Text of Final Amendments to Regulation 61-62, Air Pollution Control Regulations and Standards **October 24, 2008**

Text of Amendments to Regulation 61-62:

R.61-62.1, Definitions and General Requirements:

Regulation 61-62.1, Section I.94 shall be revised as follows:

**94. Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) - Any organic compound which participates in atmospheric photochemical reactions; or which is measured by a reference method (as specified in 40 CFR 60, as of**  **July 1, 1990), an equivalent method, an alternative method, or which is determined by procedures specified under any subpart of 40 CFR 60. This includes compounds other than the following compounds:** 

**acetone; (CF**  **3 )**  **2 CFCF**  **2 OC**  **2 H**  **5 (2-(ethoxydifluoromethyl)-(1,1,1,2,3,3,3-heptafluoropropane);**  **((CF 3**  **) 2**  **CFCF 2**  **OCH 3**  **,) (2-(difluoromethoxymethyl)-1,1,1,2,3,3,3-heptafluoropropane); CFC-11 (trichlorofluoromethane);**  **CFC-12 (dichlorodifluoromethane); CFC-113 (1,1,2-trichloro-1,2,2-trifluoroethane);**  **CFC-114 (1,2-dichloro-1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane); CFC-115 (chloropentafluoroethane);**  **ethane; HCFC-22 (chlorodifluoromethane);**  **HCFC-31 (chlorofluoromethane); HCFC-123 (1,1,1-trifluoro-2,2-dichloroethane);**  **HCFC-123a (1,2-dichloro-1,1,2-trifluoroethane); HCFC-124 (2-chloro-1,1,1,2-tetra-fluoroethane);**  **HCFC-134a (1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane); HCFC-141b (1,1-dichloro-1-fluoroethane);**  **HCFC-142b (1-chloro-1,1-difluoroethane); HCFC-151a (1-chloro-1-fluoroethane);**  **HCFC 225ca (3,3-dichloro-1,1,1,2,2-pentafluoropropane); HCFC 225cb (1,3-dichloro-1,1,2,2,3-pentafluoropropane);**  **HFC-23 (trifluoromethane); HFC-32 (difluoromethane);**  **HFC 43-10mee (1,1,1,2,3,4,4,5,5,5-decafluoropentane); HFC-125 (pentafluoroethane);**  **HFC-134 (1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane); HFC-143a (1,1,1-trifluoroethane);**  **HFC-152a (1,1-difluoroethane); HFC-161 (ethylfluoride);**  **HFC 227ea (1,1,1,2,3,3,3-heptafluoroproane); HFC-236ea (1,1,1,2,3,3-hexafluoropropane);**  **HFC-236fa (1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoropropane); HFC-245ca (1,1,2,2,3-pentafluoropropane);**  **HFC-245ea (1,1,2,3,3-pentafluoropropane); HFC-245eb (1,1,1,2,3-pentafluoropropane);**  **HFC-245fa (1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane); HFC-365mfc (1,1,1,3,3-pentafluorobutane);** **HFE-7000 (1,1,1,2,2,3,3-heptafluoro-3-methoxy-propane) or (n-C 3**  **F 7**  **OCH 3**  **);**

**HFE-7100 (1,1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4-nonafluoro-4-methoxybutane) or (C 4**  **F 9**  **OCH 3**  **); HFE-7200 (1-ethoxy-1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4,4-nonafluorobutane) or (C**  **4 F**  **9 OC**  **2 H**  **5 );**  **HFE-7300 (1) 1,1,1,2,2,3,4,5,5,5-decafluoro-3-methoxy-4-trifluoromethyl-pentane; HFE-7500 (3-ethoxy-1,1,1,2,3,4,4,5,5,6,6,6-dodecafluoro-2-(trifluoromethyl) hexane;**  **methane; methyl acetate;**  **methyl chloroform (1,1,1-trichloroethane); methylene chloride (dichloromethane);**  **methyl formate (HCOOCH 3**  **); parachlorobenzotrifluoride (PCBTF);**  **perchloroethylene (tetrachloroethylene); and perfluorocarbon compounds that fall into these classes:**  **(i) cyclic, branched, or linear, completely fluorinated alkanes; (ii) cyclic, branched, or linear, completely fluorinated ethers with no unsaturations;**  **(iii) cyclic, branched, or linear, completely fluorinated tertiary amines with no unsaturations; (iv) sulfur containing perfluorocarbons with no unsaturations and with sulfur bonds only to carbon** 

