Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a)
The following requirements apply to equipment at facilities in sectors listed
in section
95666 that shall be controlled
with the use of a vapor collection system and control device as a result of the
requirements specified in section
95668 of this
subarticle.
(b) Unless section
95671(c) applies, the vapor collection system shall direct the collected vapors
to one of the following:
(1) Sales gas
system;
(2) Fuel gas system;
or
(3) Gas disposal well not
currently under review by CalGEM.
(c) If no sales gas system, fuel gas system,
or gas disposal well specified in section 95671(b) is available at the
facility, the owner or operator shall control the collected vapors as follows:
(1) For facilities without an existing vapor
control device installed at the facility, the owner or operator shall install a
new vapor control device as specified in section 95671(d).
(2) For facilities currently operating a
vapor control device and which are required to control vapors collected as a
result of this subarticle, the owner or operator shall replace the existing
vapor control device with a new vapor control device as specified in section
95671(d) to control all of the collected vapors, if the device does not already
meet the requirements specified in section 95671(d).
(d) Any vapor control device required in
section 95671(c) shall meet the following requirements:
(1) If the vapor control device is to be
installed in a region classified as non-attainment with any state or federal
ambient air quality standard for ozone, respirable particulate matter (PM10),
fine particulate matter (PM2.5), or nitrogen dioxide, the owner or operator
shall install one of the following devices that follows all applicable
performance test requirements in Appendix F (beginning July 1, 2024, including
devices required in section 95671(c) prior to July 1, 2024), and meets all
applicable federal, state, and local air district requirements:
(A) A non-destructive vapor control device
that achieves at least 95 percent vapor control efficiency of total emissions
and does not result in emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx); or
(B) A vapor control device that achieves at
least 95 percent vapor control efficiency of total emissions and does not
generate more than 15 parts per million volume (ppmv) NOx when measured at 3
percent oxygen and does not require the use of supplemental fuel gas, other
than gas required for a pilot burner, to operate.
(2) If the vapor control device is to be
installed in a region not covered under section 95671(d)(1), the vapor control
device shall achieve at least 95 percent vapor control efficiency of total
emissions, follow all applicable performance test procedures in Appendix F
(beginning July 1, 2024, including devices required in section 95671(c) prior
to July 1, 2024), and meet all applicable federal, state, and local air
district requirements.
(e) Beginning July 1, 2024, the owner or
operator shall comply with all requirements for vapor collection systems and
vapor control devices in Appendix E. Owners or operators who controlled
emissions as a result of the requirements of this subarticle with the use of a
vapor collection system or vapor control device as specified in section 95671
prior to July 1, 2024, shall also comply with all applicable requirements in
Appendix E beginning July 1, 2024.
(f) If the collected vapors cannot be
controlled as specified in sections 95671(b) through (e) of this subarticle,
the equipment subject to the vapor collection and control requirements
specified in this subarticle shall not be used or installed and shall be
removed from service within 180 days of conducting testing indicating that
vapors shall be controlled.
(g)
Vapor collection systems and control devices are allowed to be taken out of
service for up to 14 calendar days per calendar year for performing
maintenance.
(1) A time extension to perform
maintenance not to exceed 14 calendar days per calendar year may be requested
by the owner or operator by submitting a request to the CARB Executive Officer
before the initial 14 calendar-day limit is exceeded, which shall include the
number of additional maintenance days requested for the calendar year and
justification for necessity of the additional maintenance, including why the
days requested are necessary to perform that maintenance.
(A) The CARB Executive Officer shall approve
or deny the request within five (5) calendar days based on their best
engineering judgment of whether the owner or operator has demonstrated that the
additional maintenance is necessary and that the additional days requested are
necessary to perform that maintenance.
(B) Requests shall be submitted by e-mail to
[email protected] with the subject line "Vapor Collection System Maintenance
Extension."
(C) The owner or
operator shall notify the CARB Executive Officer within three (3) calendar days
after the maintenance has been completed and the equipment is returned to
service as described in section
95673(a)(21).
(2) The owner or operator is responsible for
maintaining a record of the number of calendar days per calendar year that the
vapor collection system or vapor control device is out of service and shall
provide a record of such activity at the request of the CARB Executive
Officer.
(3) If an alternate vapor
control device compliant with this section is installed prior to conducting
maintenance and the vapor collection and control system continues to collect
and control vapors during the maintenance operation consistent with the
applicable standards specified in section 95671, the event does not count
towards the 14 calendar day limit.
(4) Vapor collection system and control
device shutdowns that result from utility power outages are not subject to
enforcement action provided the equipment resumes normal operation as soon as
normal utility power is restored. Vapor collection system and control device
shutdowns that result from utility power outages do not count towards the 14
calendar-day limit for maintenance.
Note: Authority cited: Sections 38510, 38562, 39600,
39601 and 41511, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 38551, 38560,
38566, 39600 and 41511, Health and Safety Code.
Note: Authority cited: Sections
38510,
38562,
39600,
39601
and
41511,
Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections
38551,
38560,
39600
and
41511,
Health and Safety Code.
