.1315, which reference to the HON
process vent requirements in Secs. 63.113 through 63.118. The outlet
concentration limit of 20 ppmv represents the performance limit of the
control technology (see 61 FR 43698, August 26, 1996, pg. 43704 for
more details). When determining compliance with the 20 ppmv outlet
concentration standard under Secs. 63.485 or 63.1315, the promulgated
rule required that the outlet concentration be corrected to 3 percent
oxygen. The changes made in this direct final rule only require a
correction to 3 percent oxygen if supplemental combustion air is used
to combust the emissions. A definition of supplemental combustion air
has also been added. Finally, similar language has been added as part
of adding a 20 ppmv outlet concentration compliance option to the
aggregate batch vent stream provisions. The addition of a 20 ppmv
organic HAP outlet concentration compliance option for aggregate batch
vent streams is discussed later in this preamble.
The Polymers and Resins I and IV rules refer directly to the HON
for control of continuous process vents subject to Secs. 63.485 or
63.1315. Both rules (Polymers and Resins I and IV) refer to, and are
based on, the HON process vent requirements for aggregate batch vent
streams. Under the HON, the correction to 3 percent oxygen is
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required for purposes of demonstrating compliance with the 20 ppmv
outlet concentration standard. The purpose of correcting an outlet
concentration to 3 percent oxygen is to prevent owners or operators
from diluting streams to meet the 20 ppmv outlet concentration
standard; dilution as a means of complying with a part 63 standard is
prohibited by the General Provisions (see Sec. 63.4(b)). The value of 3
percent originates from good engineering practices. Synthetic Organic
Chemical Manufacturing (SOCMI) facilities subject to the HON do not
typically have high oxygen, low VOC/HAP concentration streams; streams
from SOCMI unit operations are typically low oxygen, high VOC/HAP
concentration streams that require supplemental combustion air for
purposes of combusting the emissions. For such oxygen deficient vent
streams, adding the proper amount of supplemental combustion air would
result in the outlet stream containing approximately 3 percent oxygen.
The HON continuous process vent provisions are written assuming that
continuous process vents will require supplemental combustion air when
they are combusted, and therefore requires a 3 percent oxygen
correction for all continuous process vents to prevent dilution.
The concept of requiring the correction to 3 percent oxygen only
when supplemental combustion air is used, as is done in this direct
final rule has a precedent in the Polymer Manufacturing New Source
Performance Standards (NSPS). During development of the Polymer
Manufacturing NSPS, the issue of requiring a high oxygen, low VOC
concentration stream to correct the outlet concentration to 3 percent
oxygen was raised. Commenters made the point that an oxygen correction
may be appropriate for oxygen deficient streams where supplemental
combustion air has been added in order to ensure combustion of the
emissions, but such a correction is not appropriate for high oxygen,
low VOC concentration streams. Review of this concern revealed that
requiring an oxygen correction for processes with inherently high
oxygen concentration streams would amount to taking away the compliance
option of reaching the 20 ppmv outlet concentration. Because the
combination of low VOC/HAP concentration and technology limitations of
control devices sometimes make it impossible to achieve a 98 percent
emission reduction, the 20 ppmv outlet concentration may be necessary
for some streams. For the group of streams that cannot demonstrate a 98
percent emission reduction, failure to address this issue would make it
impossible for owners or operators to demonstrate compliance. As a
result of these considerations, the final rule for the Polymer
Manufacturing NSPS was changed to require a correction to 3 percent
oxygen only if supplemental combustion air was used to combust the
emissions.
The EPA has determined that a similar amendment is appropriate for
the Polymers and Resins I and IV rules. Accordingly, the EPA has
conducted a technical analysis to provide additional support for this
decision. The technical analysis is documented in a memorandum to the
project docket. The analysis found that an oxygen correction had not
been applied to the data used to develop the 20 ppmv outlet
concentration standard. Therefore, the 20 ppmv value is appropriate as
an outlet concentration standard for uncorrected outlet concentrations
(i.e., streams that do not require supplemental combustion air). This
amendment does not alter the use of the 20 ppmv value compliance option
where supplemental combustion air is used, provided, as with the
promulgated rule, a 3 percent oxygen correction is made. Because the
proper addition of supplemental combustion air should result in an
oxygen outlet concentration of approximately 3 percent, requiring a
correction to 3 percent oxygen should not change the outlet
concentration of VOC/HAP significantly, and will ensure that the 20
ppmv outlet concentration standard will not be met through dilution.
In conclusion, the Polymers and Resins I and IV rules regulate
industries (i.e., elastomer producers and thermoplastic producers,
respectively) that may contain high oxygen, low VOC/HAP concentration
process vent streams (e.g., streams that do not require supplemental
combustion air such as vent streams from dryers), as well as low oxygen
concentration streams. Therefore, for the same reason that a change was
made to the Polymer Manufacturing NSPS and based on the support
provided by the technical analysis described above, a provision to
require an outlet concentration oxygen correction only when
supplemental combustion air is used has been added to the continuous
process vent provisions (i.e., Secs. 63.485 and 63.1315) for the
Polymers and Resins I and IV rules. Similar changes have been made to
the aggregate batch vent stream provisions, as part of adding a 20 ppmv
outlet concentration compliance option to those provisions.
Definitions of ``supplemental combustion air'' and ``combustion
device burner''. The EPA has added a definition of supplemental
combustion air that reads as follows:
Supplemental combustion air means the air that is added to a
vent stream after the vent stream leaves the unit operation. Air
that is part of the vent stream as a result of the nature of the
unit operation is not considered supplemental combustion air. Air
required to operate combustion device burner(s) is not considered
supplemental combustion air.
In adding this definition, the EPA is distinguishing supplemental
combustion air from dilution air and from air required to operate the
combustion device burner(s). The second sentence of the definition
clarifies that a vent stream can contain air that is not considered to
be ``supplemental combustion air,'' as long as the air is part of the
vent stream prior to the vent stream leaving the unit operation. This
clarification ensures that processes operating at ambient or near
ambient oxygen levels are not considered to be using supplemental
combustion air. An example of this kind of process is a dryer, where
very high flow rates of ambient air are heated and blown over/through/
around polymer that is being dried and very low levels of HAP are
picked up as part of the drying process. The third sentence of the
definition clarifies that air used to operate combustion device
burner(s) is not considered supplemental combustion air. Failure to
include this clarification could allow the interpretation that every
combustion device uses supplemental combustion air. To further clarify
the meaning of this third sentence, the EPA has added a definition of
combustion device burner that reads as follows:
Combustion device burner means a device designed to mix and
ignite fuel and air to provide a flame to heat and oxidize waste
organic vapors in a combustion device.
The EPA is not amending the reference in these rules to the General
Provisions prohibition against dilution to prevent compliance through
dilution. Section 63.4(b), Circumvention, discusses the prohibition
against dilution, and specifically prohibits ``the use of diluents to
achieve compliance with a relevant standard based on the concentration
of a pollutant in the effluent discharged to the atmosphere.''
E. Addition of New PET Compliance Options
Section 63.1316(b), which specifies control requirements for
certain continuous process vents at
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poly(ethylene terephthlate) (PET) affected sources, has been amended to
add compliance options based on the use of combustion devices;
combustion controls allowed in other sections of this rule assure
highly efficient reduction of emissions. The changes to Sec. 63.1316(b)
contained in this direct final rule will provide the same option for
owners or operators of continuous dimethyl terephthalate (DMT) PET
processes and continuous terephthalic acid (TPA) PET processes.
The need for these changes became apparent when a request was
received from a company (Docket A-92-45, item VI-A-12) that wanted to
comply with the continuous process vent requirements of Sec. 63.1316(b)
using combustion controls. In one situation, the company is controlling
continuous process vents from a continuous DMT PET process with a
boiler that acheives a 99.99 percent emission reduction, based on
emission tests conducted by the EPA. In this case, emissions are
reduced to a much greater extent than the promulgated rule requires,
and wastewater streams from the process are also eliminated. In the
second case, the company is controlling continuous process vents from a
continuous TPA PET process with a catalytic incinerator that achieves
98 percent emission reduction. Wastewater discharges from the process
are eliminated in the second case, as well. Analysis shows that
emissions are reduced to a greater extent with the control systems
described above than would be achieved through compliance with the
separate, promulgated process vent and wastewater provisions (Docket A-
92-45, Item VI-B-22).
Therefore, the EPA believes that the same combustion control
options (including, but not limited to, thermal incinerators, catalytic
incinerators, boilers, or process heaters) that are allowed elsewhere
in this rule (for example in Sec. 63.1316(c) for polystyrene affected
sources) should be provided in Sec. 63.1316(b), since these combustion
devices are highly efficient techniques for reducing organic HAP
emissions. Also, the application of these combustion techniques allows
innovative control strategies, including pollution prevention measures
such as those described above, which might otherwise be discouraged
under the promulgated rule.
F. Clarification of the Term ``Primary Condenser''
In both the Group I and the Group IV Polymers and Resins NESHAP,
this Direct Final Rule is amending language in order to clarify what
these rules mean by the term ``primary condenser.'' This change is
being made in Secs. 63.488(a)(2) and 63.1323(a)(2). There was some
confusion over the language contained in those paragraphs at
promulgation (partially due to an inconsistency between the promulgated
preambles and the promulgated rules), and with the new language the EPA
hopes to eliminate any such confusion. As Secs. 63.488(a)(2) and
63.1323(a)(2) should make clear, a primary condenser can be a condenser
operating as a reflux condenser on either a reactor or distillation
column, or can be a condenser operating on a stripper or distillation
operation to recover monomer, reaction products, by-products, or
solvent.
G. References to Test Methods for the Polymers and Resins I Rule
This direct final rule is also adding references to the Test
Methods for the Polymers and Resins I Rule, which were finalized on
March 17, 1997 (62 FR 12546), and are contained in Appendix A of part
63. The newly added references to those Test Methods are contained in
Secs. 63.495(b)(3) and (e) and 63.505(e)(1)(ii).
H. Cross-Reference and Grammatical Corrections in Emissions Averaging
Provisions
This direct final rule is making cross-reference and grammatical
corrections (e.g., changing ``can'' to ``may,'' where appropriate)
throughout Secs. 63.503 and 63.1332. No substantive changes have been
made to either of those two sections.
I. Removal of Reference to Obsolete HON Table
In Secs. 63.506(e)(4)(ii)(H)(1) and 63.1335(e)(4)(ii)(L)(1), a
reference to Table 14b of subpart G has been removed, because that
table was removed in the promulgated amendments to the HON.
J. Clarification to Group 1 Storage Vessel Requirements in Subpart JJJ
A new paragraph is being introduced with this direct final rule
(Sec. 63.1314(b)(3)), in order to clarify that, for all storage vessels
that are not described in Sec. 63.1314(b)(1) or (2), the owner or
operator must control emissions to the level specified in Sec. 63.119.
K. Process Vent Provisions for Affected Sources Producing Acrylonitrile
Styrene Acrylate Resin/Alpha Methyl Styrene Acrylonitrile Resin (ASA/
AMSAN)
This direct final rule includes a new paragraph at Sec. 63.1315(e),
which states the special control level for process vents at affected
sources that produce acrylonitrile styrene acrylate resin (ASA) or
alpha methyl styrene acrylonitrile resin (AMSAN). In addition, a
reference to the new provisions in Sec. 63.1315(e) has been added in
Sec. 63.1321, as Sec. 63.1321(d).