**and fluorine. volatile methyl siloxanes (cyclic, branched, or linear completely methylated siloxanes) (VMS)** 

**These compounds have been determined to have negligible photochemical reactivity. For purposes of determining compliance with emission limits, VOC will be measured by the approved test methods.**  **Where such a method also inadvertently measures compounds with negligible photochemical reactivity, an owner or operator may exclude these negligibly reactive compounds when determining compliance** 

**with an emissions standard.**

**The following compound(s) are VOC for purposes of all recordkeeping, emissions reporting, photo chemical dispersion modeling and inventory requirements which apply to VOC and shall be uniquely**  **identified in emission reports, but are not VOC for purposes of VOC emissions limitations or VOC content requirements: t-butyl acetate (TBAC or TBAc).** 

R.61-62.5, Standard No. 2 –Ambient Air Quality Standards:

Regulation 61-62.5, Standard No. 2, Section VI.D.3 shall be revised as follows:

**The following table constitutes the ambient air quality standards for the State of South Carolina. The analytical methods to be used will be those applicable Federal Reference Methods published in 40 CFR**  **50, Appendices A-N as revised July 18, 1997. In the case of fluorides either the double paper tape sampler methods (ASTM D-3266-79) or the sodium bicarbonate-coated glass tube and particulate filter**  **method (ASTM D3268-78) may be used.**

**Pollutant Measuring Interval**  **Micrograms Per Cubic Meter Unless Noted Otherwise (1) (2)** 

**Sulfur Dioxide 3 hours** 

**24 hours**

**annual 1300 (4)**  **365 (4)**

**80**

**Total Suspended Particulates Annual Geometric Mean 75**

**PM10 24 hours**  **150 (3) Pollutant**  **Measuring Interval Micrograms Per Cubic Meter**  **Unless Noted Otherwise (1) (2)**

**annual 50 (3)** 

**PM 2.5 (Primary and Secondary Standards)**  **24 hours**

**annual 35 (3)**  **15 (3)**

**Carbon Monoxide 1 hour** 

**8 hour 40 mg per cubic meter**  **10 mg per cubic meter**

**Ozone 1 hour**  **0.12 ppm (3)**

**Ozone 8 hours**  **0.08 ppm (3)**

**Gaseous Fluorides (as HF) 12 hr. avg. 24 hr. avg.**  **1 wk. avg. 1 mo. avg.**  **3.7**

**2.9**

**1.6**

**0.8**

**Nitrogen Dioxide annual**  **100**

**Lead Calendar Quarterly Mean 1.5** 

**(1) Arithmetic Average except in case of total suspended particulate matter (2) At 250 C and 760 mm Hg.**  **(3) Attainment determinations will be made based on the criteria contained in 40 CFR 50 Appendices H, I, K and N.**  **(4) Not to be exceeded more than once a year.**

R.61-62.5, Standard No. 5 - Volatile Organic Compounds:

Regulation 61-62.5, Standard No. 5, Section II.Part Q.2.a.(i)(a)(b) shall be revised as follows:

Part Q. Manufacture of Synthesized Pharmaceutical Products

**2. ...**

**a. ...**

**(i) If surface condensers are used, the condenser outlet gas temperature must not exceed:**

**(a) minus (-)25° C when condensing VOC of vapor pressure greater than 40.0 k Pa (5.8 psi) measured at 20° C,** 

**(b) minus (-)15° C when condensing VOC of vapor pressure greater than 20.0 k Pa (2.9 psi) measured at 20° C, ...** 

R. 61-62.96, Nitrogen Oxides (NO X ) and Sulfur Dioxide (SO 2 ) Budget Trading Program General

Provisions:

