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New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 2 - AIR QUALITY (STATEWIDE) › Part 35 - NATURAL GAS PROCESSING PLANT - SULFUR › Section 20.2.35.110 - NEW NATURAL GAS PROCESSING PLANTS

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A. The owner or operator of a new natural gas
				processing plant that releases an average of five or more tons a day and less
				than twenty tons a day of sulfur in plant processes shall not permit, cause,
				suffer or allow sulfur emissions to the atmosphere in excess of 10 pounds of
				sulfur for every 100 pounds of sulfur released in plant processes.
B. The owner or operator of a new natural gas
				processing plant that releases an average of 20 or more tons a day and less
				than 50 tons a day of sulfur in plant processes shall not permit, cause, suffer
				or allow sulfur emissions to the atmosphere in excess of 4,000 pounds per
				day.
C. The owner or operator of a
				new natural gas processing plant that releases an average of 50 tons a day or
				greater of sulfur in plant processes shall not permit, cause, suffer or allow
				sulfur emissions to the atmosphere in excess of 2 pounds of sulfur for every
				100 pounds of sulfur released in plant processes.
D. The owner or operator of a new natural gas
				processing plant that is governed by a sulfur emission limitation of an Air
				Quality Control Regulation shall not permit, cause, suffer or allow gas coming
				off any off-gas sweetening regeneration unit or other sulfur releasing unit to
				be sent to a facility other than the natural gas processing plant for the
				purpose of sulfur recovery or disposal:
(1)
				unless all the gas coming off the gas sweetening regeneration unit or other
				sulfur releasing unit is sent to the facilities other than the natural gas
				processing plant, except mercaptan gas, and the amount of sulfur in the off-gas
				stream from fuel burning equipment does not exceed the quantity of sulfur that
				would exist if the sulfur content of the gas used for fuel was 10 grains of
				sulfur per 100 standard cubic feet of fuel gas; or
(2) unless only a portion of the gas coming
				off the gas sweetening regeneration unit or other sulfur releasing unit is sent
				to the facility other than the natural gas processing plant; and
(a) if the natural gas processing plant is a
				new natural gas processing plant that releases an average of five or more tons
				a day but less than twenty tons a day of sulfur in plant processes, sulfur
				emissions from the new natural gas processing plant do not exceed 10 pounds of
				sulfur for every 100 pounds of sulfur that are released in plant processes but
				not sent for sulfur recovery or disposal to another facility; or
(b) if the natural gas processing plant is a
				new natural gas processing plant that releases an average of twenty tons a day
				or greater of sulfur in plant processes, sulfur emissions from the new natural
				gas processing plant do not exceed 2 pounds of sulfur for every 100 pounds of
				sulfur in plant processes but not sent for sulfur recovery or disposal to
				another facility.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 2 - AIR QUALITY (STATEWIDE) › Part 35 - NATURAL GAS PROCESSING PLANT - SULFUR › Section 20.2.35.111 - STACK HEIGHT

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A. The owner or
				operator of a natural gas processing plant shall not permit, cause, suffer or
				allow sulfur compounds to be emitted to the atmosphere unless the sulfur
				compound emission is from a stack of a sufficient physical height to prevent
				concentrations of sulfur compounds near ground level equal to or exceed any
				state or federal ambient air standard. The necessary physical stack height
				shall be determined by the following graph in 20.2.35.115 NMAC (Figure 1) or
				through the use of dispersion modeling approved by the department.
B. If the natural gas processing plant is an
				existing natural gas processing plant, the requirements of this section shall
				not apply to that existing natural gas processing plant until January 1,
				1977.
C. By January 1, 1977, any
				person owning or operating an existing natural gas processing plant must file
				with the department the following:
(1) the
				height of all stacks from which sulfur is emitted;
(2) the quantity of the sulfur emitted from
				each stack;
(3) the exit gas
				temperature for each stack;
(4) the
				total mass flow rate of the stack effluent gases (for flares, the total
				effluent mass flow rate shall consist of the stack effluent mass flow rate plus
				that amount of air required for complete combustion); and
(5) any other information the department
				deems necessary to determine whether or not the physical height of any stack
				from which sulfur is emitted complies with the requirements of this
				subsection.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 2 - AIR QUALITY (STATEWIDE) › Part 35 - NATURAL GAS PROCESSING PLANT - SULFUR › Section 20.2.35.112 - RECORD KEEPING AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

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A. To aid the Department in determining
				compliance with this Part, the owner or operator of a natural gas processing
				plant to which this Part applies shall submit to the Department quarterly
				reports in the months of January, April, July and October of each year
				containing the following information:
(1) the
				sulfur content of feedstock entering the natural gas processing plant,
				determined no less frequently than three times per week; and no more frequently
				than once every twenty-four hours;
(2) the sulfur content of all fuel burned in
				the plant and the amount of each type of fuel burned determined no less
				frequently than quarterly;
(3) the
				sulfur content of the products produced by the natural gas processing plant
				determined no less frequently than weekly;
(4) the sulfur content of the inlet and
				outlet gas stream or streams of the sulfur recovery plant determined no less
				frequently than quarterly; and
(5)
				the weight of the recovered sulfur determined no less frequently than
				weekly.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 2 - AIR QUALITY (STATEWIDE) › Part 35 - NATURAL GAS PROCESSING PLANT - SULFUR › Section 20.2.35.113 - DECLINING EMISSION NATURAL GAS PROCESSING PLANTS

