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Code of Maine Rules › 06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL › Chapter 101 - VISIBLE EMISSIONS REGULATION › Section 096-101-3 - Visible Emission Standards Effective January 1, 2020 and Thereafter

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
The following standards shall apply except as provided in
				  Sections 3(D) and 3(E) of this Chapter:
A.
Fuel Burning Equipment.
Equipment shall be subject to one of the standards in this section:
(1) Boilers Firing #4, #5, or #6 Fuel Oil
				Boilers firing #4, #5, or #6 fuel oil shall comply with either (a), (b), or (c)
				below, as applicable:
(a) Visible emissions
				from any unit whose rated input capacity is less than 100 million BTU/hr shall
				not exceed an opacity of 30 percent on a six (6) minute block average basis,
				except for periods of startup, shutdown, malfunction, or certain equipment
				maintenance, during which times the unit operator may elect to comply with the
				work practice standards of Sections 4(A) or 4(C) of this Chapter in lieu of
				this visible emission standard. Eligible equipment maintenance must be
				specifically identified in the facility's air emission license as subject to
				work practice standards in this rule.
(b) Visible emissions from any unit whose
				rated input capacity is 100 million BTU/hr or greater shall not exceed an
				opacity of 20 percent on a six (6) minute block average basis, except for
				periods of startup, shutdown, malfunction, or certain equipment maintenance,
				during which times the unit operator may elect to comply with the work practice
				standards of Sections 4(A) or 4(C) of this Chapter in lieu of this visible
				emission standard. Eligible equipment maintenance must be specifically
				identified in the facility's air emission license as subject to work practice
				standards in this rule.
(c) Visible
				emissions from any unit whose rated input capacity is 100 million BTU/hr or
				greater shall not exceed an opacity of 20 percent on a six (6) minute block
				average basis for 95 percent of all six (6) minute block averages on a
				quarterly basis. The remaining 5 percent of all six (6) minute block averages
				on a quarterly basis shall be no greater than 45 percent opacity. Periods of
				start-up, shutdown and malfunctions are included for the purpose of calculating
				block averages under this subsection. Periods when the unit is not operating
				are not included for the purpose of calculating block averages under this
				subsection. Quarterly basis is the period of time from January 1 to March 31,
				April 1 to June 30, etc. A unit subject to this subsection shall be required to
				operate and maintain a COMS.
Code of Maine Rules › 06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL › Chapter 101 - VISIBLE EMISSIONS REGULATION › Section 096-101-4 - Work Practice Standards for Periods of Startup, Shutdown, Malfunction, and Equipment Maintenance

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A.
Fuel
				Burning Equipment Other than Reciprocating Engines
The unit operator may elect to comply with the following work
				  practice standards during periods of startup, shutdown, malfunction, and
				  certain equipment maintenance in lieu of the visible emission standards in
				  Sections
				  3(A)(1)(a), (1)(b), (4)(b), (5)(a), and
				  (6); Section
				  3(B)(1); Section
				  3(D)(1); and Sections
				  3(E)(1) and (2). If
				  multiple units exhaust to a common stack, the following work practice standards
				  shall apply to all units that exhaust to the common stack.
(1) The unit operator shall maintain a log
				(written or electronic) of the date, time, and duration of all startups,
				shutdowns, malfunctions, or equipment maintenance of any unit or its associated
				air pollution control equipment which result in the operator electing to comply
				with this section.
(2) The unit
				operator shall develop and implement a written startup and shutdown
				plan.
(3) The duration of unit
				startups, shutdowns, malfunctions, or equipment maintenance shall each not
				exceed one hour per occurrence, unless otherwise defined and provided for in
				the facility's air emission license.
(4) The unit, including any associated air
				pollution control equipment, shall be operated at all times in a manner
				consistent with safety and good air pollution control practices for minimizing
				emissions. Determination of whether such operation and maintenance procedures
				are being used will be based on information available to the Department that
				may include, but is not limited to, monitoring results, review of operation and
				maintenance procedures, review of operation and maintenance records, and
				inspection of the unit.
Code of Maine Rules › 06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL › Chapter 102 - OPEN BURNING › Section 096-102-1 - Scope

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A. This section shall be applicable in all
				ambient air quality regions in the State of Maine.
B. This section shall not interfere with or
				supersede any local law or ordinance which is more stringent.
Code of Maine Rules › 06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL › Chapter 103 - FUEL BURNING EQUIPMENT PARTICULATE EMISSION STANDARD › Section 096-103-1 - Scope

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
This chapter shall apply to all fuel burning or solid waste
				  fuel burning equipment located in the State of Maine and having a rated
				  capacity of 3 million BTU per hour or greater.
Code of Maine Rules › 06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL › Chapter 103 - FUEL BURNING EQUIPMENT PARTICULATE EMISSION STANDARD › Section 096-103-2 - Emission Standards