Regulation 61-62.96, Subpart AA shall be revised as follows:Subpart AA - “South Carolina CAIR NO

x Annual Trading Program General Provisions”

**The provisions of Title 40 CFR Part 96, subpart AA, as originally published in the** Federal Register **and as subsequently amended upon publication in the** Federal Register **as listed below, are incorporated by reference as if fully repeated herein.** 

40 CFR Part 96 subpart AA **Federal Register Citation Volume Date**  **Notice Original Promulgation Vol. 70**  **May 12, 2005 [70 FR 25162]**

**Revision Vol. 71**  **April 28, 2006 [71 FR 25304]**

**Revision Vol. 71**  **December 13, 2006 [71 FR 74792]**

**Revision Vol. 72**  **October 19, 2007 [72 FR 59190]**

Subpart FF - “CAIR NO

x Allowance Tracking System”

Section 96.153(c) is modified to read:

By December 1, 2009 and December 1 of each fourth year thereafter, the Administrator will record in the

CAIR NO

X source's compliance account the CAIR NO X allowances allocated for the CAIR NO X units at the source, as submitted by the permitting authority in accordance with §96.141(b), for the control period in the sixth year after the year of the applicable deadline for recordation under this paragraph.

The remainder of Section 96.153 is unchanged.

Regulation 61-62.96, Subpart AAA shall be revised as follows:

Subpart AAA - “CAIR SO 2 Trading Program General Provisions”

**The provisions of Title 40 CFR Part 96, subpart AAA, as originally published in the** Federal Register **and as subsequently amended upon publication in the** Federal Register **as listed below, are incorporated by reference as if fully repeated herein.** 

40 CFR Part 96 subpart AAA **Federal Register Citation Volume Date**  **Notice Original Promulgation Vol. 70**  **May 12, 2005 [70 FR 25162]**

**Revision Vol. 71**  **April 28, 2006 [71 FR 25304]**

**Revision Vol. 71**  **December 13, 2006 [71 FR 74792]**

**Revision Vol. 72**  **October 19, 2007 [72 FR 59190]**

Regulation 61-62.96, Subpart AAAA shall be revised as follows:

Subpart AAAA - “CAIR NO

x Ozone Season Trading Program General Provisions”

**The provisions of Title 40 CFR Part 96, subpart AAAA, as originally published in the** Federal Register **and as subsequently amended upon publication in the** Federal Register **as listed below, are incorporated by reference as if fully repeated herein, except as noted below.** 

40 CFR Part 96 subpart AAAA**Federal Register Citation Volume Date**  **Notice**

**Original Promulgation Vol. 70 May 12, 2005 [70 FR 25162]** 

**Revision Vol. 71**  **April 28, 2006 [71 FR 25304]**

**Revision Vol. 71**  **December 13, 2006 [71 FR 74792]**

**Revision Vol. 72**  **October 19, 2007 [72 FR 59190]**

The following definitions are revised in Section 96.302 Definitions:

**“Commence commercial operation” - (a) For all units “commence commercial operation” means, with regard to a unit:** 

**(1) To have begun to produce steam, gas, or other heated medium used to generate electricity for sale or use, including test generation, except as provided in §96.305 and §96.384(h).** 

**(i) For a unit that is a CAIR NO X**  **Ozone Season unit under §96.304 on the later of November 15, 1990, or the date the unit commences commercial operation as defined in paragraph (1) of this definition and that**  **subsequently undergoes a physical change (other than replacement of the unit by a unit at the same source), such date shall remain the date of commencement of commercial operation of the unit, which** 

