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Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 5 - STATE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 30 - Ambient Air Quality Standards › Section 9VAC5-30-56 - Ozone (8-hour, 0.075 ppm)

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. The primary and secondary ambient air
				quality standard is 0.075 parts per million, daily maximum 8-hour
				average.
B. Ozone shall be measured
				by the reference method described in Appendix D of 40 CFR Part 50, other method
				designated as such, or by an equivalent method.
C. The 8-hour primary and secondary ozone
				ambient air quality standards are met at an ambient air quality monitoring site
				when the three-year average of the annual fourth-highest daily maximum 8-hour
				average ozone concentration is less than or equal to 0.075 ppm, as determined
				in accordance with Appendix P to 40 CFR Part 50.
Statutory Authority
§ 10.1-1308 of the Code of Virginia; §§ 108,
					 109 and 302 of the Clean Air Act; 40 CFR Parts 50, 53 and
					 58.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 5 - STATE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 30 - Ambient Air Quality Standards › Section 9VAC5-30-57 - Ozone (8-hour, 0.070 ppm)

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. The primary and secondary ambient air
				quality standard is 0.070 parts per million, daily maximum 8-hour
				average.
B. Ozone shall be measured
				by a reference method based on Appendix D to 40 CFR Part 50 and designated in
				accordance with 40 CFR Part 53 or an equivalent method designated in accordance
				with 40 CFR Part 53.
C. The primary
				and secondary ambient air quality standards are met at an ambient air quality
				monitoring site when the 3-year average of the annual fourth-highest daily
				maximum 8-hour average ozone concentration is less than or equal to 0.070 ppm,
				as determined in accordance with Appendix U to 40 CFR Part 50.
Statutory Authority: § 10.1-1308 of the Code of
					 Virginia; §§ 108, 109, and 302 of the federal Clean Air Act; 40 CFR
					 Parts 50, 53, and 58.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 5 - STATE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 30 - Ambient Air Quality Standards › Section 9VAC5-30-60 - Particulate matter (PM10)

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A.
1. The primary and secondary 24-hour ambient
				air quality standard is 150 micrograms per cubic meter--24-hour average
				concentration.
2. The standard is
				attained when the expected number of days per calendar year with a 24-hour
				average concentration above 150 micrograms per cubic meter, as determined in
				accordance with Appendix K of 40 CFR Part 50, is equal to or less than
				one.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 5 - STATE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 30 - Ambient Air Quality Standards › Section 9VAC5-30-65 - Particulate matter (PM2.5)

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A.
				The primary and secondary ambient air quality standards for particulate matter
				are:
1. 15.0 micrograms per cubic meter -
				annual arithmetic mean concentration.
2. 65 micrograms per cubic meter - 24-hour
				average concentration.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 5 - STATE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 30 - Ambient Air Quality Standards › Section 9VAC5-30-66 - Particulate matter (PM2.5)

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A.
				The primary and secondary ambient air quality standards for particulate matter
				are:
1. 15.0 micrograms per cubic meter
				annual arithmetic mean concentration.
2. 35 micrograms per cubic meter, 24-hour
				average concentration measured in the ambient air as
				PM2.5 (particles with an aerodynamic diameter less than
				or equal to a nominal 2.5 micrometers).
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 5 - STATE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 30 - Ambient Air Quality Standards › Section 9VAC5-30-67 - Particulate matter (PM2.5)

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A.
				The primary ambient air quality standards for particulate matter are:
1. 12.0 micrograms per cubic meter, annual
				arithmetic mean concentration.
2.
				35 micrograms per cubic meter, 24-hour average concentration.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 5 - STATE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 30 - Ambient Air Quality Standards › Section 9VAC5-30-70 - Oxides of nitrogen with nitrogen dioxide as the indicator

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. The primary
				annual ambient air quality standard is 53 parts per billion (ppb), annual
				average concentration, measured in the ambient air as nitrogen
				dioxide.
B. The primary 1-hour
				ambient air quality standard is 100 ppb, 1-hour average concentration, annual
				arithmetic mean concentration.
C.
				The secondary ambient air quality standard is 0.053 parts per million (ppm)
				(100 micrograms per cubic meter), annual arithmetic mean
				concentration.
D. The levels of the
				standards shall be measured by a reference method based on Appendix F of 40 CFR
				Part 50, or by a federal equivalent method (FEM) designated in accordance with
				40 CFR Part 53.
E. The annual
				primary standard is met when the annual average concentration in a calendar
				year is less than or equal to 53 ppb, as determined in accordance with Appendix
				S of 40 CFR Part 50 for the annual standard.
F. The 1-hour primary standard is met when
				the three-year average of the annual 98th percentile of the daily maximum
				1-hour average concentration is less than or equal to 100 ppb, as determined in
				accordance with Appendix S of 40 CFR Part 50 for the 1-hour standard.
G. The secondary standard is attained when
				the annual arithmetic mean concentration in a calendar year is less than or
				equal to 0.053 ppm, rounded to three decimal places (fractional parts equal to
				or greater than 0.0005 ppm must be rounded up). To demonstrate attainment, an
				annual mean shall be based upon hourly data that are at least 75% complete or
				upon data derived from manual methods that are at least 75% complete for the
				scheduled sampling days in each calendar quarter.
Statutory Authority
§ 10.1-1308 of the Code of Virginia; §§ 108,
					 109 and 302 of the Clean Air Act; 40 CFR Parts 50, 53 and 58.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 5 - STATE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 30 - Ambient Air Quality Standards › Section 9VAC5-30-80 - Lead