L. Exemptions from Wastewater Provisions in Subpart JJJ
This direct final rule adds two paragraphs to Sec. 63.1330, both of
which act as exemptions from certain wastewater provisions in that
section. The new paragraphs are Sec. 63.1330(d) and (e), and pertain to
affected sources producing ASA/AMSAN and affected sources producing
polystyrene using a continuous or batch process.
M. Amendments to Tables 3 and 5 of Subpart JJJ
This direct final rule makes corrections and clarifications to both
Tables 3 and 5. In the amended Table 5, the entry for Group 1 storage
vessels associated with the production of styrene acrylonitrile resin
(SAN) was clarified and footnote ``d'' was added. Because there are
different control levels for different sets of storage vessels, the
promulgated table appeared to present overlapping capacity and vapor
pressure criteria, which was not the EPA's intent.
III. Impacts
The changes contained in this direct final rule are corrections and
clarifications of the EPA's intent at the promulgation of subparts U
and JJJ, and will not affect the estimated emissions reduction or the
control cost for these rules. These clarifications and corrections
should make it easier for owners and operators of affected sources, and
for local and State authorities, to understand and implement the
requirements found in subparts U and JJJ.
IV. Administrative Requirements
A. Docket
The docket is an organized and complete file of all the information
considered by the EPA in the development of this rulemaking. The docket
is a dynamic file, because material is added throughout the rulemaking
development. The docketing system is intended to allow members of the
public and industries involved to readily identify and locate documents
so that they can effectively participate in the rulemaking process.
Along with the proposed and promulgated standards and their preambles,
the contents of the docket will serve as the
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record in the case of judicial review. (See section 307(d)(7)(A) of the
Act.)
B. Executive Order 12866
Under Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993), the EPA
must submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review
significant regulatory actions. The Executive Order defines
``significant regulatory action'' as one that OMB determines is likely
to result in a rule that may:
(1) Have an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more or
adversely affect in a material way the economy, a sector of the
economy, productivity, competition, jobs, the environment, public
health or safety, or State, local, or Tribal governments or
communities;
(2) Create a serious inconsistency or otherwise interfere with an
action taken or planned by another agency;
(3) Materially alter the budgetary impact of entitlements, grants,
user fees, or loan programs, or the rights and obligations of
recipients thereof; or
(4) Raise novel legal or policy issues arising out of legal
mandates, the President's priorities, or the principles set forth in
the Executive Order.
It has been determined that this Direct Final Rule does not qualify
as a ``significant regulatory action'' under the terms of Executive
Order 12866 and, therefore, is not subject to review by the Office of
Management and Budget.
C. Executive Order 12875: Enhancing Intergovernmental Partnerships
Under Executive Order 12875, the EPA may not issue a regulation
that is not required by statute and that creates a mandate upon a
State, local, or tribal government, unless the Federal government
provides the funds necessary to pay the direct compliance costs
incurred by those governments, or EPA consults with those governments.
If EPA complies by consulting, Executive Order 12875 requires EPA to
provide to the Office of Management and Budget a description of the
extent of EPA's prior consultation with representatives of affected
State, local, and tribal governments, the nature of their concerns,
copies of any written communications from the governments, and a
statement supporting the need to issue the regulation. In addition,
Executive Order 12875 requires EPA to develop an effective process
permitting elected officials and other representatives of State, local,
and tribal governments ``to provide meaningful and timely input in the
development of regulatory proposals containing significant unfunded
mandates.''
Today's direct final rule does not create a mandate on State,
local, or tribal governments. This direct final rule does not impose
any enforceable duties on these entities. Accordingly, the requirements
of section 1(a) of Executive Order 12875 do not apply to this direct
final rule.
D. Executive Order 13084: Consultation and Coordination With Indian
Tribal Governments
Under Executive Order 13084, the EPA may not issue a regulation
that is not required by statute, that significantly or uniquely affects
the communities of Indian tribal governments, and that imposes
substantial direct compliance costs on those communities, unless the
Federal government provides the funds necessary to pay the direct
compliance costs incurred by the tribal governments, or EPA consults
with those governments. If EPA complies by consulting, Executive Order
13084 requires EPA to provide to the Office of Management and Budget,
in a separately identified section of the preamble to the rule, a
description of the extent of EPA's prior consultation with
representatives of affected tribal governments, a summary of the nature
of their concerns, and a statement supporting the need to issue the
regulation. In addition, Executive Order 13084 requires the EPA to
develop an effective process permitting elected and other
representatives of Indian tribal governments ``to provide meaningful
and timely input in the development of regulatory policies on matters
that significantly or uniquely affect their communities.''
This direct final rule does not impose any duties or compliance
costs on Indian tribal governments. Further, the direct final rule
provided herein does not significantly alter the control standards
imposed by subpart U or subpart JJJ for any source, including any that
may affect communities of the Indian tribal governments. Hence, today's
direct final rule does not significantly or uniquely affect the
communities of Indian tribal governments. Accordingly, the requirements
of section 3(b) of Executive Order 13084 do not apply to this direct
final rule.
E. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
Section 202 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA),
requires that the Agency prepare a budgetary impact statement before
promulgating a rule that includes a Federal mandate that may result in
expenditure by State, local, and tribal governments, in the aggregate,
or by the private sector, of more than $100 million in any one year.
Section 203 requires the Agency to establish a plan for obtaining input
from and informing, educating, and advising any small governments that
may be significantly or uniquely affected by the rule.
The EPA has determined that this direct final rule does not include
a Federal mandate that may result in estimated costs of, in the
aggregate, $100 million or more to either State, local, or tribal
governments in the aggregate, or to the private sector, and that this
direct final rule does not significantly or uniquely impact small
governments, because it contains no requirements that apply to such
governments or impose obligations upon them. The EPA has not prepared a
budgetary impact statement or specifically addressed the selection of
the least costly, most cost-effective, or least burdensome alternative.
In addition, because small governments will not be significantly or
uniquely affected by this rule, the Agency is not required to develop a
plan with regard to small governments. Therefore, the requirements of
the Unfunded Mandates Act do not apply to this direct final rule.
F. Regulatory Flexibility
The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) generally requires an agency
to conduct a regulatory flexibility analysis of any rule subject to
notice and comment rulemaking requirements unless the agency certifies
that the rule will not have a significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities. Small entities include small
business, small not-for-profit enterprises, and small governmental
jurisdictions. This direct final rule would not have a significant
impact on a substantial number of small entities, because it clarifies
and makes corrections to the promulgated versions of the Group I and IV
Polymers and Resins NESHAP, but imposes no additional regulatory
requirements on owners or operators of affected sources.
G. Paperwork Reduction Act
For both the Group I and Group IV Polymers and Resins NESHAP, the
information collection requirements (ICRs) were submitted to the OMB
under the Paperwork Reduction Act. At promulgation, OMB had already
approved the ICRs for the Group IV Polymers and Resins NESHAP and
assigned those standards the OMB control number 2060-0351.
Subsequently, the OMB approved the ICRs for the Group I Polymers and
Resins NESHAP, and on July 15, 1997 (62 FR 37720) the OMB control
number
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2060-0356 was assigned to the Group I Polymers and Resins NESHAP. An
Agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently
valid OMB control number. The OMB control numbers for the EPA's
regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter 15. The EPA
has amended 40 CFR part 9, Sec. 9.1, to indicate the ICRs contained in
the Group I and IV Polymers and Resins NESHAP.
The amendments to the NESHAP contained in this direct final rule
should have no impact on the information collection burden estimates
made previously. Therefore, the ICRs have not been revised.
H. Applicability of Executive Order 13045
Executive Order 13045: ``Protection of Children from Environmental
Health Risks and Safety Risks'' (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997) applies
to any rule that (1) is determined to be ``economically significant''
as defined under Executive Order 12866, and (2) concerns an
environmental health or safety risk that the EPA has reason to believe
may have a disproportionate effect on children. If the regulatory
action meets both criteria, the Agency must evaluate the environmental
health or safety effects of the planned rule on children, and explain
why the planned regulation is preferable to other potentially effective
and reasonably feasible alternatives considered by the Agency.
The EPA interprets Executive Order 13045 as applying only to those
regulatory actions that are based on health or safety risks, such that
the analysis required under section 5-501 of the Order has the
potential to influence the regulation. This direct final rule is not
subject to Executive Order 13045 because it does not establish an
environmental standard intended to mitigate health or safety risks.
I. Submission to Congress and the Comptroller General
The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., added by the
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, generally
provides that before a rule may take effect, the agency promulgating
the rule must submit a rule report, which includes a copy of the rule,
to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General of the
United States. The EPA will submit a report containing this direct
final rule and other required information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S.
House of Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the United
States prior to publication of this direct final rule in the Federal
Register. A major rule cannot take effect until 60 days after it is
published in the Federal Register. This direct final rule is not a
``major rule'' as defined by 5 U.S.C. Sec. 804(2).
J. National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act
Section 12(d) of the National Technology Transfer and Advancement
Act of 1995 (NTTAA) directs all Federal agencies to use voluntary
consensus standards instead of government-unique standards in their
regulatory activities unless to do so would be inconsistent with
applicable law or otherwise impractical. Voluntary consensus standards
are technical standards (e.g., material specifications, test methods,
sampling and analytical procedures, business practices, etc.) that are
developed or adopted by one or more voluntary consensus standards
bodies. Examples of organizations generally regarded as voluntary
consensus standards bodies include the American Society for Testing and
Materials (ASTM), the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), and
the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE). The NTTAA requires Federal
agencies like EPA to provide Congress, through OMB, with explanations
when an agency decides not to use available and applicable voluntary
consensus standards.
This action does not involve the proposal of any new technical
standards. The EPA welcomes comments on this aspect of the Direct Final
Rule and, specifically, invites the public to identify potentially-
applicable voluntary consensus standards and to explain why such
standards should be used in this regulation.
As part of a larger effort, the EPA is undertaking a project to
cross-reference existing voluntary consensus standards on testing,
sampling, and analysis with current and future EPA test methods. When
completed, this project will assist the EPA in identifying potentially-
applicable voluntary consensus standards which can then be evaluated
for equivalency and applicability in determining compliance with future
regulations.
List of Subjects
40 CFR Part 60
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Volatile organic
compounds.
40 CFR Part 63
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Hazardous
substances.
Dated: February 10, 1999.
Carol M. Browner,
Administrator.
For the reasons set out in the preamble, title 40, chapter I of the
Code of Federal Regulations is amended as follows.
PART 60--STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE FOR NEW STATIONARY SOURCES
1. The authority citation for part 60 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401, 7411, 7413, 7414, 7416, 7429, 7601,
and 7602.
Subpart DDD--Standards of Performance for Volatile Organic Compound
(VOC) Emissions From the Polymer Manufacturing Industry
* * * * *
2. Amend Sec. 60.564 by revising paragraph (h) introductory text to
read as follows:
Sec. 60.564 Test Methods and procedures.
* * * * *
(h) The owner or operator shall determine compliance with the mass
emission per mass product standards in Secs. 60.560(d) and (e) and in
Secs. 60.562-1(b)(1)(i), (c)(1)(i)(A), (c)(1)(ii)(A), (c)(2)(i), and
(c)(2)(ii)(A).
