Sec. 3.
(e) Except for
modifications subject to 326 IAC 2-2 or 326 IAC 2-3, the new source
requirements of
326 IAC 2-5.1-2 for
registrations and
326 IAC 2-5.1-3 for
permits, the modification approval requirements under
326 IAC
2-7-10.5, and the permit revision requirements under
326 IAC 2-6.1-6
and
326 IAC
2-8-11.1, including the requirement to submit an
application, do not apply to the following:
(1) New sources or modifications to existing
sources that are proposed to be operated or constructed, that have the
potential to emit less than the following amounts:
(A) Five (5) tons per year of either PM,
PM10, or direct PM2.5.
(B) Ten (10) tons per year of
SO2.
(C) Ten
(10) tons per year of NOx.
(D) Ten (10) tons per year of VOC for sources
or modifications.
(E) Twenty-five
(25) tons per year of CO.
(F)
Two-tenths (0.2) ton per year of Pb.
(G) One (1) ton per year of a single HAP or
two and one-half (2.5) tons per year of any combination of HAPs listed pursuant
to Section 112(b) of the CAA.
(H)
Five (5) tons per year of the following regulated air pollutants:
(i) H2S.
(ii) TRS.
(iii) Reduced sulfur compounds.
(iv) Fluorides.
(2) Modifications of existing
sources that consist of only an emissions unit or units or process or processes
whose primary purpose is to conduct research and development into new processes
and products, provided the modification:
(A)
is operated under the close supervision of technically trained
personnel;
(B) is conducted for the
primary purpose of theoretical research or research and development into new or
improved processes and products;
(C) does not manufacture more than de minimis
amounts of commercial products;
(D)
does not contribute to the manufacture of commercial products by collocated
sources in more than a de minimis manner; and
(E) is not subject to 326 IAC 2-2 or 326 IAC
2-3.
(3) New sources or
modifications of existing sources that consist of only a laboratory, as
follows:
(A) As used in this subdivision,
"laboratory" means a place or activity that is conducted on a laboratory scale,
such as a medical, analytical, or veterinary laboratory, devoted to:
(i) experimental study or teaching;
(ii) the testing and analysis of
drugs, chemicals, chemical compounds, or other substances; or
(iii) similar activities.
(B) Activities are conducted on a
laboratory scale if the containers used for reactions, transfers, and other
handling of substances are designed to be easily and safely manipulated by one
(1) person.
(C) If a laboratory
manufactures or produces products for profit in more than a de minimis manner,
it is not considered to be a laboratory under this subdivision.
(D) Support activities necessary to the
operation of the laboratory are considered to be part of the laboratory, but do
not include the provision of power to the laboratory from emission units that:
(i) provide power to multiple projects; or
(ii) would otherwise require
permitting, such as boilers that provide power to a source or solid waste
disposal units, such as incinerators.
(4) New sources or modifications of existing
sources that consist of only educational and teaching activities, as follows:
(A) As used in this subdivision, "educational
and teaching activities" means activities:
(i)
conducted at public and nonpublic schools and postsecondary educational
institutions for educational, vocational, agricultural, occupational,
employment, or technical training purposes; and
(ii) that do not include the production of an
intermediate or final product for sale or exchange for commercial profit or
distribution.
(B)
Support activities necessary to the educational and teaching activities are
considered to be part of the educational and teaching activities, but do not
include the provision of power to the educational and teaching activities from
emission units that:
(i) provide power to
multiple projects; or
(ii) would
otherwise require permitting, such as boilers that provide power to a source or
solid waste disposal units, such as incinerators.
(5) New sources or modifications
of existing sources that consist of only combustion related activities, as
follows:
(A) Space heaters, process heaters,
heat treat furnaces, or boilers described as follows:
(i) Natural gas-fired combustion sources with
heat input less than or equal to ten million (10,000,000) British thermal units
per hour.
(ii) Propane or liquefied
petroleum gas or butane-fired combustion sources with heat input less than or
equal to six million (6,000,000) British thermal units per hour.
