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Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.08 - Control of Incinerators › Section 26.11.08.09 - Incinerator Operator Training

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A.
				  Applicability. This regulation applies to any person in this State who owns or
				  operates an incinerator.
B.
				  Certification and Operation. A person may not operate or allow an incinerator
				  to be operated unless the owner certifies to the Department on a form provided
				  by the Department that the incinerator operator:
(1) Has completed an initial training course
				  approved by the Department which meets the requirements of §C or D of this
				  regulation;
(2) Annually, after
				  initial certification, completes a review course approved by the Department;
				  and
(3) Is present at all times
				  whenever the incinerator is in operation.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.08 - Control of Incinerators › Section 26.11.08.10 - NO[x] Requirements for Large Municipal Waste Combustors

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A. The owner and
				  operator of a Large MWC shall minimize NOx emissions by
				  operating and optimizing the use of all installed pollution control technology
				  and combustion controls consistent with the technological limitations,
				  manufacturers' specifications, good engineering and maintenance practices, and
				  good air pollution control practices for minimizing emissions (as defined in
				  40 CFR §
											60.11(d)) for such equipment
				  and the unit at all times the unit is in operation, including periods of
				  startup, shutdown, and warm-up.
B.
				  As of May 1, 2019, the owner or operator of a Large MWC shall meet the
				  following applicable NOx emission rates, except for
				  periods of startup, shutdown, and warm-up:
Affected Sources
NOx 24-hour block average
								emission rate
Montgomery County Resource Recovery Facility
140 ppmv
Wheelabrator Baltimore Inc.
150 ppmv
C.
				  As of May 1, 2020, the owner or operator of a Large MWC shall meet the
				  requirements of §B of this regulation and the following applicable
				  NOx emission rates, except for periods of startup,
				  shutdown, and warm-up:
Affected Sources
NOx 30-day rolling average
								emission rate
Montgomery County Resource Recovery Facility
105 ppmv
Wheelabrator Baltimore Inc.
145 ppmv
D.
				  Startup, Shutdown, and Warm-Up NOx Emission Limitations.
(1) As of May 1, 2019, a facility-wide
				  NOx emission limit of 202 Ibs/hr timed average mass
				  loading over a 24-hour period shall apply during periods of startup and
				  shutdown for the Montgomery County Resource Recovery Facility.
(2) As of May 1, 2019, a facility-wide
				  NOx emission limit of 252 Ibs/hr timed average mass
				  loading over a 24-hour period shall apply during periods of startup and
				  shutdown for Wheelabrator Baltimore Inc.
(3) As of May 1, 2019, on days when the unit
				  is in startup, the NOx 24-hour block average emission
				  rate under §B of this regulation will apply for the 24-hour period after
				  startup is completed.
(4) As of May
				  1, 2019, on days when the unit is in shutdown, the NOx
				  24-hour block average emission rate under §B of this regulation will apply for
				  the 24-hour period prior to the commencement of shutdown.
(5) As of January 1, 2020, a facility-wide
				  NOx emission limit of 202 lbs/hr timed average mass
				  loading over the warm-up period shall apply for the Montgomery County Resource
				  Recovery Facility.
(6) As of
				  January 1, 2020, a unit-specific NOx emission limit of
				  84 lbs/hr timed average mass loading over the warm-up period shall apply for
				  Wheelabrator Baltimore Inc.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.09 - Control of Fuel Burning Equipment, Stationary Internal Combustion Engines, and Certain Fuel-Burning Installations › Section 26.11.09.01 - Definitions

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A. In this chapter,
				  the following terms have the meanings indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) "Annual combustion analysis" means the
				  measurement of CO and O2 in the flue gas at the normal
				  operating load and calculation of minimum excess air.
(1-1) Biomass.
(a)
				  "Biomass" means solid organic material that can be combusted for use as fuel
				  including the following:
(i) Wood residue and
				  wood products such as trees, tree stumps, tree limbs, bark, lumber, sawdust,
				  sander dust, chips, scraps, slabs, millings, and shavings;
(ii) Animal manure, including litter and
				  other bedding materials;
(iii)
				  Vegetative agricultural and silvicultural materials, such as logging residues
				  (slash), nut and grain hulls and chaff (e.g., almond, walnut, peanut, rice, and
				  wheat), bagasse, orchard prunings, corn stalks, coffee bean hulls and ground;
				  and
(iv) Any solid organic material
				  that has been approved by the Department, on a case-by-case basis, utilizing
				  the criteria established by EPA and set forth in
				  40 C.F.R.
				  241.3, as amended.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.09 - Control of Fuel Burning Equipment, Stationary Internal Combustion Engines, and Certain Fuel-Burning Installations › Section 26.11.09.02 - Applicability

