West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 45 - Air Quality › Title 45 - LEGISLATIVE RULE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AIR QUALITY › Series 45-05 - To Prevent And Control Air Pollution from The Operation Of Coal Preparation Plants, Coal Handling Operations And Coal Refuse Disposal Areas › Section 45-5-6 - Control and Prohibition of Fugitive Dust Emissions From Coal Handling Operations and Preparation Plants

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
6.1. No person
				shall cause, suffer, allow or permit a coal preparation plant or handling
				operation to operate that is not equipped with a fugitive dust control system.
				This system shall be operated and maintained in such a manner as to minimize
				the emission of particulate matter into the open air.
6.2. The owner or operator of a coal
				preparation plant or handling operation shall maintain dust control of the
				premises and owned, leased or controlled access roads by paving, or other
				suitable measures. Good operating practices shall be observed in relation to
				stockpiling, car loading, breaking, screening and general maintenance to
				minimize dust generation and atmospheric entrainment.
6.3. Fugitive emissions from coal preparation
				plants and handling operations which are subject to this rule shall be exempt
				from the provisions of 45CSR17, provided that such sources shall not be exempt
				from the provisions of W. Va. Code §§22-5-1 et seq., including the
				provisions of W. Va. Code §22-5-3 relating to
				statutory air pollution.
6.4.
				Owners or operators of coal handling operations and coal preparation plants
				located in the area of Brooke County west of State Route 2, north of an
				extension of the southern boundary of Steubenville Township in Jefferson
				County, Ohio, and south of the Market Street Bridge shall comply with the
				following fugitive dust control provisions:
6.4.1. Particulate matter mass emissions
				shall not exceed 0.001 pounds per ton of coal input from any coal crusher or
				coal screening operation.
6.4.2.
				Visible particulate emissions shall not exceed 5% opacity from any coal
				crushing or screening operation or from any coal conveying system.
6.4.3. A definitive, approvable plan to
				control fugitive dust entrainment and emissions from vehicular traffic and
				activity areas including, but not limited to, paved and unpaved haulroads,
				stockpile areas, haulway berms and plant access roads to public streets and
				highways shall be submitted to the Secretary and such a plan shall be embodied
				in a consent order approved by the Secretary. For plants or handling operations
				not in existence on August 31, 2000, the plan shall be deemed filed upon filing
				of an application for construction, modification or relocation pursuant to
				section 10.
6.4.3.a. Provide specific
				scheduled treatment frequencies for all areas of vehicular activity and
				stockpiling using water and/or chemical dust suppressants at sufficient
				application rates and intensities and wet flushing and vacuum sweeping for
				paved surfaces so as to reduce uncontrolled fugitive dust emissions by at least
				95% as determined by methods and procedures in the document, "Control of Open
				Fugitive Dust Sources" (EPA 450/3-88-008, September, 1988) or other measures
				which achieve equivalent emission reductions as determined in accordance with
				the reference document.
6.4.3.b.
				Provide for daily monitoring and recordkeeping and not less than monthly
				reporting of dust control measures to the Secretary including, but not limited
				to, water and chemical usage rates; chemical dust suppressant dilution ratios;
				accurate water and/or chemical flow rates or volumes through stationary or
				mobile dust suppression equipment and system pressures; beginning and ending
				times for treatment; traffic rates and types of vehicles using plant haulways,
				access roads and other vehicle activity areas; meteorological conditions
				relevant to control program requirements and equipment maintenance and downtime
				records.
6.4.3.c. Provide that no
				coal be unloaded from trucks which are not, upon entry to the plant or handling
				facility, tarped or otherwise covered to prevent dust entrainment, spillage or
				reentrainment.
6.4.3.d. Provide
				that the wheels, tires and underbodies of all coal trucks be fully cleaned by
				an automatic washing system or equivalently effective system prior to exiting
				onto paved streets or highways from the premises of the plant or coal handling
				operation if such trucks travel over unpaved or soiled areas within the plant
				or coal handling operation.
6.4.3.e. Provide that all paved traffic areas
				be water flushed and vacuum or broom swept daily or alternatively be treated
				with water and/or chemical dust suppressants in accordance with paragraph
				6.4.3.a.
6.4.3.f. Provide that all
				reports required under this section be certified to be true and accurate by the
				owner or operator prior to submission to the Secretary.
6.4.3.g. Provide that the design of dust
				suppression systems or equipment, including but not limited to, number of
				trucks and truck tank capacity, spray bar or header volumes and pressures,
				spray system pump specifications, type of chemicals used, number and design of
				vacuum trucks maintained and other similar information be clearly
				incorporated.
6.4.4. The
				Secretary may consider or incorporate exceptional provisions to the fugitive
				dust control plans or schedules approved pursuant to subdivision 6.4.3 taking
				into consideration such conditions as rainfall, snow cover and freezing
				weather.