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A. Subsections A, B, D and E of 20.2.35.109
				NMAC, and 20.2.35.112 NMAC shall not apply to a natural gas processing plant
				that the Department has certified as a "declining emission natural gas
				processing plant".
B. The
				department shall certify an existing natural gas processing plant as a
				"declining emission natural gas processing plant" and include in the
				certification a "sulfur release schedule" setting forth the maximum amounts of
				sulfur that may be released in plant processes in quarterly increments through
				January 1, 1980, if all of the following are met:
(1) the sulfur released in plant processes in
				the plant will decrease to the extent that by January 1, 1980, less than 7.5
				tons of sulfur per day will be released in plant processes;
(2) the decrease in the amount of sulfur
				released in plant processes will be a continuous decrease due to reduction in
				the amount of sour feedstock into the plant;
(3) the owner or operator of the plant has
				furnished a schedule to the Department detailing the projected decreases in
				sour feedstock that will result in the continuous decrease of sulfur released
				in plant processes to less than 7.5 tons by 1980;
(4) the owner or operator of the plant has
				stated his intention to follow the submitted schedule setting forth the
				projected decreases in sour feedstock to the plant;
(5) the plant does not have a sulfur recovery
				plant;
(6) the owner or operator of
				the plant has furnished to the Department all of the information requested in
				Subsection N [20.2.35.113 NMAC] and has certified the accuracy and completeness
				of the information furnished;
(7)
				the Department has reviewed the application and all of the information
				submitted in support thereof, solicited and reviewed comments of the Oil
				Conservation Commission, and reviewed all comments received in writing from
				interested persons; and
(8) the
				Department has determined, after considering the information specified in the
				above paragraphs and such other information as it may wish to consider, that
				the processing of sour feedstock by the plant will decrease according to the
				"sulfur release schedule" resulting in a continuous decrease of sulfur in plant
				processes to less than 7.5 tons per day by January 1, 1980.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 2 - AIR QUALITY (STATEWIDE) › Part 35 - NATURAL GAS PROCESSING PLANT - SULFUR › Section 20.2.35.114 - HEARINGS - ACTIONS BY THE BOARD

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A. Upon receipt by the board of a petition
				for review pursuant to subsections E and I of 20.2.35.113 NMAC, the Secretary
				shall mail notice of hearing to the petitioner, all persons who have submitted
				written comments on the application, and all persons who have requested notice
				of hearings held pursuant to this subsection.
B. At least seven days prior to the hearing
				date, the Secretary shall publish notice of the date, time, place, and subject
				of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the
				facility is located and in a newspaper of general circulation in the
				state.
C. Public hearings shall be
				held before the board not less than fifteen days and no more than forty-five
				days from the date the Secretary mails the notice of the hearing to the
				petitioner.
D. Public hearings
				shall be held in Santa Fe unless the board and the petitioner agree upon
				another site in the state.
E. The
				board may designate a hearing officer to take evidence at the
				hearing.
F. A record shall be made
				at each hearing, the cost of which shall be borne by the Department. Transcript
				costs shall be paid by those persons requesting transcripts. The cost of
				providing transcripts to the board members shall be borne by the
				Department.
G. In the hearing, the
				technical rules of evidence and the rules of civil procedure shall not apply,
				but the hearings shall be conducted so that all relevant views are amply and
				fairly presented without undue repetition. The board may require reasonable
				substantiation of statements or records tendered and may require any view to be
				stated in writing when the circumstances justify.
H. The board shall allow all persons a
				reasonable opportunity at a hearing to submit written and oral evidence and
				arguments, introduce exhibits, and cross-examine persons who testify.
I. A petitioner may represent himself at the
				hearing or be represented by any other individual.
J. The board shall render its decision based
				upon the transcript of the hearing as soon as possible following the
				preparation of the transcript.
K.
				The owner or operator of any plant whose certification as a "declining emission
				natural gas processing plant" has been revoked shall comply with the
				requirements of the applicable subsections of this section [sections of this
				Part] within twelve months after the revocation of certification becomes
				final.
L. As used in subsections B,
				C, F, G, and I of 20.2.35.113 NMAC the sulfur released in plant processes shall
				include the sulfur content of any gas sent from the plant for further
				processing.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 2 - AIR QUALITY (STATEWIDE) › Part 38 - HYDROCARBON STORAGE FACILITIES › Section 20.2.38.3 - STATUTORY AUTHORITY

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
Environmental Improvement Act, NMSA 1978, section
				  74-1-8(A)(4) and (7), and Air Quality Control Act, NMSA 1978, sections
				  74-2-1 et
				  seq., including specifically, section 74-2-5(A), (B), and
				  (C).
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 2 - AIR QUALITY (STATEWIDE) › Part 38 - HYDROCARBON STORAGE FACILITIES › Section 20.2.38.5 - EFFECTIVE DATE

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
November 30, 1995.
[The latest effective date of any section in this Part is
				  10/31/02.]
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 2 - AIR QUALITY (STATEWIDE) › Part 38 - HYDROCARBON STORAGE FACILITIES › Section 20.2.38.6 - OBJECTIVE