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A.
Existing
				Sources.
Any source which has applied for an air emission license prior
				to December 22, l982 shall limit particulate emissions as follows:
(1) Oil-Gas-Petroleum Burning.Any source
				burning distillate or residual fuel oil, gas, or other petroleum product shall
				not exceed 0.20 lbs. particulate per million BTU. Any source which cannot
				achieve the 0.20 lbs. particulate per million BTU limit will be allowed to
				operate at that higher emission rate, but not to exceed 0.30 lbs. particulate
				matter per million BTU, if it installs automatic fuel viscosity controls
				integrated into the fuel oil controls and combustion efficiency instrumentation
				or equivalent alternative procedure approved by the Commissioner. The source
				will be allowed a period of one year from the date of demonstration of
				noncompliance to install the controls.
(2) Coal Burning
(a) Any coal burning source with a heat input
				capacity of less than 50 million BTU/Hr shall not exceed 0.30 lbs. particulate
				per million BTU.
(b) Any coal
				burning source including one presently burning oil but designed to burn coal
				with a heat input capacity of 50 million BTU/Hr. or greater shall not exceed
				0.08 lbs. particulate per million BTU.
(3) Wood Burning
(a) Any source designed to burn wood, bark,
				chips, sawdust, pulp mill sludge or similar forest product (including those
				with supplementary oil firing capabilities) with a heat input capacity of less
				than 150 million BTU/Hr. shall not exceed an emission rate defined according to
				the following equation (even during periods of burning only oil):
log y = 0.034 - 0.256 log x
wherey = allowable emission rate expressed inlbs particulate
				  per million BTU
x = equipment capacity expressed in millions of
				  BTU`s/hour.
(b) Any source
				designed to burn wood, bark, chips, sawdust, pulp mill sludge or similar forest
				product (including those with supplementary oil firing capabilities) with a
				heat input capacity of 150 million BTU/Hr. or greater shall not exceed 0.30
				lbs. particulate per million BTU. (even during periods of burning only
				oil).
(4) Solid
				Waste.Any source burning refuse, garbage, trash or any combination of municipal
				or industrial solid waste shall not exceed the limits of Chapter 104, the
				Incinerator Particulate Emission Standard.
Code of Maine Rules › 06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL › Chapter 103 - FUEL BURNING EQUIPMENT PARTICULATE EMISSION STANDARD › Section 096-103-3 - Test Methods and Procedures

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
Compliance shall be determined by test methods and procedures
				  approved on or before December 22, l982, or any method providing equivalent
				  accuracy and reliability subsequently approved by the Board.
Code of Maine Rules › 06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL › Chapter 103 - FUEL BURNING EQUIPMENT PARTICULATE EMISSION STANDARD › Section 096-103-4 - Exemptions

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
Any source considered new according to Section
				  2(B) but which
				  equipment has been previously owned and operated shall be exempt from the
				  provisions of Section
				  2(B) and will be
				  subject to case-by-case emission limitations not to exceed the respective
				  emission limitations of Section
				  2(A).
Code of Maine Rules › 06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL › Chapter 104 - INCINERATOR PARTICULATE EMISSION STANDARD › Section 096-104-1 - Scope

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
This regulation shall be applicable to all incinerators and
				  shall be effective in all regions in the State of Maine as follows:
A. Immediately for all new incinerators, the
				construction or operation of which begins after the effective date of this
				emission standard unless such incinerators are required to meet a stricter
				standard of performance;
B. June 1,
				1975 for all existing incinerators.
Code of Maine Rules › 06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL › Chapter 104 - INCINERATOR PARTICULATE EMISSION STANDARD › Section 096-104-2 - Emission Standard

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
No person shall emit or cause to be emitted any particulate
				  air contaminants from:
A. Any
				incinerator darker than a number 1 on the Ringelmann Chart, excluding the
				emission of water vapor;
B. Any
				Class III, IV, V, VI, and VII incinerator having a designed charging rate of 50
				tons per day or less, that exceed 0.2 grains per standard cubic foot of dry
				flue gas for a two hour sampling period corrected to 12 percent carbon dioxide
				without the contribution of carbon dioxide from the auxiliary fuel.
C. Any class incinerator having a designed
				charging rate greater than 50 tons per day, that exceed 0.08 grains per
				standard cubic foot of dry flue gas for a 2-hour sampling period, corrected to
				12 percent carbon dioxide without the contribution of carbon dioxide from the
				auxiliary fuel.
Code of Maine Rules › 06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL › Chapter 104 - INCINERATOR PARTICULATE EMISSION STANDARD › Section 096-104-3 - Incinerator Malfunction or Breakdown