The emission rate of TOC shall be computed using the following
equation:
[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TR09MR99.004
Where:
ERTOC = Emission rate of total organic compounds (minus
methane and ethane), kg TOC/Mg product.
ETOC = Emission rate of total organic compounds (minus
methane and ethane) in the sample, kg/hr.
Pp = The rate of polymer produced, kg/hr.
Mg/1000 kg = Mg of polymer produced per kg of polymer produced.
* * * * *
PART 63--NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS
FOR SOURCE CATEGORIES
3. The authority citation for part 63 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
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Subpart U--National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutant
Emissions: Group I Polymers and Resins
4. Amend Sec. 63.481 by revising paragraphs (d)(1)(ii), and
(d)(1)(iii); and by adding paragraph (d)(1)(iv), to read as follows:
Sec. 63.481 Compliance schedule and relationship to existing
applicable rules.
* * * * *
(d) * * *
(1) * * *
(ii) A barrier fluid system will be installed;
(iii) A new barrier fluid will be utilized which requires changes
to the existing barrier fluid system; or
(iv) The compressor will be modified to permit connecting the
compressor to a fuel gas system or closed vent system, or be modified
so that emissions from the compressor can be routed to a process.
* * * * *
5. Amend Sec. 63.482 by adding, in alphabetical order, definitions
for ``combustion device burner'' and ``supplemental combustion air,''
to paragraph (b), to read as follows:
Sec. 63.482 Definitions.
* * * * *
(b) * * *
Combustion device burner means a device designed to mix and ignite
fuel and air to provide a flame to heat and oxidize waste organic
vapors in a combustion device.
* * * * *
Supplemental combustion air means the air that is added to a vent
stream after the vent stream leaves the unit operation. Air that is
part of the vent stream as a result of the nature of the unit operation
is not considered supplemental combustion air. Air required to operate
combustion device burner(s) is not considered supplemental combustion
air.
* * * * *
6. Amend Sec. 63.485 by revising paragraph (a); by adding and
reserving paragraphs (t) and (u); and by adding paragraph (v), to read
as follows:
Sec. 63.485 Continuous front-end process vent provisions.
(a) For each continuous front-end process vent located at an
affected source, the owner or operator shall comply with the
requirements of Secs. 63.113 through 63.118, except as provided for in
paragraphs (b) through (v) of this section. The owner or operator of
continuous front-end process vents that are combined with one or more
batch front-end process vents shall comply with paragraph (o) or (p) of
this section.
* * * * *
(v) When a combustion device is used to comply with the 20 parts
per million by volume outlet concentration standard specified in
Sec. 63.113(a)(2), the correction to 3 percent oxygen is only required
when supplemental combustion air is used to combust the emissions, for
the purposes of this subpart. In addition, the correction to 3 percent
oxygen specified in Sec. 63.116(c)(3) and (c)(3)(iii) is only required
when supplemental combustion air is used to combust the emissions, for
the purposes of this subpart. Finally, when a combustion device is used
to comply with the 20 parts per million by volume outlet concentration
standard specified in Sec. 63.113(a)(2), an owner or operator shall
record and report the outlet concentration required in
Sec. 63.117(a)(4)(ii) and (a)(4)(iv) corrected to 3 percent oxygen when
supplemental combustion air is used to combust the emissions, for the
purposes of this subpart. When supplemental combustion air is not used
to combust the emissions, an owner or operator may record and report
the outlet concentration required in Sec. 63.117(a)(4)(ii) and
(a)(4)(iv) on an uncorrected basis or corrected to 3 percent oxygen,
for the purposes of this subpart.
7. Amend Sec. 63.487 by revising paragraph (b)(2), to read as
follows:
Sec. 63.487 Batch front-end process vents--reference control
technology.
* * * * *
(b) * * *
(2) For each aggregate batch vent stream, reduce organic HAP
emissions by 90 weight percent or to a concentration of 20 parts per
million by volume, whichever is less stringent, on a continuous basis
using a control device. For purposes of complying with the 20 parts per
million by volume outlet concentration standard, the outlet
concentration shall be calculated on a dry basis. When a combustion
device is used for purposes of complying with the 20 parts per million
by volume outlet concentration standard, the concentration shall be
corrected to 3 percent oxygen if supplemental combustion air is used to
combust the emissions. If supplemental combustion air is not used, a
correction to 3 percent oxygen is not required.
* * * * *
8. Amend Sec. 63.488 by revising paragraph (a)(2), to read as
follows:
Sec. 63.488 Methods and procedures for batch front-end process vent
group determination.
(a) * * *
(2) The annual uncontrolled organic HAP or TOC emissions and annual
average batch vent flow rate shall be determined at the exit from the
batch unit operation. For the purposes of these determinations, the
primary condenser operating as a reflux condenser on a reactor or
distillation column, the primary condenser recovering monomer, reaction
products, by-products, or solvent from a stripper operated in batch
mode, and the primary condenser recovering monomer, reaction products,
by-products, or solvent from a distillation operation operated in batch
mode shall be considered part of the batch unit operation. All other
devices that recover or oxidize organic HAP or TOC vapors shall be
considered control devices as defined in Sec. 63.482.
* * * * *
9. Amend Sec. 63.490 by revising paragraph (e) introductory text
and by adding paragraph (e)(3), to read as follows:
Sec. 63.490 Batch front-end process vents--performance test methods
and procedures to determine compliance.
* * * * *
(e) Aggregate batch vent stream testing for compliance with
Sec. 63.487(b)(2). Except as specified in paragraphs (e)(1) through
(e)(3) of this section, owners or operators of aggregate batch vent
streams complying with Sec. 63.487(b)(2) shall conduct a performance
test using the performance testing procedures for continuous front-end
process vents in Sec. 63.116(c).
* * * * *
(3) When a combustion device is used to comply with the 20 parts
per million by volume outlet concentration standard specified in
Sec. 63.487(b)(2), the correction to 3 percent oxygen specified in the
performance testing procedures of Sec. 63.116(c)(3) and (c)(3)(iii) is
only required when supplemental combustion air is used to combust the
emissions, for the purposes of this subpart.
* * * * *
10. Amend Sec. 63.491 by revising paragraph (b)(4) introductory
text and adding paragraph (b)(5), to read as follows:
Sec. 63.491 Batch front-end process vents--recordkeeping requirements.
* * * * *
(b) * * *
(4) The following information when using a control device to meet
the
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percent reduction requirement specified in Sec. 63.487 (a)(2) or
(b)(2):
* * * * *
(5) When complying with the 20 parts per million by volume outlet
concentration standard specified in Sec. 63.487(b)(2), records of the
outlet concentration of organic HAP or TOC on a dry basis. If
supplemental combustion air is used to combust the emissions, the
outlet concentration shall be corrected to 3 percent oxygen. If
supplemental combustion air is not used, a correction to 3 percent
oxygen is not required.
* * * * *
11. Amend Sec. 63.495 by revising paragraph (b)(3) and adding
paragraph (e) to read as follows:
Sec. 63.495 Back-end process provisions--procedures to determine
compliance using stripping technology.
* * * * *
(b) * * *
(3) The residual organic HAP content in each sample is to be
determined using the Methods specified in paragraph (e) of this
section.
* * * * *
(e) The residual organic HAP content in each sample is to be
determined using the methods specified in paragraphs (e)(1) through
(e)(5) of this section, as applicable.
(1) For styrene butadiene rubber produced by the emulsion process,
either Method 312a, 312b, or 312c of 40 CFR part 63, appendix A, shall
be used.
(2) For styrene butadiene rubber produced by the solution process,
either Method 313a or 313b of 40 CFR part 63, appendix A, shall be
used.
(3) For polybutadiene rubber produced by the solution process,
either Method 313a or 313b of 40 CFR part 63, appendix A, shall be
used.
(4) For ethylene-propylene rubber produced by the solution process,
either Method 310a, 310b, or 310c of 40 CFR part 63, appendix A, shall
be used.
(5) Alternatively, any other method that has been validated
according to the applicable procedures in Method 301 of 40 CFR part 63,
appendix A, may be used.
* * * * *
12. Amend Sec. 63.503 by revising paragraphs (a) introductory text,
(a)(2), (a)(3), (c) introductory text, (c)(2), (c)(5)(i), (c)(5)(ii),
(d)(5), (e)(3)(ii), (e)(5), (g)(1), (g)(2)(ii)(A), (g)(2)(iii)(B)(1),
(g)(2)(iii)(B)(2), (g)(3), (g)(5), (g)(7)(ii)(A), (h)(1) introductory
text, (h)(3), (h)(5), (h)(6)(ii) introductory text (the Equation
remains unchanged), (h)(7)(ii) introductory text, (i) introductory
text, (i)(1) introductory text, (i)(1)(iii), (i)(2), (i)(3), (i)(5)
introductory text, (i)(5)(i), (j)(2) introductory text, (j)(2)(ii)(B),
(j)(2)(ii)(D), (j)(2)(ii)(E), (j)(2)(iv), (j)(2)(v), (k) introductory
text, (k)(4) introductory text, (m)(1)(i), (m)(1)(ii), (m)(1)(iii),
(m)(2)(i), (m)(2)(ii), (m)(3)(i), (m)(3)(ii), (m)(3)(iii), (m)(4)(ii),
(m)(5)(i), (m)(5)(ii), (m)(5)(iii), and (m)(5)(iv), to read as follows:
Sec. 63.503 Emissions averaging provisions.
(a) This section applies to owners or operators of existing
affected sources who seek to comply with Sec. 63.483(b) by using
emissions averaging rather than following the provisions of
Secs. 63.484, 63.485, 63.486, 63.494, and 63.501.
* * * * *
(2) Compliance with the provisions of this section may be based on
either organic HAP or TOC.
(3) For the purposes of the provisions in this section, whenever
Method 18, 40 CFR part 60, appendix A, is specified within the
paragraphs of this section or is specified by reference through
provisions outside this section, Method 18 or Method 25A, 40 CFR part
60, appendix A, may be used. The use of Method 25A, 40 CFR part 60,
appendix A, shall conform with the requirements in paragraphs (a)(3)(i)
and (a)(3)(ii) of this section.
(i) The organic HAP used as the calibration gas for Method 25A, 40
CFR part 60, appendix A, shall be the single organic HAP representing
the largest percent by volume of the emissions.
(ii) The use of Method 25A, 40 CFR part 60, appendix A, is
acceptable if the response from the high-level calibration gas is at
least 20 times the standard deviation of the response from the zero
calibration gas when the instrument is zeroed on the most sensitive
scale.
* * * * *
(c) Paragraphs (c)(1) through (c)(4) of this section describe the
emission points that may be used to generate emissions averaging
credits if control was applied after November 15, 1990 and if
sufficient information is available to determine the appropriate value
of credits for the emission point. Paragraph (c)(5) of this section
discusses the use of pollution prevention in generating emissions
averaging credits.
* * * * *
(2) Storage vessels, continuous front-end process vents, and
process wastewater steams that are determined to be Group 1 emission
points and that are controlled by a technology that the Administrator
or permitting authority agrees has a higher nominal efficiency than the
reference control technology. Information on the nominal efficiencies
for such technologies shall be submitted and approved as provided in
paragraph (i) of this section.
