Reduction in the Release of Volatile Organic Compounds (Storage and Loading of Volatile Petroleum Liquids) Regulations — 112
Loading racks 112 (1) The operator of a facility must maintain, in respect of each loading rack at the facility designated under section 13 other than one designated under paragraph 13 (c), a record that contains the following information and any supporting documents: (a) the identifier of the loading rack; (b) the year of the loading rack’s installation and the design specifications of the loading rack, including the type and identifier of any emissions control equipment installed on the loading rack; (c) the types of vehicles loaded with the loading rack; (d) information on each volatile petroleum liquid that is loaded with the loading rack, including (i) a description of the volatile petroleum liquid, including its vapour pressure, benzene concentration and, if it is an oil-water mixture, VOC concentration, (ii) the volume of the volatile petroleum liquid that is loaded each day while the emissions control equipment is in service, and (iii) the volume of the volatile petroleum liquid that is loaded each day while the emissions control equipment is not in service; (e) the category to which the loading rack was designated to belong under section 13 , the date on which it was first designated, any changes made to the designation, the date on which those changes were made and the reasons for those changes; (f) the total volume of liquids switch loaded with the loading rack in each calendar year without the use of a vapour control system or a declaration from the authorized official that less than 30% of the total volume of liquids loaded in the calendar year with the loading rack was switch loaded without the use of a vapour control system; and (g) an indication of whether the loading rack has been designated under subsection 125 (1) as a deferred application loading rack and, if applicable, the expected date on which the designation will no longer apply to the loading rack. Other loading racks (2) The operator must maintain a record containing the following information and supporting documents in respect of each loading rack at the facility not designated under section 13 and each loading rack designated under paragraph 13 (c): (a) the identifier of the loading rack; (b) the description of the liquids loaded with the loading rack, if any; and (c) in the case of a loading rack designated under paragraph 13 (c), the loading factor of the loading rack or a declaration from the authorized official that the total loading factor does not exceed 0.04. Loading factors (3) The operator must maintain a record that contains the total loading factor and maximum daily loading factor of the facility and any supporting documents. Modification of loading factor (4) The operator must maintain a record of any modification under subsection 16 (2) of the calculation of the loading rack’s loading factor that contains the following information and any supporting documents: (a) the identifier of the loading rack; (b) the types of vehicles loaded with the loading rack; (c) a description of the exceptional event that led to the modification; (d) the start and end dates of the exceptional event; (e) the start and end dates of the period during which the exceptional event caused the volume of volatile petroleum liquids loaded with the loading rack to increase; (f) the volume of each volatile petroleum liquid loaded per day during the period referred to in paragraph (e); (g) the volume of each volatile petroleum liquid loaded as determined in accordance with subparagraph 1(c)(iv) of Schedule 1; and (h) a document setting out the reasons why the authorized official made the determination referred to in subsection 16 (2), dated and signed by the authorized official. Vehicle-to-vehicle loading (5) The operator must maintain a record of the dates on which vehicle-to-vehicle loading is performed at the facility, the types of vehicles used for the loading and the distance from the loading location to the nearest occupied building.