Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 115 - CONTROL OF AIR POLLUTION FROM VOLATILE ORGANIC › Subchapter B - GENERAL VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND SOURCES › Division 4 - INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER › Section 115.143 - 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 Industrial Wastewater) 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) 90% overall control option. As an
					 alternative to the control requirements of §
											115.142 of
					 this title (relating to Control Requirements), the owner or operator of a
					 wastewater storage, handling, transfer, or treatment facility may elect to
					 ensure that the overall control of volatile organic compounds (VOC) emissions
					 at the account from wastewater from affected source categories is at least 90%
					 less than the 1990 baseline emissions inventory, 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 wastewater component 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 VOC emissions at
					 the account from wastewater from affected source categories will be at least
					 90% less than the 1990 baseline emissions inventory. 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. At a minimum, the control plan shall include the applicable
					 emission point number (EPN); the facility identification number (FIN); the
					 calendar year 1990 emission rates of wastewater from affected source categories
					 (consistent with the 1990 emissions inventory); a plot plan showing the
					 location, EPN, and FIN associated with a wastewater storage, handling,
					 transfer, or treatment facility; the VOC emission rates for the preceding
					 calendar year; and an explanation of the recordkeeping procedure and
					 calculations which will be used to demonstrate compliance. The VOC emission
					 rates shall be calculated in a manner consistent with the 1990 emissions
					 inventory.
(2) The owner or
					 operator 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 VOC emissions at the account from wastewater from affected
					 source categories during the preceding calendar year is at least 90% less than
					 the 1990 baseline emissions inventory. At a minimum, the report shall include
					 the EPN; FIN; the throughput of wastewater from affected source categories; a
					 plot plan showing the location, EPN, and FIN associated with a wastewater
					 storage, handling, transfer, or treatment facility; and the VOC emission rates
					 for the preceding calendar year. The emission rates for the preceding calendar
					 year shall be calculated in a manner consistent with the 1990 emissions
					 inventory.
(3) 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
					 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
					 include documentation that the overall reduction of VOC emissions at the
					 account from wastewater from affected source categories continues to be at
					 least 90% less than the 1990 baseline emissions inventory. The emission rates
					 shall be calculated in a manner consistent with the 1990 emissions
					 inventory.