* * * * *
(5) * * *
(i) For a Group 1 storage vessel, batch front-end process vent,
aggregate batch vent stream, continuous front-end process vent, or
process wastewater stream, the pollution prevention measure shall
reduce emissions more than if the reference control technology or
standard had been applied to the emission point instead of the
pollution prevention measure, except as provided in paragraph
(c)(5)(ii) of this section.
(ii) If a pollution prevention measure is used in conjunction with
other controls for a Group 1 storage vessel, batch front-end process
vent, aggregate batch vent stream, continuous front-end process vent,
or process wastewater stream, the pollution prevention measure alone
does not have to reduce emissions more than the reference control
technology or standard, but the combination of the pollution prevention
measure and other controls shall reduce emissions more than if the
applicable reference control technology or standard had been applied
instead of the pollution prevention measure.
(d) * * *
(5) Emission points controlled to comply with a State or Federal
rule other than this subpart cannot be used to generate credits, unless
the level of control has been increased after November 15, 1990 to a
level above what is required by the other State or Federal rule. Only
the control above what is required by the other State or Federal rule
will be credited. However, if an emission point has been used to
generate emissions averaging credit in an approved emissions average,
and the emission point is subsequently made subject to a State or
Federal rule other than this subpart, the emission point may continue
to generate emissions averaging credit for the purpose of complying
with the previously approved emissions average.
(e) * * *
(3) * * *
(ii) The initial demonstration in the Emissions Averaging Plan or
operating permit application that credit-generating emission points
will be capable of generating sufficient credits to offset the debits
from the debit-generating emission points shall be made under
representative operating conditions. After the compliance date, actual
operating data will be used for all debit and credit calculations.
* * * * *
(5) Record and report quarterly and annual credits and debits in
the Periodic
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Reports as specified in Sec. 63.506(e)(6). Every fourth Periodic Report
shall include a certification of compliance with the emissions
averaging provisions as required by Sec. 63.506(e)(6)(x)(C)(2).
* * * * *
(g) * * *
(1) Source-wide debits shall be calculated using Equation 33.
Debits and all terms of the equation are in units of megagrams per
month (Mg/month):
[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TR09MR99.005
Where:
ECFEPViACTUAL = Emissions from each Group 1 continuous
front-end process vent i that is uncontrolled or is controlled to a
level less stringent than the applicable reference control
technology. ECFEPViACTUAL is calculated according to
paragraph (g)(2)(iii) of this section.
(0.02)ECFEPViu = Emissions from each Group 1 continuous
front-end process vent i if the applicable reference control
technology had been applied to the uncontrolled emissions.
ECFEPViu is calculated according to paragraph (g)(2)(ii)
of this section.
ESiACTUAL = Emissions from each Group 1 storage vessel i
that is uncontrolled or is controlled to a level less stringent than
the applicable reference control technology or standard.
ESiACTUAL is calculated according to paragraph (g)(3) of
this section.
(0.05)ESiu = Emissions from each Group 1 storage vessel i
if the applicable reference control technology or standard had been
applied to the uncontrolled emissions. ESiu is calculated
according to paragraph (g)(3) of this section.
EBEPACTUAL = Emissions from back-end process operations
that do not meet the residual organic HAP limits in Sec. 63.494.
EBEPACTUAL is calculated according to paragraph (g)(4)(i)
of this section.
EBEPc = Emissions from back-end process operations if the
residual organic HAP limits in Sec. 63.494(a) were met.
EBEPc is calculated according to paragraph (g)(4)(ii) of
this section.
EWWiACTUAL = Emissions from each Group 1 wastewater
stream i that is uncontrolled or is controlled to a level less
stringent than the applicable reference control technology.
EWWiACTUAL is calculated according to paragraph (g)(5) of
this section.
EWWic = Emissions from each Group 1 wastewater stream i
if the reference control technology had been applied to the
uncontrolled emissions. EWWic is calculated according to
paragraph (g)(5) of this section.
EBFEPViACTUAL = Emissions from each Group 1 batch front-
end process vent stream i that is uncontrolled or is controlled to a
level less stringent than the applicable standard.
EBFEPViACTUAL is calculated according to paragraph
(g)(6)(ii) of this section.
(0.1) EBFEPViu = Emissions from each Group 1 batch front-
end process vent i if the applicable standard had been applied to
the uncontrolled emissions. EBFEPViu is calculated
according to paragraph (g)(6)(i) of this section.
EABViACTUAL = Emissions from each Group 1 aggregate batch
vent stream i that is uncontrolled or is controlled to a level less
stringent than the applicable standard. EABViACTUAL is
calculated according to paragraph (g)(7)(iii) of this section.
(0.1) EABViu = Emissions from each Group 1 aggregate
batch vent stream i if the applicable standard had been applied to
the uncontrolled emissions. EABViu is calculated
according to paragraph (g)(7)(ii) of this section.
n = The number of emission points being included in the emissions
average.
(2) * * *
(ii) * * *
(A) The values of Q and Cj shall be determined during a
performance test conducted under representative operating conditions.
The values of Q and Cj shall be established in the
Notification of Compliance Status and shall be updated as provided in
paragraph (g)(2)(ii)(B) of this section.
* * * * *
(iii) * * *
* * * * *
(B) * * *
(1) The percent reduction shall be measured according to the
procedures in Sec. 63.116 if a combustion control device is used. For a
flare meeting the criteria in Sec. 63.116(a), or a boiler or process
heater meeting the criteria in Sec. 63.116(b), the percent reduction
shall be 98 percent. If a noncombustion control device is used, percent
reduction shall be demonstrated by a performance test at the inlet and
outlet of the device, or, if testing is not feasible, by a control
design evaluation and documented engineering calculations.
(2) For determining debits from Group 1 continuous front-end
process vents, product recovery devices shall not be considered control
devices and cannot be assigned a percent reduction in calculating
ECFEPViACTUAL. The sampling site for measurement of
uncontrolled emissions is after the final product recovery device.
However, as provided in Sec. 63.113(a)(3), a Group 1 continuous front-
end process vent may add sufficient product recovery to raise the TRE
index value above 1.0, thereby becoming a Group 2 continuous front-end
process vent. Such a continuous front-end process vent would not be a
Group 1 continuous front-end process vent and would, therefore, not be
included in determining debits under this paragraph.
* * * * *
(3) Emissions from storage vessels shall be calculated using the
procedures specified in Sec. 63.150(g)(3).
* * * * *
(5) Emissions from wastewater shall be calculated using the
procedures specified in Sec. 63.150(g)(5).
* * * * *
(7) * * *
(ii) * * *
(A) The values of Q and Cj shall be determined during a
performance test conducted under representative operating conditions.
The values of Q and Cj shall be established in the
Notification of Compliance Status and shall be updated as provided in
paragraph (g)(7)(ii)(B) of this section.
* * * * *
(h) * * *
(1) Source-wide credits shall be calculated using Equation 41.
Credits and all terms of the equation are in units of Mg/month, and the
baseline date is November 15, 1990:
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Where:
D = Discount factor = 0.9 for all credit generating emission points,
except those controlled by a pollution prevention measure; discount
factor = 1.0 for each credit generating emission point controlled by
a pollution prevention measure (i.e., no discount provided).
ECFEPV1iACTUAL = Emissions for each Group 1 continuous
front-end process vent i that is controlled to a level more
stringent than the reference control technology.
ECFEPV1iACTUAL is calculated according to paragraph
(h)(2)(ii) of this section.
(0.02)ECFEPV1iu = Emissions from each Group 1 continuous
front-end process vent i if the reference control technology had
been applied to the uncontrolled emissions. ECFEPV1iu is
calculated according to paragraph (h)(2)(i) of this section.
ECFEPV2iACTUAL = Emissions from each Group 2 continuous
front-end process vent i that is controlled.
ECFEPV2iACTUAL is calculated according to paragraph
(h)(2)(iii) of this section.
ECFEPV2iBASE = Emissions from each Group 2 continuous
front-end process vent i at the baseline date.
ECFEPV1iBASE is calculated in paragraph (h)(2)(iv) of
this section.
ES1iACTUAL = Emissions from each Group 1 storage vessel i
that is controlled to a level more stringent than the reference
control technology or standard. ES1iACTUAL is calculated
according to paragraph (h)(3) of this section.
(0.05) ES1iu = Emissions from each Group 1 storage vessel
i if the reference control technology had been applied to the
uncontrolled emissions. ES1iu is calculated according to
paragraph (h)(3) of this section.
ES2iACTUAL = Emissions from each Group 2 storage vessel i
that is controlled. ES2iACTUAL is calculated according to
paragraph (h)(3) of this section.
ES2iBASE = Emissions from each Group 2 storage vessel i
at the baseline date. ES2iBASE is calculated in paragraph
(h)(3) of this section.
EBEPACTUAL = Actual emissions from back-end process
operations, Mg/month. EBEPACTUAL is calculated in
paragraph (h)(4)(i) of this section.
EBEPc = Emissions from back-end process operations if the
residual organic HAP limits in Sec. 63.494(a) were met, Mg/month.
EBEPc is calculated in paragraph (h)(4)(ii) of this
section.
EWW1iACTUAL = Emissions from each Group 1 wastewater
stream i that is controlled to a level more stringent than the
reference control technology. EWW1iACTUAL is calculated
according to paragraph (h)(5) of this section.
EWW1ic = Emissions from each Group 1 wastewater stream i
if the reference control technology had been applied to the
uncontrolled emissions. EWW1ic is calculated according to
paragraph (h)(5) of this section.
EWW2iACTUAL = Emissions from each Group 2 wastewater
stream i that is controlled. EWW2iACTUAL is calculated
according to paragraph (h)(5) of this section.
EWW2iBASE = Emissions from each Group 2 wastewater stream
i at the baseline date. EWW2iBASE is calculated according
to paragraph (h)(5) of this section.
(0.1) EBFEPV1iu = Emissions from each Group 1 batch
front-end process vent i if the applicable standard had been applied
to the uncontrolled emissions. EBFEPViu is calculated
according to paragraph (h)(6)(i) of this section.
EBFEPV1iACTUAL = Emissions from each Group 1 batch front-
end process vent i that is controlled to a level more stringent than
the applicable standard. EBFEPV1iACTUAL is calculated
according to paragraph (h)(6)(ii) of this section.
(0.1)EABV1iu = Emissions from each Group 1 aggregate
batch vent stream i if the applicable standard had been applied to
the uncontrolled emissions. EABV1iu is calculated
according to paragraph (h)(7)(i) of this section.
EABV1iACTUAL = Emissions from each Group 1 aggregate
batch vent stream i that is controlled to a level more stringent
than the applicable standard. EABV1iACTUAL is calculated
according to paragraph (h)(7)(ii) of this section.
EBFEPV2iBASE = Emissions from each Group 2 batch front-
end process vent i at the baseline date.
EBFEPV2iBASE is calculated according to paragraph
(h)(6)(iv) of this section.
EBFEPV2iACTUAL = Emissions from each Group 2 batch front-
end process vent i that is controlled. EBFEPV2iACTUAL is
calculated according to paragraph (h)(6)(iii) of this section.
EABV2iBASE = Emissions from each Group 2 aggregate batch
vent stream i at the baseline date. EABV2iBASE is
calculated according to paragraph (g)(7)(iv) of this section.
