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Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article III - Air Resources › Chapter 129 - STANDARDS FOR SOURCES › SOURCES OF VOCs › Section 129.61 - Small gasoline storage tank control (Stage I control)

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(a)
Applicability.
This
						section applies Statewide to the owner and operator of a gasoline storage tank
						with a capacity of greater than 2,000 gallons.
(b)
Transfer requirements.
A
						person may not transfer gasoline from a gasoline tank truck into a gasoline
						storage tank at a gasoline dispensing facility unless the displaced vapors from
						the storage tank are transferred to the dispensing tank of the gasoline tank
						truck through a vapor tight return line and unless the gasoline dispensing
						facility storage tank is equipped with a submerged fill pipe which extends from
						the filling orifice to within 6 inches of the bottom of the storage
						tank.
(c)
Gasoline tank
						truck dispensing tank requirements.
The dispensing tank of a gasoline
						tank truck must remain vapor tight at all times, except that the dispensing
						tank may be opened after the vapors are disposed of under §
												129.59 or §
						129.60(c).
(d)
Additional
						requirements.
An owner and operator of a gasoline storage tank subject
						to this section may also be subject to §
												129.61a (relating to vapor leak
						monitoring procedures and other requirements for small gasoline storage tank
						emission control).
The provisions of this §
														129.61 issued under section 1920-A
							 of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P.S. §
															510-20); and section 5 of the Air Pollution
							 Control Act (35 P.S. §
															4005); and
							 amended under section 5(a)(1) and (8) of the Air Pollution Control Act
							 (35
							 P.S. §
															4005(a)(1) and
							 (8)).
This section cited in 25 Pa. Code §
														129.51 (relating to general); 25
							 Pa. Code §
														129.54 (relating to seasonal
							 operation of auxiliary incineration equipment); 25 Pa. Code §
														129.61a (relating to vapor leak
							 monitoring procedures and other requirements for small gasoline storage tank
							 emission control); 25 Pa. Code §
														129.62 (relating to general
							 standards for bulk gasoline terminals, bulk gasoline plants and small gasoline
							 storage tanks); 25 Pa. Code §
														129.66 (relating to compliance
							 schedules and final compliance dates); 25 Pa. Code §
														129.82a (relating to requirements
							 to decommission a Stage II vapor recovery system); 25 Pa. Code §
														129.91 (relating to control of
							 major sources of NOx and VOCs); 25 Pa. Code §
														129.96 (relating to
							 applicability); and 25 Pa. Code §
														129.111 (relating to
							 applicability).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article III - Air Resources › Chapter 129 - STANDARDS FOR SOURCES › SOURCES OF VOCs › Section 129.61a - Vapor leak monitoring procedures and other requirements for small gasoline storage tank emission control

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(a)
Applicability.
Beginning March 26, 2022, this section applies
						to the owner and operator of a gasoline storage tank subject to §
												129.61 (relating to small gasoline
						storage tank control (Stage I control)) if the gasoline storage tank is located
						in Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bucks, Butler, Chester, Delaware, Fayette,
						Montgomery, Philadelphia, Washington or Westmoreland County and, if one of the
						following is met:
(1) Except as specified in
						paragraph (2), the gasoline dispensing facility has had a monthly throughput
						greater than 10,000 gallons (37,850 liters) of gasoline assessed on December 31
						annually, beginning with the 2021 calendar year.
(2) The owner or operator of the gasoline
						dispensing facility is an independent small business marketer of gasoline as
						defined under section 324(c) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.A. §
														7625(c)) and the gasoline
						dispensing facility has had a monthly throughput equal to or greater than
						50,000 gallons (189,250 liters), assessed on December 31 annually beginning
						with the 2021 calendar year.
(3)
						The monthly throughput of the gasoline dispensing facility exceeds the
						applicable monthly throughput threshold of paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) at
						any time after March 26, 2022, but later falls below the applicable monthly
						throughput threshold of paragraph (1) or paragraph (2). The owner and operator
						of the gasoline dispensing facility remain subject to the applicable
						requirements of this section for the gasoline dispensing facility, even after
						the monthly throughput falls below the applicable monthly throughput threshold
						of paragraph (1) or paragraph (2).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article III - Air Resources › Chapter 129 - STANDARDS FOR SOURCES › SOURCES OF VOCs › Section 129.62 - General standards for bulk gasoline terminals, bulk gasoline plants and small gasoline storage tanks