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A. Any source which
				  is subject to the provision of this chapter is also subject to the provisions
				  of any other chapter. However, when this chapter establishes an emission
				  standard for a specific installation which differs from the general emission
				  standards in COMAR
				  26.11.06.01 a -.09, this chapter
				  takes precedence.
B. A person who
				  proposes to burn as fuel any used oil or WCF that contains quantifiable levels
				  of PCB (2ppm) may also be subject to federal requirements under 40 CFR
				  761.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.09 - Control of Fuel Burning Equipment, Stationary Internal Combustion Engines, and Certain Fuel-Burning Installations › Section 26.11.09.03 - General Conditions for Fuel-Burning Equipment

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A. When two or more fuel-burning equipment
				  units are connected to a single stack, the combined heat input of all units
				  connected to the stack shall be used to determine the allowable emissions for
				  the stack.
B. When a single
				  fuel-burning equipment unit is connected to two or more stacks, the allowable
				  emissions from all the stacks combined may not exceed that allowable for the
				  same unit if connected to a single stack.
C. Calculations.
(1) All calculations of particulate matter
				  emissions to determine compliance with a concentration requirement expressed as
				  grains per standard cubic foot or milligrams per cubic meter of dry exhaust
				  gas, shall be corrected to 50 percent excess air.
(2) All calculations of particulate matter
				  emissions to determine compliance with a mass emissions requirement expressed
				  as pounds particulate matter per million Btu, shall be made in accordance with
				  the procedures for determining particulate matter emission rates in 40 CFR Part
				  60 Appendix A, Method 19.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.09 - Control of Fuel Burning Equipment, Stationary Internal Combustion Engines, and Certain Fuel-Burning Installations › Section 26.11.09.04 - Prohibition of Certain New Fuel-Burning Equipment

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A. Areas I, II, V, and VI. The following
				  apply in Areas I, II, V, and VI:
(1) A person
				  may not construct fuel-burning equipment designed for use of residual fuel oil
				  in which any individual furnace has a rated heat input of less than 13 million
				  Btu (13.7 gigajoules) per hour. Residual oil may not be used at any time in any
				  of this fuel-burning equipment having a rated heat input of less than 13
				  million Btu (13.7 gigajoules) per hour.
(2) Except as provided in §C, of this
				  regulation:
(a) A person may not construct
				  solid fuel-burning equipment that has a rated heat input of less than 13
				  million Btu (13.7 gigajoules) per hour.
(b) A solid fuel may not be used at any time
				  in any fuel-burning equipment constructed after January 17, 1972, having a
				  rated heat input of less than 13 million Btu (13.7 gigajoules) per
				  hour.
(3) A person may
				  not construct fuel-burning equipment fitted with a rotary cup burner or replace
				  a burner with a rotary cup burner.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.09 - Control of Fuel Burning Equipment, Stationary Internal Combustion Engines, and Certain Fuel-Burning Installations › Section 26.11.09.06 - Control of Particulate Matter

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A.
				  Areas I, II, V, and VI. The following apply in Areas I, II, V, and VI:
(1) Fuel Burning Equipment Constructed Before
				  January 17, 1972. A person may not cause or permit particulate matter caused by
				  the combustion of solid fuel or residual oil in the fuel burning equipment
				  erected before January 17, 1972, to be discharged into the atmosphere in excess
				  of the amounts shown in Figure 1.
(2) New Fuel Burning Equipment. A person may
				  not cause or permit particulate matter caused by the combustion of solid fuel
				  or residual oil in any fuel burning equipment erected on or after January 17,
				  1972, to be discharged into the atmosphere in excess of the amounts shown in
				  Figure 2.
(3) Exceptions.
(a) The control officer may grant exceptions
				  to §A(1) of this regulation under the following conditions:
(i) When the application of §A(1), of this
				  regulation, to a residential building housing two or less families creates
				  undue economic hardship on individuals residing in it; or
(ii) When the equipment's primary way of
				  transferring heat is by the radiant method rather than a piped fluid system
				  such as forced hot air, hydronic, or steam. Equipment in this category would
				  include stoves, room heaters, floor or wall mounted circulating heaters,
				  fireplaces, or similar devices.
(b) Fuel burning equipment on ships is exempt
				  from the provisions of this regulation.
(c) The requirements in Figure 1 and Figure 2
				  of this chapter do not apply to fuel-burning equipment burning gas or
				  distillate oil.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.09 - Control of Fuel Burning Equipment, Stationary Internal Combustion Engines, and Certain Fuel-Burning Installations › Section 26.11.09.07 - Control of Sulfur Oxides From Fuel Burning Equipment

