North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 33.1 - Department of Environmental Quality › Article 33.1-15 - Air Pollution Control › Chapter 33.1-15-20 - Control of Emissions from Oil and Gas Well Production Facilities › Section 33.1-15-20-04 - Requirements for control of production facility emissions

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. The emissions from all treaters,
				separators, engines, incinerators, flares, tanks, and other onsite equipment
				must comply with the requirements of subsection 5.
2. Each flare used for combusting gas at a
				production facility must be equipped and operated with an automatic ignitor or
				a continuous burning pilot which must be maintained and operated in good
				working order. This is required even if the flare is used for emergency
				purposes only. A continuous burning pilot is required if this department
				determines that an automatic ignition system is ineffective due to production
				characteristics. The flare stack must be of sufficient height to allow for
				adequate dispersion of air contaminants as necessary to meet the requirements
				of this article.
3. Any organic
				compound gases and vapors may be subject to controls as specified in chapter
				33.1-15-07.
4. Routine inspections
				and maintenance of tanks, hatches, compressors, vent lines, pressure relief
				valves, packing elements, and couplings must be conducted to minimize emissions
				from equipment at a production facility. Tank hatches must hold a positive
				working pressure or must be repaired or replaced.
5. The owner or operator of any oil or gas
				well production facility shall install equipment necessary to ensure that
				emissions comply with the ambient air quality standards of chapter 33.1-15-02,
				including hydrogen sulfide and sulfur dioxide; the class I and class II
				increments for sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, and particulate matter of
				chapter 33.1-15-15, if applicable; the odor concentration limits of chapter
				33.1-15-16; and any other applicable chapter of this article. For the purpose
				of this chapter, compliance must be determined outside the surface boundary of
				the production facility.
6. When a
				malfunction, the correction of a malfunction, or maintenance at any oil and gas
				well production facility occurs that can be expected to cause the emission of
				air contaminants in violation of this article for longer than twenty-four
				hours, the person responsible for such installation shall notify the department
				of such malfunction or maintenance as set forth in section 33.1-15-01-13. This
				subsection pertains only to the reporting of malfunctions and maintenance and
				does not obviate the source's responsibility to comply with the remainder of
				this chapter or article.
7. The
				owner or operator of any oil and gas well production facility completed prior
				to the effective date of section 33.1-15-20-04 shall comply with the
				requirements of this chapter within six months of the effective date of these
				revisions. The owner or operator of any oil and gas well production facility
				completed after the effective date of the revisions to section 33.1-15-20-04
				shall comply with the requirements of this chapter within ninety days of the
				completion of the well.
General Authority:
NDCC 23.1-06-04;
					 S.L.
					 2017, ch. 199,
					 §
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Law Implemented:
NDCC 23.1-06-04;
					 S.L.
					 2017, ch. 199,
					 §
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