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The objective of this Part is to minimize hydrogen sulfide
				  emissions from hydrocarbon storage facilities.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 2 - AIR QUALITY (STATEWIDE) › Part 38 - HYDROCARBON STORAGE FACILITIES › Section 20.2.38.7 - DEFINITIONS

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In addition to the terms defined in 20.2.2 NMAC
				  (Definitions), as used in this Part:
A. "New hydrocarbon storage facility" means
				any hydrocarbon storage facility, or part thereof, the fabrication, erection,
				installation, or modification of which is commenced on or after January 1,
				1975.
B. "New tank battery" means
				any tank battery, or part thereof, the fabrication, erection, installation, or
				modification of which is commenced on or after January 1, 1975.
C. "Part" means an air quality control
				regulation under Title 20, Chapter 2 of the New Mexico Administrative Code,
				unless otherwise noted; as adopted or amended by the Board.
D. "Petroleum production facility" includes
				tank batteries, separators and heater-treaters used in producing or storing any
				crude oil, condensate or natural gas that has been extracted from a
				well.
E. "Tank battery" means a
				tank or group of tanks that receive crude oil or condensate from a well for
				storage until shipment.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 2 - AIR QUALITY (STATEWIDE) › Part 38 - HYDROCARBON STORAGE FACILITIES › Section 20.2.38.8 - AMENDMENT AND SUPERSESSION OF PRIOR REGULATIONS

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This Part amends and supersedes Air Quality Control
				  Regulation ("AQCR") 631, -- Hydrocarbon Storage Facilities last filed February
				  8, 1983.
A. All references to AQCR 631
				in any other rule shall be construed as a reference to this Part.
B. The amendment and supersession of AQCR 631
				shall not affect any administrative or judicial enforcement action pending on
				the effective date of such amendment nor the validity of any permit issued
				pursuant to AQCR 631.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 2 - AIR QUALITY (STATEWIDE) › Part 38 - HYDROCARBON STORAGE FACILITIES › Section 20.2.38.9 - DOCUMENTS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
Documents cited in this Part may be viewed at the New Mexico
				  Environment Department, Air Quality Bureau, Runnels Building, 1190 Saint
				  Francis Drive, Santa Fe, NM 87505 [2048 Galisteo St., Santa Fe, NM
				  87505].
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 2 - AIR QUALITY (STATEWIDE) › Part 38 - HYDROCARBON STORAGE FACILITIES › Section 20.2.38.109 - TANK STORAGE ASSOCIATED WITH PETROLEUM PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING FACILITY

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The owner or operator shall not place, hold or store
				  hydrocarbons containing hydrogen sulfide in a container associated with a
				  petroleum production facility or petroleum processing facility and having a
				  capacity of 20,000 gallons or greater with a throughput of at least 30,000
				  gallon per week, unless the container is equipped with:
A. a method of discharging the hydrocarbons
				into the container below the liquid level; or
B. any other method or device equally
				effective to minimize hydrocarbon and hydrogen sulfide loss to the
				atmosphere.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 2 - AIR QUALITY (STATEWIDE) › Part 38 - HYDROCARBON STORAGE FACILITIES › Section 20.2.38.110 - TANK BATTERY OR STORAGE FACILITY - WITHIN MUNICIPALITY

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The owner or operator of, within the corporate limits of a
				  municipality, a tank battery having a throughput greater than 10,000 barrels
				  (420,000 gallons) per year operated in conjunction with a petroleum production
				  facility, or a hydrocarbon storage facility operated in conjunction with a
				  petroleum processing facility, shall not place, store or hold in a stationary
				  tank or other container any hydrocarbon liquids, the vapor of which contains at
				  any time 24 ppm or more of hydrogen sulfide unless the tank or other container
				  is equipped with:
A. a well-maintained
				vapor-recovery system consisting of:
(1) a
				vapor-gathering system capable of collecting the vapor and gases discharged;
				and
(2) a vapor-disposal system
				capable of processing the vapor and gases so as to minimize emission of sulfur
				compounds to the atmosphere; or
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 2 - AIR QUALITY (STATEWIDE) › Part 38 - HYDROCARBON STORAGE FACILITIES › Section 20.2.38.111 - TANK BATTERY OR STORAGE FACILITY - WITHIN FIVE MILES OF MUNICIPALITY OF TWENTY THOUSAND OR MORE

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The owner or operator of, within five miles, of the corporate
				  limits of a municipality that has a population of twenty thousand or greater, a
				  tank battery having a throughput greater than 50,000 barrels (2,100,000
				  gallons) per year operated in conjunction with a petroleum production facility,
				  or a hydrocarbon storage facility operated in conjunction with a petroleum
				  processing facility, shall not place, store, or hold in a stationary tank or
				  other container any hydrocarbon liquids the vapor of which contains at any time
				  24 ppm or more of hydrogen sulfide unless the tank or other container is
				  equipped as required in
				  20.2.38.110
				  NMAC.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 2 - AIR QUALITY (STATEWIDE) › Part 38 - HYDROCARBON STORAGE FACILITIES › Section 20.2.38.112 - NEW TANK BATTERY - MORE THAN 65,000 GALLONS CAPACITY