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(a)
						Gasoline may not be spilled or discarded in sewers or stored in open containers
						or handled in a manner that would result in uncontrolled evaporation to the
						atmosphere.
(b) An owner or
						operator of a bulk gasoline plant, bulk gasoline terminal, tank truck or
						trailer or stationary storage tank to which §
												129.59, §
												129.60(b) or (c)
						or §
												129.61 (relating to bulk gasoline
						terminals; bulk gasoline plants; and small gasoline storage tank control (Stage
						I control)) apply may not permit the transfer of gasoline between the tank
						truck or trailer and a stationary storage tank unless the following conditions
						are met:
(1) The vapor balance system is in
						good working order and is designed and operated in a manner that prevents:
(i) Gauge pressure from exceeding 18 inches
						of H2O (4500 pascals) and vacuum from exceeding 6 inches
						of water (1500 pascals) in the gasoline tank truck.
(ii) A reading equal to or greater than 100%
						of the lower explosive limit-LEL, measured as propane-at 1 inch from points on
						the perimeter of a potential leak source when measured by the method referenced
						in §
														139.14 (relating to emissions of
						VOCs) during loading or unloading operations at small gasoline storage tanks,
						bulk plants and bulk terminals.
(iii) Avoidable liquid leaks during loading
						or unloading operations at small gasoline storage tanks, bulk plants and bulk
						terminals.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article III - Air Resources › Chapter 129 - STANDARDS FOR SOURCES › SOURCES OF VOCs › Section 129.63b - Control of VOC emissions from large petroleum dry cleaning facilities

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(a)
Applicability.
This section applies Statewide to the owner and
						operator of a petroleum solvent washer, dryer, solvent filter, settling tank,
						vacuum still and other containers and conveyors of petroleum solvent that are
						used in petroleum dry cleaning facilities that consume 123,000 liters (32,493
						gallons) or more of petroleum solvent annually.
(b)
Definitions.
The
						following words and terms, when used in this section, have the following
						meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
Cartridge filter
-A perforated canister
						  containing filtration paper or activated carbon, or both, that is used in a
						  pressurized system to remove solid particles and fugitive dyes from soil-laden
						  solvent.
Consume
-The amount of petroleum
						  solvent purchased less the amount of petroleum solvent sent for disposal or
						  returned for recycling during a calendar year.
Containers and conveyors of
						  solvent
-Piping, ductwork, pumps, storage tanks and other ancillary
						  equipment that are associated with the installation and operation of petroleum
						  dry cleaning washers, dryers, filters, stills and settling tanks.
Dry cleaning
-A process for the
						  cleaning of textiles and fabric products in which articles are washed in a
						  nonaqueous solution (solvent) and then dried by exposure to a heated air
						  stream.
Perceptible leak
-A petroleum solvent
						  vapor or liquid leak that is conspicuous from visual observation. The term
						  includes the following:
(i) A pool or
						droplet of petroleum solvent liquid.
(ii) A bucket or barrel of petroleum solvent
						or petroleum solvent-laden waste standing open to the atmosphere.
Petroleum solvent
-A group of organic
						  materials produced by petroleum distillation comprising a hydrocarbon range of
						  8 to 12 carbon atoms per organic molecule that exists as a liquid under
						  standard conditions.
Petroleum solvent recovery dryer
-A
						  class of drycleaning dryers that employs a condenser to liquify and recover
						  petroleum solvent vapors evaporated in a closed-loop, recirculating stream of
						  heated air.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article III - Air Resources › Chapter 129 - STANDARDS FOR SOURCES › SOURCES OF VOCs › Section 129.64 - Cutback asphalt paving

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(a) After April
						30, 1982, no person may permit the use or application of cutback asphalt for
						paving operations except when any of the following applies:
(1) Long-life stockpile is
						necessary.
(2) The use or
						application between October 31 and April 30, is necessary.
(3) The cutback asphalt is used solely as a
						tack coat, a penetrating prime coat, a dust palliative or precoating of
						aggregate.
(4) Skin patching is
						necessary during October. Skin patching shall be less than 500 feet continuous
						length, 1300 linear feet per mile or 1750 square yards per lane mile.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article III - Air Resources › Chapter 129 - STANDARDS FOR SOURCES › SOURCES OF VOCs › Section 129.65 - Ethylene production plants

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No person may permit the emission into the outdoor
						  atmosphere of a waste gas stream from an ethylene production plant or facility
						  unless the gas stream is properly burned at no less than 1,300°F for at
						  least .3 seconds; except that no person may permit the emission of volatile
						  organic compounds in gaseous form into the outdoor atmosphere from a vapor
						  blowdown system unless these gases are burned by smokeless flares.
This section cited in 25 Pa. Code §
														129.51 (relating to general); 25
							 Pa. Code §
														129.91 (relating to control of
							 major sources of NOx and VOCs); 25 Pa. Code §
														129.96 (relating to
							 applicability); and 25 Pa. Code §
														129.111 (relating to
							 applicability).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article III - Air Resources › Chapter 129 - STANDARDS FOR SOURCES › SOURCES OF VOCs › Section 129.66 - Compliance schedules and final compliance dates

