Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 400-499 - Environmental Protection - Air Pollution Control › Chapter NR 440 - Standards of performance for new stationary sources › Subchapter II - Standards of Performance › Section NR 440.705 - Volatile organic compound emissions from synthetic organic chemical manufacturing industry (SOCMI) reactor processes

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) APPLICABILITY
			  AND DESIGNATION OF AFFECTED FACILITY.
(a)
			  This section applies to each affected facility designated in par. (b) that is
			  part of a process unit that produces any of the chemicals listed in sub. (8) as
			  a product, co-product, by-product or intermediate except as provided in par.
			  (c).
(b) The affected facility is
			  any of the following for which construction, modification or reconstruction
			  commenced after June 29, 1990:
1. Each
			  reactor process not discharging its vent stream into a recovery
			  system.
2. Each combination of a
			  reactor process and the recovery system into which its vent stream is
			  discharged.
3. Each combination of
			  2 or more reactor processes and the common recovery system into which their
			  vent streams are discharged.
(c) Exemptions from the provisions of par.
			  (a) are as follows:
1. Any reactor process
			  that is designed and operated as a batch operation is not an affected
			  facility.
2. Each affected facility
			  that has a total resource effectiveness (TRE) index value greater than 8.0 is
			  exempt from all provisions of this section except for subs. (3) (c), (5) (d),
			  (e) and (f) and (6) (g), (L) 1. and 6. and (t).
3. Each affected facility in a process unit
			  with a total design capacity for all chemicals produced within that unit of
			  less than one gigagram per year (1,100 tons per year) is exempt from all
			  provisions of this section except for the recordkeeping and reporting
			  requirements in sub. (6) (i), (L) 5. and (n).
4. Each affected facility operated with a
			  vent stream flow rate less than 0.011 scm/min is exempt from all provisions of
			  this section except for the test method and procedure and the recordkeeping and
			  reporting requirements in subs. (5) (g) and (6) (h), (L) 4. and (o).
5. If the vent stream from an affected
			  facility is routed to a distillation unit subject to s.
			  NR
			  440.686 and has no other releases to the air except
			  for a pressure relief valve, the facility is exempt from all provisions of this
			  section except for sub. (6) (r).
6.
			  Any reactor process operating as part of a process unit which produces beverage
			  alcohols or which uses, contains and produces no VOC is not an affected
			  facility.
7. Any reactor process
			  that is subject to the provisions of s.
			  NR
			  440.647 is not an affected facility.
8. Each affected facility operated with a
			  concentration of total organic compounds (TOC), less methane and ethane, in the
			  vent stream less than 300 ppmv, as measured by Method 18 in Appendix A of 40
			  CFR part 60, incorporated by reference in s.
			  NR
			  440.17, or a concentration of TOC in the vent stream
			  less than 150 ppmv, as measured by Method 25A in Appendix A of 40 CFR part 60,
			  incorporated by reference in s.
			  NR
			  440.17, is exempt from all provisions of this section
			  except for the test method and procedure and the reporting and recordkeeping
			  requirements in subs. (5) (h) and (6) (j), (L) 8. and (p).
Note: The intent of these standards is to minimize
				emissions of VOC through the application of best demonstrated technology (BDT).
				The numerical emission limits in these standards are expressed in terms of TOC,
				measured as TOC less methane and ethane. This emission limit reflects the
				performance of BDT.
(d)
1.
			  Owners or operators of process vents that are subject to this section may
			  choose to comply with the provisions of 40 CFR part 65, subpart D, as in effect
			  on December 14, 2000, to satisfy the requirements of subs. (3) to (6). The
			  provisions of 40 CFR part 65, subpart D, as in effect on December 14, 2000,
			  also satisfy the criteria of par. (c) 2., 4. and 8. Other provisions applying
			  to an owner or operator who chooses to comply with 40 CFR part 65, subpart D,
			  as in effect on December 14, 2000, are provided in
			  40
			  CFR 65.1.
2. Owners or operators who choose to comply
			  with 40 CFR part 65, subpart D, as in effect on December 14, 2000, shall also
			  comply with ss.
			  NR 440.01,
			  440.02,
			  440.05,
			  440.06, 440.07(1) (a) and (d),
			  440.14 and
			  440.15 for those process vents. All
			  sections or subsections from ss.
			  NR 440.01
			  to
			  440.19 not specified in this
			  subdivision do not apply to owners or operators of process vents complying with
			  40 CFR part 65, subpart D, as in effect on December 14, 2000, except that
			  provisions required to be met prior to implementing 40 CFR part 65 still apply.
			  Owners or operators who choose to comply with 40 CFR part 65, subpart D, as in
			  effect on December 14, 2000, shall comply with 40 CFR part 65, subpart
			  A.
3. Owners or operators who
			  choose to comply with 40 CFR part 65, subpart D, as in effect on December 14,
			  2000, at initial startup shall comply with subds. 1. and 2. for each vent
			  stream on and after the date on which the initial performance test is
			  completed, but not later than 60 days after achieving the maximum production
			  rate at which the affected facility will be operated, or 180 days after the
			  initial startup, whichever date comes first.
4. Each owner or operator subject to the
			  provisions of this section that chooses to comply with 40 CFR part 65, subpart
			  D, as in effect on December 14, 2000, at initial startup shall notify the
			  administrator of the specific provisions of
			  40 CFR
			  65.63(a) (1), (2) or (3), as
			  in effect on December 14, 2000, with which the owner or operator has elected to
			  comply. Notification shall be submitted with the notification of initial
			  startup required by
			  40 CFR
			  65.5(b).