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. The primary and
				secondary ambient air quality standard for lead and its compounds is 1.5
				micrograms per cubic meter, maximum arithmetic mean averaged over a calendar
				quarter, measured as elemental lead by a reference method based on Appendix G
				of 40 CFR Part 50, or by an equivalent method.
B. The standards set forth in subsection A of
				this section shall remain applicable to all areas notwithstanding the ambient
				air quality standard in subsection C of this section. The lead standard set
				forth in subsection A of this section shall no longer apply to an area one year
				after the effective date of the designation of that area, pursuant to §
				107 of the federal Clean Air Act, for the lead ambient air quality standard set
				forth in subsection C of this section.
C. The primary and secondary ambient air
				quality standard for lead and its compounds is 0.15 micrograms per cubic meter,
				maximum arithmetic mean averaged over a three-month period, measured as lead
				either by (i) a reference method based on Appendix G of 40 CFR Part 50 and
				designated in accordance with 40 CFR Part 53; or (ii) an equivalent method
				designated in accordance with 40 CFR Part 53. The primary and secondary ambient
				air quality standards for lead are met when the maximum arithmetic three-month
				mean concentration for a three-year period, as determined in accordance with
				Appendix R of 40 CFR Part 50, is less than or equal to 0.15 micrograms per
				cubic meter.
Statutory Authority
§ 10.1-1308 of the Code of Virginia; §§ 108,
					 109 and 302 of the Clean Air Act; 40 CFR Parts 50, 53 and 58.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 5 - STATE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 40 - EXISTING STATIONARY SOURCES › Part I - Special Provisions › Section 9VAC5-40-10 - Applicability

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. The
				  provisions of this chapter, unless specified otherwise, shall apply to existing
				  sources for which emission standards are prescribed under this
				  chapter.
B. The provisions of this
				  chapter shall not apply to sources specified below except in cases where the
				  provisions of this chapter (i) specifically provide otherwise or (ii) are more
				  restrictive than the provisions of 9VAC5-50, 9VAC5-80, or any permit issued
				  pursuant to 9VAC5-80. Sources exempted under this subsection shall be subject
				  to the provisions of 9VAC5-50 or 9VAC5-60, or both, as applicable.
1. Any stationary source (or portion of it),
				  the construction, modification or relocation of which commenced on or after
				  March 17, 1972.
2. Any stationary
				  source (or portion of it), the reconstruction of which commenced on or after
				  December 10, 1976.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 5 - STATE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 40 - EXISTING STATIONARY SOURCES › Part I - Special Provisions › Section 9VAC5-40-21 - Compliance schedules

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A. The
				  provisions of this section are a supplement to and shall be applied in context
				  with the provisions of
				  9VAC5-40-20 H 2.
B. Compliance by process and emission control
				  equipment installations.
1. Owners proposing
				  to comply with an emission standard by the installation and operation of
				  emission control equipment or replacement process equipment or both shall
				  adhere to the increments of progress contained in the following schedule:
a. Final plans for the installation and
				  operation of emission control equipment or process equipment or both shall be
				  submitted within six months of the effective date of the applicable emission
				  standard.
b. Contracts for the
				  installation of emission control equipment or process equipment shall be
				  awarded, or orders shall be issued for purchase of component parts to
				  accomplish installation, within 16 months of the effective date of the
				  applicable emission standard.
c.
				  Initiation of on-site construction for the installation of the emission control
				  equipment or process equipment or both shall begin within 22 months of the
				  effective date of the applicable emission standard.
d. On-site construction or installation of
				  the emission control equipment or process equipment or both shall be completed
				  within 30 months of the effective date of the applicable emission
				  standard.
e. Final compliance,
				  determined in accordance with test methods acceptable to the board, shall be
				  achieved within 32 months of the effective date of the applicable emission
				  standard.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 5 - STATE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 40 - EXISTING STATIONARY SOURCES › Part I - Special Provisions › Section 9VAC5-40-22 - Interpretation of emission standards based on process weight rate tables