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A. Sulfur Content Limitations for Fuel. A
				  person may not burn, sell, or make available for sale any fuel with a sulfur
				  content by weight in excess of or which otherwise exceeds the following
				  limitations:
(1) In Areas I, II, V, and VI:
(a) The combustion of all solid fuels on a
				  premises where the sum total maximum rated heat input of all fuel burning
				  equipment located on the premises is 100 million Btu (106 gigajoules) per hour
				  or greater may not result in a total emission of oxides of sulfur in excess of
				  3.5 pounds per million Btu (1.50 kilograms per gigajoule) actual heat input per
				  hour;
(b) Residual fuel oils, 2.0
				  percent;
(c) Distillate fuel oils,
				  0.3 percent;
(d) Process gas used
				  as fuel, 0.3 percent.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.09 - Control of Fuel Burning Equipment, Stationary Internal Combustion Engines, and Certain Fuel-Burning Installations › Section 26.11.09.08 - Control of NO[x] Emissions for Major Stationary Sources

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A. Applicability.
(1) This regulation applies to a person who
				  owns or operates an installation that causes emissions of
				  NOx and is located at premises that have total potential
				  to emit:
(a) 25 tons or more per year of
				  NOx and is located in Baltimore City, or Anne Arundel,
				  Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Cecil, Charles, Frederick, Harford, Howard,
				  Montgomery, or Prince George's counties; or
(b) 100 tons or more per year of
				  NOx and is located in Allegany, Caroline, Dorchester,
				  Garrett, Kent, Queen Anne's, St. Mary's, Somerset, Talbot, Washington,
				  Wicomico, or Worcester counties.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.09 - Control of Fuel Burning Equipment, Stationary Internal Combustion Engines, and Certain Fuel-Burning Installations › Section 26.11.09.09 - Tables and Diagrams

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Table 1 Emission Standards and Dust Collector
					 Performance Standards for Fuel-Burning Equipment
Equipment Description
Max. Rated Heat Inputin million Btu (gigajoules)per
							 hour per furnace
Max. Allowable Emissionsof Part.
							 Matter-gr/scfd(mg/dscm)
Existing and new equipmentburning residual oil
Less than 13 (13.7)13-50 (13.7-52.8)50-250
							 (52.8-265)
No Requirement (a)0.03 (69)0.020 (46)
Existing and modifiedequipment (b) burningresidual
							 oil
Greater than 250 (265)
0.020 (46)
New equipment burningresidual oil
Greater than 250 (265)
0.01 (23)
Equipment burningsolid fuel (c):Existing (b)NewNew and
							 Existing
Less than 250 (264)Less than 250 (264)250 (264) and
							 Greater
0.05 (114)0.03 (69)0.03 (69)
(a)
				  Construction of residual oil fired units of less than 13 million Btu (13.7
				  gigajoules) per hour prohibited (see Regulation .04).
(b) Built before July 1, 1975.
(c) Construction of new solid fuel fired
				  units of less than 35 million Btu (37 gigajoules) per hour prohibited (see
				  Regulation .04B).
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Notes:
1. The
				  construction of new residual oil fuel-burning equipment under 13 MM Btu (13.7
				  gigajoules) per hour is prohibited under Regulation .04.
2. The construction of new solid fuel-burning
				  equipment under 13 MM Btu (13.7 gigajoules) per hour is prohibited unless an
				  exception has been approved by the Department (see Regulation .04).
3. New fuel-burning equipment over 250 MM Btu
				  (263.8 gigajoules) per hour are regulated by NSPS source regulations COMAR
				  26.11.06.12.
4. Depending on load
				  factor, fuel ash content, and control equipment, fuel-burning equipment which
				  has a heat input greater than approximately 25 MM Btu (26.4 gigajoules) per
				  hour may be subject to Prevention of Significant Deterioration Review (40
				  U.S.C. Part § 52.21) and consequent additional control requirement.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.09 - Control of Fuel Burning Equipment, Stationary Internal Combustion Engines, and Certain Fuel-Burning Installations › Section 26.11.09.10 - Requirements to Burn Used Oil and Waste Combustible Fluid as Fuel

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A. General
				  Requirements.
(1) A person who proposes to
				  burn used oil in fuel-burning equipment shall submit the following information
				  to the Department:
(a) A description of any
				  fuel-burning equipment in which used oil is to be burned, including the unit's
				  location and rated heat input capacity;
(b) The type and amount of fuel currently
				  being used in any fuel-burning equipment in which used oil is to be burned and
				  the gallons of used oil expected to be burned annually;
(c) The maximum blend (percent) of used oil
				  to be burned as fuel in any fuel-burning equipment at any time; and
(d) An analysis by an independent laboratory
				  of a representative sample of the used oil, which shall include the
				  concentration of each of the materials listed in §B of this regulation, the
				  sulfur content, the PCB concentration, and the flash point.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.09 - Control of Fuel Burning Equipment, Stationary Internal Combustion Engines, and Certain Fuel-Burning Installations › Section 26.11.09.11

