CHAPTER 33-15-07

CONTROL OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS EMISSIONS

Section

33-15-07-01 Requirements for Construction of Organic Compounds

Facilities

33-15-07-02 Requirements for Organic Compounds Gas Disposal

33-15-07-01. Requirements for construction of organic compounds

facilities.

1. Scope. This section applies only to those facilities considered "new" as

defined in section 33-15-01-04.

2. Water separation from petroleum products. No person may build or

install any single or multiple compartment volatile organic compounds -

water separator which normally receives effluent water containing two

hundred gallons [757.08 liters] per day or more of any volatile organic

liquid from any equipment processing, refining, treating, storing, or

handling volatile organic compounds unless such compartment is

equipped with a closed-vent system and control device as defined

in 40 CFR, part 60, subpart QQQ, section 60.691, as adopted in

chapter 33-15-12, or a floating roof as described in 40 CFR, part 60,

subpart QQQ, section 60.693-2, as adopted inchapter 33-15-12, which

is properly installed and in good working order. For the purposes of

this section, a volatile organic compounds - water separator means

a device used to separate an oil water mixture into its separate

components, which include volatile organic compounds and water, by

gravity separation and skimming.

3. Submerged fill pipes required. No person may build or install

or permit the building or installation of a stationary volatile organic

compounds storage tank with a capacity of one thousand gallons

[3,785.41 liters] or more unless such tank is equipped with a submerged

fill pipe during filling operations or is a pressure tank as described in

40 CFR, part 60, subpart K, subparagraph 60.111(a)(1), as adopted in

chapter 33-15-12, or fitted with a vapor recovery system also defined

in 40 CFR, part 60, subpart K, paragraph 60.111(k), as adopted in

chapter 33-15-12.

4. Volatile organic compounds loading facilities. No person may

build or install or permit the building or installation of volatile organic

compounds tank car or tank truck loading facilities handling twenty

thousand gallons [75,708.24 liters] per day or more unless such

facilities are operated with a submerged filling arm or other vapor

emission control system. Any emissions control system utilized must

have a minimum control efficiency necessary to meet the requirements

of chapters 33-15-02 and 33-15-16.

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5. Pumps and compressors. All rotating pumps and compressors

handling volatile organic compounds must be equipped and operated

with properly maintained seals designed for their specific product

service and operating conditions.

History: Amended effective October 1, 1987; June 1, 1992; September 1,1997;

September 1, 1998.

General Authority: NDCC 23-25-03, 28-32-02

Law Implemented: NDCC 23-25-03

33-15-07-02. Requirements for organic compounds gas disposal.

1. No person may cause or permit the emission of organic compounds

gases and vapors, except from an emergency vapor blowdown system

or emergency relief system, unless these gases and vapors are burned

by flares, or an equally effective control device as approved by the

department. Minor sources, as determined by the department and

not subject to New Source Performance Standards (NSPS), may be

granted exemptions to this subsection.

2. Organic compounds gases and vapors which are generated as wastes

as the result of storage, refining, or processing operations and which

contain hydrogen sulfide, shall be incinerated, flared, or treated in an

equally effective manner before being released to the ambient air. The

emissions from all devices designed for incinerating, flaring, or treating

waste organic compounds gases and vapors shall result in compliance

with chapters 33-15-02 and 33-15-16.

3. Each flare required under this section must be equipped and operated

with an automatic ignitor or a continuous burning pilot.

History: Amended effective February 1, 1982; October 1, 1987; January 1,1989;

June 1, 1992.

General Authority: NDCC 23-25-03, 28-32-02

Law Implemented: NDCC 23-25-03

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