Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 115 - CONTROL OF AIR POLLUTION FROM VOLATILE ORGANIC › Subchapter H - HIGHLY-REACTIVE VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS › Division 3 - FUGITIVE EMISSIONS › Section 115.789 - Counties and Compliance Schedules

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The owner or operator of each petroleum refinery;
						synthetic organic chemical, polymer, resin, or methyl tert-butyl ether
						manufacturing process; or natural gas/gasoline processing operation in
						Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, and
						Waller Counties shall demonstrate compliance with the requirements of this
						division (relating to Fugitive Emissions) in accordance with the following
						schedule.
(1) The initial monitoring
					 of all components for which monitoring is required under this division, but are
					 not required to be monitored under Subchapter D, Division 3 of this chapter
					 (relating to Fugitive Emission Control in Petroleum Refining, Natural
					 Gas/Gasoline Processing, and Petrochemical Processes in Ozone Nonattainment
					 Areas), must occur as soon as practicable, but no later than March 31, 2004,
					 except that:
(A) the schedule in §
												115.781(f)
					 of this title (relating to General Monitoring and Inspection Requirements)
					 applies to blind flanges, caps, or plugs at the end of a pipe or line
					 containing highly-reactive volatile organic compounds, sight glasses, meters,
					 gauges, connectors, bolted manways, heat exchanger heads, hatches, and sump
					 covers for which the owner or operator has notified the appropriate regional
					 office and any local air pollution control program with jurisdiction that
					 §
												115.781(f)
					 of this title will be used to establish the monitoring schedule for these
					 components; and
(B) on or before
					 March 31, 2004, the owner or operator shall notify the appropriate regional
					 office and any local air pollution control program with jurisdiction that
					 §
												115.781(f)
					 of this title will be used to establish the monitoring schedule for blind
					 flanges, caps, or plugs at the end of a pipe or line containing highly-reactive
					 volatile organic compounds, sight glasses, meters, gauges, connectors, bolted
					 manways, heat exchanger heads, hatches, and sump covers. The owner or operator
					 shall monitor all of these components at least one time in each process unit by
					 April 1, 2006, and then conduct subsequent monitoring at the frequencies noted
					 in §
												115.781(f)
					 of this title. For those process units with an initial start-up date after
					 March 31, 2004, the notification of the intent to use §
												115.781(f)
					 of this title shall be made within 60 days after the initial start-up date. In
					 this case, the owner or operator shall monitor all of these components at least
					 one time in each process unit within one year of the initial start-up date, and
					 then conduct subsequent monitoring at the frequencies noted in §
												115.781(f)
					 of this title.