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Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.09 - Control of Fuel Burning Equipment, Stationary Internal Combustion Engines, and Certain Fuel-Burning Installations › Section 26.11.09.12 - Standards for Biomass Fuel-Burning Equipment Equal to or Greater Than 350,000 Btu/hr

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A.
				  Applicability. The requirements of this regulation apply to a person who owns
				  or operates biomass fuel-burning equipment equal to or greater than 350,000
				  Btu/hr heat input capacity.
B.
				  Federal Requirements. The requirements of 40 CFR 63 Subparts DDDDD and JJJJJJ,
				  as amended, are applicable.
C.
				  Requirements for Biomass Fuel-Burning Equipment Greater Than or Equal to 10
				  MMBtu/hr Heat Input Capacity. A person subject to the requirements of this
				  regulation may not install or operate new biomass fuel-burning equipment,
				  unless the following standards and requirements are met:
(1) A particulate matter emission standard of
				  0.07 lb/MMBtu heat input if the total heat input capacity is less than 30
				  MMBtu/hr;
(2) A particulate matter
				  emission standard of 0.03 lb/MMBtu heat input if the total heat input capacity
				  is equal to or greater than 30 MMBtu/hr;
(3) A NOx emission
				  standard of 0.30 lb/MMBtu heat input, if the heat input capacity is less than
				  or equal to 250 MMBtu/hr;
(4) A
				  NOx emission standard of 0.25 lb/MMBtu heat input, if
				  the heat input capacity is greater than 250 MMBtu/hr; and
(5) An initial and biennial tune-ups are
				  conducted.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.10 - Control of Iron and Steel Production Installations › Section 26.11.10.01 - Definitions

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A. In this chapter,
				  the following terms have the meanings indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) "Cold rolling operation" means an
				  installation that rolls steel that is not preheated.
(2) "Continuous casting" means a method of
				  pouring liquid steel into semifinished shapes.
(3) "Good management practices" means
				  operating and maintenance practices for controlling processes within design
				  conditions and minimizing air pollution to the extent practicable with existing
				  equipment.
(4) "Hot dip coating"
				  means a molten inorganic formulation used for coating on strip steel.
(5) "Hot rolling operation" means an
				  installation that rolls preheated steel.
(6) Iron and Steel Production Installations.
(a) "Iron and steel production installations"
				  means those installations and buildings used in the production of iron and
				  steel.
(b) As used in this chapter,
				  the term "installation" means an iron and steel production
				  installation.
(c) "Iron and steel
				  production installations" include the following:
(i) Materials-handling systems, including
				  systems for iron ore, ore pellets, coal, limestone, fluxes, sinter, coke,
				  steel-alloying ingredients, slag, and dust handling;
(ii) Blast furnace iron making;
(iii) Sintering plants;
(iv) Basic oxygen furnace, open hearth
				  furnace, and electric furnace steel-making equipment;
(v) Coke ovens;
(vi) Molten material transfer and process
				  operations, including teeming, tapping, reladling, and casting;
(vii) Continuous casting equipment;
(viii) Scarfing and other surface defect
				  removal equipment;
(ix) Blast
				  furnace pig-casting equipment;
(x)
				  Scrap preparation equipment, including scrap melting and burning
				  equipment;
(xi) Molten metal
				  desulfurization equipment;
(xii)
				  Raw material drying system;
(xiii)
				  Steel-cleaning equipment, including pickling; and
(xiv) Steel-coating equipment.
(7) "Opacity record"
				  means the highest average of any 6 consecutive minutes of readings measured and
				  calculated in the manner described in the Department's Technical Memorandum
				  (TM) 91-01 Method 1004I.
(8) "Tons
				  of sinter produced" means the weight of sinter that is transferred to the blast
				  furnace stockhouse during a calendar day.
(9) "Venturi scrubber flow rate" means the
				  water flow rate through the venturi scrubber.
(10) "Venturi scrubber pressure drop" means
				  the arithmetic difference between the static pressures of the gas stream at the
				  inlet and the outlet of the venturi scrubber.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.10 - Control of Iron and Steel Production Installations › Section 26.11.10.02 - Applicability

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A. Any source which
				  is subject to the provisions of this chapter is also subject to the applicable
				  provisions of any other chapter. Except as provided in §B of this regulation,
				  if there is any inconsistency between the emission standards for specific
				  installations in this chapter and those set forth elsewhere in the subtitle,
				  the emission standards in this chapter are controlling.
B. The following emission standards set forth
				  elsewhere in this subtitle supersede any less restrictive emission standard in
				  this chapter:
(1) COMAR
				  26.11.06.12 a (New Source
				  Performance Standards);
(2) COMAR
				  26.11.15.02 a (National Emission
				  Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants);
(3) COMAR 26.11.17 Requirements for Major New
				  Sources and Modifications; and
(4)
				  COMAR 26.11.06.14 a (Prevention of
				  Significant Deterioration).
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.10 - Control of Iron and Steel Production Installations › Section 26.11.10.03 - Visible Emissions