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The owner or operator of a source newly subject to the
						  requirements of §§
												129.52-129.52c, §§
												129.59-129.61 or §§
												129.67-129.69 as a result of revised
						  applicability requirements of this title relating to the control of VOC shall
						  achieve compliance with the applicable emission limitations within 1 year of
						  the date of publication of the notice of final adoption of this requirement in
						  the
Pennsylvania Bulletin
. Newly subject sources or facilities
						  are those which were not subject to the emission limitations because they
						  emitted less than the cutoff levels or operated at de minimis production levels
						  prior to the date of publication of the limitation in the
Pennsylvania
						  Bulletin
, but are now subject to the standard because they meet or
						  exceed the cutoff levels contained in §
												129.52(a), §
												129.52a(a),
						  §
												129.52b(a),
						  §
												129.52c(a) or
						  §
												129.69. The date of adoption of
						  the applicable emission standard for these previously unregulated sources will
						  be determined to be the date that the applicable cutoff levels contained in
						  §
												129.52, §
												129.52a, §
												129.52b, §
												129.52c or §
												129.69 are published in the
Pennsylvania Bulletin
.
The provisions of this §
														129.66 issued under section 1920-A
							 of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P.S. §
															510-20); and section 5 of the Air Pollution
							 Control Act (35 P.S. §
															4005).
This section cited in 25 Pa. Code §
														129.51 (relating to general); 25
							 Pa. Code §
														129.91 (relating to control of
							 major sources of NOx and VOCs); 25 Pa. Code §
														129.96 (relating to
							 applicability); and 25 Pa. Code §
														129.111 (relating to
							 applicability).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article III - Air Resources › Chapter 129 - STANDARDS FOR SOURCES › SOURCES OF VOCs › Section 129.67 - Graphic arts systems

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(a) This
						section applies as follows:
(1) This section
						applies to the owner and operator of a facility whose rotogravure and
						flexographic printing presses by themselves or in combination with a surface
						coating operation subject to §
													129.52, §
													129.52a, §
													129.52b, §
													129.52c or §
													129.52d or in combination with a
						flexible packaging printing press subject to §
													129.67a (relating to control of
						VOC emissions from flexible packaging printing presses) have the potential to
						emit or have emitted VOCs into the outdoor atmosphere in quantities greater
						than 1,000 pounds (460 kilograms) per day or 100 tons (90,900 kilograms) per
						year during any calendar year since January 1, 1987.
(2) This section applies to the owner and
						operator of a flexographic or rotogravure printing press that prints flexible
						packaging materials subject to §
													129.67a(a)(1)(ii)
						if the owner or operator was required to install a control device under this
						section prior to June 28, 2014.
(3)
						This section does not apply to the owner or operator of a flexible packaging
						printing press subject to § 129.67a(a)(1)(i).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article III - Air Resources › Chapter 129 - STANDARDS FOR SOURCES › SOURCES OF VOCs › Section 129.67a - Control of VOC emissions from flexible packaging printing presses

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(a)
Applicability.
(1) Except as
						specified in paragraph (3) or (4), this section applies to the owner and
						operator of a flexible packaging printing press if one or more of the following
						apply:
(i)
Potential VOC
						emissions.
An individual flexible packaging printing press has
						potential emissions from the dryer, before consideration of add-on controls, of
						at least 25 tpy of VOCs from inks, coatings and adhesives combined. This
						section supersedes §
														129.67 (relating to graphic arts
						systems).
(ii)
Actual VOC
						emissions at or above threshold.
The total actual VOC emissions from
						all inks, coatings and adhesives combined from all flexible packaging printing
						presses and all VOC emissions from related cleaning activities at the facility
						are equal to or greater than 450 pounds (204.1 kilograms) per month or 2.7 tons
						(2,455 kilograms) per 12-month rolling period, before consideration of add-on
						controls.
(iii)
Actual VOC
						emissions below threshold.
The total actual VOC emissions from all
						inks, coatings and adhesives combined from all flexible packaging printing
						presses and all VOC emissions from related cleaning activities at the facility
						are less than 450 pounds (204.1 kilograms) per month or 2.7 tons (2,455
						kilograms) per 12-month rolling period, before consideration of add-on
						controls.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article III - Air Resources › Chapter 129 - STANDARDS FOR SOURCES › SOURCES OF VOCs › Section 129.67b - Control of VOC emissions from offset lithographic printing presses and letterpress printing presses