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A. General. Unless
				  otherwise approved by the board, interpretation of emission standards based on
				  process weight rate tables shall be in accordance with this section.
B. Definitions.
1. For the purpose of these regulations and
				  subsequent amendments of any orders issued by the board, the words or terms
				  shall have the meaning given them in subdivision B 3 of this section.
2. As used in this section, all terms not
				  defined here shall have the meaning given them in 9VAC5 Chapter 10 (9VAC5-10-10
				  et seq.), unless otherwise required by context.
3. Terms defined.
"Manufacturing operation" means any process operation or
					 combination of physically connected dissimilar process operations which is
					 operated to effect physical or chemical changes, or both, in an article.
"Materials handling equipment" means any equipment used as
					 a part of a process operation or combination of process operations which does
					 not effect a physical or chemical change in the material or in an article, such
					 as, but not limited to, conveyors, elevators, feeders or weighers.
"Physically connected" means any combination of process
					 operations connected by materials handling equipment and designed for
					 simultaneous complementary operation.
"Process operations" means any method, from, action,
					 operation or treatment of manufacturing or processing, including any storage or
					 handling of materials or products before, during or after manufacturing or
					 processing.
"Process unit" means any step in a manufacturing or process
					 operation which results in the emission of pollutants to the atmosphere.
"Process weight" means total weight of all materials
					 introduced into any process unit which may cause any emission of pollutants.
					 Process weight includes solid fuels charged, but does not include liquid and
					 gaseous fuels charged or combustion air for all fuels.
"Process weight rate" means a rate established as
					 follows:
(1) For continuous or
				  long-run steady-state process operations, the total process weight for the
				  entire period of continuous operation or for a typical portion of it, divided
				  by the number of hours of such period or portion of it.
(2) For cyclical or batch process operations,
				  the total weight for a period that covers a complete operation or an integral
				  number of cycles, divided by the hours of actual process operation during such
				  a period.
"Production rate" means the weight of final product
					 obtained per hour of operation. If the rate of product going to storage can
					 vary, the production rate shall be determined by calculation from the feed
					 rates of raw material.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 5 - STATE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 40 - EXISTING STATIONARY SOURCES › Part I - Special Provisions › Section 9VAC5-40-41 - Emission monitoring procedures for existing sources

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A. The provisions of this section shall apply
				  to existing sources. These provisions may also apply, at the discretion of the
				  board, to new and modified sources if the source type is not subject to Article
				  5 (9VAC5-50-400 et seq.) of 9VAC5
				  Chapter 50.
B. General procedures.
1. Continuous monitoring system performance
				  evaluations shall be conducted in accordance with the requirements and
				  procedures contained in the applicable performance specification in Appendix B
				  of 40 CFR Part 60 as follows:
a. Continuous
				  monitoring systems for measuring opacity of emissions shall comply with
				  performance specification 1.
b.
				  Continuous monitoring systems for measuring nitrogen oxides emissions shall
				  comply with performance specification 2.
c. Continuous monitoring systems for
				  measuring sulfur dioxide emissions shall comply with performance specification
				  2.
d. Continuous monitoring systems
				  for measuring oxygen content or carbon dioxide content of effluent gases shall
				  comply with performance specification 3.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 5 - STATE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 40 - EXISTING STATIONARY SOURCES › Part I - Special Provisions › Section 9VAC5-40-50 - Notification, records and reporting

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. Any
				  owner of an existing source subject to the provisions of this chapter shall
				  provide written notifications to the board of the following:
1. The date upon which demonstration of the
				  continuous monitoring system performance begins in accordance with
				  9VAC5-40-40 C. Notification shall
				  be postmarked or submitted electronically not less than 30 days prior to such
				  date.
2. The date of any emission
				  test the owner wishes the board to consider in determining compliance with a
				  standard. Notification shall be postmarked or submitted electronically not less
				  than 30 days prior to such date.
3.
				  The anticipated date for conducting the opacity observations required by
				  9VAC5-40-20 G 1. The notification
				  shall also include, if appropriate, a request for the board to provide a
				  visible emissions reader during an emission test. The notification shall be
				  postmarked or submitted electronically not less than 30 days prior to such
				  date.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 5 - STATE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 40 - EXISTING STATIONARY SOURCES › Part II - Emission Standards › Article 1 - Visible Emissions and Fugitive Dust/Emissions (Rule 4-1) › Section 9VAC5-40-60 - Applicability and designation of affected facility

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. The affected facilities to which the
					 provisions of this article apply are the following:
1. Each source of visible emissions;
					 and
2. Each source of fugitive
					 dust/emissions.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 5 - STATE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 40 - EXISTING STATIONARY SOURCES › Part II - Emission Standards › Article 1 - Visible Emissions and Fugitive Dust/Emissions (Rule 4-1) › Section 9VAC5-40-70 - Definitions

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A. For the purpose
					 of these regulations and subsequent amendments or any orders issued by the
					 board, the words and terms shall have the meanings given them in subsection C
					 of this section.
B. As used in this
					 article, all terms not defined here shall have the meanings given them in 9VAC5
					 Chapter 10 (9VAC5-10-10 et seq.), unless
					 otherwise required by context.
C.
					 Terms defined.
"Fugitive dust" means particulate matter composed of
						soil or other materials, or both, of natural origin. Fugitive dust may include
						emissions from haul roads, wind erosion of exposed surfaces and storage piles
						and other activities in which the material is either removed, stored,
						transported or redistributed.
"Fugitive emissions" means emissions which are generated
						by industrial or other activities and which do not pass through a stack,
						chimney, vent or other functionally equivalent opening, but which may escape
						from openings (such as windows, doors, ill-fitting closures or poorly
						maintained equipment) or material handling equipment.
"Opacity" means the degree to which emissions reduce the
						transmission of light and obscure the view of an object in the background,
						expressed as a percentage.
"Six-minute period" means any one of the 10 equal parts
						of one hour or a one-hour period, as may be applicable.
Statutory Authority
§§ 10.1-1307 and 10.1-1308 of the Code of
						  Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 5 - STATE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 40 - EXISTING STATIONARY SOURCES › Part II - Emission Standards › Article 1 - Visible Emissions and Fugitive Dust/Emissions (Rule 4-1) › Section 9VAC5-40-80 - Standard for visible emissions