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The owner or operator of a new tank battery operated in
				  conjunction with a petroleum production facility shall not place, store, or
				  hold in a stationary tank or other container, if the tank battery has a storage
				  capacity of 65,000 gallons or greater, any hydrocarbon liquid unless the tank
				  or other container is equipped with:
A. a floating roof, consisting of an external
				floating roof, internal floating cover or covered floating roof, which is
				equipped with a closure seal or seals maintained in good repair to close the
				space between the roof or cover edge and tank wall; or
B. a well-maintained vapor-recovery system
				consisting of:
(1) a vapor-gathering system
				capable of collecting the organic compound vapors and gases discharged;
				and
(2) a vapor-disposal system
				capable of collecting the organic vapor and gases so as to minimize their
				emission to the atmosphere; or
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 2 - AIR QUALITY (STATEWIDE) › Part 38 - HYDROCARBON STORAGE FACILITIES › Section 20.2.38.113 - NEW TANK BATTERY AND THE PECOS-PERMIAN INTERSTATE AIR QUALITY CONTROL REGION

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
The owner or operator of a new tank battery operated in
				  conjunction with a petroleum production facility, or a new hydrocarbon storage
				  facility operated in conjunction with a petroleum processing facility, located
				  outside the Pecos-Permian intrastate air quality control region, located within
				  the corporate limits of any municipality within the state or located within
				  five miles of the corporate limits of any municipality within the state that
				  has a population of twenty thousand or greater shall not place, store, or hold
				  in a stationary tank or other container any hydrocarbon liquid, the vapor of
				  which contains at any time 24 ppm or more of hydrogen sulfide, unless the tank
				  or other container is equipped with:
A. a well-maintained vapor-recovery system
				consisting of:
(1) a vapor-gathering system
				capable of collecting the vapors and gases discharged; and
(2) a vapor-disposal system capable of
				processing the vapors and gases so as to minimize emission of sulfur compounds
				to the atmosphere; or
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 2 - AIR QUALITY (STATEWIDE) › Part 39 - SULFUR RECOVERY PLANT - SULFUR › Section 20.2.39.3 - STATUTORY AUTHORITY

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
Environmental Improvement Act, NMSA 1978, section
				  74-1-8(A)(4) and (7), and Air Quality Control Act, NMSA 1978, sections
				  74-2-1 et
				  seq., including specifically, section 74-2-5(A), (B), and
				  (C).
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 2 - AIR QUALITY (STATEWIDE) › Part 39 - SULFUR RECOVERY PLANT - SULFUR › Section 20.2.39.5 - EFFECTIVE DATE

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
November 30, 1995.
[The latest effective date of any section in this Part is
				  10/31/02.]
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 2 - AIR QUALITY (STATEWIDE) › Part 39 - SULFUR RECOVERY PLANT - SULFUR › Section 20.2.39.6 - OBJECTIVE

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
The objective of this Part is to establish sulfur emission
				  standards for sulfur recovery plants which are not part of petroleum or natural
				  gas processing facilities.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 2 - AIR QUALITY (STATEWIDE) › Part 39 - SULFUR RECOVERY PLANT - SULFUR › Section 20.2.39.7 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
In addition to the terms defined in 20.2.2 NMAC
				  (Definitions), as used in this Part:
A. "Part" means an air quality control
				regulation under Title 20, Chapter 2 of the New Mexico Administrative Code,
				unless otherwise noted; as adopted or amended by the Board.
B. "Sulfur" means elemental sulfur and the
				sulfur component of any mixture or compound.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 2 - AIR QUALITY (STATEWIDE) › Part 39 - SULFUR RECOVERY PLANT - SULFUR › Section 20.2.39.8 - AMENDMENT AND SUPERSESSION OF PRIOR REGULATIONS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
This Part amends and supersedes Air Quality Control
				  Regulation ("AQCR") 632, -- Sulfur Recovery Plant -- Sulfur last filed February
				  8, 1983.
A. All references to AQCR 632
				in any other rule shall be construed as a reference to this Part.
B. The amendment and supersession of AQCR 632
				shall not affect any administrative or judicial enforcement action pending on
				the effective date of such amendment nor the validity of any permit issued
				pursuant to AQCR 632.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 2 - AIR QUALITY (STATEWIDE) › Part 39 - SULFUR RECOVERY PLANT - SULFUR › Section 20.2.39.9 - DOCUMENTS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
Documents cited in this Part may be viewed at the New Mexico
				  Environment Department, Air Quality Bureau, Runnels Building, 1190 Saint
				  Francis Drive, Santa Fe, NM 87505 [2048 Galisteo St., Santa Fe, NM
				  87505].
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 2 - AIR QUALITY (STATEWIDE) › Part 39 - SULFUR RECOVERY PLANT - SULFUR › Section 20.2.39.110 - EXISTING SULFUR RECOVERY PLANT