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(a)
Applicability.
(1) Except as
						specified in paragraph (3), this section applies to the owner and operator of
						an offset lithographic printing press or a letterpress printing press, or both,
						if the press meets one or a combination of the following:
(i)
Add-on air pollution control
						device.
A single heatset web offset lithographic printing press or
						heatset web letterpress printing press that has potential emissions from the
						dryer, before consideration of add-on controls, of at least 25 tpy of VOCs from
						all heatset inks (including varnishes), coatings and adhesives combined.
(ii)
Letterpress
						printing.
One or more letterpress printing presses if the total actual
						VOC emissions from all inks (including varnishes), coatings and adhesives
						combined from all letterpress printing presses and all VOC emissions from
						related cleaning activities at the facility are equal to or greater than 450
						pounds (204.1 kilograms) per month or 2.7 tons (2,455 kilograms) per 12-month
						rolling period, before consideration of add-on controls.
(iii)
Offset lithographic
						printing.
One or more offset lithographic printing presses if the
						total actual VOC emissions from all inks (including varnishes), coatings,
						adhesives and fountain solutions combined from all offset lithographic printing
						presses and all VOC emissions from related cleaning activities at the facility
						are equal to or greater than 450 pounds (204.1 kilograms) per month or 2.7 tons
						(2,455 kilograms) per 12-month rolling period, before consideration of add-on
						controls.
(iv)
Offset
						lithographic printing and letterpress printing.
One or more offset
						lithographic printing presses and one or more letterpress printing presses if
						the total actual VOC emissions from all inks (including varnishes), coatings,
						adhesives and fountain solutions combined and all VOC emissions from related
						cleaning activities at the facility are equal to or greater than 450 pounds
						(204.1 kilograms) per month or 2.7 tons (2,455 kilograms) per 12-month rolling
						period, before consideration of add-on controls.
(v)
Emissions below 450 pounds per
						month and 2.7 tons per 12-month rolling period.
The total actual VOC
						emissions from all inks (including varnishes), coatings, adhesives and fountain
						solutions combined from all offset lithographic printing presses, all
						letterpress printing presses and all VOC emissions from related cleaning
						activities at the facility are less than 450 pounds (204.1 kilograms) per month
						and 2.7 tons (2,455 kilograms) per 12-month rolling period, before
						consideration of add-on controls.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article III - Air Resources › Chapter 129 - STANDARDS FOR SOURCES › SOURCES OF VOCs › Section 129.68 - Manufacture of synthesized pharmaceutical products

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(a) This section applies to synthesized
						pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities.
(b) The owner or operator of a synthesized
						pharmaceutical manufacturing facility subject to this section shall control the
						VOC emissions from reactors, distillation operations, crystallizers,
						centrifuges and vacuum dryers that emit 15 pounds per day or more of VOC.
						Surface condensers or equivalent controls shall be used if:
(1) Surface condensers are used, the
						condenser outlet gas temperature may not exceed:
(i) -25°C when condensing VOC of vapor
						pressure greater than 5.8 psi (40 kilopascals) when measured at
						68°F.
(ii) -15°C when
						condensing VOC of vapor pressure greater than 2.9 psi (20 kilopascals) when
						measured at 68°F.
(iii) 0°C
						when condensing VOC of vapor pressure greater than 1.5 psi (10 kilopascals)
						when measured at 68°F.
(iv)
						10°C when condensing VOC of vapor pressure greater than 1 psi (7
						kilopascals) when measured at 68°F.
(v) 25°C when condensing VOC of vapor
						pressure greater than .5 psi (3.5 kilopascals) when measured at
						68°F.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article III - Air Resources › Chapter 129 - STANDARDS FOR SOURCES › SOURCES OF VOCs › Section 129.69 - Manufacture of pneumatic rubber tires

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(a) This section applies to pneumatic rubber
						tire manufacturing facilities. For purposes of this section, pneumatic rubber
						tire manufacturing means the production of pneumatic rubber passenger-type
						tires on a mass production basis. Passenger-type tires are agricultural,
						airplane, industrial, mobile home, light- or medium-duty truck or passenger
						vehicle tires with bead diameters up to 20 inches (50.8 centimeters) and
						cross-sectional dimensions up to 12.8 inches (32.5 centimeters). With prior
						written approval from the Department, the production of speciality tires for
						antique or other vehicles when produced on an irregular basis or with short
						production runs and when produced on equipment separate from normal production
						lines for passenger-type tires are exempt from the requirements of this
						section.
(b) The owner or operator
						of an undertread cementing, tread-end cementing or bead dipping operation
						subject to this section shall comply with the following:
(1) Install and operate a capture system
						designed to achieve maximum reasonable capture, of at least 85% by weight of
						VOC emitted, from undertread cementing, tread-end cementing and bead dipping
						operations. Maximum reasonable capture shall be consistent with the following
						documents:
(i)
Industrial
						Ventilation, A Manual of Recommended Practices
, 14th Edition, American
						Federation of Industrial Hygienists.
(ii)
Recommended Industrial
						Ventilation Guidelines, United States Department of Human Services National
						Institute of Occupational Safety and Health.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article III - Air Resources › Chapter 129 - STANDARDS FOR SOURCES › SOURCES OF VOCs › Section 129.70 - Reserved

