North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 33.1 - Department of Environmental Quality › Article 33.1-15 - Air Pollution Control › Chapter 33.1-15-11 - Prevention of Air Pollution Emergency Episodes › Table 7 - Abatement Strategies Emission Reduction Plans

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Air Pollution Alert Level
Part A. General
1.
				There shall be no open burning by any persons of tree waste, vegetation,
				refuse, or debris in any form.
2.
				The use of incinerators for the disposal of any form of solid waste shall be
				limited to the hours between twelve noon and four p.m.
3. Persons operating fuel-burning equipment
				which requires boiler lancing or soot blowing shall perform such operations
				only between the hours of twelve noon and four p.m.
4. Persons operating motor vehicles should
				eliminate all unnecessary operations.
Part B. Source Curtailment
Any person responsible for the operation of a source of air
				  contaminants listed below shall take all required control actions for this
				  alert level.
Source of Air Contaminants
Control Action
1. Coal- or oil-fired electric power
						  generating facilities.
a. Substantial reduction by utilization of fuels having
						  low ash and sulfur content.
b. Maximum utilization of midday (twelve noon to four
						  p.m.) atmospheric turbulence for boiler lancing and soot blowing.
c. Substantial reduction by diverting electric power
						  generation to facilities outside of alert area.
2. Coal- and oil-fired process steam
						  generating facilities.
a. Substantial reduction by utilization of fuels having
						  low ash and sulfur content.
b. Maximum utilization of midday (twelve noon to four
						  p.m.) atmospheric turbulence for boiler lancing and soot blowing.
c. Substantial reduction of steam load demands
						  consistent with continuing plant operations.
3. Manufacturing industries of the following
							 classifications:
Primary metals industry.
Petroleum refining operations.
Chemical industries.
Mineral processing industries.
Grain industry.
Paper and allied products.
Other energy and fuel facilities.
a. Substantial reduction of air contaminants
						  from manufacturing operations by curtailing, postponing, or deferring
						  production and all operations.
b. Maximum reduction by deferring trade waste disposal
						  operations which emit solid particles, gas vapors, and malodorous
						  substances.
c. Maximum reduction of heat load demands by
						  processing.
d. Maximum utilization of midday (twelve noon to four
						  p.m.) atmospheric turbulence for boiler lancing or soot blowing.
Air Pollution Warning Level
Part A. General
1.
				There shall be no open burning by any persons of tree waste, vegetation,
				refuse, or debris in any form.
2.
				The use of incinerators for the disposal of any form of solid waste or liquid
				waste shall be prohibited.
3.
				Persons operating fuel-burning equipment which requires boiler lancing or soot
				blowing shall perform such operations only between the hours of twelve noon and
				four p.m.
4. Persons operating
				motor vehicles must reduce operations by the use of car pools and increased use
				of public transportation and elimination of unnecessary operation.
Part B. Source Curtailment
Any person responsible for the operation of a source of air
				  contaminants listed below shall take all required control actions for this
				  warning level.
Source of Air Contaminants
Control Action
1. Coal- or oil-fired electric power
						  generating facilities.
a. Maximum reduction by utilization of fuels having
						  lowest ash and sulfur content.
b. Maximum utilization of midday (twelve noon to four
						  p.m.) atmospheric turbulence for boiler lancing and soot blowing.
c. Maximum reduction by diverting electric power
						  generation to facilities outside of warning area.
2. Coal- and oil-fired process steam
						  generating facilities.
a. Maximum reduction by utilization of fuels having the
						  lowest available ash and sulfur content.
b. Maximum utilization of midday (twelve noon to four
						  p.m.) atmospheric turbulence for boiler lancing and soot blowing.
c. Making ready for use a plan of action to be taken if
						  an emergency develops.
3. Manufacturing industries which require considerable
						  lead time for shutdown including the following classifications:
a.Maximum reduction of air contaminants from
						  manufacturing operations by, if necessary, assuming reasonable economic
						  hardships by postponing production and allied operation.
Petroleum refining.
Chemical industries.
Primary metals industries.
Glass industry.
Paper and allied products.
Other energy and fuel facilities.
b. Maximum reduction by deferring trade waste disposal
						  operations which emit solid particles, gases, vapors, or malodorous
						  substances.
c. Maximum reduction of heat load demands for
						  processing.
d. Maximum utilization of midday (twelve noon to four
						  p.m.) atmospheric turbulence for boiler lancing or soot blowing.
4. Manufacturing industries which require relatively
						  short lead times for shutdown including the following classifications:
a. Elimination of air contaminants from manufacturing
						  operations by ceasing, curtailing, postponing, or deferring production and
						  allied operations to the extent possible without causing injury to persons or
Primary metals industries.
Chemical industries.
Grain industry.
Mineral processing industries.
damage to equipment.
b. Elimination of air contaminants from industrial waste
						  disposal which emits solid particles, gases, vapors, or malodorous
						  substances.
c. Maximum reduction of heat load demands for
						  processing.
d. Maximum utilization of midday (twelve noon to four
						  p.m.) atmospheric turbulence for boiler lancing or soot blowing.
Air Pollution Emergency Level
Part A. General
1.
				There shall be no open burning by any persons of tree waste, vegetation,
				refuse, or debris in any form.
2.
				The use of incinerators for the disposal of any form of solid or liquid waste
				shall be prohibited.
3. All places
				of employment described below shall immediately cease operations:
a. Mining and quarrying of nonmetallic
				minerals.
b. All construction work
				except that which must proceed to avoid emergent physical harm.
c. All manufacturing establishments except
				those required to have in force an air pollution emergency abatement strategies
				plan.
d. All wholesale trade
				establishments; i.e., places of business primarily engaged in selling
				merchandise to retailers, or industrial, commercial, institutional or
				professional users, or to other wholesalers, or acting as agents in buying
				merchandise for or selling merchandise to such persons or companies, except
				those engaged in the distribution of drugs, surgical supplies, and
				food.
e. All offices of local,
				county, and state government, including authorities, joint meetings, and other
				public bodies excepting such agencies which are determined by the chief
				administrative officer of local, county, or state government, authorities,
				joint meetings, and other public bodies to be vital for public safety and
				welfare and the enforcement of the provisions of this order.
f. All retail trade establishments except
				pharmacies, surgical supply distributors, and stores primarily engaged in the
				sale of food.
g. Banks, credit
				agencies other than banks, securities and commodities brokers, dealers,
				exchanges and services; offices of insurance carriers, agents and brokers, real
				estate offices.
h. Wholesale and
				retail laundries, laundry services and cleaning and dyeing establishments;
				photographic studios; beauty shops, barber shops, shoe repair shops.
i. Advertising offices; consumer credit
				reporting, adjustment and collection agencies; duplicating, addressing,
				blueprinting; photocopying, mailing, mailing list and stenographic services;
				equipment rental services, commercial testing laboratories.
j. Automobile repair, automobile services,
				garages.
k. Establishments
				rendering amusement and recreational services including motion picture
				theaters.
l. Elementary and
				secondary schools, colleges, universities, professional schools, junior
				colleges, vocational schools, and public and private
				libraries.