EABV2iACTUAL = Emissions from each Group 2 aggregate
batch vent stream i that is controlled. EABV2iACTUAL is
calculated according to paragraph (h)(7)(iii) of this section.
n = Number of Group 1 emission points included in the emissions
average. The value of n is not necessarily the same for continuous
front-end process vents, batch front-end process vents, aggregate
batch vent streams, storage vessels, wastewater streams, or the
collection of process sections within the affected source.
m = Number of Group 2 emission points included in the emissions
average. The value of m is not necessarily the same for continuous
front-end process vents, batch front-end process vents, aggregate
batch vent streams, storage vessels, wastewater streams, or the
collection of process sections within the affected source.
* * * * *
(3) Emissions from storage vessels shall be calculated using the
procedures specified in Sec. 63.150(h)(3).
* * * * *
(5) Emissions from wastewater streams shall be calculated using the
procedures specified in Sec. 63.150(h)(5).
(6) * * *
(ii) Actual emissions from Group 1 batch front-end process vents
controlled to a level more stringent than the standard
(EBFEPV1iACTUAL) shall be calculated using Equation 46,
where percent reduction is for the batch cycle: [Equation 46 is
unchanged.]
* * * * *
(7) * * *
(ii) Actual emissions from Group 1 aggregate batch vent streams
controlled
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to a level more stringent than the standard (EABV1iACTUAL)
shall be calculated using Equation 49:
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* * * * *
(i) The following procedures shall be followed to establish nominal
efficiencies for emission controls for storage vessels, continuous
front-end process vents, and process wastewater streams. The procedures
in paragraphs (i)(1) through (i)(6) of this section shall be followed
for control technologies that are different in use or design from the
reference control technologies and achieve greater percent reductions
than the percent efficiencies assigned to the reference control
technologies in Sec. 63.111.
(1) In those cases where the owner or operator is seeking
permission to take credit for use of a control technology that is
different in use or design from the reference control technology, and
the different control technology will be used in more than three
applications at a single plant-site, the owner or operator shall submit
the information specified in paragraphs (i)(1)(i) through (i)(1)(iv) of
this section, as specified in Sec. 63.1335(e)(7)(ii), to the Director
of the EPA Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, in writing.
* * * * *
(iii) Documentation demonstrating to the Administrator's
satisfaction the control efficiency of the control technology. This may
include performance test data collected using an appropriate EPA Method
or any other method validated according to Method 301, 40 CFR part 63,
appendix A. If it is infeasible to obtain test data, documentation may
include a design evaluation and calculations. The engineering basis of
the calculation procedures and all inputs and assumptions made in the
calculations shall be documented.
* * * * *
(2) The Administrator shall determine within 120 days whether an
application presents sufficient information to determine nominal
efficiency. The Administrator reserves the right to request specific
data in addition to the items listed in paragraph (i)(1) of this
section.
(3) The Administrator shall determine within 120 days of the
submittal of sufficient data whether a control technology shall have a
nominal efficiency and the level of that nominal efficiency. If, in the
Administrator's judgment, the control technology achieves a level of
emission reduction greater than the reference control technology for a
particular kind of emission point, the Administrator will publish a
Federal Register notice establishing a nominal efficiency for the
control technology.
* * * * *
(5) In those cases where the owner or operator is seeking
permission to take credit for use of a control technology that is
different in use or design from the reference control technology and
the different control technology will be used in no more than three
applications at a single plant site, the owner or operator shall submit
the information listed in paragraph (i)(1)(i) as specified in
Sec. 63.506(e)(7)(ii) to the Administrator.
(i) In these instances, use and conditions for use of the control
technology may be approved by the permitting authority as part of an
operating permit application or modification. The permitting authority
shall follow the procedures specified in paragraphs (i)(2) through
(i)(4) of this section except that, in these instances, a Federal
Register notice is not required to establish the nominal efficiency for
the different technology.
* * * * *
(j) * * *
(2) The emission reduction efficiency of pollution prevention
measures implemented after November 15, 1990, may be used in
calculating the actual emissions from an emission point in the debit
and credit equations in paragraphs (g) and (h) of this section.
* * * * *
(ii) * * *
(B) For wastewater, EB shall be calculated according to
Sec. 63.150(j)(2)(ii)(B).
* * * * *
(D) The monthly emissions after the pollution prevention measure,
Epp, may be determined during a performance test or by a
design evaluation and documented engineering calculations. Once an
emissions-to-production ratio has been established, the ratio may be
used to estimate monthly emissions from monthly production records.
(E) For wastewater, Epp shall be calculated according to
Sec. 63.150(j)(2)(ii)(E).
* * * * *
(iv) The same pollution prevention measure may reduce emissions
from multiple emission points. In such cases, the percent reduction in
emissions for each emission point shall be calculated.
(v) For the purposes of the equations in paragraphs (h)(2) through
(h)(7) of this section, used to calculate credits for emission points
controlled more stringently than the reference control technology or
standard, the nominal efficiency of a pollution prevention measure is
equivalent to the percent reduction of the pollution prevention
measure. When a pollution prevention measure is used, the owner or
operator of an affected source is not required to apply to the
Administrator for a nominal efficiency and is not subject to paragraph
(i) of this section.
(k) The owner or operator shall demonstrate that the emissions from
the emission points proposed to be included in the emissions average
will not result in greater hazard, or at the option of the
Administrator, greater risk to human health or the environment than if
the emission points were controlled according to the provisions in
Secs. 63.484, 63.485, 63.486, 63.493, and 63.501.
* * * * *
(4) A hazard or risk equivalency demonstration shall:
* * * * *
(m) * * *
(1) * * *
(i) Determine whether the continuous front-end process vent is
Group 1 or Group 2 according to the procedures specified in Sec. 63.115
and as required by Sec. 63.485;
(ii) Conduct initial performance tests to determine percent
reduction as specified in Sec. 63.116 and as required by Sec. 63.485;
and
(iii) Monitor the operating parameters, keep records, and submit
reports as specified in Secs. 63.114, 63.117(a), and 63.118(a) and (f),
as required, for the specific control device as required by
Sec. 63.485.
(2) * * *
(i) Determine the flow rate, organic HAP concentration, and TRE
index
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value according to the procedures specified in Sec. 63.115; and
(ii) Monitor the operating parameters, keep records, and submit
reports according to the procedures specified in Secs. 63.114,
63.117(a), and 63.118(b) and (f), as required, for the specific
recovery device, and as required by Sec. 63.485.
(3) * * *
(i) Perform the monitoring or inspection procedures according to
the procedures specified in Sec. 63.120, and as required by
Sec. 63.484;
(ii) Perform the reporting and recordkeeping procedures according
to the procedures specified in Secs. 63.122 and 63.123, and as required
by Sec. 63.484; and
(iii) For closed vent systems with control devices, conduct an
initial design evaluation and submit an operating plan according to the
procedures specified in Sec. 63.120(d) and (b), and as required by
Sec. 63.484.
(4) * * *
(ii) If a control or recovery device is used to reduce back-end
process operation emissions, the owner or operator of the affected
source shall comply with Secs. 63.496, 63.497, 63.498(d), and the
applicable provisions of 63.499, and shall implement the provisions of
these sections.
(5) * * *
(i) For wastewater treatment processes, conduct tests according to
the procedures specified in Sec. 63.138(i) and (j), and as required by
Sec. 63.501;
(ii) Conduct inspections and monitoring according to the procedures
specified in Sec. 63.143, and as required by Sec. 63.501;
(iii) Implement a recordkeeping program according to the procedures
specified in Sec. 63.147, and as required by Sec. 63.501; and
(iv) Implement a reporting program according to the procedures
specified in Sec. 63.146, and as required by Sec. 63.501.
* * * * *
13. Amend Sec. 63.505 by revising paragraph (e)(1)(ii), to read as
follows:
Sec. 63.505 Parameter monitoring levels and excursions.
* * * * *
(e) * * *
(1) * * *
(ii) The residual organic HAP content in each sample is to be
determined using Methods specified in Sec. 63.495(e).
* * * * *
14. Amend Sec. 63.506 by revising paragraph (e)(4)(ii)(H)(1), to
read as follows:
Sec. 63.506 General recordkeeping and reporting provisions.
* * * * *
(e) * * *
(4) * * *
(ii) * * *
(H) * * *
(1) The required documentation shall include the data used to
determine whether the wastewater stream is a Group 1 or Group 2
wastewater stream.
* * * * *
Subpart JJJ--National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air
Pollutant Emissions: Group IV Polymers and Resins
15. Amend Sec. 63.1311 by revising paragraphs (d)(1)(ii),
(d)(1)(iii), and (d)(4), and adding paragraph (d)(1)(iv), to read as
follows:
Sec. 63.1311 Compliance schedule and relationship to existing
applicable rules.
* * * * *
(d) * * *
(1) * * *
(ii) A barrier fluid system will be installed;
(iii) A new barrier fluid will be utilized which requires changes
to the existing barrier fluid system; or
(iv) The compressor will be modified to permit connecting the
compressor to a fuel gas system or a closed vent system or modified so
that emissions from the compressor can be routed to a process.
* * * * *
(4) Compliance with the compressor provisions of Sec. 63.164 shall
occur not later than September 12, 1999 for any compressor meeting one
or more of the criteria in paragraphs (d)(4)(i) through (d)(4)(iii) of
this section. The owner or operator who elects to use these provisions
shall submit a request for an extension of compliance in accordance
with the requirements of paragraph (d)(2)(iv) of this section.
(i) Compliance cannot be achieved without replacing the compressor;
(ii) Compliance cannot be achieved without recasting the distance
piece; or
(iii) Design modifications are required to connect to a closed-vent
or recovery system.
* * * * *
16. Amend Sec. 63.1312 by adding, in alphabetical order,
definitions for ``combustion device burner'' and ``supplemental
combustion air,'' to paragraph (b), to read as follows:
Sec. 63.1312 Definitions.
* * * * *
(b) * * *
Combustion device burner means a device designed to mix and ignite
fuel and air to provide a flame to heat and oxidize waste organic
vapors in a combustion device.
* * * * *
Supplemental combustion air means the air that is added to a vent
stream after the vent stream leaves the unit operation. Air that is
part of the vent stream as a result of the nature of the unit operation
is not considered supplemental combustion air. Air required to operate
combustion device burner(s) is not considered supplemental combustion
air.
* * * * *
17. Amend Sec. 63.1314 by adding paragraph (b)(3), to read as
follows:
Sec. 63.1314 Storage vessel provisions.
* * * * *
(b) * * *
(3) For all other storage vessels designated as Group 1 storage
vessels, emissions shall be controlled to the level designated in
Sec. 63.119.
* * * * *
18. Amend Sec. 63.1315 by revising paragraph (a) introductory text;
adding and reserving paragraphs (a)(16) and (a)(17); and adding
paragraphs (a)(18) and (e), to read as follows:
Sec. 63.1315 Continuous process vents provisions.
(a) For each continuous process vent located at an affected source,
the owner or operator shall comply with the requirements of
Secs. 63.113 through 63.118, with the differences noted in paragraphs
(a)(1) through (a)(18) of this section for the purposes of this
subpart, except as provided in paragraphs (b) through (e) of this
section.