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
Any person owning or operating incinerators under the scope
				  of this emission standard, except Class I, IA, II, and IIA incinerators that
				  malfunction or suffer a breakdown in any component part which malfunction or
				  breakdown causes this emission standard to be violated shall notify the
				  Department within 48 hours in writing.
Code of Maine Rules › 06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL › Chapter 104 - INCINERATOR PARTICULATE EMISSION STANDARD › Section 096-104-4 - Test Methods and Procedures

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
Test Methods 1, 3, and 5 as promulgated by the Administrator,
				  Environmental Protection Agency Rules and Regulations 60.85, "Federal
				  Register", Volume 36, Number 247, Thursday, December 23, 1971 or such other
				  methods as are deemed equivalent by the Department shall be those used to
				  determine compliance with this regulation.
Code of Maine Rules › 06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL › Chapter 105 - GENERAL PROCESS SOURCE PARTICULATE EMISSION STANDARD › Section 096-105-1 - Scope

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A general process source shall be any emission source except
				  fuel-burning equipment, incinerators, mobile sources, open burning sources, and
				  sources of fugitive dust. This emission standard shall be effective in all
				  regions in the State of Maine as follows:
A. Immediately for all new process sources
				the construction of which begins after the Commission adopts this emission
				standard unless such sources are required to meet a stricter standard of
				performance;
B. June 1, 1975 for
				all existing sources.
Code of Maine Rules › 06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL › Chapter 105 - GENERAL PROCESS SOURCE PARTICULATE EMISSION STANDARD › Section 096-105-2 - Emission Standard

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
Any person operating any kraft pulping process shall limit
				  the emission of particulate air contaminants from such emission source as
				  follows: 4 pounds of particulate emissions per air dried ton of kraft pulp from
				  the recovery boiler, 1 pound of particulate air contaminants per air dried ton
				  of kraft pulp from the lime kiln, 0.5 pound of particulate air contaminants per
				  air dried ton of kraft pulp from the smelt tank for a 2-hour sampling
				  period.
Any person operating any kraft pulping process shall limit
				  the emission of particulate air contaminants from such emission source as
				  follows: 4 pounds of particulate emissions per air dried ton of kraft pulp from
				  the recovery boiler, 1 pound of particulate air contaminants per air dried ton
				  of kraft pulp from the lime kiln, 0.5 pound of particulate air contaminants per
				  air dried ton of kraft pulp from the smelt tank for a 2-hour sampling
				  period.
All similar units, processes operated by the same person at
				  the same general location shall be combined in computing the process weight
				  rate for use in Table 105A.
Code of Maine Rules › 06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL › Chapter 105 - GENERAL PROCESS SOURCE PARTICULATE EMISSION STANDARD › Section 096-105-3 - Table 105A

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
Process Weight Rate Emission Rate (lb./hr.)
Emission Rate (lbs./hr.)
50......................................................................
0.36
100....................................................................
0.55
500....................................................................
1.53
1000..................................................................
2.25
5000..................................................................
6.34
10000................................................................
9.73
20000................................................................
14.99
60000................................................................
29.60
80000................................................................
31.19
120000..............................................................
33.28
160,000.............................................................
34.85
200,000.............................................................
36.11
400,000.............................................................
40.35
1,000,000..........................................................
46.72
Interpolation of Table 105A for process weight rates up to
				  60,000 lbs./hr. shall be computed by use of the following equation:
E = 3.59P0.62for P less than or
				  equal to 30 tons/hr.
and interpolation and extrapolation of Table 105A for rates
				  in excess of 60,000 lbs./hr. shall be computed by use of the equation:
E = 17.31P0.16for P greater than
				  30 tons/hr.
Where E = Emissions in pounds per hour and P = process weight
				  rate in tons per hour.
Code of Maine Rules › 06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL › Chapter 105 - GENERAL PROCESS SOURCE PARTICULATE EMISSION STANDARD › Section 096-105-4 - Malfunction or breakdown

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
Any person owning or operating a source under the scope of
				  this emission standard that malfunctions or suffers a breakdown in any
				  component part that causes this emission standard to be violated shall notify
				  the Commission within 48 hours in writing.
Code of Maine Rules › 06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL › Chapter 105 - GENERAL PROCESS SOURCE PARTICULATE EMISSION STANDARD › Section 096-105-5 - Test Methods and Procedures

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
Test methods 1 and 5 as promulgated by the Administrator,
				  Environmental Protection Agency Rules and Regulations 60.85, "Federal
				  Register", volume 36, number 247, Thursday, December 23, 1971 or such other
				  methods as are deemed equivalent by the Environmental Improvement Commission
				  shall be used to determine compliance with this regulation
Code of Maine Rules › 06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL › Chapter 106 - LOW SULFUR FUEL › Section 096-106-1 - Scope