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This section cited in 25 Pa. Code §
														129.91 (relating to control of
							 major sources of NOx and
							 VOCs).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article III - Air Resources › Chapter 129 - STANDARDS FOR SOURCES › SOURCES OF VOCs › Section 129.71 - Synthetic organic chemical and polymer manufacturing-fugitive sources

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(a) This section
						applies to surface active agent manufacturing facilities subject to §
												129.72 (relating to manufacture of
						surface active agents) and to a facility with design capability to manufacture
						1,000 tons per year or more of one or a combination of the following:
(1) Synthetic organic chemicals listed in
						40 CFR
						60.489 (relating to list of chemicals
						provided by affected facilities).
(2) Methyl tert-butyl ether.
(3) Polyethylene.
(4) Polypropylene.
(5) Polystyrene.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article III - Air Resources › Chapter 129 - STANDARDS FOR SOURCES › SOURCES OF VOCs › Section 129.71a - Control of VOC emissions from the synthetic organic chemical manufacturing industry- air oxidation, distillation and reactor processes

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(a)
Applicability.
(1) Except as specified in paragraph (3),
						this section applies to the owner and operator of a synthetic organic chemical
						manufacturing facility that has a vent stream originating from a process unit
						in which an air oxidation unit process, distillation operation or reactor
						process produces one or more of the chemicals listed in Table 1 as a product,
						coproduct, byproduct or intermediate.
(2) For purposes of this section, reference
						to total organic compounds or TOC in 40 CFR Part 60 , Subpart III (relating to
						standards of performance for volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from the
						Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry (SOCMI) air oxidation unit
						processes), 40 CFR Part 60 , Subpart NNN (relating to standards of performance
						for volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from Synthetic Organic Chemical
						Manufacturing Industry (SOCMI) distillation operations) or 40 CFR Part 60 ,
						Subpart RRR (relating to standards of performance for volatile organic compound
						(VOC) emissions from Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry (SOCMI)
						reactor processes) shall be considered equivalent to VOC as defined in §
						121.1 (relating to definitions).
(3) The owner and operator of a synthetic
						organic chemical manufacturing facility located in this Commonwealth that has a
						vent stream originating from a process unit in which an air oxidation unit
						process, distillation operation or reactor process produces one or more of the
						chemicals listed in Table 1 as a product, coproduct, byproduct or intermediate
						shall meet the requirements of this section unless more stringent requirements
						in an applicable permit or plan approval issued by the Department
						apply.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article III - Air Resources › Chapter 129 - STANDARDS FOR SOURCES › SOURCES OF VOCs › Section 129.72 - Manufacture of surface active agents

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(a) This section applies to a facility which
						has surface active agent manufacturing sources with a potential to emit greater
						than 100 tons of VOCs per year.
(b)
						A person may not cause or permit the emission into the outdoor atmosphere of
						VOCs from solvent wash tanks, reaction vessels, separaters, distillation
						processes, solvent strippers and solvent storage tanks unless the emissions are
						exhausted through an emission reduction system which is designed and operated
						to recover or destroy at least 90% by weight of the VOC emissions exhausted to
						the emission reduction system.
The provisions of this §
														129.72 issued under section 5 of
							 the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P.S. §
															4005).
This section cited in 25 Pa. Code §
														129.51 (relating to general); 25
							 Pa. Code §
														129.71 (relating to synthetic
							 organic chemical and polymer manufacturing-fugitive sources); 25 Pa. Code
							 §
														129.91 (relating to control of
							 major sources of NOx and VOCs); 25 Pa. Code §
														129.96 (relating to
							 applicability); and 25 Pa. Code § 129.111 (relating to
							 applicability).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article III - Air Resources › Chapter 129 - STANDARDS FOR SOURCES › SOURCES OF VOCs › Section 129.73 - Aerospace manufacturing and rework