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The owner or operator of an existing (the fabrication,
				  erection, or installation of which was commenced before August 14, 1974) sulfur
				  recovery plant shall not permit, cause, suffer or allow at any time sulfur
				  emissions to the atmosphere in excess of 12 pounds of sulfur for every 100
				  pounds of sulfur introduced into the plant.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 2 - AIR QUALITY (STATEWIDE) › Part 39 - SULFUR RECOVERY PLANT - SULFUR › Section 20.2.39.111 - SULFUR RECOVERY PLANT - LESS THAN 20TONS PER DAY OF SULFUR

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The owner or operator of a new (the fabrication, erection,
				  installation, or modification of which was commenced on or after August 14,
				  1974) sulfur recovery plant that introduces less than twenty tons a day of
				  sulfur into the plant shall not permit, cause, suffer or allow at any time
				  sulfur emissions to the atmosphere in excess of 10 pounds of sulfur for every
				  100 pounds of sulfur introduced into the plant.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 2 - AIR QUALITY (STATEWIDE) › Part 39 - SULFUR RECOVERY PLANT - SULFUR › Section 20.2.39.112 - SULFUR RECOVERY PLANT - MORE THAN 20TONS PER DAY OF SULFUR

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The owner or operator of a new (the fabrication, erection,
				  installation, or modification of which was commenced on or after August 14,
				  1974) sulfur recovery plant that introduces twenty tons a day or greater of
				  sulfur into the plant shall not permit, cause, suffer or allow at any time
				  sulfur emissions to the atmosphere in excess of 2 pounds of sulfur for every
				  100 pounds of sulfur introduced into the plant.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 2 - AIR QUALITY (STATEWIDE) › Part 39 - SULFUR RECOVERY PLANT - SULFUR › Section 20.2.39.113 - SULFUR RECOVERY PLANTS OTHERWISE REGULATED

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This Part shall not apply to a sulfur recovery plant for
				  which a sulfur emission limitation is established by any other air quality
				  control regulation. For purposes of this section, the establishment by an air
				  quality control regulation of a limitation on the amount of hydrogen sulfide
				  that may be emitted is not the establishment of a sulfur emission
				  limitation.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 2 - AIR QUALITY (STATEWIDE) › Part 39 - SULFUR RECOVERY PLANT - SULFUR › Section 20.2.39.114 - REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

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A. To
				aid the Department in determining compliance with this Part, the owner or
				operator of a sulfur recovery plant to which this Part applies shall submit to
				the Department quarterly reports for the periods January l through March 31,
				April 1 through June 30, July 1 through September 30, and October 1 through
				December 31 of each year, each report to be received by the Department within
				45 days of the end of the quarterly period. The quarterly report shall contain
				the following:
(1) the sulfur content of
				feedstock entering the sulfur recovery plant, determined no less frequently
				than weekly;
(2) the weight of the
				recovered sulfur, determined no less frequently than weekly; and
(3) the concentration of sulfur dioxide and
				hydrogen sulfide in the exit gas stream or streams, determined no less
				frequently than monthly.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 2 - AIR QUALITY (STATEWIDE) › Part 40 - SULFURIC ACID PRODUCTION UNITS - SULFUR DIOXIDE, ACID MIST AND VISIBLE EMISSIONS › Section 20.2.40.1 - ISSUING AGENCY

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Environmental Improvement Board.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 2 - AIR QUALITY (STATEWIDE) › Part 40 - SULFURIC ACID PRODUCTION UNITS - SULFUR DIOXIDE, ACID MIST AND VISIBLE EMISSIONS › Section 20.2.40.2 - SCOPE

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All geographic areas within the jurisdiction of the
				  Environmental Improvement Board.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 2 - AIR QUALITY (STATEWIDE) › Part 40 - SULFURIC ACID PRODUCTION UNITS - SULFUR DIOXIDE, ACID MIST AND VISIBLE EMISSIONS › Section 20.2.40.3 - STATUTORY AUTHORITY

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Environmental Improvement Act, NMSA 1978, section
				  74-1-8(A)(4) and (7), and Air Quality Control Act, NMSA 1978, sections
				  74-2-1 et
				  seq., including specifically, section 74-2-5(A), (B) and (C).
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 2 - AIR QUALITY (STATEWIDE) › Part 40 - SULFURIC ACID PRODUCTION UNITS - SULFUR DIOXIDE, ACID MIST AND VISIBLE EMISSIONS › Section 20.2.40.4 - DURATION

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Permanent.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 2 - AIR QUALITY (STATEWIDE) › Part 40 - SULFURIC ACID PRODUCTION UNITS - SULFUR DIOXIDE, ACID MIST AND VISIBLE EMISSIONS › Section 20.2.40.5 - EFFECTIVE DATE

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November 30, 1995.
[The latest effective date of any section in this Part is
				  10/31/02.]
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 2 - AIR QUALITY (STATEWIDE) › Part 40 - SULFURIC ACID PRODUCTION UNITS - SULFUR DIOXIDE, ACID MIST AND VISIBLE EMISSIONS › Section 20.2.40.6 - OBJECTIVE

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The objective of this Part is to establish requirements and
				  standards for sulfuric acid production units to minimize
				  emissions.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 2 - AIR QUALITY (STATEWIDE) › Part 40 - SULFURIC ACID PRODUCTION UNITS - SULFUR DIOXIDE, ACID MIST AND VISIBLE EMISSIONS › Section 20.2.40.7 - DEFINITIONS