* * * * *
(16) [Reserved]
(17) [Reserved]
(18) When a combustion device is used to comply with the 20 parts
per million by volume outlet concentration standard specified in
Sec. 63.113(a)(2), the correction to 3 percent oxygen is only required
when supplemental combustion air is used to combust the emissions, for
the purposes of this subpart. In addition, the correction to 3 percent
oxygen specified in Sec. 63.116(c)(3) and (c)(3)(iii) is only required
when supplemental combustion air is used to combust the emissions, for
the purposes of this subpart. Finally, when a combustion device is used
to comply with the 20 parts per million by volume outlet concentration
standard specified in Sec. 63.113(a)(2), an owner or operator shall
record and report the outlet concentration required in
Sec. 63.117(a)(4)(ii) and (a)(4)(iv) corrected to 3 percent oxygen when
supplemental combustion air is used to combust the emissions, for the
purposes of this subpart. When supplemental combustion air is not used
to combust
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the emissions, an owner or operator may record and report the outlet
concentration required in Sec. 63.117(a)(4)(ii) and (a)(4)(iv) on an
uncorrected basis or corrected to 3 percent oxygen, for the purposes of
this subpart.
* * * * *
(e) Owners or operators of affected sources producing ASA/AMSAN
shall reduce organic HAP emissions from each continuous process vent,
each batch process vent, and each aggregate batch vent stream by 98
weight-percent and shall comply with either paragraph (e)(1), (e)(2),
or (e)(3), as appropriate. Where batch process vents or aggregate batch
vent streams are combined with continuous process vents, the provisions
of paragraph (a)(13) of this section shall apply for the purposes of
this paragraph (e).
(1) For each continuous process vent, comply with paragraph (a) of
this section as specified in paragraphs (e)(1)(i) through (e)(1)(ii) of
this section.
(i) For purpose of this section, each continuous process vent shall
be considered to be a Group 1 continuous process vent and the owner or
operator of that continuous process vent shall comply with the
requirements for a Group 1 continuous process vent.
(ii) For purposes of this section, the group determination
procedure required by Sec. 63.115 shall not apply.
(2) For each batch process vent, comply with Secs. 63.1321 through
63.1327 as specified in paragraphs (e)(2)(i) through (e)(2)(ii) of this
section.
(i) For purpose of this section, each batch process vent shall be
considered to be a Group 1 batch process vent and the owner or operator
of that batch process vent shall comply with the requirements for a
Group 1 batch process vent contained in Secs. 63.1321 through 63.1327,
except that each batch process vent shall be controlled to reduce
organic HAP emissions by 98 weight-percent.
(ii) For purposes of this section, the group determination
procedure required by Sec. 63.1323 shall not apply.
(3) For each aggregate batch vent stream, comply with Secs. 63.1321
through 63.1327 as specified in paragraphs (e)(3)(i) through (e)(3)(ii)
of this section.
(i) For purpose of this section, each aggregate batch vent stream
shall be considered to be a Group 1 aggregate batch vent stream and the
owner or operator of that aggregate batch vent stream shall comply with
the requirements for a Group 1 aggregate batch vent stream contained in
Secs. 63.1321 through 63.1327, except that each aggregate batch vent
stream shall be controlled to reduce organic HAP emissions by 98
weight-percent.
(ii) For purposes of this section, the group determination
procedure required by Sec. 63.1323 shall not apply.
19. Amend Sec. 63.1316 by revising the section title, paragraphs
(b)(1)(i), (b)(1)(ii), (b)(2)(i), and (b)(2)(ii); and adding paragraphs
(b)(1)(v) and (b)(2)(v), to read as follows:
Sec. 63.1316 PET and polystyrene affected sources--emissions control
provisions.
* * * * *
(b) * * *
(1) * * *
(i) The owner or operator of an existing affected source with
organic HAP emissions greater than 0.12 kg organic HAP per Mg of
product from continuous process vents in the collection of material
recovery sections (i.e., methanol recovery) within the affected source
shall comply with either paragraph (b)(1)(i)(A), (b)(1)(i)(B), or
(b)(1)(i)(C) of this section. Emissions from continuous process vents
in the collection of material recovery sections within the affected
source shall be determined by the procedures specified in
Sec. 63.1318(b). The owner or operator of a new affected source shall
comply with either paragraph (b)(1)(i)(A), (b)(1)(i)(B), or
(b)(1)(i)(C) of this section.
(A) Organic HAP emissions from all continuous process vents in each
individual material recovery section shall, as a whole, be no greater
than 0.018 kg organic HAP per Mg of product from the associated
TPPU(s); or alternatively, organic HAP emissions from all continuous
process vents in the collection of material recovery sections within
the affected source shall, as a whole, be no greater than 0.018 kg
organic HAP per Mg product from all associated TPPU(s);
(B) As specified in Sec. 63.1318(d), the owner or operator shall
maintain the daily average outlet gas stream temperature from each
final condenser in a material recovery section at a temperature of
+3 deg.C (+37 deg.F) or less (i.e., colder); or
(C) Comply with paragraph (b)(1)(v) of this section.
(ii) Limit organic HAP emissions from continuous process vents in
the collection of polymerization reaction sections within the affected
source by complying with either paragraph (b)(1)(ii)(A) or
(b)(1)(ii)(B) of this section.
(A) Organic HAP emissions from all continuous process vents in each
individual polymerization reaction section within the affected source
(including emissions from any equipment used to further recover
ethylene glycol, but excluding emissions from process contact cooling
towers) shall, as a whole, be no greater than 0.02 kg organic HAP per
Mg of product from the associated TPPU(s); or alternatively, organic
HAP emissions from all continuous process vents in the collection of
polymerization reaction sections within the affected source shall, as a
whole, be no greater than 0.02 kg organic HAP per Mg product from all
associated TPPU(s); or
(B) Comply with paragraph (b)(1)(v) of this section.
* * * * *
(v) Comply with one of the following:
(A) Reduce the emissions in a combustion device to achieve 98
weight percent reduction or to achieve a concentration of 20 parts per
million by volume (ppmv) on a dry basis, whichever is less stringent.
If an owner or operator elects to comply with the 20 ppmv standard, the
concentration shall include a correction to 3 percent oxygen only when
supplemental combustion air is used to combust the emissions;
(B) Combust the emissions in a boiler or process heater with a
design heat input capacity of 150 million Btu/hr or greater by
introducing the emissions into the flame zone of the boiler or process
heater; or
(C) Combust the emissions in a flare that complies with the
requirements of Sec. 63.1333(e).
(2) * * *
(i) Limit organic HAP emissions from continuous process vents in
the collection of raw material preparation sections within the affected
source by complying with either paragraph (b)(2)(i)(A) or (b)(2)(i)(B)
of this section.
(A) Organic HAP emissions from all continuous process vents
associated with the esterification vessels in each individual raw
materials preparation section shall, as a whole, be no greater than
0.04 kg organic HAP per Mg of product from the associated TPPU(s); or
alternatively, organic HAP emissions from all continuous process vents
associated with the esterification vessels in the collection of raw
material preparation sections within the affected source shall, as a
whole, be no greater than 0.04 kg organic HAP per Mg of product from
all associated TPPU(s). Other continuous process vents (i.e., those not
associated with the esterification vessels) in the collection of raw
materials preparation sections within the affected source shall comply
with Sec. 63.1315; or
(B) Comply with paragraph (b)(2)(v) of this section.
(ii) Limit organic HAP emissions from continuous process vents in
the
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collection of polymerization reaction sections within the affected
source by complying with either paragraph (b)(2)(ii)(A) or
(b)(2)(ii)(B) of this section.
(A) Organic HAP emissions from all continuous process vents in each
individual polymerization reaction section (including emissions from
any equipment used to further recover ethylene glycol, but excluding
emissions from process contact cooling towers) shall, as a whole, be no
greater than 0.02 kg organic HAP per Mg of product from the associated
TPPU(s); or alternatively, organic HAP emissions from all continuous
process vents in the collection of polymerization reaction sections
within the affected source shall, as a whole, be no greater than 0.02
kg organic HAP per Mg of product from all associated TPPU(s); or
(B) Comply with paragraph (b)(2)(v) of this section.
* * * * *
(v) Comply with one of the following:
(A) Reduce the emissions in a combustion device to achieve 98
weight percent reduction or to achieve a concentration of 20 parts per
million by volume (ppmv) on a dry basis, whichever is less stringent.
If an owner or operator elects to comply with the 20 ppmv standard, the
concentration shall include a correction to 3 percent oxygen only when
supplemental combustion air is used to combust the emissions;
(B) Combust the emissions in a boiler or process heater with a
design heat input capacity of 150 million Btu/hr or greater by
introducing the emissions into the flame zone of the boiler or process
heater; or
(C) Combust the emissions in a flare that complies with the
requirements of Sec. 63.1333(e).
* * * * *
20. Amend Sec. 63.1321 by adding paragraph (d), to read as follows:
Sec. 63.1321 Batch process vents provisions.
* * * * *
(d) Owners and operators of affected sources producing ASA/AMSAN
shall comply with the provisions of Sec. 63.1315(e).
21. Amend Sec. 63.1322 by revising paragraph (b)(2), to read as
follows:
Sec. 63.1322 Batch process vents--reference control technology.
* * * * *
(b) * * *
(2) For each aggregate batch vent stream, reduce organic HAP
emissions by 90 weight percent or to a concentration of 20 parts per
million by volume, whichever is less stringent, on a continuous basis
using a control device. For purposes of complying with the 20 parts per
million by volume outlet concentration standard, the outlet
concentration shall be calculated on a dry basis. When a combustion
device is used for purposes of complying with the 20 parts per million
by volume outlet concentration standard, the concentration shall be
corrected to 3 percent oxygen if supplemental combustion air is used to
combust the emissions. If supplemental combustion air is not used, a
correction to 3 percent oxygen is not required.
* * * * *
22. Amend Sec. 63.1323 by revising paragraph (a)(2), to read as
follows:
Sec. 63.1323 Batch process vents--methods and procedures for group
determination.
(a) * * *
(2) The annual uncontrolled organic HAP or TOC emissions and annual
average batch vent flow rate shall be determined at the exit from the
batch unit operation. For the purposes of these determinations, the
primary condenser operating as a reflux condenser on a reactor or
distillation column, the primary condenser recovering monomer, reaction
products, by-products, or solvent from a stripper operated in batch
mode, and the primary condenser recovering monomer, reaction products,
by-products, or solvent from a distillation operation operated in batch
mode shall be considered part of the batch unit operation. All other
devices that recover or oxidize organic HAP or TOC vapors shall be
considered control devices as defined in Sec. 63.1312.
* * * * *
23. Amend Sec. 63.1325 by revising paragraph (e) introductory text
and adding paragraph (e)(3), to read as follows:
Sec. 63.1325 Batch process vents--performance test methods and
procedures to determine compliance.
* * * * *
(e) Aggregate batch vent stream testing for compliance with
Sec. 63.1322(b)(2) or (b)(3). Except as specified in paragraphs (e)(1)
through (e)(3) of this section, owners or operators of aggregate batch
vent streams complying with Sec. 63.1322(b)(2) or (b)(3) shall conduct
a performance test using the performance testing procedures for
continuous process vents in Sec. 63.116(c).
* * * * *
(3) When a combustion device is used to comply with the 20 parts
per million by volume outlet concentration standard specified in
Sec. 63.1322(b)(2), the correction to 3 percent oxygen specified in the
performance testing procedures of Sec. 63.116(c)(3) and
Sec. 63.116(c)(3)(iii) is only required when supplemental combustion
air is used to combust the emissions, for the purposes of this subpart.