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
This regulation shall apply to those persons who distribute,
				  import, offer for sale, or blend fossil fuels in Maine and to fuel burning
				  sources in the State of Maine which are not required to achieve the lower
				  emission rates of New Source Performance Standards or as required to satisfy
				  the case-by-case requirements of Best Available Control Technology or other
				  requirements that may impose more stringent sulfur
				  limitations.
Code of Maine Rules › 06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL › Chapter 106 - LOW SULFUR FUEL › Section 096-106-2 - Definitions

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A.
Baseline emissions.
"Baseline
				emissions" for the purpose of this Chapter, means the actual emissions, in tons
				per year, which were emitted during 2002. The baseline emissions shall be
				adjusted downward to exclude any non-compliant emissions that occurred while
				the source was operating above any emission limitation that was legally
				enforceable during 2002.
B.
Distillate fuels.
"Distillate fuels" means any fuel meeting the
				requirements of the following grades of fuel oil as prescribed in ASTM D396:
				No. 1 Low Sulfur; No. 1; No. 2 Low Sulfur; and No. 2.
C.
Early sulfur emission
				reductions.
"Early sulfur emission reductions" means reductions in
				sulfur emissions occurring at a licensed source between January 1, 2002 and
				September 12, 2009, inclusive.
D.
Manufacturing.
"Manufacturing", for the purpose of this Chapter,
				means the non-combustion related mechanical, physical, chemical, or electronic
				use or transformation of distillate fuel into new products.
E.
Residual fuels.
"Residual
				fuels" means any fuel meeting the requirements of the following grades of fuel
				oil as prescribed in ASTM D396: No. 4 (light); No. 4; No.5 (Light); No. 5
				(Heavy); and No. 6.
Code of Maine Rules › 06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL › Chapter 106 - LOW SULFUR FUEL › Section 096-106-3 - Prohibitions

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
No person shall import, distribute or offer for sale any
				  liquid fossil fuel with a sulfur content exceeding the limits in Subsection A
				  or any solid fossil fuel with a sulfur content to heat content ratio exceeding
				  the limits of Subsection B unless the fuel will be combusted in a source
				  subject to Subsections
				  5 or
				  9, or Sections
				  6 or
				  8 are applicable.
A.
Liquid Fossil Fuels
(1)
Residual Fuels
(a) No person shall distribute or offer for
				sale any residual fuel containing over 2.0 percent sulfur by weight as fired,
				except that in the Portland Peninsula Air Quality Control Region, no person
				shall use any residual fuel with a sulfur content greater than 1.5% by
				weight.
(b) Beginning July 1, 2018,
				no person shall distribute or offer for sale any residual fuel with a sulfur
				content greater than 0.5% by weight statewide.
Code of Maine Rules › 06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL › Chapter 106 - LOW SULFUR FUEL › Section 096-106-4 - Records

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A. Any person who imports or receives for
				wholesale distribution residual oil or bituminous coal in the State of Maine
				must submit to the Commissioner quarterly reports itemizing the quantity,
				sulfur content, ash content and heat content for each shipment of such fuel. It
				is the responsibility of the person importing or receiving such fuel to
				maintain a record of the certified fuel analyses upon which the quarterly
				reports are based and provide the user a copy of the certification.
Any person who uses residual oil or bituminous coal shall
				  maintain certification records of the fuel analysis provided by the
				  supplier.
B. Any person
				achieving compliance by means of blending fuels shall file with the
				Commissioner quarterly reports indicating the respective fuel volumes, sulfur
				contents and heat contents.
C. Any
				person achieving compliance by means of flue gas desulfurization or other
				sulfur removal processes shall file with the Commissioner quarterly reports
				indicating delivered fuel sulfur contents, a summary of sulfur dioxide
				concentrations from a continuous in-stack monitor, and identifying any period
				of malfunction or other outage of the flue gas desulfurization or other sulfur
				removal processes.
D. Where this
				rule requires the filing of quarterly reports with the Commissioner, the
				deadlines for filing such reports shall be as follows:
(1) The report for the calendar quarter of
				January, February and March shall be filed by April 30;
(2) The report for the calendar quarter of
				April, May and June shall be filed by July 30;
(3) The report for the calendar quarter of
				July, August and September shall be filed by October 30; and
(4) The report for the calendar quarter of
				October, November and December shall be filed by January 30 of the following
				year.
Code of Maine Rules › 06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL › Chapter 106 - LOW SULFUR FUEL › Section 096-106-5 - Flue Gas Desulfurization

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
Any source that installs any approved flue gas
				  desulfurization system or other prescribed sulfur removal device shall be
				  permitted to usefuel with a sulfur content in excess of the limitations of
				  Section
				  3 such that after control, total
				  sulfur dioxide emissions do not exceed:
A. 1.92 lbs. of sulfur dioxide per million
				BTU in any 24 hour period; or emission rates corresponding to the fuel sulfur
				limitations required for sources in the Portland Peninsula Air Quality Control
				Region.
Code of Maine Rules › 06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL › Chapter 106 - LOW SULFUR FUEL › Section 096-106-6 - Fuel Blending