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Except as provided in paragraph (1), this section
						  applies to the manufacture or rework of commercial, civil or military aerospace
						  vehicles or components at any facility which has the potential to emit 25 tons
						  per year of VOCs or more.
(1) This
						section does not apply to cleaning and coating of aerospace components and
						vehicles as follows:
(i) At any source
						conducting research and development for the research and development
						activities.
(ii) For quality
						control and laboratory testing.
(iii) For production of electronic parts and
						assemblies (except for cleaning and coating of completed assemblies).
(iv) For rework operations performed on
						antique aerospace vehicles or components.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article III - Air Resources › Chapter 129 - STANDARDS FOR SOURCES › SOURCES OF VOCs › Section 129.74 - Control of VOC emissions from fiberglass boat manufacturing materials

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(a)
Applicability.
(1) This
						section applies to the owner and operator of a facility that manufactures a
						hull or a deck of a boat or a related part from fiberglass, builds a mold or
						plug to make a fiberglass boat hull or deck or related part, or makes polyester
						resin putties for assembling fiberglass boat parts, when the total actual VOC
						emissions from fiberglass boat manufacturing operations identified in Table I
						are equal to or greater than 15 pounds (6.8 kilograms) per day or 2.7 tons per
						12-month rolling period, before consideration of controls. The total actual VOC
						emissions include the actual VOC emissions from the manufacture of hulls or
						decks from fiberglass, fiberglass boat parts (including small parts such as
						hatches, seats and lockers), molds or plugs for fiberglass hulls, decks or boat
						parts, resin and gel coat mixing operations, resin and gel coat application
						equipment and related cleaning activities at the facility.
(2) This section does not apply to the owner
						and operator of a facility that manufactures boat trailers or parts of boats,
						such as hatches, seats and lockers, but does not manufacture hulls or decks of
						boats from fiberglass or build molds to make fiberglass boat hulls or decks.
Table I: Compliant Monomer VOC Content Limit
						  forOpen Molding Resin and Gel Coat Materials
Open Molding Resin or Gel Coat
								  Material
Application Method
Individual Monomer VOC Content or Weighted
								  Average Monomer VOC Content (weight percent)
Production Resin
Atomized Spray
28
Production Resin
Non-atomized
35
Pigmented Gel Coat
Any Method
33
Clear Gel Coat
Any Method
48
Tooling Resin
Atomized Spray
30
Tooling Resin
Non-atomized
39
Tooling Gel Coat
Any Method
40
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article III - Air Resources › Chapter 129 - STANDARDS FOR SOURCES › SOURCES OF VOCs › Section 129.75 - Mobile equipment repair and refinishing

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(a) Except as provided in subsection (b),
						this section applies to a person who applies mobile equipment repair and
						refinishing or color matched coatings to mobile equipment or mobile equipment
						components.
(b) This section does
						not apply to a person who applies surface coating to mobile equipment or mobile
						equipment components under one of the following circumstances:
(1) The surface coating process is subject to
						the miscellaneous metal parts finishing requirements of §
													129.52 (relating to surface
						coating processes) or the requirements of §
													129.52d (relating to control of
						VOC emissions from miscellaneous metal parts surface coating processes,
						miscellaneous plastic parts surface coating processes and pleasure craft
						surface coatings).
(2) The surface
						coating process is at an automobile assembly plant.
(3) The person applying the coatings does not
						receive compensation for the application of the coatings.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article III - Air Resources › Chapter 129 - STANDARDS FOR SOURCES › SOURCES OF VOCs › Section 129.77 - Control of emissions from the use or application of adhesives, sealants, primers and solvents

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(a) This
						section applies to the owner or operator of a facility that uses or applies one
						or more of the following at the facility on or after January 1, 2012:
(1) An adhesive, sealant, adhesive primer or
						sealant primer subject to the VOC content limits in Table V.
(2) An adhesive or sealant product applied to
						the listed substrate subject to the VOC content limits in Table VI.
(3) A surface preparation solvent or cleanup
						solvent.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article III - Air Resources › Chapter 129 - STANDARDS FOR SOURCES › MOBILE SOURCES › Section 129.81 - Organic liquid cargo vessel loading and ballasting

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The following provisions apply in the counties of
						  Delaware and Philadelphia:
(1) A
						person may not cause or permit the loading of gasoline into an organic liquid
						cargo vessel unless the following exist:
(i)
						The VOC vapors displaced by the loading operation are processed through a vapor
						recovery or destruction device operated to reduce the VOCs by at least 90% by
						weight.
(ii) The vapor collection
						and transport system employed to carry VOCs to the vapor control system is
						maintained and operated so that it prevents the following:
(A) A reading equal to or greater than 100%
						of the lower explosive limit (LEL), measured as propane, at 1 inch (2.5
						centimeters) from all points on the perimeter of a potential leak source when
						measured by the method referenced in §
														139.14 (relating to emissions of
						VOCs) during loading operations.
(B) Avoidable liquid leaks during loading
						operations.
(C) Visually or audibly
						detectable leaks in the organic liquid cargo vessel's cargo tanks, hatch
						covers, storage tanks pressure/vacuum relief values and associated vapor and
						liquid lines during loading.
(iii) The pressure and vacuum relief valves
						on the liquid cargo vessel are set to release at no less than 0.7 psig (4.8
						kilopascals) of pressure or 0.3 psig (2.1 kilopascals) of vacuum or the highest
						allowable pressure and vacuum as specified in State or local fire codes, the
						National Fire Prevention Association guidelines or other National consensus
						standards acceptable to the Department.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article III - Air Resources › Chapter 129 - STANDARDS FOR SOURCES › MOBILE SOURCES › Section 129.82a - Requirements to decommission a Stage II vapor recovery system

