Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 115 - CONTROL OF AIR POLLUTION FROM VOLATILE ORGANIC › Subchapter C - VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND TRANSFER OPERATIONS › Division 1 - LOADING AND UNLOADING OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS › Section 115.213 - Alternate Control Requirements

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a)
					 Alternate means of control. Alternate methods of demonstrating and documenting
					 continuous compliance with the applicable control requirements or exemption
					 criteria in this division (relating to Loading and Unloading of Volatile
					 Organic Compounds) may be approved by the executive director in accordance with
					 §
											115.910
					 of this title (relating to Availability of Alternate Means of Control) if
					 emission reductions are demonstrated to be substantially equivalent.
(b) General volatile organic compound (VOC)
					 loading--90% overall control option in the Beaumont/Port Arthur, Dallas/Fort
					 Worth, El Paso, and Houston/Galveston areas. As an alternative to §
											115.212(a)(1)
					 of this title (relating to Control Requirements), VOC loading operations other
					 than gasoline terminals, gasoline bulk plants, and marine terminals may elect
					 to achieve a 90% overall control of emissions at the account from the loading
					 of VOC (excluding loading into marine vessels and loading at gasoline terminals
					 and gasoline bulk plants) with a true vapor pressure equal to or greater than
					 0.5 psia, but less than 11 psia, under actual storage conditions, provided that
					 the following requirements are met.
(1) To
					 qualify for the control option available under this subsection after December
					 31, 1996, the owner or operator of a VOC loading operation for which a control
					 plan was not previously submitted shall submit a control plan to the executive
					 director, the appropriate regional office, and any local air pollution control
					 program with jurisdiction which demonstrates that the overall control of
					 emissions at the account from the loading of VOC with a true vapor pressure
					 greater than or equal to 0.5 psia, but less than 11 psia, under actual storage
					 conditions will be at least 90%. Any control plan submitted after December 31,
					 1996, must be approved by the executive director before the owner or operator
					 may use the control option available under this subsection for compliance. For
					 each loading rack and any associated control device at the account, the control
					 plan shall include the emission point number (EPN), the facility identification
					 number (FIN), the throughput of VOC with a true vapor pressure greater than or
					 equal to 0.5 psia, but less than 11 psia, under actual storage conditions for
					 the preceding calendar year, a plot plan showing the location, EPN, and FIN of
					 each loading rack and any associated control device, the controlled and
					 uncontrolled emission rates for the preceding calendar year, and an explanation
					 of the recordkeeping procedure and calculations which will be used to
					 demonstrate compliance.
(2) The
					 owner or operator of the VOC loading operation shall submit an annual report no
					 later than March 31 of each year to the executive director, the appropriate
					 regional office, and any local air pollution control program with jurisdiction
					 which demonstrates that the overall control of emissions at the account from
					 the loading of VOC with a true vapor pressure greater than or equal to 0.5
					 psia, but less than 11 psia, under actual storage conditions during the
					 preceding calendar year is at least 90%. For each loading rack and any
					 associated control device at the account, the report shall include the EPN, the
					 FIN, the throughput of VOC with a true vapor pressure greater than or equal to
					 0.5 psia, but less than 11 psia, under actual storage conditions for the
					 preceding calendar year, a plot plan showing the location, EPN, and FIN of each
					 loading rack and any associated control device, and the controlled and
					 uncontrolled emission rates for the preceding calendar year.
(3) The owner or operator of the VOC loading
					 operation shall submit an updated report no later than 30 days after the
					 installation of an additional loading rack(s) or any change in service of a
					 loading rack(s) from loading VOC with a true vapor pressure less than 0.5 psia
					 to loading VOC with a true vapor pressure greater than or equal to 0.5 psia, or
					 vice versa. The report shall be submitted to the executive director, the
					 appropriate regional office, and any local air pollution control program with
					 jurisdiction and shall demonstrate that the overall control of emissions at the
					 account from the loading of VOC with a true vapor pressure greater than or
					 equal to 0.5 psia, but less than 11 psia, under actual storage conditions
					 continues to be at least 90%.
(4)
					 All representations in control plans and annual reports become enforceable
					 conditions. It shall be unlawful for any person to vary from such
					 representations if the variation will cause a change in the identity of the
					 specific emission sources being controlled or the method of control of
					 emissions unless the owner or operator of the VOC loading operation submits a
					 revised control plan to the executive director, the appropriate regional
					 office, and any local air pollution control program with jurisdiction no later
					 than 30 days after the change. All control plans and reports shall demonstrate
					 that the overall control of emissions at the account from the loading of VOC
					 with a true vapor pressure greater than or equal to 0.5 psia, but less than 11
					 psia, under actual storage conditions continues to be at least 90%. The
					 emission rates shall be calculated in a manner consistent with the most recent
					 emissions inventory.
(5) The
					 loading of VOC with a true vapor pressure greater than or equal to 11 psia
					 under actual storage conditions must be controlled by:
(A) pressurized loading;
(B) a vapor control system which maintains a
					 control efficiency of at least 90%; or
(C) a vapor balance system, as defined in
					 §
													115.10 of
					 this title (relating to Definitions).
(6) A VOC loading operation which, under the
					 90% control option of this subsection, is not required to control vapors caused
					 by loading VOC into a transport vessel is likewise not required to comply with:
(A)
													§
													115.212(a)(3)(A)
					 and (C) of this title; or
(B)
													§115.214(a)(1)(A)(ii) and (iii) and
					 (C) of this title (relating to Inspection Requirements).