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
Any source may achieve compliance with the fuel sulfur
				  limitations of Section
				  3 by means of blending low sulfur fuel
				  with a higher sulfur fuel, proportioned on the basis of relative heat content
				  of each fuel.
NOTE: Fuel blending is considered to be mixing of fuels by
				  mechanical devices.
Code of Maine Rules › 06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL › Chapter 106 - LOW SULFUR FUEL › Section 096-106-7 - Test Method and Procedures

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A. Any source
				achieving compliance using flue gas desulfurization or other sulfur removal
				processes shall demonstrate compliance through the installation and operation
				of an approved continuous in-stack sulfur dioxide monitor.
B. Any source achieving compliance using fuel
				blending involving one or more noncompliance grade fuels shall demonstrate
				compliance in accordance with the provisions of 40 CFR Part 75 (revised July 1,
				1998).
C. Whenever compliance is
				demonstrated by the analysis of bulk residual oil, EPA Method 19 as published
				at 40 CFR Part 60, Appendix A shall be used. Method 19 includes the following
				procedures:
(1) ASTM D270-65 and D4177 for
				Sample Collection, and
(2) ASTM
				D129 and 1552 for Sample Analysis.
Equivalent procedures may be approved by the Commissioner and
				  the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Code of Maine Rules › 06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL › Chapter 106 - LOW SULFUR FUEL › Section 096-106-8 - Emergency Variance

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
If, during periods of energy crisis or equipment outage or
				  natural disasters, an oil supplier is unable to supply conforming fuel, that
				  supplier may apply to the Commissioner of the Department of Environmental
				  Protection for a temporary variance subject to EPA approval. The Commissioner
				  may, without hearing, issue that variance for the supplier and his regular
				  users for a period not to exceed 60 days if the application, in his judgment,
				  meets the criteria of the applicable statutory variance requirements and that
				  such emergency action is necessary to avoid an immediate threat to public
				  health, safety or general welfare. Such temporary variance cannot be
				  renewed.
A. Any oil supplier
				requesting an emergency variance under this Section shall submit the request in
				writing to the commissioner.
B. The
				written request must provide the following:
(1) the name, location and relevant contact
				information sufficient for the Department to make immediate electronic or
				telephonic contact with owner or operator of the supplier requesting the
				variance;
(2) information
				sufficient to demonstrate:
(a) that an
				emergency event has occurred;
(b)
				the duration and nature of the emergency event;
(c) such other circumstances as the
				Commissioner deems relevant to the request; and
(d) the authenticity and relevance of other
				information submitted by the applicant in support of its request.
Code of Maine Rules › 06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL › Chapter 106 - LOW SULFUR FUEL › Section 096-106-9 - Equivalent Alternative Sulfur Reduction

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
Notwithstanding Section
				  5 of this Chapter, any licensed air
				  emission source that held an air emission license on September 12, 2009 may
				  submit an application to amend the facility's existing air emission license to
				  achieve equivalent sulfur emission reductions through other means, including
				  but not limited to reductions in the consumption of residual and distillate
				  fuel, early sulfur emission reductions from the 2002 baseline emissions
				  inventory year, and conversion to alternative fuels.
A. Any source choosing to apply for an
				equivalent alternative sulfur reduction plan must submit an application for
				Department and EPA approval no later than one (1) year after the effective date
				of this Chapter.
B. Approved
				alternative sulfur reduction strategies must be in effect no later than July1,
				2018.
NOTE: In all cases, ambient air quality standards and
				  increment standards must be met.
Code of Maine Rules › 06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL › Chapter 107 - SULFUR DIOXIDE EMISSION STANDARDS FOR SULFITE PULP MILLS › Section 096-107-1 - Scope

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
This emission standard shall apply to all emissions from
				  sulfite type pulp mills except that sulfur dioxide produced from the burning of
				  coal or petroleum fuels are not to be included in this emission standard. This
				  emission standard shall become effective in all regions as follows.
A. Immediately for any new sulfite type pulp
				mill, the construction or operation of which begins after the effective date of
				this emission standard;
B. June 1,
				1975 for all existing sources.
Code of Maine Rules › 06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL › Chapter 107 - SULFUR DIOXIDE EMISSION STANDARDS FOR SULFITE PULP MILLS › Section 096-107-2 - Emission Standard

