Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Division 10 - Air Conservation Commission › Chapter 5 - Air Quality Standards and Air Pollution Control Rules Specific to the St. Louis Metropolitan Area › Section 10 CSR 10-5.550 - Control of Volatile Organic Compound Emissions From Reactor Processes and Distillation Operations Processes in the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This amendment updates the incorporation by
				  reference of material and removes the unnecessary use of restrictive words. The
				  evidence supporting the need for this proposed rulemaking, per 536.016, RSMo,
				  is Executive Order 17-03 Red Tape Reduction Review and related
				  comments.
PURPOSE: This rule limits volatile organic compound
				  emissions from reactor processes and distillation operations in the St. Louis
				  1997 eight (8)-hour ozone nonattainment area.
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: The secretary of state has
				  determined that the publication of the entire text of the material which is
				  incorporated by reference as a portion of this rule would be unduly cumbersome
				  or expensive. This material as incorporated by reference in this rule shall be
				  maintained by the agency at its headquarters and shall be made available to the
				  public for inspection and copying at no more than the actual cost of
				  reproduction. This note applies only to the reference material. The entire text
				  of the rule is printed here
.
(1) Applicability.
(A) The provisions of this rule apply to any
				vent stream originating from a process unit with a reactor process or
				distillation operation located in St. Louis City and Jefferson, St. Charles,
				Franklin and St. Louis Counties existing on February 29, 2000.
(B) Exemptions from the provisions of this
				rule are as follows:
1. Any reactor process
				or distillation operation that is designed and operated in a batch mode is not
				subject to the provisions of this rule;
2. Any reactor process or distillation
				operation that is part of a polymer manufacturing operation is not subject to
				the provisions of this rule;
3. Any
				reactor process or distillation operation operating in a process unit with a
				total design capacity of less than one (1) gigagram (1,100 tons) per year for
				all chemicals produced within that unit is not subject to the provisions of
				this rule except for the reporting and record keeping requirements listed in
				subsection (4)(D) of this rule; and
4. Any vent stream for a reactor process or
				distillation operation with a flow rate less than 0.0085 standard cubic meter
				per minute or a total volatile organic compound (VOC) concentration less than
				five hundred (500) parts per million by volume is not subject to the provisions
				of this rule except for the performance testing requirement listed in
				sub-paragraph (3)(B)3.B., paragraph (3)(B)9. and the reporting and record
				keeping requirements listed in subsection (4)(C) of this rule.
(C) In the event that other rules
				in Title 10 Division 10 of the Code of State Regulations are also applicable to
				reactor processes and distillation operation processes in the chemical
				manufacturing industry, the more stringent rule applies.