Code of Maine Rules › 06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL › Chapter 134 - REASONABLY AVAILABLE CONTROL TECHNOLOGY FOR FACILITIES THAT EMIT VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (VOC-RACT) › Section 096-134-3 - VOC RACT Requirements

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
Unless exempted from these standards pursuant to Section
				  1(A)(2) of this
				  Chapter, the owner or operator of any facility subject to this Chapter that
				  emits or has the potential to emit forty (40) tons or more per calendar year of
				  VOC must comply with one of the four VOC emission standards options and to the
				  requirements of Section
				  3(B) VOC Emission
				  Reduction Plan.
A.
VOC Emission
				Standards Options
(1) Option A: VOC
				Capture and Control Systems.The owner or operator must install and operate a
				system to capture and control VOC emissions such that the total VOC emissions
				do not exceed, on a daily basis, fifteen (15) % of the uncontrolled daily VOC
				emissions.
(2) Option B: VOC
				Emission Reduction Program. The owner or operator must implement a program to
				reduce VOC use and VOC emissions such that total VOC emissions do not exceed,
				on a daily basis, twenty (20)% of the total daily VOC emissions in calendar
				year 1990, calculated on either a mass of VOC per mass of solids applied basis
				if the VOC-emitting equipment or processes apply surface coating, or a mass of
				VOC per unit of production basis. If a facility was not in operation in 1990,
				the owner or operator must use the total VOC emissions in the next calendar
				year following 1990 in which the facility was in operation.
(3) Option C: VOC Alternative Reduction
				Program (Source Specific RACT Determination).The owner or operator must submit
				to the Department within two (2) months from the applicable effective date of
				this Chapter, written notification that Alternative RACT options will be
				studied to examine the technical and economical feasibility of control device
				equipment and pollution prevention options capable of achieving VOC reductions
				equivalent to or greater than a VOC reduction achieved by Section 3(A)(1)
				Option A or 3(A)(2) Option B of this Chapter and must implement a program
				pursuant to Section 3(B)(3).
(4)
				Option D: RACT Control for Pulp and Paper Processes. The owner or operator of
				the following pulp and paper processes shall submit written notification that
				RACT for the applicable processes is in place by May 31, 1995, as required by
				Section (B)(4) of this Chapter. RACT for the following sources, is as
				specified:
(a) bleach plant emissions shall
				be controlled as required by Chapter 122.
(b) waste water treatment plant air emissions
				shall be controlled through the operation of a waste water treatment system as
				required by effluent discharge license restrictions issued persuant to each
				facility's National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) discharge
				permit.
(c) pulp stock washer
				system and pulp liquor storage tanks emissions shall be controlled in
				accordance with Best Practicable Treatment (BPT) pursuant to Chapters 115 or
				through a wet scrubber at sulfite mills.
(d) digester system emissions, multiple
				evaporator systems, condensate stripper systems, smelt tanks and lime kilns
				shall be controlled through incineration or wet scrubber systems in accordance
				with BPT pursuant to Chapter 124 or through a wet scrubber at sulfite
				mills.
(e) MgO recovery boilers at
				sulfite mills shall be controlled through a three-stage venturi scrubber
				system.