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Unless specified otherwise in this part, no owner or
						other person shall cause or permit to be discharged into the atmosphere from
						any affected facility any visible emissions which exhibit greater than 20%
						opacity, except for one six-minute period in any one hour of not more than 60%
						opacity. Failure to meet the requirements of this section because of the
						presence of water vapor shall not be a violation of this
						section.
Statutory Authority
§§ 10.1-1307 and 10.1-1308 of the Code of
						  Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 5 - STATE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 40 - EXISTING STATIONARY SOURCES › Part II - Emission Standards › Article 1 - Visible Emissions and Fugitive Dust/Emissions (Rule 4-1) › Section 9VAC5-40-90 - Standard for fugitive dust/emissions

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No owner or other person shall cause or permit any
						materials or property to be handled, transported, stored, used, constructed,
						altered, repaired or demolished without taking reasonable precautions to
						prevent particulate matter from becoming airborne. Such reasonable precautions
						may include, but are not limited to, the following:
1. Use, where possible, of water or chemicals
					 for control of dust in the demolition of existing buildings or structures,
					 construction operations, the grading of roads or the clearing of
					 land.
2. Application of asphalt,
					 water, or suitable chemicals on dirt roads, materials stockpiles and other
					 surfaces which may create airborne dust; the paving of roadways and maintaining
					 them in a clean condition.
3.
					 Installation and use of hoods, fans and fabric filters to enclose and vent the
					 handling of dusty materials. Adequate containment methods shall be employed
					 during sandblasting or other similar operations.
4. Open equipment for conveying or
					 transporting materials likely to create objectionable air pollution when
					 airborne shall be covered or treated in an equally effective manner at all
					 times when in motion.
5. The prompt
					 removal of spilled or tracked dirt or other materials from paved streets and of
					 dried sediments resulting from soil erosion.
Statutory Authority
§ 10.1-1308 of the Code of Virginia and
						  §§ 110, 111, 123, 129, 171, 172 and 182 of the Clean Air Act ( 40 CFR
						  Parts 51 and 60 ).
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 5 - STATE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 40 - EXISTING STATIONARY SOURCES › Part II - Emission Standards › Article 1 - Visible Emissions and Fugitive Dust/Emissions (Rule 4-1) › Section 9VAC5-40-100 - Monitoring

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A. Unless otherwise
					 approved by the board, all continuous monitoring systems required by this
					 article shall be installed, calibrated, maintained and operated in accordance
					 with applicable requirements in
					 9VAC5-40-40 and
					 9VAC5-40-41.
B. Each owner required to install a
					 continuous monitoring system shall provide notifications and reports and
					 maintain records and monitoring results in accordance with the requirements of
					 9VAC5-40-50.
C. In cases where the requirements of
					 9VAC5-40-40 and
					 9VAC5-40-41 are not appropriate for
					 a particular source type, the owner shall comply with other procedures
					 acceptable to the board.
Statutory Authority
§§ 10.1-1307 and 10.1-1308 of the Code of
						  Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 5 - STATE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 40 - EXISTING STATIONARY SOURCES › Part II - Emission Standards › Article 1 - Visible Emissions and Fugitive Dust/Emissions (Rule 4-1) › Section 9VAC5-40-110 - Test methods and procedures

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The provisions of
						9VAC5-40-20 A 2 apply to determine
						compliance with the standard prescribed in
						9VAC5-40-80.
Statutory Authority
§§ 10.1-1307 and 10.1-1308 of the Code of
						  Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 5 - STATE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 40 - EXISTING STATIONARY SOURCES › Part II - Emission Standards › Article 1 - Visible Emissions and Fugitive Dust/Emissions (Rule 4-1) › Section 9VAC5-40-120 - Waivers

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A. A waiver from
					 the opacity emission limitation in
					 9VAC5-40-80 may be granted by the
					 director, provided that a technical decision is reached that the plume opacity
					 observations made in accordance with
					 9VAC5-40-20 and
					 9VAC5-40-110 are not representative
					 of the pollutant loading of the plume.
B. Upon granting the above waiver, the
					 director shall require one or more alternate source surveillance methods, which
					 may include, but are not limited to, the following:
1. Requiring the owner to install, calibrate,
					 maintain and operate systems for continuously monitoring and recording
					 emissions of specified pollutants in accordance with
					 9VAC5-40-40 and
					 9VAC5-40-100.
2. Requiring the owner to conduct, at
					 specified intervals, emission tests for measuring emissions of specified
					 pollutants in accordance with
					 9VAC5-40-30.
3. Establishing an opacity emission
					 limitation for the facility based on a correlation between tests of visible and
					 other specified pollutant emissions.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 5 - STATE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 40 - EXISTING STATIONARY SOURCES › Part II - Emission Standards › Article 2 - Emission Standards for Odor (Rule 4-2) › Section 9VAC5-40-130 - Applicability and designation of affected facility