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A. General.
(1) A person may not cause or permit the
				  discharge of emissions from any installation, other than water in an uncombined
				  form, which is visible to human observers.
(2) Exceptions. Section A(1) of this
				  regulation does not apply to the following:
(a) Fugitive emissions from iron and steel
				  production installations in compliance with §B of this regulation and listed in
				  Regulation .04B(2) of this chapter;
(b) Fugitive emissions from metallurgical
				  slot-type by-product coke ovens;
(c) Fugitive emissions from skull cracker
				  oxygen lancing to the extent addressed by Regulation .04C of this
				  chapter;
(d) Fugitive emissions
				  from batch-type hot dip galvanizing installations in compliance with COMAR
				  26.11.12;
(e) Confined emissions
				  resulting from start-ups, process modifications or adjustments, or occasional
				  cleaning of control equipment if:
(i) The
				  visible emissions are not greater than 40 percent opacity; and
(ii) The visible emissions do not occur for
				  more than 6 consecutive minutes in any 60 minute period; and
(f) Visible emissions from
				  sintering plant scrubbers that are in compliance with the conditions in §D of
				  this regulation.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.10 - Control of Iron and Steel Production Installations › Section 26.11.10.05 - Sulfur Content Limitations for Coke Oven Gas

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Coke oven process gas used as fuel may not contain a
					 plant-wide average of greater than 1.0 percent sulfur by weight in any 2-hour
					 period.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.10 - Control of Iron and Steel Production Installations › Section 26.11.10.05-1 - Control of Carbon Monoxide Emissions from Basic Oxygen Furnaces

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A. Emission
				  Standard. A person who owns or operates a basic oxygen furnace may not cause or
				  allow carbon monoxide emissions in the exhaust gases to exceed 1 percent by
				  volume of the total exhaust gases discharged into the air.
B. Testing Requirements.
(1) Stack tests shall be performed using the
				  EPA Test Method 10 or an alternative test method approved by the Department and
				  the EPA.
(2) An initial stack test
				  shall be performed on or before May 1, 2006.
(3) Additional stack tests shall be performed
				  not later than 2-1/2 years after the previous test. Upon request, the specific
				  dates on which each additional test is to be performed may be adjusted by the
				  Department so that the testing is performed consistent with the schedules for
				  other testing at the facility.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.10 - Control of Iron and Steel Production Installations › Section 26.11.10.06 - Control of Volatile Organic Compounds from Iron and Steel Production Installations

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A.
				  Applicability.
(1) This regulation applies to
				  a person who owns or operates an installation that has actual VOC emissions of
				  20 pounds or more per day located at an iron and steel production facility that
				  has the potential to emit total plant wide VOC emissions of 25 tons or more per
				  year.
(2) Roll coaters at hot dip
				  coating installations located at an iron and steel production facility are
				  subject to COMAR
				  26.11.19.05 a and federal New
				  Source Performance Standards incorporated by reference at COMAR
				  26.11.06.12 a.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.10 - Control of Iron and Steel Production Installations › Section 26.11.10.07 - Testing and Observation Procedures

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For the purpose of demonstrating compliance with these
					 regulations, the Department's Technical Memorandum 91-01, "Test Methods and
					 Equipment Specifications for Stationary Sources" (January 1991), which is
					 incorporated by reference in COMAR
					 26.11.01.04 a C, shall be used.
					 Installations causing intermittent or noncontinuous emissions shall be stack
					 tested by a procedure which provides for sampling only during the discharge of
					 emissions.
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Any source which is subject to the provisions of this
					 chapter is also subject to the provisions of any other chapter. However, when
					 this chapter establishes an emission standard for a specific installation which
					 differs from the general emission standard in COMAR
					 26.11.06.01 a -.09, this chapter
					 takes precedence.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.11 - Control of Petroleum Products Installations, Including Asphalt Paving and Asphalt Concrete Plants › Section 26.11.11.02 - Asphalt Paving

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A. Definitions.
(1) "Asphalt" means a black to dark brown
				  solid or semisolid material which liquefies when heated and the predominating
				  constituents of which are bitumens which occur in the solid or semisolid form
				  in nature or are obtained by petroleum refining.
(2) "Asphalt paving" means the applying of an
				  asphaltic material to a surface.
(3) "Cutback asphalt" means an asphalt cement
				  which has been liquefied by blending with VOC.
(4) "Emulsified asphalt" means a suspension
				  or emulsion of asphalt and water as designated in ASTM or AASHTO Specifications
				  as amended through November 14, 1980.
(5) "Penetrating prime coat" means an
				  application of liquid asphalt to prepare an untreated base for an asphalt
				  paving operation.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.11 - Control of Petroleum Products Installations, Including Asphalt Paving and Asphalt Concrete Plants › Section 26.11.11.03 - Asphalt Concrete Plants in Areas I, II, V, and VI

