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Outdated Standard Exemptions 108-115, June 7, 1996

Outdated Title 30 TAC 116 Standard Exemptions organized by exemption number and date.

Exemption

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108 | 109 | 110 | 111 | 112 | 113 | 114 | 115

 

108. Portable pipe reactor facilities used to process liquid fertilizer that operate according to the following conditions:

 

 

(a) Before construction begins, the facility shall be registered with the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission Office of Air Quality in Austin using Form PI-7.

 

 

(b) All valves, piping, flanges, hoses, and disconnects must be free of leaks.

 

 

(c) Opacity from any process vent shall not exceed 20% except for those periods of start-up described in 30 TAC Section 111.111(a)(1)(E).

 

 

(d) Emissions from the facility shall not cause or contribute to a condition of air pollution as defined in the Texas Health and Safety Code, Section 382.003(3).

 

 

(e) Operating schedule must not exceed 72 hours within a four-month period.

 

 

109. Any facility where animals or poultry are slaughtered and prepared for human consumption provided that waste products such as blood, offal, and feathers are stored in such a manner as to prevent the creation of a nuisance condition and these waste products are removed from the premises daily or stored under refrigeration until removed. In addition, areas used to hold animals or poultry for slaughter shall be kept dry and clean to control odors.

 

 

110. Municipal solid waste landfills and waste transfer stations operating in compliance with the Texas Solid Waste Disposal Act.

 

 

111. A facility which replaces an existing facility provided that the following conditions are satisfied:

 

 

(a) The replacement facility functions in the same or similar manner as the facility to be replaced.

 

 

(b) The emissions from the replacement facility are not more than nor have different characteristics than those from the facility to be replaced.

 

 

(c) The emissions from the replacement facility will not exceed 25 tons per year of any air contaminant.

 

 

(d) The physical location of the replacement facility is the same or immediately adjacent to the facility being replaced.

 

 

(e) There will be no increase in capacity, production rate, or throughput as a result of the replacement.

 

 

(f) Notwithstanding the provisions of (c) above, the emissions from the replacement facility will not contain any compounds (other than carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxide, or sulfur dioxide) listed or proposed to be listed as hazardous constitutents in 40 Code of Federal Regulations 261, Appendix VIII.

 

 

(g) Notification of the replacement is provided to the Executive Director within 10 days following installation of the replacement facility.

 

 

112. Railcar or truck unloading of wet sand, gravel, aggregate, coal, lignite, and scrap iron or scrap steel (but not including metal ores, metal oxides, battery parts, or fine dry materials) into trucks or other railcars for transportation to other locations, provided the following conditions are met:

 

 

(a) Bulk materials shall not be stored on-site.

 

 

(b) Water sprays or the equivalent must be installed and used as necessary at material handling operations to achieve maximum control of dust emissions.

 

 

(c) All permanent in-plant roads and vehicle work areas shall be watered, treated with dust-suppressant chemicals, oiled, or paved and cleaned as necessary to achieve maximum control of dust emissions.

 

 

113. Facilities using thermoset resins (excluding resins that do not emit air contaminants) to manufacture or repair products, provided that the following conditions are satisfied for (a) and either (b) or (c):

 

(a) The following requirements shall apply to all thermoset resin facilities:

 

  1. Before construction begins, the facility must be registered with the commission using Form PI-7.
  2. Records of resin and acetone usage shall be kept on a monthly and calendar year-to-date basis to show compliance with this exemption, and shall be maintained for the most recent 24 months.
  3. All resin spraying and cleaning operations shall be conducted between two hours before sunrise and two hours after sunset. The exhaust fan(s) must be operating during and for at least 30 minutes after any usage of resin and/or cleaning solvents.
  4. All solid trim grinding operations shall be vented through a dry filter system or a water wash system which has a particulate removal efficiency of at least 95%. Particulates trapped in the dry filter system or water wash sludge shall be handled and stored in a way to minimize the escape of fugitive dust emissions.
  5. No more than five tons of acetone shall be used per year (gross usage minus waste disposal).

 

(b) The following requirements shall apply to facilities that have spraying operations (the facilities may include non-spraying operations):

 

(1) No more than 75 tons of resin and gelcoat combined shall be used per year (gross usage minus waste disposal).

 

(2) All resin spraying operations shall be conducted in a booth or an enclosed work area and the emissions shall be exhausted through elevated stack(s). All stacks shall discharge vertically to the atmosphere with no restrictions or obstructions to flow. Each stack shall meet one of the following minimum requirements:

 

(A) a flow rate of 20,000 actual cubic feet per minute (acfm) and the greater of six feet above the peak of the manufacturing building or 25 feet above ground level; or

 

(B) a flow rate of 15,000 acfm and the greater of six feet above the peak of the manufacturing building or 30 feet above ground level.

 

(3) No more than 1,000 pounds per year of resin shall be used outdoors.

 

(4) If annual resin usage is less than 1,000 pounds, a facility is exempt from all requirements of this exemption except recordkeeping (see 113(a)(2)).