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In addition to the terms defined in 20.2.2 NMAC
				  (Definitions), as used in this Part:
A. "Acid mist" means sulfuric acid mist as
				measured by the method referenced in 20.2.40.110 NMAC and includes liquid mist
				as well as sulfur trioxide and sulfuric acid vapor.
B. "Commenced" means that an owner or
				operator has undertaken a continuous program of construction or that an owner
				or operator has entered into a binding agreement or contractual obligation to
				undertake and complete within a reasonable time a continuous program of
				construction.
C. "Construction"
				means fabrication, erection or installation of an affected facility.
D. "Existing sulfuric acid production unit"
				means a sulfuric acid production unit the construction or modification of which
				was commenced on or before August 17, 1971.
E. "Good engineering practice" means:
(1) With respect to stack heights less than
				65 meters, the height necessary to insure that emissions from the stack do not
				result in excessive concentrations of any pollutant in the immediate vicinity
				of the source as result of atmospheric downwash, eddies and wakes which may be
				created by the source itself, nearby structures or nearby terrain obstacles.
				Such height shall not exceed:
(a) Thirty
				meters for stacks not influenced by the source itself, nearby structures or
				terrain; or
(b) The height
				determined by use of the equation: Hg = H+1.5 L; where: Hg = good engineering
				practice stack heights; H = the height of the source or nearby structure; and L
				= the lesser dimension (height or width) of the source or nearby structure for
				stacks that are influenced by nearby structures or terrain;
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 2 - AIR QUALITY (STATEWIDE) › Part 40 - SULFURIC ACID PRODUCTION UNITS - SULFUR DIOXIDE, ACID MIST AND VISIBLE EMISSIONS › Section 20.2.40.8 - AMENDMENT AND SUPERSESSION OF PRIOR REGULATIONS

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This Part amends and supersedes Air Quality Control
				  Regulation ("AQCR") 651 -- Sulfuric Acid Production Units -- Sulfur Dioxide,
				  Acid Mist and Visible Emissions last filed November 17, 1993:
A. All references to AQCR 651 in any other
				rule shall be construed as a reference to this Part.
B. The amendment and supersession of AQCR 651
				shall not affect any administrative or judicial enforcement action pending on
				the effective date of such amendment nor the validity of any permit issued
				pursuant to AQCR 651.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 2 - AIR QUALITY (STATEWIDE) › Part 40 - SULFURIC ACID PRODUCTION UNITS - SULFUR DIOXIDE, ACID MIST AND VISIBLE EMISSIONS › Section 20.2.40.9 - DOCUMENTS

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Documents cited in this Part may be viewed at the New Mexico
				  Environment Department, Air Quality Bureau, Harold Runnels Building, 1190 St.
				  Francis Drive, Santa Fe, NM 87505 [2048 Galisteo St., Santa Fe, NM
				  87505].
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 2 - AIR QUALITY (STATEWIDE) › Part 40 - SULFURIC ACID PRODUCTION UNITS - SULFUR DIOXIDE, ACID MIST AND VISIBLE EMISSIONS › Section 20.2.40.10 to 20.2.40.108 - RESERVED

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New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 2 - AIR QUALITY (STATEWIDE) › Part 40 - SULFURIC ACID PRODUCTION UNITS - SULFUR DIOXIDE, ACID MIST AND VISIBLE EMISSIONS › Section 20.2.40.109 - EXISTING UNITS

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A. The owner or
				operator of an existing sulfuric acid production unit located within the
				Pecos-Permian Basin Intrastate Air Quality Control Region shall not permit,
				cause, suffer or allow sulfur dioxide emissions to the atmosphere in excess of
				575 pounds per hour, with a minimum stack height of 40 meters, or acid mist
				emissions in excess of 0.5 pounds per ton of sulfuric acid produced. Stack
				height shall meet standards for good engineering practice.
B. The owner or operator of an existing
				sulfuric acid production unit located outside the Pecos-Permian Basin
				Intrastate Air Quality Control Region shall not permit, cause, suffer or allow
				sulfur dioxide emissions to the atmosphere in excess of 680 pounds per hour, or
				acid mist emissions in excess of 0.5 pounds per ton of sulfuric acid
				produced.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 2 - AIR QUALITY (STATEWIDE) › Part 40 - SULFURIC ACID PRODUCTION UNITS - SULFUR DIOXIDE, ACID MIST AND VISIBLE EMISSIONS › Section 20.2.40.110 - COMPLIANCE

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Compliance with sulfur dioxide and acid mist emission
				  limitations of this Part shall be determined consistent with the method and
				  procedures specified by the US EPA in
				  40 CFR Section
				  60.85 or any other equivalent method and
				  procedures receiving prior approval from the Department and the US EPA. Upon
				  request of the Department, the owner or operator of sulfuric acid production
				  units subject to this regulation shall perform stack testing for sulfur dioxide
				  and acid mist emissions according to the method stated above and report the
				  results of such tests in the format and time period specified by the
				  Department. The owner or operator shall inform the Department of the dates and
				  times of such testing so that the Department may have opportunity to have an
				  observer present during testing.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 2 - AIR QUALITY (STATEWIDE) › Part 40 - SULFURIC ACID PRODUCTION UNITS - SULFUR DIOXIDE, ACID MIST AND VISIBLE EMISSIONS › Section 20.2.40.111 - VISIBLE EMISSIONS