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A. Except as provided in subsection C of this
					 section, the affected facility to which the provisions of this article apply is
					 each facility that emits odor.
B.
					 The provisions of this article apply throughout the Commonwealth of
					 Virginia.
C. The provisions of this
					 article do not apply to accidental or other infrequent emissions of
					 odors.
Statutory Authority
§§ 10.1-1307 and 10.1-1308 of the Code of
						  Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 5 - STATE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 40 - EXISTING STATIONARY SOURCES › Part II - Emission Standards › Article 2 - Emission Standards for Odor (Rule 4-2) › Section 9VAC5-40-140 - Standard for odor

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No owner or other person shall cause or permit to be
						discharged into the atmosphere from any affected facility any emissions which
						cause an odor objectionable to individuals of ordinary
						sensibility.
Statutory Authority
§§ 10.1-1307 and 10.1-1308 of the Code of
						  Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 5 - STATE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 40 - EXISTING STATIONARY SOURCES › Part II - Emission Standards › Article 3 - Emission Standards for Toxic Pollutants (Rule 4-3) [Repealed] › Section 9VAC5-40-150 - Determination of violation

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A. The
					 determination of objectionable odor shall be made after a thorough review of
					 all data or evidence relating to the situation which may be obtained by an
					 investigation directed by the board. As a part of the investigation, the board,
					 at its discretion, may hold a public hearing in accordance with 9VAC5-20-40 A 1
					 to hear complaints. The investigation may also include use of an odor panel
					 survey and other methods approved by the board, or both.
B. Upon determination that an odor violates
					 9VAC5-40-140 the owner shall use
					 such measures as approved by the board for the economically and technologically
					 feasible control of odorous emissions.
Statutory Authority
§§ 10.1-1307 and 10.1-1308 of the Code of
						  Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 5 - STATE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 40 - EXISTING STATIONARY SOURCES › Part II - Emission Standards › Article 3 - Emission Standards for Toxic Pollutants (Rule 4-3) [Repealed] › Section 9VAC5-40-160 to 9VAC5-40-230

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Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 5 - STATE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 40 - EXISTING STATIONARY SOURCES › Part II - Emission Standards › Article 4 - Emission Standards for General Process Operations (Rule 4-4) › Section 9VAC5-40-240 - Applicability and designation of affected facility

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A. Except as provided in subsections C and D
					 of this section, the affected facility to which the provisions of this article
					 apply is each process operation, each process gas stream and each combustion
					 installation.
B. The provisions of
					 this article apply throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia.
C. Exempted from the provisions of this
					 article are the following:
1. Process
					 operations with a process weight rate capacity less than 100 pounds per
					 hour.
2. Any combustion unit using
					 solid fuel with a maximum heat input of less than 350,000 Btu per
					 hour.
3. Any combustion unit using
					 liquid fuel with a maximum heat input of less than 1,000,000 Btu per
					 hour.
4. Any combustion unit using
					 gaseous fuel with a maximum heat input of less than 10,000,000 Btu per
					 hour.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 5 - STATE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 40 - EXISTING STATIONARY SOURCES › Part II - Emission Standards › Article 4 - Emission Standards for General Process Operations (Rule 4-4) › Section 9VAC5-40-260 - Standard for particulate matter (AQCR 1-6)

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A. No owner or other person shall cause or
					 permit to be discharged into the atmosphere from any process unit any
					 particulate emissions in excess of the limits in Table 4-4A.
Process Weight Rate
Maximum Allowable Emission Rate
Lb/Hr
Tons/Hr
Lb/Hr
100
0.05
0.551
200
0.10
0.877
400
0.20
1.40
600
0.30
1.83
800
0.40
2.22
1000
0.50
2.58
1500
0.75
3.38
2000
1.00
4.10
2500
1.25
4.76
3000
1.50
5.38
3500
1.75
5.96
4000
2.00
6.52
5000
2.50
7.58
6000
3.00
8.56
7000
3.50
9.49
8000
4.00
10.4
9000
4.50
11.2
10000
5.00
12.0
12000
6.00
13.6
16000
8.00
16.5
18000
9.00
17.9
20000
10.00
19.2
30000
15.00
25.2
40000
20.00
30.5
50000
25.00
35.4
60000
30.00
40.0
70000
35.00
41.3
80000
40.00
42.5
90000
45.00
43.6
100000
50.00
44.6
120000
60.00
46.3
140000
70.00
47.8
160000
80.00
49.1
200000
100.00
51.3
1000000
500.00
69.0
2000000
1000.00
77.6
6000000
3000.00
92.7
B. Except as provided in subsections C and D
					 of this section, interpretation of the emission standard in subsection A of
					 this section shall be in accordance with
					 9VAC5-40-22.
C. Interpolation of the data in Table 4-4A
					 for process weight rates up to 60,000 lb/hr shall be accomplished by use of the
					 following equation:
E = 4.10 P0.67
where:
E = emission rate in lb/hr.
P = process weight rate in tons/hr.
D. Interpolation and extrapolation of the
					 data for process weight rates in excess of 60,000 lb/hr shall be accomplished
					 by use of the following equation:
E = 55.0 P0.11 - 40
where:
E = emission rate in lb/hr.
P = process weight rate in tons/hr.
Statutory Authority
§§ 10.1-1307 and 10.1-1308 of the Code of
						  Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 5 - STATE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 40 - EXISTING STATIONARY SOURCES › Part II - Emission Standards › Article 4 - Emission Standards for General Process Operations (Rule 4-4) › Section 9VAC5-40-270 - Standard for particulate matter (AQCR 7)

