Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part V - Hazardous Wastes and Hazardous Materials › Subpart 1 - Department of Environmental Quality-Hazardous Waste › Chapter 17 - Air Emission Standards › Subchapter A - Process Vents › Section V-1709 - Standards: Closed-Vent Systems and Control Devices

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Compliance
1. Owners or operators of closed-vent systems
					 and control devices used to comply with provisions of LAC 33:V.Chapter 17 shall
					 comply with the provisions of this Section.
2.
a. The
					 owner or operator of an existing facility who cannot install a closed-vent
					 system and control device to comply with the provisions of this Subchapter on
					 the effective date that the facility becomes subject to the provisions of this
					 Subchapter must prepare an implementation schedule that includes dates by which
					 the closed-vent system and control device will be installed and in operation.
					 The controls must be installed as soon as possible, but the implementation
					 schedule may allow up to 30 months after the effective date that the facility
					 becomes subject to this Subchapter for installation and start-up.
b. Any unit that begins operation after
					 December 21, 1990, and is subject to the provisions of this Subchapter when
					 operation begins, must comply with the rules immediately (i.e., must have
					 control devices installed and operating on start-up of the affected unit); the
					 30-month implementation schedule does not apply.
c. The owner or operator of any facility in
					 existence on the effective date of an EPA regulatory amendment that renders the
					 facility subject to this Subchapter shall comply with all requirements of this
					 Subchapter as soon as practicable, but no later than 30 months after the
					 regulation's effective date. When control equipment required by this Subchapter
					 cannot be installed and begin operation by the effective date of the
					 regulation, the facility owner or operator shall prepare an implementation
					 schedule that includes the following information: specific calendar dates for
					 award of contracts or issuance of purchase orders for the control equipment;
					 initiation of on-site installation of the control equipment; completion of the
					 control equipment installation; and performance of any testing to demonstrate
					 that the installed equipment meets the applicable standards of this Subchapter.
					 The owner or operator shall enter the implementation schedule in the operating
					 record or in a permanent, readily available file located at the
					 facility.
d. Owners and operators
					 of facilities and units that become newly subject to the requirements of this
					 Subchapter after December 8, 1997, due to an action other than those described
					 in Subparagraph A.2.c of this Section must comply with all applicable
					 requirements immediately (i.e., must have control devices installed and
					 operating on the date the facility or unit becomes subject to this Subchapter;
					 the 30-month implementation schedule does not apply).