* * * * *
24. Amend Sec. 63.1326 by revising paragraph (b)(4) introductory
text and adding paragraph (b)(5), to read as follows:
Sec. 63.1326 Batch process vents--recordkeeping provisions.
* * * * *
(b) * * *
(4) The following information when using a control device to meet
the percent reduction requirement specified in Sec. 63.1322(a)(2),
(a)(3), (b)(2), or (b)(3):
* * * * *
(5) When complying with the 20 parts per million by volume outlet
concentration standard specified in Sec. 63.1322(b)(2), records of the
outlet concentration of organic HAP or TOC on a dry basis. If
supplemental combustion air is used to combust the emissions, the
outlet concentration shall be corrected to 3 percent oxygen. If
supplemental combustion air is not used, a correction to 3 percent
oxygen is not required.
* * * * *
25. Amend Sec. 63.1330 by adding and reserving paragraph (c), and
paragraphs (d) and (e), to read as follows:
Sec. 63.1330 Wastewater provisions.
* * * * *
(c) [Reserved]
(d) The provisions of paragraph (b) of this section do not apply to
each affected source producing ASA/AMSAN.
(e) The provisions of paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this section
do not apply to each affected source producing polystyrene using either
a continuous or batch process.
26. Amend Sec. 63.1332 by revising paragraphs (a)(2), (a)(3)
introductory text, (c) introductory text, (c)(3), (d)(5), (e)(3)(ii),
(e)(5), (g)(1), (g)(2)(ii)(A), (g)(7)(ii)(A), (h)(1) introductory text,
(h)(6)(ii) introductory text, (h)(7)(ii) introductory text (the
equation remains unchanged), (i)(1) introductory text, (i)(1)(iii),
(i)(2), (i)(3), (i)(5) introductory text, (i)(5)(i), (j)(2)
introductory text, (j)(2)(ii)(B), (j)(2)(iv), (j)(2)(v), (k)
introductory text, (k)(4) introductory text, and (l) introductory text,
to read as follows:
Sec. 63.1332 Emissions averaging provisions.
(a) * * *
(2) Compliance with the provisions of this section may be based on
either organic HAP or TOC.
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(3) For the purposes of these provisions, whenever Method 18, 40
CFR part 60, appendix A, is specified within the paragraphs of this
section or is specified by reference through provisions outside this
section, Method 18 or Method 25A, 40 CFR part 60, appendix A, may be
used. The use of Method 25A, 40 CFR part 60, appendix A, shall conform
with the requirements in paragraphs (a)(3)(i) and (a)(3)(ii) of this
section.
* * * * *
(c) Paragraphs (c)(1) through (c)(5) of this section describe the
emission points that may be used to generate emissions averaging
credits if control was applied after November 15, 1990, and if
sufficient information is available to determine the appropriate value
of credits for the emission point. Paragraph (c)(6) of this section
discusses the use of pollution prevention in generating emissions
averaging credits.
* * * * *
(3) Storage vessels, continuous process vents subject to
Sec. 63.1315, and process wastewater streams that are determined to be
Group 1 emission points and that are controlled by a technology that
the Administrator or permitting authority agrees has a higher nominal
efficiency than the reference control technology. Information on the
nominal efficiencies for such technologies shall be submitted and
approved as provided in paragraph (i) of this section.
* * * * *
(d) * * *
(5) Emission points controlled to comply with a State or Federal
rule other than this subpart cannot be used to generate credits, unless
the level of control has been increased after November 15, 1990, to a
level above what is required by the other State or Federal rule. Only
the control above what is required by the other State or Federal rule
will be credited. However, if an emission point has been used to
generate emissions averaging credit in an approved emissions average,
and the emission point is subsequently made subject to a State or
Federal rule other than this subpart, the emission point may continue
to generate emissions averaging credit for the purpose of complying
with the previously approved emissions average.
(e) * * *
(3) * * *
(ii) The initial demonstration in the Emissions Averaging Plan or
operating permit application that credit-generating emission points
will be capable of generating sufficient credits to offset the debits
from the debit-generating emission points shall be made under
representative operating conditions. After the compliance date, actual
operating data will be used for all debit and credit calculations.
(4) * * *
(5) Record and report quarterly and annual credits and debits in
the Periodic Reports as specified in Sec. 63.1335(e)(6). Every fourth
Periodic Report shall include a certification of compliance with the
emissions averaging provisions as required by
Sec. 63.1335(e)(6)(x)(C)(2).
* * * * *
(g) * * *
(1) Source-wide debits shall be calculated using Equation 28 of
this subpart. Debits and all terms of Equation 28 of this subpart are
in units of megagrams per month:
[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TR09MR99.008
Where:
ECPViACTUAL = Emissions from each Group 1 continuous
process vent i subject to Sec. 63.1315 that is uncontrolled or is
controlled to a level less stringent than the applicable reference
control technology. ECPViACTUAL is calculated according
to paragraph (g)(2) of this section.
(0.02)ECPViu = Emissions from each Group 1 continuous
process vent i subject to Sec. 63.1315 if the applicable reference
control technology had been applied to the uncontrolled emissions.
ECPViu is calculated according to paragraph (g)(2) of
this section.
ECPVSjACTUAL = Emissions from Group 1 continuous process
vents subject to Sec. 63.1316(b)(1)(i), (b)(1)(ii), (b)(2)(i),
(b)(2)(ii), or (c)(1) located in the collection of process sections
j within the affected source that are uncontrolled or controlled to
a level less stringent than the applicable standard.
ECPVSjACTUAL is calculated according to paragraph (g)(3)
of this section.
ECPVSjSTD = Emissions from Group 1 continuous process
vents subject to Sec. 63.1316(b)(1)(i), (b)(1)(ii), (b)(2)(i),
(b)(2)(ii), or (c)(1) located in the collection of process sections
j within the affected source if the applicable standard had been
applied to the uncontrolled emissions. ECPVSjSTD is
calculated according to paragraph (g)(3) of this section.
ESiACTUAL = Emissions from each Group 1 storage vessel i
that is uncontrolled or is controlled to a level less stringent than
the applicable reference control technology or standard.
ESiACTUAL is calculated according to paragraph (g)(4) of
this section.
(BL)ESiu = Emissions from each Group 1 storage vessel i
if the applicable reference control technology or standard had been
applied to the uncontrolled emissions. ESiu is calculated
according to paragraph (g)(4) of this section. For calculating
emissions, BL = 0.05 for each Group 1 storage vessel i subject to
Sec. 63.1314(a); and BL = 0.02 for each storage vessel i subject to
Sec. 63.1314(c).
EWWiACTUAL = Emissions from each Group 1 wastewater
stream i that is uncontrolled or is controlled to a level less
stringent than the applicable reference control technology.
EWWiACTUAL is calculated according to paragraph (g)(5) of
this section.
EWWic = Emissions from each Group 1 wastewater stream i
if the reference control technology had been applied to the
uncontrolled emissions. EWWic is calculated according to
paragraph (g)(5) of this section.
EBPViACTUAL = Emissions from each Group 1 batch process
vent i that is uncontrolled or is controlled to a level less
stringent than the applicable standard. EBPVACTUAL is
calculated according to paragraph (g)(6) of this section.
(0.10)EBPViu = Emissions from each Group 1 batch process
vent i if the applicable standard had been applied to the
uncontrolled emissions. EBPViu is calculated according to
paragraph (g)(6) of this section.
EABViACTUAL = Emissions from each Group 1 aggregate batch
vent stream i that is uncontrolled or is controlled to a level less
stringent than the applicable standard. EABPViACTUAL is
calculated according to paragraph (g)(7) of this section.
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(0.10)EABViu = Emissions from each Group 1 aggregate
batch vent stream i if the applicable standard had been applied to
the uncontrolled emissions. EABViu is calculated
according to paragraph (g)(7) of this section.
n = The number of emission points being included in the emissions
average.
(2) * * *
(ii) * * *
(A) The values of Q and Cj shall be determined during a performance
test conducted under representative operating conditions. The values of
Q and Cj shall be established in the Notification of Compliance Status
and shall be updated as provided in paragraph (g)(2)(ii)(B) of this
section.
* * * * *
(7) * * *
(ii) * * *
(A) The values of Q and Cj shall be determined during a performance
test conducted under representative operating conditions. The values of
Q and Cj shall be established in the Notification of Compliance Status
and shall be updated as provided in paragraph (g)(7)(ii)(B) of this
section.
* * * * *
(h) * * *
(1) Sourcewide credits shall be calculated using Equation 35 of
this subpart. Credits and all terms of Equation 35 of this subpart are
in units of megagrams per month, and the baseline date is November 15,
1990:
[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TR09MR99.009
Where:
D = Discount factor = 0.9 for all credit generating emission points
except those controlled by a pollution prevention measure; discount
factor = 1.0 for each credit generating emission point controlled by
a pollution prevention measure (i.e., no discount provided).
ECPV1iACTUAL = Emissions for each Group 1 continuous
process vent i subject to Sec. 63.1315 that is controlled to a level
more stringent than the reference control technology.
ECPV1iACTUAL is calculated according to paragraph (h)(2)
of this section.
(0.02)ECPV1iu = Emissions from each Group 1 continuous
process vent i subject to Sec. 63.1315 if the applicable reference
control technology had been applied to the uncontrolled emissions.
ECPV1iu is calculated according to paragraph (h)(2) of
this section.
ECPVS1jSTD = Emissions from Group 1 continuous process
vents subject to Sec. 63.1316(b)(1)(i), (b)(1)(ii), (b)(2)(i),
(b)(2)(ii), or (c)(1) located in the collection of process sections
j within the affected source if the applicable standard had been
applied to the uncontrolled emissions. ECPVS1jSTD is
calculated according to paragraph (h)(3) of this section.
ECPVS1jACTUAL = Emissions from Group 1 continuous process
vents subject to Sec. 63.1316(b)(1)(i), (b)(1)(ii), (b)(2)(i),
(b)(2)(ii), or (c)(1) located in the collection of process sections
j within the affected source that are controlled to a level more
stringent than the applicable standard. ECPVS1jACTUAL is
calculated according to paragraph (h)(3) of this section.
ECPV2iACTUAL = Emissions from each Group 2 continuous
process vent i subject to Sec. 63.1315 that is controlled.
ECPV2iACTUAL is calculated according to paragraph (h)(2)
of this section.
ECPV2iBASE = Emissions from each Group 2 continuous
process vent i subject to Sec. 63.1315 at the baseline date.
ECPV2iBASE is calculated according to paragraph (h)(2) of
this section.
ECPVS2jBASE = Emissions from Group 2 continuous process
vents subject to Sec. 63.1316(b)(1)(i) located in the collection of
material recovery sections j within the affected source at the
baseline date. ECPVS2jBASE is calculated according to
paragraph (h)(3) of this section.
ECPVS2jACTUAL = Emissions from Group 2 continuous process
vents subject to Sec. 63.1316(b)(1)(i) located in the collection of
material recovery sections j within the affected source that are
controlled. ECPVS2jACTUAL is calculated according to
paragraph (h)(3) of this section.
ES1iACTUAL = Emissions from each Group 1 storage vessel i
that is controlled to a level more stringent than the applicable
reference control technology or standard. ES1iACTUAL is
calculated according to paragraph (h)(4) of this section.
