Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 106 - PERMITS BY RULE › Subchapter K - GENERAL › Section 106.262 - Facilities (Emission and Distance Limitations)

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Facilities, or physical or operational
				  changes to a facility, are permitted by rule provided that all of the following
				  conditions of this section are satisfied.
(1)
				  Emission points associated with the facilities or changes shall be located at
				  least 100 feet from any off-plant receptor. Off-plant receptor means any
				  recreational area or residence or other structure not occupied or used solely
				  by the owner or operator of the facilities or the owner of the property upon
				  which the facilities are located.
(2) New or increased emissions, including
				  fugitives, of chemicals shall not be emitted in a quantity greater than five
				  tons per year nor in a quantity greater than E as determined using the equation
				  E = L/K and the following table.
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(3)
				  Notification must be provided using Form PI-7 within ten days following the
				  installation or modification of the facilities. The notification shall include
				  a description of the project, calculations, and data identifying specific
				  chemical names, L values, D values, and a description of pollution control
				  equipment, if any.
(4) The
				  facilities in which the following chemicals will be handled shall be located at
				  least 300 feet from the nearest property line and 600 feet from any off-plant
				  receptor and the cumulative amount of any of the following chemicals resulting
				  from one or more authorizations under this section (but not including permit
				  authorizations) shall not exceed 500 pounds on the plant property and all
				  listed chemicals shall be handled only in unheated containers operated in
				  compliance with the United States Department of Transportation regulations (49
				  Code of Federal Regulations, Parts 171-178): acrolein, allyl chloride, ammonia
				  (anhydrous), arsine, boron trifluoride, bromine, carbon disulfide, chlorine,
				  chlorine dioxide, chlorine trifluoride, chloroacetaldehyde, chloropicrin,
				  chloroprene, diazomethane, diborane, diglycidyl ether, dimethylhydrazine,
				  ethyleneimine, ethyl mercaptan, fluorine, formaldehyde (anhydrous), hydrogen
				  bromide, hydrogen chloride, hydrogen cyanide, hydrogen fluoride, hydrogen
				  selenide, hydrogen sulfide, ketene, methylamine, methyl bromide, methyl
				  hydrazine, methyl isocyanate, methyl mercaptan, nickel carbonyl, nitric acid,
				  nitric oxide, nitrogen dioxide, oxygen difluoride, ozone, pentaborane,
				  perchloromethyl mercaptan, perchloryl fluoride, phosgene, phosphine, phosphorus
				  trichloride, selenium hexafluoride, stibine, liquified sulfur dioxide, sulfur
				  pentafluoride, and tellurium hexafluoride. Containers of these chemicals may
				  not be vented or opened directly to the atmosphere at any time.
(5) For physical changes or modifications to
				  existing facilities, there shall be no changes or additions of air pollution
				  abatement equipment.
(6) Visible
				  emissions, except uncombined water, to the atmosphere from any point or
				  fugitive source shall not exceed 5.0% opacity in any six-minute
				  period.