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A. Noncombustion process operations. No owner
					 or other person shall cause or permit to be discharged into the atmosphere from
					 any process unit any particulate emissions in excess of the limits in Table
					 4-4B.
TABLE 4-4B
Process Weight Rate
Maximum Allowable Emission Rate
Lb/Hr
Tons/Hr
Lb/Hr
100
0.050
0.46
150
0.075
0.66
200
0.100
0.85
250
0.125
1.03
300
0.150
1.20
350
0.175
1.35
400
0.200
1.50
450
0.225
1.63
500
0.250
1.77
550
0.275
1.85
600
0.300
2.01
650
0.325
2.12
700
0.350
2.24
750
0.375
2.34
800
0.400
2.43
850
0.425
2.53
900
0.450
2.62
950
0.475
2.72
1000
0.500
2.80
1100
0.55
2.97
1200
0.60
3.12
1300
0.65
3.26
1400
0.70
3.40
1500
0.75
3.54
1600
0.80
3.66
1700
0.85
3.79
1800
0.90
3.91
1900
0.95
4.03
2000
1.00
4.14
2100
1.05
4.24
2200
1.10
4.34
2300
1.15
4.44
2400
1.20
4.55
2500
1.25
4.64
2600
1.30
4.74
2700
1.35
4.84
2800
1.40
4.92
2900
1.45
5.02
3000
1.50
5.10
3100
1.55
5.18
3200
1.60
5.27
3300
1.65
5.36
3400
1.70
5.44
3500
1.75
5.52
3600
1.80
5.61
3700
1.85
5.69
3800
1.90
5.77
3900
1.95
5.85
4000
2.00
5.93
4100
2.05
6.01
4200
2.10
6.08
4300
2.15
6.15
4400
2.20
6.22
4500
2.25
6.30
4600
2.30
6.37
4700
2.35
6.45
4800
2.40
6.52
4900
2.45
6.60
5000
2.50
6.67
5500
2.75
7.03
6000
3.00
7.37
6500
3.25
7.71
7000
3.50
8.05
7500
3.75
8.39
8000
4.00
8.71
8500
4.25
9.03
9000
4.50
9.36
9500
4.75
9.67
10000
5.00
10.00
11000
5.50
10.63
12000
6.00
11.28
13000
6.50
11.89
14000
7.00
12.50
15000
7.50
13.13
16000
8.00
13.74
17000
8.50
14.36
18000
9.00
14.97
19000
9.50
15.58
20000
10.00
16.19
30000
15.00
22.22
40000
20.00
28.30
50000
25.00
34.30
60000 or more
30.00 or more
40.00
B. Combustion installations. Interpretation
					 of the emission standard in subsection A of this section shall be in accordance
					 with 9VAC5-40-22.
Statutory Authority
§§ 10.1-1307 and 10.1-1308 of the Code of
						  Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 5 - STATE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 40 - EXISTING STATIONARY SOURCES › Part II - Emission Standards › Article 4 - Emission Standards for General Process Operations (Rule 4-4) › Section 9VAC5-40-280 - Standard for sulfur dioxide

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. Noncombustion process operations. No owner
					 or other person shall cause or permit to be discharged into the atmosphere from
					 any process operation any sulfur dioxide emissions in excess of an in-stack
					 concentration of 2000 ppm by volume.
B. Combustion installations.
1. No owner or other person shall cause or
					 permit to be discharged into the atmosphere from any combustion installation
					 any sulfur dioxide emissions in excess of the following limits:
a. S = 2.64K (AQCR 1 through 6)
b. S = 1.06K (for liquid or gaseous fuels -
					 AQCR 7)
c. S = 1.52K (for solid
					 fuels - AQCR 7)
where:
S = allowable emission of sulfur dioxide
expressed in lbs/hr.
K = actual heat input at total capacity expressed in Btu
						X 106 per hour.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 5 - STATE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 40 - EXISTING STATIONARY SOURCES › Part II - Emission Standards › Article 4 - Emission Standards for General Process Operations (Rule 4-4) › Section 9VAC5-40-290 - Standard for hydrogen sulfide

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
No owner or other person shall cause or permit to be
						discharged into the atmosphere from any process gas stream any hydrogen sulfide
						emissions in excess of a concentration greater than 15 grains per 100 cubic
						feet of gas without burning or removing H2S in excess of
						this concentration, provided that SO2 emissions in the
						burning operation meet the requirements of
						9VAC5-40-280 A.
Statutory Authority
§§ 10.1-1307 and 10.1-1308 of the Code of
						  Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 5 - STATE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 40 - EXISTING STATIONARY SOURCES › Part II - Emission Standards › Article 4 - Emission Standards for General Process Operations (Rule 4-4) › Section 9VAC5-40-300 to 9VAC5-40-311

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 5 - STATE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 40 - EXISTING STATIONARY SOURCES › Part II - Emission Standards › Article 4 - Emission Standards for General Process Operations (Rule 4-4) › Section 9VAC5-40-320 - Standard for visible emissions