(BL)ES1iu = Emissions from each Group 1 storage vessel i
if the applicable reference control technology or standard had been
applied to the uncontrolled emissions. ES1iu is
calculated according to paragraph (h)(4) of this section. For
calculating these emissions, BL = 0.05 for each Group 1 storage
vessel i subject to Sec. 63.1314(a); and BL = 0.02 for each storage
vessel i subject to Sec. 63.1314(c).
ES2iACTUAL = Emissions from each Group 2 storage vessel i
that is controlled. ES2iACTUAL is calculated according to
paragraph (h)(4) of this section.
ES2iBASE = Emissions from each Group 2 storage vessel i
at the baseline date. ES2iBASE is calculated according to
paragraph (h)(4) of this section.
EWW1iACTUAL = Emissions from each Group 1 wastewater
stream i that is controlled to a level more stringent than the
reference control technology. EWW1iACTUAL is calculated
according to paragraph (h)(5) of this section.
EWW1ic = Emissions from each Group 1 wastewater stream i
if the reference control technology had been applied to the
uncontrolled emissions. EWW1ic is calculated according to
paragraph (h)(5) of this section.
EWW2iACTUAL = Emissions from each Group 2 wastewater
stream i that is controlled.
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EWW2iACTUAL is calculated according to paragraph (h)(5)
of this section.
EWW2iBASE = Emissions from each Group 2 wastewater stream
i at the baseline date. EWW2iBASE is calculated according
to paragraph (h)(5) of this section.
(0.10)EBPV1iu = Emissions from each Group 1 batch process
vent i if the applicable standard had been applied to the
uncontrolled emissions. EBPV1iu is calculated according
to paragraph (h)(6) of this section.
EBPV1iACTUAL = Emissions from each Group 1 batch process
vent i that is controlled to a level more stringent than the
applicable standard. EBPV1iACTUAL is calculated according
to paragraph (h)(6) of this section.
(0.10)EABV1iu = Emissions from each Group 1 aggregate
batch vent stream i if the applicable standard had been applied to
the uncontrolled emissions. EABV1iu is calculated
according to paragraph (h)(7) of this section.
EABV1iACTUAL = Emissions from each Group 1 aggregate
batch vent stream i that is controlled to a level more stringent
than the applicable standard. EABV1iACTUAL is calculated
according to paragraph (h)(7) of this section.
EBPV2iBASE = Emissions from each Group 2 batch process
vent i at the baseline date. EBPV2iBASE is calculated
according to paragraph (h)(6) of this section.
EBPV2iACTUAL = Emissions from each Group 2 batch process
vent i that is controlled. EBPV2iACTUAL is calculated
according to paragraph (h)(6) of this section.
EABV2iBASE = Emissions from each Group 2 aggregate batch
vent stream i at the baseline date. EABV2iBASE is
calculated according to paragraph (h)(7) of this section.
EABV2iACTUAL = Emissions from each Group 2 aggregate
batch vent stream i that is controlled. EABV2iACTUAL is
calculated according to paragraph (h)(7) of this section.
n = Number of Group 1 emission points included in the emissions
average. The value of n is not necessarily the same for continuous
process vents, batch process vents, aggregate batch vent streams,
storage vessels, wastewater streams, or the collection of process
sections within the affected source.
m = Number of Group 2 emission points included in the emissions
average. The value of m is not necessarily the same for continuous
process vents, batch process vents, aggregate batch vent streams,
storage vessels, wastewater streams, or the collection of process
sections within the affected source.
* * * * *
(6) * * *
(ii) Actual emissions from Group 1 batch process vents controlled
to a level more stringent than the standard (EBPV1iACTUAL)
shall be calculated using Equation 40 of this subpart, where percent
reduction is for the batch cycle:
[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TR09MR99.010
* * * * *
(7) * * *
(ii) Actual emissions from Group 1 aggregate batch vent streams
controlled to a level more stringent than the standard
(EABV1iACTUAL) shall be calculated using Equation 43 of this
subpart:
[Equation 43 is unchanged.]
* * * * *
(i) * * *
(1) In those cases where the owner or operator is seeking
permission to take credit for use of a control technology that is
different in use or design from the reference control technology, and
the different control technology will be used in more than three
applications at a single plant-site, the owner or operator shall submit
the information specified in paragraphs (i)(1)(i) through (i)(1)(iv) of
this section, as specified in Sec. 63.1335(e)(7)(ii), to the Director
of the EPA Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards in writing:
* * * * *
(iii) Documentation demonstrating to the Administrator's
satisfaction the control efficiency of the control technology. This may
include performance test data collected using an appropriate EPA Method
or any other method validated according to Method 301, 40 CFR part 63,
appendix A, of this part. If it is infeasible to obtain test data,
documentation may include a design evaluation and calculations. The
engineering basis of the calculation procedures and all inputs and
assumptions made in the calculations shall be documented.
* * * * *
(2) The Administrator shall determine within 120 days whether an
application presents sufficient information to determine nominal
efficiency. The Administrator reserves the right to request specific
data in addition to the items listed in paragraph (i)(1) of this
section.
(3) The Administrator shall determine within 120 days of the
submittal of sufficient data whether a control technology shall have a
nominal efficiency and the level of that nominal efficiency. If, in the
Administrator's judgment, the control technology achieves a level of
emission reduction greater than the reference control technology for a
particular kind of emission point, the Administrator will publish a
Federal Register notice establishing a nominal efficiency for the
control technology.
* * * * *
(5) In those cases where the owner or operator is seeking
permission to take credit for use of a control technology that is
different in use or design from the reference control technology and
the different control technology will be used in no more than three
applications at a single plant site, the owner or operator shall submit
the information listed in paragraphs (i)(1)(i) through (i)(1)(iv) of
this section, as specified in Sec. 63.1335(e)(7)(ii), to the
Administrator.
(i) In these instances, use and conditions for use of the control
technology may be approved by the permitting authority as part of an
operating permit application or modification. The permitting authority
shall follow the procedures specified in paragraphs (i)(2) through
(i)(4) of this section except that, in these instances, a Federal
Register notice is not required to establish the nominal efficiency for
the different technology.
* * * * *
(j) * * *
(2) The emission reduction efficiency of pollution prevention
measures implemented after November 15, 1990, may be used in
calculating the actual emissions from an emission point in the debit
and credit equations in paragraphs (g) and (h) of this section.
* * * * *
(ii) * * *
(B) For wastewater, EB shall be calculated using
Equation 47 of this subpart:
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[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TR09MR99.011
Where:
n = Number of wastewater streams.
QBi = Annual average flow rate for wastewater stream i
before the pollution prevention measure, defined and determined
according to Sec. 63.144(c)(3), liters per minute, before
implementation of the pollution prevention measure.
HBi = Number of hours per month that wastewater stream i
was discharged before the pollution prevention measure, hours per
month.
s = Total number of organic HAP in wastewater stream i.
Fem = Fraction emitted of organic HAP m in wastewater
from Table 34 of subpart G of this part, dimensionless.
HAPBim = Annual average concentration of organic HAP m in
wastewater stream i, defined and determined according to paragraph
Sec. 63.150(g)(5)(i) of this section, before the pollution
prevention measure, parts per million by weight, as measured before
the implementation of the pollution measure.
* * * * *
(iv) The same pollution prevention measure may reduce emissions
from multiple emission points. In such cases, the percent reduction in
emissions for each emission point shall be calculated.
(v) For the purposes of the equations in paragraphs (h)(2) through
(h)(7) of this section used to calculate credits for emission points
controlled more stringently than the reference control technology or
standard, the nominal efficiency of a pollution prevention measure is
equivalent to the percent reduction of the pollution prevention
measure. When a pollution prevention measure is used, the owner or
operator of an affected source is not required to apply to the
Administrator for a nominal efficiency and is not subject to paragraph
(i) of this section.
(k) The owner or operator shall demonstrate that the emissions from
the emission points proposed to be included in the emissions average
will not result in greater hazard or, at the option of the
Administrator, greater risk to human health or the environment than if
the emission points were controlled according to the provisions in
Secs. 63.1314, 63.1315, 63.1316 through 63.1320, 63.1321, and 63.1330.
* * * * *
(4) A hazard or risk equivalency demonstration shall:
* * * * *
(l) For periods of parameter monitoring excursions, an owner or
operator may request that the provisions of paragraphs (l)(1) through
(l)(4) of this section be followed instead of the procedures in
paragraphs (f)(2)(i) and (f)(2)(ii) of this section.
* * * * *
27. Amend Sec. 63.1335 by revising paragraph (e)(4)(ii)(L)(1), to
read as follows:
Sec. 63.1335 General recordkeeping and reporting provisions.
* * * * *
(e) * * *
(4) * * *
(ii) * * *
(L) * * *
(1) The required documentation shall include the data used to
determine whether the wastewater stream is a Group 1 or Group 2
wastewater stream.
* * * * *
28. Revise Tables 3 and 5 to subpart JJJ of Part 63, to read as
follows:
* * * * *
Table 3 of Subpart JJJ.--Group 1 Storage Vessels at Existing Affected Sources Producing the Listed
Thermoplastics
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Vessel
capacity Vapor
Thermoplastic Chemical a (cubic pressure b
meters) (kilopascals)
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ASA/AMSAN c................................... styrene/acrylonitrile mixture.......
3.78 0.47
acrylonitrile.......................
75.7 1.62
Polystyrene, continuous processes............. all chemicals....................... <75.7>
14.2
75.7
1.9
Nitrilec...................................... acrylonitrile.......................
13.25 1.8
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a Vessel capacity and vapor pressure criteria are specific to the listed chemical or to ``all chemicals,'' as
indicated.
b Maximum true vapor pressure of total organic HAP at storage temperature.
c The applicability criteria in Table 2 of this subpart shall be used for chemicals not specifically listed in
this table (i.e., Table 3).
* * * * *
Table 5 of Subpart JJJ.--Group 1 Storage Vessels at New Affected Sources Producing the Listed Thermoplastics
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Vessel capacity (cubic Vapor pressure b
Thermoplastic Chemical a meters) (kilopascals)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ASA/AMSAN c.................... Styrene/ 3.78............. 0.47
acrylonitrile
mixture.
Acrylonitrile..... 75.7............. 1.62
SAN, continuous d.............. All chemicals..... 2,271............ 0.5 and < 0.7="">< 151........................=""> 10
151.............. 0.7
Nitrile c...................... Acrylonitrile..... 13.25............ 1.8
Polystyrene, continuous All chemicals..... 19.6 and <45.4...> 7.48
processes.
45.4 and <109.8..> 0.61
109.8............ 0.53
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ABS, continuous mass........... Styrene........... 45.43............ 0.078
All other 38 and < 45.43...=""> 13.1
chemicals.
45.43............ 0.53
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a Vessel capacity and vapor pressure criteria are specific to the listed chemical, to ``all chemicals,'' or to
``all other chemicals,'' as indicated.
b Maximum true vapor pressure of total organic HAP at storage temperature.
c The applicability criteria in Table 4 of this subpart shall be used for chemicals not specifically listed in
this table (i.e., Table 5).
d The control level for the first two sets of applicability criteria are specified in 63.1314 as 90% and 98%,
respectively. The control level for the third set of applicability criteria is the HON control level of 95%.
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