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
No person shall emit or cause to be emitted any sulfur
				  dioxide emissions from any emission source within the scope of this emission
				  standard in excess of 40 pounds per air dried ton of sulfite pulp
				  produced.
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Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
Any person owning or operating pulp mills under the scope of
				  this emission standard that malfunction or suffer a breakdown in any component
				  part, which malfunction or breakdown causes this emission standard to be
				  violated shall notify the Board within 48 hours in writing.
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Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
Test methods 1 and 6 as promulgated by the Administrator,
				  Environmental Protection Agency Rules and Regulations 60.85, "Federal
				  Register", volume 36, number 247, Thursday, December 23, 1971, or such other
				  methods as are deemed equivalent by the Board of Environmental Protection shall
				  be used to determine compliance with this regulation.
Code of Maine Rules › 06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL › Chapter 109 - EMERGENCY EPISODE REGULATIONS › Section 096-109-2 - Criteria

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Conditions justifying the proclamation of an air pollution
				  alert, air pollution warning, or air pollution emergency shall be deemed to
				  exist whenever the Commissioner determines that the accumulation of air
				  pollutants in any place is attaining or has attained levels which could, if
				  such levels are sustained or exceeded, lead to a substantial threat to the
				  health of persons. In making the determination, the Commissioner will be guided
				  by the following criteria:
A.
Air Pollution Forecast.
An internal watch by the Department shall be
				actuated by a National Weather Service advisory that an Atmospheric Stagnation
				Advisory is in effect or the equivalent local forecast of stagnation
				atmospheric condition.
B.
Alert.
The Alert level is that concentration of pollutants at which
				first stage control actions is to begin. An Alert will be declared by the
				Commissioner when:
(1) Any one of the
				following levels is reached at any monitoring site:
SO2- 0.305 ppm, 24-hour
				  average,
PM10- 355
				  ug/m3, 24-hour average,
PM2.5-150.5 ug/m3, 24-hour
				  average,
CO- 15.5 ppm, 8-hour average,
Ozone (03)- 0.205 ppm, 1-hour
				  average,
Ozone (03)- 0.116 ppm, 8-hour
				  average,
NO2- 0.65 ppm, 1-hour average;
				  and
(2) Meteorological
				conditions are such the pollutant concentrations can be expected to remain at
				the above levels for twelve (12) or more hours or increase, or in the case of
				ozone, the situation is likely to reoccur within the next 24-hour unless
				control actions are taken.
Code of Maine Rules › 06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL › Chapter 109 - EMERGENCY EPISODE REGULATIONS › Section 096-109-3 - Emission Reduction Plans

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A.
Forecast
				Stage.
There is no specific emission reduction required during the
				forecast stage, however, the Department will monitor the atmospheric
				concentrations of the pollutants listed in Section 2 of this Chapter and the
				meteorological conditions on a 24-hour basis.
B.
Air Pollution Alert.
When the
				Commissioner declares an Air Pollution Alert, any person responsible for the
				operation of the sources listed below shall take all Air Pollution Alert
				actions as required for that source.
(1)
General
(a) There shall be no
				open burning by any persons of tree waste, vegetation, refuse or debris in any
				form.
(b) The use of incinerators
				for the disposal of any form of solid waste shall be limited to the hours
				between 12 noon and 4 p.m.
(c)
				Persons operating fuel-burning equipment shall make maximum use of mid-day (12
				noon - 4 p.m.) atmospheric turbulence for boiler lancing and soot
				blowing.
(d) Persons operating
				motor vehicles should eliminate all unnecessary operations.
Code of Maine Rules › 06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL › Chapter 109 - EMERGENCY EPISODE REGULATIONS › Section 096-109-4 - Notification of Malfunction or Breakdown

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
Any person operating equipment that is permitted to operate
				  during an emergency episode, that malfunctions or breaks down causing any
				  emission standard, regulation or standby emergency episode plan to be violated,
				  shall notify the Department within 4 hours by telephone.
Code of Maine Rules › 06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL › Chapter 109 - EMERGENCY EPISODE REGULATIONS › Section 096-109-5 - Additional Orders

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
In addition to the emission reduction and source curtailments
				  required above, the Commissioner may, pursuant to
				   38 M.R.S.A.,
				  Section347-A, issue such additional emergency
				  orders as he deems necessary.
Code of Maine Rules › 06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL › Chapter 110 - AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS › Section 096-110-2 - Particulate Matter Ambient Air Quality Standards

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A.
				The primary and secondary 24-hour ambient air quality standards for
				PM10are 150 µg/m3.The
				standards are attained when the expected number of days per calendar year with
				a 24-hour average concentration above 150 um/m3, as
				determined in accordance with 40 CFR Part 50 Appendix K, is equal to or less
				than one.
B. The primary and
				secondary ambient air quality standards for PM2.5 are:
(1) Annual Standards
(a) The primary annual PM2.5
				standard is met when the annual arithmetic mean concentration
				averaged over 3 years, as determined in accordance with 40 CFR Part 50 Appendix
				N, is less than or equal to 12.0
				µg/m3.
(b) The secondary annual PM2.5
				standard is met when the annual arithmetic mean concentration
				averaged over 3 years, as determined in accordance with 40 CFR Part 50 Appendix
				N, is less than or equal to 15.0
				µg/m3.
Code of Maine Rules › 06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL › Chapter 110 - AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS › Section 096-110-3 - Sulfur Dioxide Ambient Air Quality Standards