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The provisions of Article 1 (9VAC5-40-60 et seq.) of this
						chapter (Emission Standards for Visible Emissions and Fugitive Dust/Emissions,
						Rule 4-1) apply.
Statutory Authority
§§ 10.1-1307 and 10.1-1308 of the Code of
						  Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 5 - STATE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 40 - EXISTING STATIONARY SOURCES › Part II - Emission Standards › Article 4 - Emission Standards for General Process Operations (Rule 4-4) › Section 9VAC5-40-330 - Standard for fugitive dust/emissions

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The provisions of Article 1 (9VAC5-40-60 et seq.) of this
						chapter (Emission Standards for Visible Emissions and Fugitive Dust/Emissions,
						Rule 4-1) apply.
Statutory Authority
§§ 10.1-1307 and 10.1-1308 of the Code of
						  Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 5 - STATE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 40 - EXISTING STATIONARY SOURCES › Part II - Emission Standards › Article 4 - Emission Standards for General Process Operations (Rule 4-4) › Section 9VAC5-40-340 - Standard for odor

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The provisions of Article 2 (9VAC5-40-130 et seq.) of this
						chapter (Emission Standards for Odor, Rule 4-2) apply.
Statutory Authority
§§ 10.1-1307 and 10.1-1308 of the Code of
						  Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 5 - STATE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 40 - EXISTING STATIONARY SOURCES › Part II - Emission Standards › Article 4 - Emission Standards for General Process Operations (Rule 4-4) › Section 9VAC5-40-350 - Standard for toxic pollutants

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The provisions of Article 3 (9VAC5-40-160 et seq.) of
						this chapter (Emission Standards for Toxic Pollutants, Rule 4-3)
						apply.
Statutory Authority
§§ 10.1-1307 and 10.1-1308 of the Code of
						  Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 5 - STATE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 40 - EXISTING STATIONARY SOURCES › Part II - Emission Standards › Article 4 - Emission Standards for General Process Operations (Rule 4-4) › Section 9VAC5-40-360 - Compliance

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The provisions of
						9VAC5-40-20(Compliance)
						apply.
Statutory Authority
§§ 10.1-1307 and 10.1-1308 of the Code of
						  Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 5 - STATE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 40 - EXISTING STATIONARY SOURCES › Part II - Emission Standards › Article 4 - Emission Standards for General Process Operations (Rule 4-4) › Section 9VAC5-40-370 - Test methods and procedures

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The provisions of
						9VAC5-40-30 (Emission Testing)
						apply.
Statutory Authority
§§ 10.1-1307 and 10.1-1308 of the Code of
						  Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 5 - STATE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 40 - EXISTING STATIONARY SOURCES › Part II - Emission Standards › Article 4 - Emission Standards for General Process Operations (Rule 4-4) › Section 9VAC5-40-380 - Monitoring

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The provisions of
						9VAC5-40-40(Monitoring)
						apply.
Statutory Authority
§§ 10.1-1307 and 10.1-1308 of the Code of
						  Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 5 - STATE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 40 - EXISTING STATIONARY SOURCES › Part II - Emission Standards › Article 4 - Emission Standards for General Process Operations (Rule 4-4) › Section 9VAC5-40-390 - Notification, records and reporting

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The provisions of
						9VAC5-40-50 (Notification, Records
						and Reporting) apply.
Statutory Authority
§§ 10.1-1307 and 10.1-1308 of the Code of
						  Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 5 - STATE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 40 - EXISTING STATIONARY SOURCES › Part II - Emission Standards › Article 4 - Emission Standards for General Process Operations (Rule 4-4) › Section 9VAC5-40-400 - Registration

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The provisions of
						9VAC5-20-160(Registration)
						apply.
Statutory Authority
§§ 10.1-1307 and 10.1-1308 of the Code of
						  Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 5 - STATE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 40 - EXISTING STATIONARY SOURCES › Part II - Emission Standards › Article 4 - Emission Standards for General Process Operations (Rule 4-4) › Section 9VAC5-40-410 - Facility and control equipment maintenance or malfunction

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The provisions of
						9VAC5-20-180 (Facility and Control
						Equipment Maintenance or Malfunction) apply.
Statutory Authority
§§ 10.1-1307 and 10.1-1308 of the Code of
						  Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 5 - STATE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 40 - EXISTING STATIONARY SOURCES › Part II - Emission Standards › Article 4 - Emission Standards for General Process Operations (Rule 4-4) › Section 9VAC5-40-420 - Permits

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A permit may be required prior to beginning any of the
						activities specified below and the provisions of 9VAC5 Chapter 50
						(9VAC5-50-10 et seq.) and 9VAC5
						Chapter 80 (9VAC5-80-10 et seq.) may apply. Owners contemplating such action
						should contact the appropriate regional office for guidance.
1. Construction of a facility.
2. Reconstruction (replacement of more than
					 half) of a facility.
3.
					 Modification (any physical change to equipment) of a facility.
4. Relocation of a facility.
5. Reactivation (restart-up) of a
					 facility.
6. Operation of a
					 facility.
Statutory Authority
§ 10.1-1308 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 5 - STATE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 40 - EXISTING STATIONARY SOURCES › Part II - Emission Standards › Article 5 - Emission Standards for Synthesized Pharmaceutical Products ManufacturingOperations (Rule 4-5) › Section 9VAC5-40-430 - Applicability and designation of affected facility