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A person may not cause or permit particulate matter to be
					 discharged from any asphalt concrete plant constructed before June 11, 1973 in
					 excess of 0.05 gr/SCFD (92 kg/dscm).
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.12 - Control of Batch Type Hot-Dip Galvanizing Installations › Section 26.11.12.01 - Definitions

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A. In this chapter,
				  the following terms have the meanings indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) "Batch type hot-dip galvanizing
				  installation" means an installation in which clean, oxide-free iron or steel
				  items are coated on a non-continuous basis with a thin layer of zinc by
				  immersion in a bath of molten zinc.
(2) "Flux" means any chemical substance used
				  in a hot-dip galvanizing installation to help metals fuse together by
				  preventing oxidation.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.12 - Control of Batch Type Hot-Dip Galvanizing Installations › Section 26.11.12.02 - Applicability

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A. Any source which
				  is subject to the provisions of this chapter is also subject to the provisions
				  of any other chapter. However, when this chapter establishes an emissions
				  standard for a specific installation which differs from the general emission
				  standards in COMAR
				  26.11.06.01 a -.09, this chapter
				  takes precedence.
B. This chapter
				  applies to a person who owns or operates a batch type hot-dip galvanizing
				  installation.
C. This chapter
				  applies Statewide.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.12 - Control of Batch Type Hot-Dip Galvanizing Installations › Section 26.11.12.03 - Prohibitions and Exemptions

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A.
				  Except as provided in §B of this regulation, a person operating a batch type
				  hot-dip galvanizing installation is prohibited from:
(1) Using ammonium chloride (sal ammoniac) in
				  prefluxes and top fluxes except where it is contained in a prepackaged flux
				  compound of which the ammonium chloride content does not exceed 69 percent;
				  and
(2) Applying a flux to a
				  galvanized end product (dusting).
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.12 - Control of Batch Type Hot-Dip Galvanizing Installations › Section 26.11.12.04 - Visible Emissions

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A. A person
				  may not cause or permit the discharge of emissions from any batch type hot-dip
				  galvanizing installation or a building containing such an installation, other
				  than water in an uncombined form, which is greater than 20 percent
				  opacity.
B. A person operating a
				  batch type hot-dip galvanizing installation is not eligible for a visible
				  emission exception under COMAR
				  26.11.06.02 a B.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.12 - Control of Batch Type Hot-Dip Galvanizing Installations › Section 26.11.12.05 - Particulate Matter

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For the purpose of these regulations, batch type hot-dip
					 galvanizing installations are not subject to COMAR
					 26.11.06.03 a B and are exempt
					 from COMAR
					 26.11.06.03 a C.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.12 - Control of Batch Type Hot-Dip Galvanizing Installations › Section 26.11.12.06 - Reporting Requirements

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The owner or operator of a batch type hot-dip galvanizing
					 installation shall provide to the Department, as part of the annual
					 permit-to-operate application, a complete listing of all fluxes used at the
					 galvanizing installation during the previous calendar year. The listing shall
					 include the type of flux, manufacturer's identification, chemical composition,
					 and the amount consumed for that year.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.13 - Control of Gasoline and Volatile Organic Compound Storage and Handling › Section 26.11.13.02 - Applicability and Exemptions

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A. A
				  source which is subject to the provisions of this chapter is also subject to
				  the provisions of any other chapter. However, when this chapter establishes an
				  emission standard for a specific installation which differs from the general
				  emission standard in COMAR 26.11.01-.09, this chapter takes
				  precedence.
B. This chapter applies
				  throughout the State. The NSPS requirements under 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart K
				  (effective June 11, 1973), Subpart Ka (effective May 18, 1978), Subpart Kb
				  (effective July 23, 1984), and Subpart XX apply throughout the State.
C. Exemptions for Large Storage Tanks.
(1) A welded tank is exempt from the
				  secondary seal requirements of Regulation .03B(2)(a) of this chapter if it
				  contains gasoline or VOC with a TVP less than 4 psia (2.75 kilonewton/square
				  meter) and has a primary seal.
(2)
				  The secondary seal requirements under Regulation .03A(1)(b)(i) of this chapter
				  do not apply if the storage tank is equipped with a liquid mounted
				  seal.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.13 - Control of Gasoline and Volatile Organic Compound Storage and Handling › Section 26.11.13.03 - Large Storage Tanks