**shall continue to be treated as the same unit.**

**(ii) For a unit that is a CAIR NO X**  **Ozone Season unit under §96.304 on the later of November 15, 1990, or the date the unit commences commercial operation as defined in paragraph (1) of this definition and**  **that is subsequently replaced by a unit at the same source (** e.g. **, repowered), such date shall remain the replaced unit’s date of commencement of commercial operation, and the replacement unit shall be treated**  **as a separate unit with a separate date for commencement of commercial operation as defined in paragraph (1) or (2) of this definition as appropriate.** 

**(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of this definition and except as provided in §96.305, for a unit that is**

**not a CAIR NO X**  **Ozone Season unit under §96.304 on the later of November 15, 1990, or the date the unit commences commercial operation as defined in paragraph (1) of this definition, the unit’s date for**  **commencement of commercial operation shall be the date on which the unit becomes a CAIR NO X**  **Ozone Season unit under §96.304.** 

**(i) For a unit with a date for commencement of commercial operation as defined in paragraph (2) of this definition and that subsequently undergoes a physical change (other than replacement of the unit by a unit**  **at the same source), such date shall remain the date of commencement of commercial operation of the unit, which shall continue to be treated as the same unit.** 

**(ii) For a unit with a date for commencement of commercial operation as defined in paragraph (2) of this definition and that is subsequently replaced by a unit at the same source (**  e.g. **, repowered), such date shall remain the replaced unit’s date of commencement of commercial operation, and the replacement unit**  **shall be treated as a separate unit with a separate date for commencement of commercial operation as defined in paragraph (1) or (2) of this definition as appropriate.** 

**“Commence operation” - (a) For all units “commence operation” means: ...**

**“Fossil-fuel-fired”**

- **(a) For a unit subject to 96.304 (a)(1)(i), (a)(2) or (b), “fossil-fuel-fired” means with regard to a unit, combusting any amount of fossil fuel in any calendar year.** 

**(b) ... (1) For units that commenced operation before January 1, 1996, the combination of fossil fuel, alone or in** 

**combination with any other fuel, where fossil fuel actually combusted comprises more than 50 percent of the annual heat input on a Btu basis during 1995,**  **or, if a unit had no heat input starting in 1995, during the last year of operation of the unit prior to 1995.** 

Subpart EEEE - “CAIR NO

x Ozone Season Allowance Allocations”

Section 96.342 CAIR NO

x Ozone Season Allowance Allocations.

**(e) The baseline heat input (in mmBtu) used with respect to CAIR NO**

**x Ozone Season allowance** 

**allocations for non-EGUs for each CAIR NO**

**x Ozone Season unit under section 96.341(b) will be: ...** 

**(2) For a CAIR NO**

**x Ozone Season allowance allocation under section 96.341(b)(2), the**  **allowances will be determined using the unit’s baseline heat input equal to the unit’s single highest adjusted control period heat input for the years that are five, six, seven and eight years before the first**  **year of the control periods for which the CAIR NO**

**x Ozone Season allowance allocation is being** 

**calculated.** Subpart FFFF - “CAIR NO

x Ozone Season Allowance Tracking System”

**The provisions of Title 40 CFR Part 96, subpart FFFF, as originally published in the** Federal Register **and as subsequently amended upon publication in the** Federal Register **as listed below, are incorporated by reference as if fully repeated herein.** 

40 CFR Part 96 subpart FFFF **Federal Register Citation Volume Date**  **Notice Original Promulgation Vol. 70**  **May 12, 2005 [70 FR 25162]**

**Revision Vol. 71**  **April 28, 2006 [71 FR 25304]**

**Revision Vol. 71**  **December 13, 2006 [71 FR 74792]**

Section 96.353(c) is modified to read:

By December 1, 2010 and December 1 of each fourth year thereafter, the Administrator will record in the

CAIR NO

X Ozone Season source's compliance account the CAIR NO X Ozone Season allowances allocated for the CAIR NO X Ozone Season units at the source, as submitted by the permitting authority in accordance with §96.341(b), for the control period in the sixth year after the year of the applicable deadline for recordation under this paragraph.

The remainder of Section 96.353 is unchanged.