Outdated Standard Exemptions 98-107, July 15, 1988

Outdated Title 30 TAC 116 Standard Exemptions organized by exemption number and date.

Exemptions

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98 | 99 | 100 | 101 | 102 | 103 | 104 | 105 | 106 | 107

98. Ethyl alcohol (ethanol) production facilities having a capacity of less than 200 gallons of ethanol per day when natural gas, liquid petroleum gas, or Number 2 fuel oil is used to supply heat for cooking and distillation and when the spent (distillers) grain and water stillage are not dried.

99. Any asphalt concrete facility that complies with Federal Regulation 40 Code of Federal Regulations Part 60, Subparts A and I and operates according to the following conditions:

(a) A New Source Performance Standard pretest meeting concerning the required stack sampling shall be held with personnel of the Texas Air Control Board (TACB) before the required tests are performed. Air contaminants to be tested for will be determined at the pretest meeting. Stack sampling requirements will not be required by the Executive Director, provided that:

(1) The applicant submits adequate documentation (including copies of previous test results of the model hot mix plant proposed, including a description of the aggregate materials used in previous tests) demonstrating compliance with the 0.04 grain per dry standard cubic feet allowable.
(2) Visible emissions from the exhaust stack are documented at 5.0% or less opacity averaged over six consecutive minutes.

(b) Fuel for dryers shall be sweet natural gas as defined in General Rules as adopted by the TACB or liquid petroleum gas, diesel, or fuel oil with a maximum sulfur content of 1.5%.

(c) All aggregate stockpiles shall be sprinkled with water and/or chemicals as necessary to achieve maximum control of dust emissions.

(d) All permanent in-plant roads shall be watered, oiled, or paved and cleaned as necessary to achieve maximum control of dust emissions.

(e) The plant is located at least 1/2 mile from any recreational area or residence or other structure not occupied or used solely by the owner of the facility or the owner of the property upon which the facility is located.

(f) Before construction of the facility begins, written site approval shall be received from the Executive Director of the TACB and the facility shall be registered with Form PI-7, including a current Table 22.

(g) Emissions of particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, or organic compounds shall not exceed 25 tons per year each.

100. Metering, purging, and maintenance operations for gaseous and liquid petroleum pipelines (including ethylene, propylene, butylene, and butadiene pipelines) provided that operations are conducted according to the following conditions:

(a) All emissions, except fugitive emissions, are burned in a smokeless flare; or

(b) Total emissions of any air contaminant will not exceed one ton during any metering, purging, or maintenance operation.

101. Any air separation, or other industrial gas production, storage, or packaging facility. Industrial gases, for purposes of this exemption, include only oxygen, nitrogen, helium, neon, argon, krypton, and xenon.

102. Any abrasive cleaning operation that will satisfy condition (a) or (b):

(a) Enclosed abrasive cleaning:

(1) The particulate matter emissions are evacuated through a fabric filter with a maximum filtering velocity of 4.0 feet per minute (ft/min) with mechanical cleaning or 7.0 ft/min with air cleaning; and
(2) There are no visible fugitive emissions from the facility.

(b) Outside blast cleaning:

(1) Abrasive usage rate shall not exceed 150 tons per year, 15 tons per month, and one ton per day; and
(2) The blast cleaning is performed at least 500 feet from any recreational area or residence or other structure not occupied or used solely by the owner of the facility or the owner of the property upon which the facility is located; and
(3) Records shall be maintained of operating hours and abrasive material usage; and
(4) Before construction begins the facility is registered with the appropriate Regional Office using Form PI-7; and
(5) Before construction of the facility begins, written site approval shall be received from the Executive Director of the Texas Air Control Board.

103. Refrigeration systems, including storage tanks used in refrigeration systems.

104. Surface coating operations utilizing powder coating materials with the powder applied by an electrostatic powder spray gun or an electrostatic fluidized bed.

105. Woodworking shops which satisfy one of the following conditions:

(a) Commercial woodworking shops shall be equipped with a sawdust collection system exhausting to:

(1) a fabric or cartridge filter with air cleaning and a filtering velocity no greater than 7.0 feet per minute (ft/min), or automatic sequenced mechanical cleaning and a filtering velocity no greater than 5.0 ft/min. The filter unit may vent back into the process building or to the atmosphere.
or
(2) a fabric or cartridge filter (may be preceded by a cyclone collector) which vents back into the process building when the doors and windows remain closed during plant operations except for persons entering and leaving the building.