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A.
				  Closed Top Tanks.
(1) Equipment Requirements.
				  A person may not place or store gasoline or VOC having a TVP between 1.5 psia
				  (10.3 kilonewton/square meter) and 11 psia (75.6 kilonewton/square meter),
				  inclusive, in any closed top tank with a capacity of 40,000 gallons (151,400
				  liters) or greater unless the:
(a) Tank's
				  gauging and sampling devices are gas tight except when in use; and
(b) Tank is equipped with one of the
				  following properly installed, operating, and well maintained emission control
				  systems:
(i) An internal floating roof
				  equipped with a primary and secondary seal;
(ii) A pressure tank system that maintains a
				  pressure at all times to prevent loss of vapors to the atmosphere; or
(iii) A vapor control system capable of
				  collecting the vapors from the tank and disposing of these vapors to prevent
				  their emission to the atmosphere.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.13 - Control of Gasoline and Volatile Organic Compound Storage and Handling › Section 26.11.13.04 - Loading Operations

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A. Bulk
				  Gasoline Terminals.
(1) Standards. The owner
				  or operator of a bulk gasoline terminal shall:
(a) Equip the loading system with a vapor
				  control system designed to collect all vapors and control at least 90 percent
				  of all vapors from the loading racks, and emissions from the loading rack may
				  not exceed:
(i) 0.29 pound of VOC per 1,000
				  gallons (35 milligrams per liter) of gasoline or VOC loaded in Areas III and IV
				  and Calvert, Cecil, Charles, and Frederick counties; or
(ii) 0.67 pounds of VOC per 1,000 gallons (80
				  milligrams per liter) of gasoline or VOC loaded in Area I and Caroline,
				  Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne's, St. Mary's, Somerset, Talbot, Wicomico, and
				  Worcester counties.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.13 - Control of Gasoline and Volatile Organic Compound Storage and Handling › Section 26.11.13.05 - Gasoline Leaks from Tank Trucks

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A. Equipment Standards. A person may not
				  allow a gasoline tank truck to be filled or emptied unless the tank has been
				  certified as capable of sustaining a pressure change of not more than 3 inches
				  of water in 5 minutes when pressurized to a gauge pressure of 18 inches of
				  water (4,479 kilonewtons/square meter), or evacuated to a gauge pressure of 6
				  inches of water (1,493 kilonewtons/square meter), during a test, according to
				  the procedure referenced in §B(2) of this regulation.
B. Method of Compliance. A person who owns or
				  operates a gasoline tank truck subject to this regulation shall:
(1) Conduct a certification test annually, in
				  accordance with the test method referenced in §B(2) of this
				  regulation;
(2) Use the
				  certification test procedures as prescribed in Method 1007 of the Department's
				  Technical Memorandum 91-01, "Test Methods and Equipment Specifications for
				  Stationary Sources" January 1991, as amended through Supplement 3 (October 1,
				  1997), which is incorporated by reference in COMAR
				  26.11.01.04C;
				  and
(3) Complete any needed
				  repairs, and retest within 15 days of the original test date.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.13 - Control of Gasoline and Volatile Organic Compound Storage and Handling › Section 26.11.13.06 - Plans for Compliance

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A person who is not in compliance with this chapter and
					 owns or operates an installation located in Allegany, Caroline, Dorchester,
					 Garrett, Kent, Queen Anne's, St. Mary's, Somerset, Talbot, Washington,
					 Wicomico, or Worcester counties shall submit a Plan for Compliance for approval
					 by the Department. The plan for compliance shall be submitted not later than
					 April 15, 1993, and include an expeditious schedule to achieve compliance not
					 later than May 15, 1995.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.13 - Control of Gasoline and Volatile Organic Compound Storage and Handling › Section 26.11.13.07 - Control of VOC Emissions from Portable Fuel Containers

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A. Definitions. In this regulation, the
				  following terms have the meanings indicated:
(1) Distributor.
(a) "Distributor" means a person to whom a
				  portable fuel container or spout or both portable fuel container and spout is
				  sold or supplied for the purpose of resale or distribution in
				  commerce.
(b) "Distributor" does
				  not include a manufacturer, retailer, or consumer.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.13 - Control of Gasoline and Volatile Organic Compound Storage and Handling › Section 26.11.13.08 - Control of VOC Emissions from Marine Vessel Loading

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A. Applicability.
(1) In Allegany, Caroline, Dorchester,
				  Garrett, Kent, Queen Anne's, St. Mary's, Somerset, Talbot, Washington,
				  Wicomico, or Worchester counties, the requirements in §B of this regulation
				  apply to the transfer of VOCs from a stationary storage tank into a marine
				  vessel if the total emissions from all marine vessel loading at the premises
				  during a calendar year are equal to or exceed 50 tons.
(2) In Baltimore City or Anne Arundel,
				  Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Cecil, Charles, Frederick, Harford, Howard,
				  Montgomery, or Prince George's counties, the requirements in §B of this
				  regulation apply to the transfer of VOCs from a stationary storage tank into a
				  marine vessel if the total emissions from all marine vessel loading at the
				  premises during a calendar year are equal to or exceed 25 tons.
(3) The reporting requirements in §C of this
				  regulation apply to all transfers of any amount of VOCs, except fuel oils, from
				  a stationary storage tank into a marine vessel.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.14 - Control of Emissions from Kraft Pulp Mills › Section 26.11.14.02 - Applicability