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(a)
Applicability.
Beginning March 26, 2022, this section applies
						to the owner and operator of a gasoline dispensing facility that uses, has
						decommissioned or is decommissioning a Stage II vapor recovery
						system.
(b)
Compliance
						deadline.
(1)
Stage II
						vacuum assist vapor recovery system.
The owner or operator of a
						gasoline dispensing facility located in Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bucks,
						Butler, Chester, Delaware, Fayette, Montgomery, Philadelphia, Washington or
						Westmoreland County that uses a Stage II vacuum assist vapor recovery system
						shall decommission the Stage II vacuum assist vapor recovery system on or
						before December 31, 2022.
(2)
Stage II vapor balance vapor recovery system.
The owner and
						operator of a gasoline dispensing facility in this Commonwealth that uses a
						Stage II vapor balance vapor recovery system shall comply with this section
						when the owner or operator decommissions the Stage II vapor balance vapor
						recovery system.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article III - Air Resources › Chapter 129 - STANDARDS FOR SOURCES › STATIONARY SOURCES OF NO[x] AND VOCs › Section 129.91 - Control of major sources of NO x and VOCs

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(a) This section applies to both the owner
						and the operator of a major NOx emitting facility or
						major VOC emitting facility for which no RACT requirement has been established
						in §§
												129.51,
						129.52,
						129.54-129.72,
						129.81 and
						129.82. This section does not
						apply to the owner and operator of a major VOC emitting facility for which
						requirements have been established in §
												129.52, Table I (11) (relating to
						surface coating processes) and §§
												129.101-129.107 (relating to wood
						furniture manufacturing operations).
(b) The owner and the operator shall,
						jointly, provide the Department with the following information on or before May
						16, 1994.
(1) An identification of each
						facility including individual sources to which this section applies.
(2) A determination through emission testing
						of the following:
(i) The total potential to
						emit and the actual emissions of VOCs for the 1990 calendar year from each
						source at the facility.
(ii) The
						total potential to emit and actual emissions of NOx for
						the 1990 calendar year from each source at the facility.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article III - Air Resources › Chapter 129 - STANDARDS FOR SOURCES › STATIONARY SOURCES OF NO[x] AND VOCs › Section 129.92 - RACT proposal requirements

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(a) Each
						RACT proposal shall, at a minimum, include the following information:
(1) A list of each source subject to the RACT
						requirements.
(2) The size or
						capacity of each affected source and the types of fuel combusted or the types
						and quantities of materials processed or produced in each source.
(3) A physical description of each source and
						its operating characteristics.
(4)
						Estimates of the potential and actual NOx and VOC
						emissions from each affected source and associated supporting
						documentation.
(5) A RACT analysis
						which meets the requirements of subsection (b), including technical and
						economic support documentation for each affected source.
(6) A schedule for completing implementation
						of the RACT proposal as expeditiously as practicable but not later than May 31,
						1995, including interim dates for the issuance of purchase orders, start and
						completion of process, technology and control technology changes and the
						completion of compliance testing.
(7) The testing, monitoring, recordkeeping
						and reporting procedures proposed to demonstrate compliance with
						RACT.
(8) A plan approval
						application that meets the requirements of this article if required under
						§
													127.11 (relating to plan approval
						requirements).
(9) An application
						for an operating permit amendment or application to incorporate the provisions
						of the RACT proposal.
(10)
						Additional information requested by the Department that is necessary for the
						evaluation of the RACT proposal.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article III - Air Resources › Chapter 129 - STANDARDS FOR SOURCES › STATIONARY SOURCES OF NO[x] AND VOCs › Section 129.95 - Recordkeeping