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A.
				The primary ambient air quality standard for sulfur oxides measured as sulfur
				dioxide is a 1-hour average concentration of 75 ppb. The primary sulfur dioxide
				standard is met when the 99th percentile 1-hour daily maximum concentration
				averaged over 3 years, as determined in accordance with 40 CFR Part 50 Appendix
				T, is less than or equal to 75 ppb.
B. The secondary ambient air quality standard
				for sulfur oxides measured as sulfur dioxide is a maximum 3-hour concentration
				of 0.5 ppm. The secondary sulfur dioxide standard is met when the
				second-highest 3-hour average per calendar year, as determined in accordance
				with 40 CFR Part 50 , Appendix A, is less than or equal to 0.5 ppm.
Code of Maine Rules › 06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL › Chapter 110 - AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS › Section 096-110-4 - Carbon Monoxide Ambient Air Quality Standards

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
The ambient air quality standards for carbon monoxide
				  are:
A.
9 ppm (10 milligrams per
				cubic meter) for an 8-hour average concentration
.The 8-hour average is
				met when the second-highest 8-hour average concentration per calendar year, as
				determined in accordance with 40 CFR Part 50 Appendix C, is less than or equal
				to 9 ppm; and
B.
35 ppm (40
				milligrams per cubic meter) for an 1-hour average
.The 1-hour average is
				met when the second-highest 1-hour average concentration per calendar year, as
				determined in accordance with 40 CFR Part 50 Appendix C, is less than or equal
				to 35 ppm.
Code of Maine Rules › 06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL › Chapter 110 - AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS › Section 096-110-5 - Ozone

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
The primary and secondary ambient air quality standard for
				  ozone is an 8-hour average concentration of 0.070 ppm. The primary and
				  secondary ambient air quality standard for ozone is met when the three-year
				  average of the annual fourth-highest daily maximum 8-hour average ozone
				  concentration, as determined in accordance with 40 CFR Part 50 Appendix P, is
				  less than or equal to 0.070 ppm.
Code of Maine Rules › 06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL › Chapter 110 - AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS › Section 096-110-6 - Nitrogen Dioxide Ambient Air Quality Standards

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A.
				The1-hour primary ambient air quality standard for nitrogen dioxide is a
				concentration of 100 ppb. The standard is met when the 98th percentile of
				1-hour daily maximum concentrations, averaged over 3 years at a monitor, as
				determined in accordance with 40 CFR Part 50 Appendix S, does not exceed 100
				ppb.
B. The annual primary and
				secondary ambient air quality standard for nitrogen dioxide is a concentration
				of 53 ppb. The standard is met when the when the annual arithmetic mean
				concentration at a monitor, as determined in accordance with 40 CFR Part 50
				Appendix S, does not exceed 53 ppb.
Code of Maine Rules › 06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL › Chapter 110 - AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS › Section 096-110-7 - Lead Ambient Air Quality Standards

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
The primary and secondary ambient air quality standard for
				  lead and its compounds measured as elemental lead is 0.15
				  µg/m3.The standards are met when the maximum
				  rolling three month average measured over a three-year period does not exceed
				  0.15 µg/m3, as determined in accordance with
				  40 CFR Part 50, Appendix R.
Code of Maine Rules › 06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL › Chapter 110 - AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS › Section 096-110-8 - Establishment of Ambient Increments

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A. In addition to
				the ambient air quality standards adopted by the Board and enacted as
				38
				M.R.S.A.,584-A, any Class I Region or part
				thereof within the State (including those federal lands designated by the
Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1977 shall be subject to a maximum
				allowable increase in concentration of PM2.5,
				PM10, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen dioxide over the
				baseline concentration of such pollutants. The maximum allowable increase for
				any period other than an annual period, shall not be exceeded more than once
				annually. Such maximum allowable increase shall consist of:
(1)
PM
				2.5
(a) An
				increase in the annual arithmetic mean at any location shall not exceed 1
				microgram per cubic meter.
(b) An
				increase in concentration for any 24-hour period at any location shall not
				exceed 2 micrograms per cubic meter.
Code of Maine Rules › 06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL › Chapter 110 - AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS › Section 096-110-9 - Exclusions from the Increment