(b) Commercial woodworking shops in which the disposal of collected material is accomplished in a manner which will prevent the material from becoming airborne, and there are no visible fugitive emissions from the facility.

(c) Woodworking shops used solely for instructional purposes at public, private, and vocational schools in which the dust collection, storage and disposal system(s) prevents dust emissions from creating a nuisance condition.

106. Facilities, or physical or operational changes to a facility, provided that all of the following conditions are satisfied:

(a) This exemption shall not be used to authorize construction of or any change to a facility authorized in another standard exemption (See Exemption 118(a)).

(b) The facilities or changes shall be located at least 100 feet from any recreational area or residence or other structure not occupied or used solely by the owner or operator of the facilities or the owner of the property upon which the facilities are located.

(c) Total new or increased emissions, including fugitives, shall not exceed 6.0 pounds per hour (lb/hr) and 10 tons per year of the following materials: Acetylene, argon, butane, crude oil, refinery petroleum fractions (except for pyrolysis naphthas and pyrolysis gasolines) containing less than 10 volume percent benzene, carbon monoxide, cyclohexane, cyclohexene, cyclopentane, ethyl acetate, ethanol, ethyl ether, ethylene, fluorocarbons Numbers 11, 12, 13, 14, 21, 22, 23, 113, 114, 115, and 116, helium, hydrogen, isohexane, isopropyl alcohol, methyl acetylene, methyl chloroform, methyl cyclohexane, neon, nonane, oxides of nitrogen, propane, propyl alcohol, propylene, propyl ether, sulfur dioxide, alumina, calcium carbonate, calcium silicate, cellulose fiber, cement dust, emery dust, glycerin mist, gypsum, iron oxide dust, kaolin, limestone, magnesite, marble, pentaerythritol, plaster of paris, silicon, silicon carbide, starch, sucrose, zinc stearate, zinc oxide.

(d) Total new or increased emissions, including fugitives, shall not exceed 1.0 lb/hr of any chemical having a limit value (L) greater than 200 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m3) as listed and referenced in Table 118A of the Standard Exemption List or of any other chemical not listed or referenced in Table 118A. Emissions of a chemical with a limit value of less than 200 mg/m3 are not allowed under this exemption.

(e) For physical changes or modifications to existing facilities, there shall be no changes to or additions of any air pollution abatement equipment.

(f) Visible emissions, except uncombined water, to the atmosphere from any point or fugitive source shall not exceed 5.0% opacity in any five-minute period.

107. Any degreasing unit that satisfies the following conditions:

(a) Open top solvent vapor degreasers:

(1) The unit shall be equipped with a cover that can be opened and closed easily without disturbing the vapor zone.
(2) The surface area of the solvent shall not exceed 15 square feet.
(3) The cover shall be closed at all times except when processing work into and out of the degreaser.
(4) The unit shall be equipped with a properly sized refrigerated chiller, or the unit shall have a freeboard ratio (the distance from top of the vapor level to the top edge of the degreasing tank divided by the degreaser width) equal to or greater than 0.75.
(5) Waste solvent shall be stored in covered containers.
(6) Chlorinated solvents total makeup shall be limited to 55 gallons per month (gross purchased minus waste disposal).
(7) The unit shall be registered with the appropriate Regional Office using Form PI-7.

(b) Cold solvent cleaners:

(1) The unit shall be registered with Form PI-7; however, registration is not required if total solvents makeup (gross purchased minus waste disposal) is 110 gallons per year or less.
(2) The unit shall be equipped with a cover which is closed whenever parts are not being handled in the cleaner. This does not apply to "remote reservoir" type cleaners.
(3) A cleaned-parts drainage rack or facility shall be provided. Parts shall be drained for at least 15 seconds or until dripping ceases.
(4) If a solvent spray is used, it shall be a solid fluid stream (not a fine, atomized or shower-type spray) and at a pressure which will not cause excessive splashing.
(5) Waste solvent shall be stored in covered containers.
(6) The requirements of Regulation V, 115.172 shall be satisfied.

(1) The cover shall be closed at all times except when processing work into and out of the degreaser.
(2) The unit shall be equipped with a properly sized refrigerated chiller, or the unit shall have a freeboard ratio (the distance from top of the vapor level to the top edge of the degreasing tank divided by the degreaser width) equal to or greater than 0.75.
(3) Waste solvent shall be stored in covered containers.
(4) Chlorinated solvents total makeup shall be limited to 55 gallons per month (gross purchased minus waste disposal).
(5) The unit shall be registered with the appropriate Regional Office using Form PI-7.

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