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(a) The owner and
						operator of a major NOx emitting facility or a major
						VOCs emitting facility shall keep records to demonstrate compliance with
						§§
												129.91-129.94.
(b) The records shall provide sufficient data
						and calculations to clearly demonstrate that the requirements of §§
												129.91 -129.94 are met.
(c) Data or information required to determine
						compliance shall be recorded and maintained in a time frame consistent with the
						averaging period of the requirement.
(d) The records shall be retained for at
						least 2 years and shall be made available to the Department on
						request.
(e) An owner or operator
						claiming that a facility is exempt from the RACT requirements of §§
												129.91-129.94, based on the facility's
						potential to emit, shall maintain records that clearly demonstrate to the
						Department that the facility or source is not subject to §§
						129.91-129.94.
This section cited in 25 Pa. Code §
														121.1 (relating to definitions);
							 25 Pa. Code §
														129.52a (relating to control of
							 VOC emissions from large appliance and metal furniture surface coating
							 processes); 25 Pa. Code §
														129.52b (relating to control of
							 VOC emissions from paper, film and foil surface coating processes); 25 Pa. Code
							 §
														129.52c (relating to control of
							 VOC emissions from flat wood paneling surface coating processes); 25 Pa. Code
							 §
														129.52d (relating to control of
							 VOC emissions from miscellaneous metal parts surface coating processes,
							 miscellaneous plastic parts surface coating processes and pleasure craft
							 surface coatings); 25 Pa. Code §
														129.52e (relating to control of
							 VOC emissions from automobile and light-duty truck assembly coating operations
							 and heavier vehicle coating operations); 25 Pa. Code §
														129.63a (relating to control of
							 VOC emissions from industrial cleaning solvents); 25 Pa. Code §
														129.67a (relating to control of
							 VOC emissions from flexible packaging printing presses); 25 Pa. Code §
														129.67b (relating to control of
							 VOC emissions from offset lithographic printing presses and letterpress
							 printing presses); 25 Pa. Code §
														129.74 (relating to control of VOC
							 emissions from fiberglass boat manufacturing materials); 25 Pa. Code §
														129.97 (relating to presumptive
							 RACT requirements, RACT emission limitations and petition for alternative
							 compliance schedule); and 25 Pa. Code §
														129.112 (relating to presumptive
							 RACT requirements, RACT emission limitations and petition for alternative
							 compliance schedule).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article III - Air Resources › Chapter 129 - STANDARDS FOR SOURCES › ADDITIONAL RACT REQUIREMENTS FOR MAJOR SOURCES OF NO[x] AND VOCs › Section 129.97 - Presumptive RACT requirements, RACT emission limitations and petition for alternative compliance schedule

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(a) The owner and operator of a source listed
						in one or more of subsections (b)-(h) located at a major
						NOx emitting facility or major VOC emitting facility
						subject to §
												129.96 (relating to applicability)
						shall comply with the applicable presumptive RACT requirement or RACT emission
						limitation, or both, beginning with the specified compliance date as follows,
						unless an alternative compliance schedule is submitted and approved under
						subsections (k)-(m) or §
												129.99 (relating to alternative
						RACT proposal and petition for alternative compliance schedule):
(1) January 1, 2017, for a source subject to
						§ 129.96(a).
(2) January 1,
						2017, or 1 year after the date the source meets the definition of a major
						NOx emitting facility or major VOC emitting facility,
						whichever is later, for a source subject to §
						129.96(b).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article III - Air Resources › Chapter 129 - STANDARDS FOR SOURCES › ADDITIONAL RACT REQUIREMENTS FOR MAJOR SOURCES OF NO[x] AND VOCs › Section 129.98 - Facility-wide or system-wide NO[x] emissions averaging plan general requirements

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(a) The
						owner or operator of a major NOx emitting facility
						subject to §
												129.96 (relating to applicability)
						that includes at least one air contamination source subject to a
						NOx RACT emission limitation in §
												129.97 (relating to presumptive
						RACT requirements, RACT emission limitations and petition for alternative
						compliance schedule) that cannot meet the applicable NOx
						RACT emission limitation may elect to meet the applicable
						NOx RACT emission limitation in §
												129.97 by averaging
						NOx emissions on either a facility-wide or system-wide
						basis using a 30-day rolling average. System-wide emissions averaging must be
						among sources under common control of the same owner or operator within the
						same ozone nonattainment area in this Commonwealth.
(b) The owner or operator of each facility
						that elects to comply with subsection (a) shall submit a written
						NOx emissions averaging plan to the Department or
						appropriate approved local air pollution control agency as part of an
						application for an operating permit modification or a plan approval, if
						otherwise required. The application incorporating the requirements of this
						section shall be submitted by the applicable date as follows:
(1) October 24, 2016, for a source subject to
						§ 129.96(a).
(2) October 24,
						2016, or 6 months after the date that the source meets the definition of a
						major NOx emitting facility, whichever is later, for a
						source subject to § 129.96(b).