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A. Concentrations
				of such pollutant attributable to the increase in emissions from stationary
				sources which have converted from the use of petroleum products, or natural
				gas, or both, by reason of an order which is in effect under the provisions of
				sections
				2(a) and (b) of the
Federal Energy Supply and Environmental Coordination Act of
				1974
over the emissions from such sources before the effective date of
				such order. Any exclusions provided by this section shall end five years after
				the effective date of this order;
B. Concentrations of PM2.5
				or PM10 attributable to the increase in
				emissions from construction or other temporary emission-related activities;
				and
C. The increase in
				concentrations attributable to new sources outside the United States over the
				concentrations attributable to existing sources which are included in the
				baseline concentration.
Code of Maine Rules › 06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL › Chapter 111 - PETROLEUM LIQUID STORAGE VAPOR CONTROL › Section 096-111-1 - Scope

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A. This regulation applies in all ambient air
				quality regions of the State of Maine.
B. This regulation applies to all fixed roof
				storage vessels with capacities greater than 150,000 liters (39,000 gallons)
				containing volatile petroleum liquids whose true vapor pressure is greater than
				10.5 kilo pascals (1.52 psia) or a Reid vapor pressure of 4 psi. Such fixed
				roof storage vessels are subject to New Source Performance Standards as of the
				dates specified in and in accordance with the requirements contained in 40 CFR,
				Part 60, Subparts K, Ka, and Kb.
C.
				Section 5(B) of this regulation shall apply to all fixed roof storage vessels
				with capacities greater than 150,000 liters (39,000 gallons) containing
				volatile petroleum liquids whose true vapor pressure is greater than 1.0 psia
				but less than 1.52 psia.
Code of Maine Rules › 06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL › Chapter 111 - PETROLEUM LIQUID STORAGE VAPOR CONTROL › Section 096-111-2 - Prohibition

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A. No owner or operator of a fixed roof
				storage vessel shall permit or suffer the use of such vessels unless:
(1) The vessels have been retrofitted with an
				internal floating roof equipped with a closure seal, or seals, to reduce the
				visual space between the roof edge and tank wall; or the vessels have been
				retrofitted with equally effective alternative control as approved by the
				Commissioner and the United States Environmental Protection Agency;
(2) The vessel is maintained such that there
				are no visible holes, tears, or other openings in the seal or any seal fabric
				or materials;
(3) All openings
				except stub drains are equipped with covers, lids, or seals such that:
(a) the cover, lid, or seal is in the closed
				position at all times except when in actual use;
(b) automatic bleeder vents are closed at all
				times except when the roof is being floated off or being landed on the roof leg
				supports; and
(c) rim vents, if
				provided, are set to open only when the roof is being floated off the roof leg
				supports or at the manufacturer's recommended setting;
(4) Routine visual inspections are conducted
				through roof hatches once every month; and
(5) A complete inspection of cover and seal
				is performed at least once every ten (10) years and each time the vessel is
				emptied and degassed. These inspections shall be conducted by visually
				inspecting the floating roof deck, deck fittings, and rim seals from within the
				storage vessel. The inspection may be performed entirely from the top side of
				the floating roof, as long as there is visual access to all deck
				components.
Code of Maine Rules › 06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL › Chapter 111 - PETROLEUM LIQUID STORAGE VAPOR CONTROL › Section 096-111-3 - Emission Testing

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
The determination of compliance under this section may be
				  made by visual inspection of the floating cover through the roof hatches by
				  Department staff or other qualified representatives of the Department. The
				  source shall be found in compliance if:
A.The seal has no visible holes, tears, or
				other openings and is uniformly in place around the circumference of the cover
				between the cover and tank well;
B.The cover is uniformly floating on or above
				the liquid and there are no visible holes, tears, or other openings in the
				surface of the cover and no liquid is accumulated on the cover; and
C. All records are being properly
				maintained.
Code of Maine Rules › 06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL › Chapter 111 - PETROLEUM LIQUID STORAGE VAPOR CONTROL › Section 096-111-4 - Transition Schedule

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
The owner or operator of fixed-roof petroleum storage vessels
				  located in Air Quality Control Regions III, IV and V shall have until July 1,
				  1991, to comply with the requirements under subsection (2)(A). In Air Quality
				  Control Regions III, IV and V, the owner or operator of a fixed-roof petroleum
				  storage vessel without a floating roof or other acceptable volatile organic
				  compound emission control equipment shall adhere to the increments of progress
				  contained in the following schedule and shall report to the department within
				  15 days of the prescribed deadline the status of compliance with each increment
				  of progress.
A.Final plans for the
				floating roof, other necessary modifications or other acceptable volatile
				organic compound emission control equipment shall be submitted before November
				1, 1989.
B. Contracts for
				installation of the floating roof, other modifications or other acceptable
				volatile organic compound emission control equipment or purchase orders for
				component parts shall be issued before March 1, 1990.
C. Initiation of on-site construction or
				installation of acceptable volatile organic compound emission control equipment
				shall begin before July 1, 1990.
D.Final compliance shall be achieved before
				July 1, 1991.