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. The affected facility to which the
					 provisions of this article apply is each process unit or operation.
B. The provisions of this article apply only
					 to sources of volatile organic compounds in volatile organic compound emissions
					 control areas designated in
					 9VAC5-20-206.
Statutory Authority
§§ 10.1-1307 and 10.1-1308 of the Code of
						  Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 5 - STATE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 40 - EXISTING STATIONARY SOURCES › Part II - Emission Standards › Article 5 - Emission Standards for Synthesized Pharmaceutical Products ManufacturingOperations (Rule 4-5) › Section 9VAC5-40-440 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. For the purpose
					 of these regulations and subsequent amendments or any orders issued by the
					 board, the words or terms shall have the meanings given them in subsection C of
					 this section.
B. As used in this
					 article, all terms not defined here shall have the meanings given them in 9VAC5
					 Chapter 10 (9VAC5-10-10 et seq.), unless
					 otherwise required by context.
C.
					 Terms defined.
"Condenser" means a device which removes condensable
						vapors by a reduction in the temperature of the captured gases.
"Production equipment exhaust system" means a device for
						collecting and directing out of the work area volatile organic compound
						fugitive emissions from reactor openings, centrifuge openings and other vessel
						openings for the purpose of protecting workers from excessive volatile organic
						compound exposure.
"Reactor" means a vessel designed to carry out chemical
						reactions under controlled conditions.
"Synthesized pharmaceutical products manufacturing"
						means manufacture of pharmaceutical products by chemical
						synthesis.
Statutory Authority
§§ 10.1-1307 and 10.1-1308 of the Code of
						  Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 5 - STATE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 40 - EXISTING STATIONARY SOURCES › Part II - Emission Standards › Article 5 - Emission Standards for Synthesized Pharmaceutical Products ManufacturingOperations (Rule 4-5) › Section 9VAC5-40-450 - Standard for volatile organic compounds

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. Reactors, distillation operations,
					 crystallizers, centrifuges and vacuum dryers.
1. No owner or other person shall use or
					 permit the use of any reactor, distillation operation, crystallizer, centrifuge
					 or vacuum dryer process unit unless such unit is equipped with a vapor control
					 system that will remove, destroy or prevent the discharge into the atmosphere
					 of at least 90% by weight of volatile organic compound emissions.
2. Achievement of the emission standard in
					 subsection A 1 of this section by use of methods in
					 9VAC5-40-460 A and E will be
					 acceptable to the board.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 5 - STATE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 40 - EXISTING STATIONARY SOURCES › Part II - Emission Standards › Article 5 - Emission Standards for Synthesized Pharmaceutical Products ManufacturingOperations (Rule 4-5) › Section 9VAC5-40-460 - Control technology guidelines

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. Reactors, distillation operations,
					 crystallizers, centrifuges and vacuum dryers. The control system should consist
					 of one of the following:
1. Surface
					 condensation system with an outlet temperature not greater than:
a. -13°F when condensing volatile organic
					 compounds of vapor pressure greater than 5.8 psi;
b. 5°F when condensing volatile organic
					 compounds of vapor pressure greater than 2.9 psi;
c. 32°F when condensing volatile organic
					 compounds of vapor pressure greater than 1.5 psi;
d. 50°F when condensing volatile organic
					 compounds of vapor pressure greater than 1.0 psi; or
e. 77°F when condensing volatile organic
					 compounds of vapor pressure greater than 0.5 psi.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 5 - STATE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 40 - EXISTING STATIONARY SOURCES › Part II - Emission Standards › Article 5 - Emission Standards for Synthesized Pharmaceutical Products ManufacturingOperations (Rule 4-5) › Section 9VAC5-40-470 - Standard for visible emissions

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The provisions of Article 1 (9VAC5-40-60 et seq.) of this
						chapter (Emission Standards for Visible Emissions and Fugitive Dust/Emissions,
						Rule 4-1) apply.
Statutory Authority
§§ 10.1-1307 and 10.1-1308 of the Code of
						  Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 5 - STATE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 40 - EXISTING STATIONARY SOURCES › Part II - Emission Standards › Article 5 - Emission Standards for Synthesized Pharmaceutical Products ManufacturingOperations (Rule 4-5) › Section 9VAC5-40-480 - Standard for fugitive dust/emissions

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The provisions of Article 1 (9VAC5-40-60 et seq.) of this
						chapter (Emission Standards for Visible Emissions and Fugitive Dust/Emissions,
						Rule 4-1) apply.
Statutory Authority
§§ 10.1-1307 and 10.1-1308 of the Code of
						  Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 5 - STATE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 40 - EXISTING STATIONARY SOURCES › Part II - Emission Standards › Article 5 - Emission Standards for Synthesized Pharmaceutical Products ManufacturingOperations (Rule 4-5) › Section 9VAC5-40-490 - Standard for odor

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The provisions of Article 2 (9VAC5-40-130 et seq.) of this
						chapter (Emission Standards for Odor, Rule 4-2) apply.
Statutory Authority
§§ 10.1-1307 and 10.1-1308 of the Code of
						  Virginia.