 

(c) The following requirements shall apply only to non-spraying operations:

 

(1) No more than 150 tons of resin and gelcoat combined shall be used per year (gross usage minus waste disposal).

 

(2) All resin operations shall be conducted in a booth or an enclosed work area or the manufacturing building and the emissions shall be exhausted through elevated stack(s). All stacks shall discharge vertically to the atmosphere with no restrictions or obstructions to flow. Each stack shall meet one of the following minimum requirements:

 

(A) a flow rate of 20,000 acfm and the greater of six feet above the peak of the manufacturing building or 25 feet above ground level; or

 

(B) a flow rate of 15,000 acfm and the greater of six feet above the peak of the manufacturing building or 30 feet above ground level.

 

(3) No more than 3,000 pounds per year of resin shall be used outdoors.

 

(4) If annual resin usage is less than 3,000 pounds, a facility is exempt from all requirements of this exemption except recordkeeping (see 113 (a)(2)).

 

114. Any sand and gravel production facility that obtains its material from deposits of sand and gravel consisting of natural disintegration of rock and stone, provided that the following conditions are satisfied:

 

 

(a) Crushing or breaking operations are not used.

 

 

(b) No blasting is conducted to obtain the material.

 

 

(c) Water sprays are installed on the plant at all screens and transfer points and used as necessary to achieve maximum control of dust emissions.

 

 

(d) The area where the sand and gravel is obtained shall be sprinkled with water as necessary to achieve maximum control of dust emissions before the material is removed and transported for processing.

 

 

(e) All in-plant roads shall be paved and cleaned or sprinkled with water and/or chemicals as necessary to achieve maximum control of dust emissions.

 

 

(f) The plant is located at least 1/4 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.

 

 

(g) The production rate is 50 tons per hour or less.

 

 

115. Modifications, additions, or relocations of equipment (excluding add-on controls) used for semiconductor manufacturing operations that result in the addition, increase, or substitution of an air contaminant provided the following conditions are satisfied:

 

(a) The following is a list of definitions for this exemption.

 

Permitted air contaminants - The individual chemical compounds represented in the latest permit or permit amendment application approved by the executive director.

 

Ground Level Contaminant (GLC1)(max) new - The maximum hourly off-property GLC resulting from the new emission rate of air contaminant 1.

 

GLC1(receptor) new - The maximum hourly off-property GLC at the sensitive receptor with the highest possible impacts resulting from the new emission rate of air contaminant 1.

 

GLC2(max) - The maximum hourly off-property GLC resulting from the emission rate of air contaminant 2.

 

GLC2(receptor) - The maximum hourly off-property GLC at the sensitive receptor with the highest possible impacts resulting from the emission rate of air contaminant 2.

 

ESL1 - The 30-minute Effects Screening Level (ESL) published in the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (TNRCC) ESL list dated April 10, 1995, for air contaminant 1.

 

ESL2 - The 30-minute ESL published in the TNRCC ESL list dated April 10, 1995, for air contaminant 2.

 

(b) New emissions or an emission increase of any air contaminant less than 0.04 pounds per hour (sitewide) are exempt from all conditions of this exemption except (c), (k), and (l).

 

(c) A permit has been issued by the TNRCC for at least one emission source owned by the person using this exemption on the same property for which this exemption is being claimed.

 

(d) The facility's baseline GLCs of the permitted air contaminants have been determined using air dispersion modeling or other methods.

 

(e) New emission points are not authorized by this exemption.

 

(f) There will be no change in method of control for any air contaminants as represented in the latest permit or permit amendment application approved by the executive director.

 

(g) Increases of a permitted air contaminant shall meet all of the following criteria:

 

(1) GLC1(max)new < = 2ESL1;

 

(2) GLC1(receptor)new < = ESL1.

 

(h) Additions of a non-permitted air contaminant, substitutions of a non-permitted air contaminant for a permitted air contaminant, and substitutions of one permitted air contaminant for another permitted air contaminant shall meet all of the following criteria:

 

(1) GLC2(max) new < = 2ESL2;

 

(2) GLC2(receptor) new < = ESL2.

 

(i) If the commission ESL list dated April 10, 1995, does not include the air contaminant to be added or substituted, the permittee must use an ESL derived by the TNRCC Toxicology and Risk Assessment Division. The ESL shall be obtained in writing prior to the use of the new substance.

 

(j) The cumulative net annual emission increases of the following categories of air contaminants from multiple uses of this exemption shall not exceed the following values:

 

  1. Particulate matter 5 tpy
  2. VOCs 15 tpy
  3. Non-VOCs 5 tpy
  4. Acids/bases 10 tpy
  5. Any other air contaminant 5 tpy
  6. Total of all emission increases 25 tpy

 

(k) The applicable ground-level concentration limits in 30 TAC Chapters 111, 112, and 113 shall not be exceeded.

 

(l) Within 30 days of use of this exemption, the permittee shall maintain documentation that demonstrates all applicable conditions of this exemption were satisfied. The documentation shall be made available to the commission upon request.

 

 

 


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