California Code of Regulations › Title 17 - Public Health › Division 3 - Air Resources › Chapter 1 - Air Resources Board › Subchapter 7.5 - Airborne Toxic Control Measures › Section 93115.3 - ATCM for Stationary CI Engines - Exemptions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The in-use stationary diesel agricultural
				  emission standard and other requirements of section
				  93115.8(b) do not
				  apply to agricultural emergency standby generator set engines equipped with
				  nonresettable hour meters with a minimum display capability of 9,999 hours or
				  remotely-located agricultural engines provided the owners or operators of such
				  engines comply with the registration requirements of section
				  93115.8(c) and
				  (d) and the applicable recordkeeping and
				  reporting requirements of section
				  93115.10.
(b) The requirements specified in sections
				  93115.6,
				  93115.7, and
				  93115.10(a) do
				  not apply to new or in-use stationary diesel-fueled CI engines used in
				  agricultural operations.
(c) The
				  requirements specified in section
				  93115.9 do not apply to single
				  cylinder cetane test engines used exclusively to determine the cetane number of
				  diesel fuels in accordance with American Society for Testing and Materials
				  (ASTM) Standard D 613-03b, "Standard Test Method for Cetane Number of Diesel
				  Fuel Oil," as modified on June 10, 2003, which is incorporated herein by
				  reference.
(d) The requirements
				  specified in sections
				  93115.6(b)(3) and
				  93115.7(b)(1) do
				  not apply to in-use stationary diesel-fueled CI engines used in emergency
				  standby or prime applications that, prior to January 1, 2005, were required in
				  writing by the district to meet and comply with either minimum technology
				  requirements or performance standards implemented by the district from the
				  "Risk Management Guidance for the Permitting of New Stationary Diesel-Fueled
				  Engines," October 2000, which is incorporated herein by reference.
(e) The requirements specified in section
				  93115.6(b)(3) do
				  not apply to permitted in-use stationary emergency standby diesel-fueled CI
				  engines that will be removed from service or replaced prior to January 1, 2009,
				  in accordance with an approved Office of Statewide Health Planning Development
				  (OSHPD) Compliance Plan that has been approved prior to January 1, 2009, except
				  that this exemption does not apply to replacement engines for the engines that
				  are removed from service under the OSHPD plan.
(f) The requirements in sections
				  93115.5 and
				  93115.7 do not apply to any
				  stationary diesel-fueled CI engine used solely for the training and testing of
				  United States Department of Defense (U.S. DoD) students or personnel of any
				  U.S. military branch in the operation, maintenance, repair and rebuilding of
				  engines when such training engines are required to be configured and designed
				  similarly to counterpart engines used by the U.S. DoD, U.S. Military services
				  or North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) forces in combat, combat support,
				  combat service support, tactical or relief operations used on land or at
				  sea.
(g) The requirements specified
				  in sections
				  93115.5 through
				  93115.8 do not apply to stationary
				  diesel-fueled CI engines used solely on San Nicolas or San Clemente Islands.
				  The Ventura County Air Pollution Control District Air Pollution Control Officer
				  (APCO) and the South Coast Air Quality Management District APCO shall review
				  the land use plans for the island in their jurisdiction at least once every
				  five (5) years and withdraw this exemption if the land use plans are changed to
				  allow use by the general public of the islands.
(h) The requirements specified in sections
				  93115.6 and
				  93115.7 do not apply to stationary
				  diesel-fueled engines used solely on outer continental shelf (OCS) platforms
				  located within 25 miles of California's seaward boundary.
(i)
Exemption for Emergency Engines
				  at Nuclear Facilities
. The requirements in section
				  93115.6(b)(3) do
				  not apply to any in-use stationary diesel-fueled CI engines for which all of
				  the following criteria are met:
(1) the engine
				  is an emergency standby engine;
(2)
				  the engine is subject to the requirements of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
				  Commission;
(3) the engine is used
				  solely for the safe shutdown and maintenance of a nuclear facility when normal
				  power service fails or is lost; and
(4) the engine undergoes maintenance and
				  testing operations for no more than 200 hours cumulatively per calendar
				  year.