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Opacity of visible emissions from existing sulfuric acid
				  production units shall be determined consistent with the method set forth by
				  the US EPA in 40 CFR Part 60, Appendix A, Method 9 or any other equivalent
				  method receiving prior approval from the Department and the US EPA. The time
				  period for taking opacity readings shall be for a minimum of six
				  minutes.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 2 - AIR QUALITY (STATEWIDE) › Part 40 - SULFURIC ACID PRODUCTION UNITS - SULFUR DIOXIDE, ACID MIST AND VISIBLE EMISSIONS › Section 20.2.40.112 - MONITORING

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A. The owner or
				operator of an existing sulfuric acid production unit shall not permit, cause,
				suffer or allow operation of the sulfuric acid production unit without
				maintaining in good operating condition a monitor which continuously measures
				and records the sulfur dioxide concentration in the gases within the stack from
				which the gases are emitted to the atmosphere. The sampling point for
				monitoring emissions and the method for determining the volumetric flow rate of
				the gases shall be approved by the Department. Instruments and sampling systems
				installed and used pursuant to this section shall be calibrated in accordance
				with the methods prescribed by the manufacturer's recommended zero adjustment
				and calibration check procedures at least once every 24 hours of operation,
				unless the manufacturer specifies or recommends more frequent calibration
				checks. The owner or operator of a sulfuric acid production unit shall retain
				for a period of two years all raw data and quality assurance measurements and
				procedures. This section is applicable to existing sulfuric acid production
				units after December 31, 1980.
B.
				Instruments and sampling systems installed and used pursuant to subsection A of
				20.2.40.112 NMAC shall be installed, operated and maintained in accordance with
				the performance specifications and other requirements set forth by the US EPA
				in
				40 CFR Section
				60.84. The continuous emission monitoring
				system shall complete a minimum of one cycle of operation (sampling, analyzing,
				and data recording) for each successive 15-minute period. In the event that
				significant repair work is performed on the monitoring system, the owner or
				operator of a sulfuric acid production unit shall demonstrate to the Department
				that the system continues to meet applicable performance specifications. The
				Department may require the owner or operator to conduct performance tests as
				specified at 40 CFR Part 60, Appendix B at any time that the Department
				determines that such a test is necessary to verify the performance of the
				monitoring system. An alternative means of verifying the performance of the
				monitoring system may be used if approved by the Department and the US EPA. The
				Department may also perform independent audits on the continuous monitoring
				system using the method referenced above, or other applicable
				methods.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 2 - AIR QUALITY (STATEWIDE) › Part 40 - SULFURIC ACID PRODUCTION UNITS - SULFUR DIOXIDE, ACID MIST AND VISIBLE EMISSIONS › Section 20.2.40.113 - REPORTING

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To aid the Department in determining compliance with this
				  Part, persons owning or operating existing sulfuric acid production units
				  subject to this Part shall submit quarterly reports to the Department for the
				  periods January 1 through March 31, April 1 through June 30, July 1 through
				  September 30, and October 1 through December 31 of each year; each report to be
				  received by the Department within 45 days of the end of the quarterly period.
				  The quarterly reports shall contain:
A. For each day that the plant is operating,
				the maximum 3-hour integrated average sulfur dioxide emissions, expressed in
				terms of pounds of sulfur dioxide per hour; and
B. All 3-hour periods during which the
				integrated average sulfur dioxide emissions exceed the sulfur dioxide emission
				limit.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 2 - AIR QUALITY (STATEWIDE) › Part 41 - NONFERROUS SMELTERS - SULFUR › Section 20.2.41.3 - STATUTORY AUTHORITY

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Environmental Improvement Act, NMSA 1978, section
				  74-1-8(A)(4) and (7), and Air Quality Control Act, NMSA 1978, sections
				  74-2-1 et
				  seq., including specifically, section 74-2-5(A), (B) and (C).
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 2 - AIR QUALITY (STATEWIDE) › Part 41 - NONFERROUS SMELTERS - SULFUR › Section 20.2.41.5 - EFFECTIVE DATE

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November 30, 1995.
[The latest effective date of any section in this Part is
				  10/31/02.]
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 2 - AIR QUALITY (STATEWIDE) › Part 41 - NONFERROUS SMELTERS - SULFUR › Section 20.2.41.6 - OBJECTIVE

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The objective of this Part is to establish requirements and
				  standards for nonferrous smelters to minimize sulfur
				  emissions.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 2 - AIR QUALITY (STATEWIDE) › Part 41 - NONFERROUS SMELTERS - SULFUR › Section 20.2.41.7 - DEFINITIONS

