Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 401 - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT CABINET - DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 61 - Existing Source Standards › Section 401 KAR 61:175 - Leaks from existing synthetic organic chemical and polymer manufacturing equipment

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				224.20-100,
				224.20-110,
				224.10-120,
				40 C.F.R. 60 Appendix A (Method 21),
				42
				U.S.C. 7410
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				224.10-100 requires the Environmental and
				Public Protection Cabinet to prescribe administrative regulations for the
				prevention, abatement and control of air pollution.
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				USC 7410 likewise requires the state to
				implement standards for national primary and secondary ambient air quality.
				This administrative regulation provides for the control of volatile organic
				compound emissions from leaks from existing synthetic organic chemical and
				polymer manufacturing equipment.
Section
			 1. Definitions. As used in this administrative regulation, all
			 terms not defined in this section shall have the meaning given to them in
			 401 KAR
			 61:001.
(1) "Affected
			 facility" means each individual component which contacts a process fluid that
			 contains greater than ten (10) percent volatile organic compounds (VOCs) by
			 weight within a synthetic organic chemical manufacturing plant or polymer
			 manufacturing plant.
(2)
			 "Component" means a piece of equipment, including but not limited to pumps,
			 valves, compressors, and pressure relief valves, which has the potential to
			 leak VOCs.
(3) "Synthetic organic
			 chemical manufacturing plant" means facilities which operate equipment in
			 process units to manufacture methyl tert-butyl ether or one (1) or more of the
			 synthetic organic chemicals listed in 401 KAR 59:305.
(4) "Polymer manufacturing plant" means a
			 facility which operate equipment in process units to manufacture polyethylene,
			 polypropylene, or polystyrene.
(5)
			 "Leak" means the presence of a VOC concentration exceeding 10,000 ppm by volume
			 if tested in the manner referenced in Section 5 of this administrative
			 regulation.
(6) "Gas service" means
			 that the VOC is gaseous at conditions that prevail in the component during
			 normal operations.
(7) "In light
			 liquid service" means that the component contacts a liquid with a concentration
			 greater than twenty (20) percent by weight of VOCs having a vapor pressure
			 greater than three-tenths (0.3) kilopascals at twenty (20) degrees
			 Celsius.
(8) "Light liquid" means a
			 liquid with a concentration greater than twenty (20) percent by weight of VOCs
			 having a vapor pressure greater than three-tenths (0.3) kilopascals at twenty
			 (20) degrees Celsius.
(9) "Heavy
			 liquid" means a fluid which is not in the gaseous state at operating conditions
			 or which is not a light liquid.
(10) "Process unit" means components
			 assembled to manufacture, as intermediate or final products, one (1) or more of
			 the chemicals referenced in subsections (3) and (4) of this section. A process
			 unit can operate independently if it is supplied with sufficient feed or raw
			 materials and sufficient storage facilities for the product.
(11) "Classification date" means January 5,
			 1981.