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A. The requirements
				  of this chapter apply to a person who owns or operates a kraft pulp
				  mill.
B. Any source which is
				  subject to the provisions of this chapter is also subject to the provisions of
				  any other chapter. However, when this chapter establishes an emissions standard
				  for a specific installation which differs from the general emission standards
				  in COMAR 26.11.06.01 a --.09, this chapter
				  takes precedence.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.14 - Control of Emissions from Kraft Pulp Mills › Section 26.11.14.03 - Control of Total Reduced Sulfur Emissions

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A person may not cause or permit the discharge of TRS from
					 a kraft pulp mill in excess of 0.6 pound/ton of ODP. This requirement includes
					 the combined emissions from recovery boilers, digesters, evaporators, and smelt
					 tanks.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.14 - Control of Emissions from Kraft Pulp Mills › Section 26.11.14.04 - Determination of Compliance for TRS Emission

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A. General. A person who owns or operates a
				  kraft pulp mill is in compliance with the emission standard in Regulation .03
				  of this chapter if the requirements in §B of this regulation are met.
B. Equipment Requirements.
(1) The TRS emissions from the digesters and
				  evaporators are burned in the recovery boilers, power boilers, or a separate
				  incinerator;
(2) The recovery
				  boilers have a 12-hour average TRS emission of not more than 20 ppm by volume
				  corrected to 8 percent oxygen; and
(3) The TRS emissions from the smelt tanks
				  are not more than 8 ppm except when the mass emission is less than 0.03
				  pound/ton ODP.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.14 - Control of Emissions from Kraft Pulp Mills › Section 26.11.14.05 - Monitoring and Reporting Requirements for Total Reduced Sulfur

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A. TRS emissions
				  from kraft pulp mill recovery boilers shall be monitored continuously, using
				  Method 16B of the Department's Technical Memorandum 91-01, "Test Methods and
				  Equipment Specifications for Stationary Sources" (January 1991), which is
				  incorporated by reference in COMAR
				  26.11.01.04 a C.
B. TRS emissions from smelt tanks will be
				  sampled once a month using grab samples collected and analyzed using Method 16B
				  of the Department's Technical Memorandum 91-01, "Test Methods and Equipment
				  Specifications for Stationary Sources" (January 1991), which is incorporated by
				  reference in COMAR
				  26.11.01.04 a C.
C. Quarterly reports shall be submitted to
				  the Department summarizing the monitoring data.
Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.14 - Control of Emissions from Kraft Pulp Mills › Section 26.11.14.06 - Control of Volatile Organic Compounds

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A. Applicability. This regulation applies to
				  a person who owns or operates an installation that has actual VOC emissions of
				  20 pounds or more per day that is located at a kraft pulp mill that has a
				  potential to emit total plantwide VOC emissions of 25 tons or more per
				  year.
B. Control of VOC Emissions
				  from Specific Installations.
(1) Condensate
				  steam strippers. Off gases from condensate steam strippers shall be collected
				  and combusted.
(2) Digester Blow
				  Tank Systems and Knotters.
(a) Condensates
				  from digester blow tank systems shall be collected and treated in a condensate
				  steam stripper or other control system.
(b) The non-condensable exhaust from a
				  digester blow tank system shall be collected and combusted.
(3) Evaporators.
(a) All non-condensable gases from
				  evaporators shall be collected and combusted.
(b) Condensates from the evaporators shall be
				  segregated so that the foul condensates are collected and treated in a
				  condensate steam stripper or other control system.
(4) Brown Stock Washers.
(a) Wash water for brown stock washers shall
				  consist of any combination of fresh or clean water and clean
				  condensates.
(b) Air emissions from
				  the brown stock washers shall be collected and combusted.
(5) Recovery Boilers.
(a) A recovery boiler that burns black liquor
				  as fuel shall be equipped with a black liquor oxidation unit.
(b) At least 50 percent of the flue gas
				  generated annually from recovery boilers shall be treated with a dry bottom
				  precipitator with a salt cake mix tank.
(6) Smelt Dissolving Tanks. Only clean water
				  or clean condensates shall be used in the scrubbing solution makeup
				  liquids.
(7) The evaporators,
				  digester blow tank systems, and brown stock washers shall be controlled by
				  removing 90 percent or greater of the condensate VOC loading by demonstrating:
(a) That the VOC removal or destruction
				  efficiencies of the condensate stream stripper is 90 percent or greater;
				  or
(b) Through a system analysis of
				  the condensate stripper, evaporators, digester blow system tanks, and brown
				  stock washers that VOC removal or destruction efficiency is 90 percent or
				  greater.