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In addition to the terms defined in 20.2.2 NMAC
				  (Definitions), as used in this Part:
A. "Captured fugitive emissions" means sulfur
				emissions which escape from various points in the smelting process and are
				captured.
B. "Exceedance" means the
				state of being exceeded.
C.
				"Existing nonferrous smelter" means a nonferrous smelter which was constructed
				and fully operational prior to September 1, 1971.
D. "Good operating conditions" means monitors
				operated in accordance with the specifications at 40 CFR Part 52, Appendices D
				and E.
E. "Malfunction" means any
				sudden and unavoidable failure of air pollution control equipment, process
				equipment or process to operate in an expected manner. Failures that are caused
				entirely or in part by poor maintenance, careless operation or any other
				preventable equipment breakdown shall not be considered a
				malfunction.
F. "Median" means the
				middle value in a series of numbers below and above which fall an equal number
				of values.
G. "Modification" means
				a modification as defined by section 74- 2-2(M), NMSA 1978.
H. "Modified nonferrous smelter" means any
				existing smelter that has incorporated a modification.
I. "New nonferrous smelter" means a
				nonferrous smelter, the construction of which commenced after September 1,
				1971.
J. "Part" means an air
				quality control regulation under Title 20, Chapter 2 of the New Mexico
				Administrative Code, unless otherwise noted; as adopted or amended by the
				Board.
K. "Startup" means the
				setting into operation of any air pollution control equipment, process
				equipment or process for any purpose.
L. "Sulfur" means elemental sulfur and the
				sulfur component of any sulfur mixtures or compounds.
M. "Sulfur dioxide" means the chemical
				compound containing two atoms of oxygen and one of sulfur.
N. "Uncaptured fugitive emissions" means
				sulfur emissions which escape to the atmosphere from various points in the
				smelting process due to leakage, materials charging and handling, transfer and
				storage, or other causes.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 2 - AIR QUALITY (STATEWIDE) › Part 41 - NONFERROUS SMELTERS - SULFUR › Section 20.2.41.8 - AMENDMENT AND SUPERSESSION OF PRIOR REGULATIONS

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This Part amends and supersedes Air Quality Control
				  Regulation ("AQCR") 652 -- Nonferrous Smelters -- Sulfur last filed November
				  17, 1993.
A. All references to AQCR
				652 in any other rule shall be construed as a reference to this Part.
B. The amendment and supersession of AQCR 652
				shall not affect any administrative of judicial enforcement action pending on
				the effective date of such amendment nor the validity of any permit issued
				pursuant to AQCR 652.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 2 - AIR QUALITY (STATEWIDE) › Part 41 - NONFERROUS SMELTERS - SULFUR › Section 20.2.41.9 - DOCUMENTS

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Documents cited in this Part may be viewed at the New Mexico
				  Environment Department, Air Quality Bureau, Runnels Building, 1190 Saint
				  Francis Drive, Santa Fe, NM 87505 [2048 Galisteo St., Santa Fe, NM
				  87505].
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 2 - AIR QUALITY (STATEWIDE) › Part 41 - NONFERROUS SMELTERS - SULFUR › Section 20.2.41.109 - EMISSION LIMITATIONS - EXISTING OR MODIFIED NONFERROUS SMELTER

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The owner or operator of any existing or modified nonferrous
				  smelter shall not permit, cause, suffer or allow:
A. Annual average emissions in excess of 7000
				pounds of sulfur dioxide per hour except as provided for in 20.2.41.112
				NMAC;
B. A median 3-hour running
				average to exceed 5309 pounds of sulfur dioxide per hour during any 365-day
				compliance period;
C. More than N
				occurrences of three-hour running average sulfur dioxide emissions in excess of
				the corresponding E values shown in the following table in any 365-day
				compliance period when there are malfunction or startup conditions:
N
(number of occurrences)
E
(pounds per hour of sulfur dioxide emissions)
0
3,000
1
49,000
2
45,500
4
42,300
7
39,200
12
36,200
20
33,400
32
31,300
48
29,200
68
27,200
94
25,600
130
23,800
180
21,700
245
20,000
330
18,700
435
17,200
560
15,800
710
14,600
890
13,200
1100
12,200
[greater than] 1100
7,800
D.
				More than N occurrences of three-hour running average sulfur dioxide emissions
				in excess of the corresponding E values shown in the following table in any
				365-day compliance period when there are not malfunction or startup conditions:
N
(number of occurrences)
E
(pounds per hour of sulfur dioxide emissions)
0
12,200
240
10,700
510
9,800
810
8,700
1,140
7,800
(1) Any
				three-hour average that includes a period of time when there are malfunction or
				startup conditions shall be included in either the cumulative occurrence limits
				of subsections C and D of 20.2.41.109 NMAC, at the choice of the smelter owner
				or operator;
(2) Any three-hour
				average that does not include a period of time when there are malfunction or
				startup conditions shall be included in the cumulative occurrence table in
				subsection D of 20.2.41.109 NMAC.
New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 2 - AIR QUALITY (STATEWIDE) › Part 41 - NONFERROUS SMELTERS - SULFUR › Section 20.2.41.110 - EMISSION LIMITATIONS - NEW NONFERROUS SMELTER

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The owner or operator of a new nonferrous smelter shall not
				  permit, cause, suffer or allow:
A.
				sulfur emissions to the atmosphere in excess of ten pounds of sulfur for every
				one hundred pounds of sulfur fed to the smelter;
B. the release of fugitive sulfur emissions
				to the atmosphere unless best engineering practices, including practices listed
				in subsection E of 20.2.41.109 NMAC, are utilized to minimize the release of
				such fugitive emissions.