Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part III - Air › Chapter 21 - Control of Emission of Organic Compounds › Subchapter A - General › Section III-2108 - Marine Vapor Recovery

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				  Applicability. An affected facility is any marine loading operation serving
				  ships and/or barges loading crude oil, gasoline, or volatile organic compounds
				  (VOC) with an uncontrolled emission of 25 tons per year (TPY) or more of VOC in
				  the parishes of Ascension, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Livingston, and West
				  Baton Rouge, or 100 TPY or greater of VOC in any other parish. Emissions from
				  VOC with a true vapor pressure of less than 1.5 psia at the loading temperature
				  of the liquid are exempt from the control requirements of this
				  Section.
B. Definitions. Terms used
				  in this Section are defined in LAC 33:III.111 of these regulations with the
				  exception of those terms specifically defined below as follows.
Barge
- a tank barge which is a tank
					 vessel not equipped with means of self-propulsion especially constructed or
					 converted to carry liquid bulk cargo in tanks.
Crude Oil
- a natural hydrocarbon mixture,
					 that is, petroleum in its unrefined state.
Gasoline
- any petroleum distillate or
					 petroleum distillate/alcohol blend having a Reid vapor pressure of 27.6
					 kilopascals or greater which is used as a fuel for internal combustion
					 engines.
Ship
- a tankship which is a tank vessel
					 self-propelled by power especially constructed or converted to carry liquid
					 bulk cargo in tanks.
C. On or after
				  the date specified in LAC 33:III.2108.D:
1.
				  each affected facility shall be equipped with a vapor collection system
				  designed to collect the organic compounds vapors displaced from ships and/or
				  barges during loading;
2. affected
				  facilities shall collect and process the vapors by a recovery and/or
				  destruction system such that uncontrolled emissions are reduced by at least 90
				  percent by weight;
3. unless
				  exempted under Subsection A of this Section, affected facilities' emissions to
				  the atmosphere caused by the loading of crude oil, gasoline, or volatile
				  organic compounds into ships and/or barges are not to exceed the following:
a. for barge loading of gasoline-70 mg of
				  total organic compounds per liter of VOCs loaded (0.6 pounds/1,000
				  gallons);
b. for barge loading of
				  crude oil or other VOCs-30 mg of total organic compounds per liter of VOCs
				  loaded (0.25 pounds/1,000 gallons);
c. for ship loading of gasoline-30 mg/liter
				  of VOCs loaded (0.25 pounds/1,000 gallons);
d. for ship loading of crude oil or other
				  VOCs-12 mg/liter of VOCs loaded (0.1 pounds/1,000 gallons);
4. alternate procedures to those
				  described in LAC 33:III.2108.C.1, C.2 and C.3 may be used provided:
a. the procedure results in at least a 90
				  percent by weight reduction in uncontrolled emissions; and
b. the administrative authority has granted
				  approval of the installation prior to any commencement of
				  construction;
5. the
				  owner or operator of the affected facility shall act to assure that loadings
				  are made only into ships and/or barges equipped with vapor collection equipment
				  that is compatible with the affected facility's vapor collection
				  system;
6. the owner or operator of
				  the affected facility shall act to assure that the vapor collection and
				  disposal system is properly connected to the ships and/or barges before any
				  loading is done.