(iii) Fuel oil-fired combustion sources:
(AA) with heat input less than or equal to
two million (2,000,000) British thermal units per hour; and
(BB) firing fuel containing less than or
equal to five-tenths percent (0.5%) sulfur by weight.
(iv) Wood-fired combustion sources:
(AA) with heat input less than or equal to
one million (1,000,000) British thermal units per hour; and
(BB) not burning treated wood or chemically
contaminated wood.
(B) Equipment
powered by diesel fuel fired or natural gas fired internal combustion engines
of capacity less than or equal to five hundred thousand (500,000) British
thermal units per hour, except where total capacity of equipment operated by
one (1) stationary source exceeds two million (2,000,000) British thermal units
per hour.
(C) Combustion source
flame safety purging on start-up.
(D) Portable electrical generators that can
be moved by hand from one (1) location to another. As used in this clause,
"moved by hand" means that it can be moved without the assistance of any
motorized or nonmotorized vehicle, conveyance, or device.
(E) Combustion emissions from propulsion of
mobile sources.
(F) Fuel use
related to food preparation for on-site consumption.
(G) Tobacco smoking rooms and
areas.
(H) Blacksmith
forges.
(I) Indoor and outdoor
kerosene heaters.
(6) New sources or modifications of existing
sources that consist of only activities that dispense fuel, as follows:
(A) A gasoline dispensing operation:
(i) having a storage tank capacity less than
or equal to ten thousand five hundred (10,500) gallons; and
(ii) dispensing less than or equal to one
thousand three hundred (1,300) gallons per day.
The storage tanks may be in a fixed location or on mobile
equipment.
(B) A
petroleum fuel other than a gasoline dispensing facility:
(i) having a storage tank capacity less than
or equal to ten thousand five hundred (10,500) gallons; and
(ii) dispensing less than or equal to three
thousand five hundred (3,500) gallons per day.
(7) New sources or modifications of existing
sources that consist of only the following VOC and HAP storage containers:
(A) Storage tanks with:
(i) capacity less than or equal to one
thousand (1,000) gallons; and
(ii)
annual throughputs less than or equal to twelve thousand (12,000)
gallons.
(B) Vessels
storing the following:
(i) Lubricating
oils.
(ii) Hydraulic
oils.
(iii) Machining
oils.
(iv) Machining
fluids.
(8)
New sources or modifications of existing sources that consist of only
refractory storage not requiring air pollution control equipment.
(9) New sources or modifications of existing
sources that consist of only equipment used exclusively for the following:
(A) Packaging of the following:
(i) Lubricants.
(ii) Greases.
(B) Filling drums, pails, or other packaging
containers with the following:
(i) Lubricating
oils.
(ii) Waxes.
(iii) Greases.
(10) New sources or modifications
of existing sources that consist of only the following:
(A) Application as temporary protective
coatings of:
(i) oils;
(ii) greases;
(iii) lubricants; and
(iv) nonvolatile material.
(B) Machining where an aqueous
cutting coolant continuously floods the machining interface.
(C) Degreasing operations that do not exceed
one hundred forty-five (145) gallons per twelve (12) months except if subject
to 326 IAC 20-6.
(D) Cleaners and
solvents:
(i) the use of which, for all
cleaners and solvents combined, does not exceed one hundred forty-five (145)
gallons per twelve (12) months; and
(ii) characterized as having a vapor pressure
less than or equal to:
(AA) two (2) kilo
Pascals (fifteen (15) millimeters of mercury or three-tenths (0.3) pound per
square inch) measured at thirty-eight (38) degrees Centigrade (one hundred
(100) degrees Fahrenheit); or
(BB)
seven-tenths (0.7) kilo Pascal (five (5) millimeters of mercury or one-tenth
(0.1) pound per square inch) measured at twenty (20) degrees Centigrade
(sixty-eight (68) degrees Fahrenheit).
(E) The following equipment related to
manufacturing activities not resulting in the emission of HAPs as defined under
Section 112(b) of the CAA:
(i)
Brazing.
(ii) Cutting
torches.
(iii) Soldering.
(iv) Welding.
(F) Closed loop heating and cooling
systems.
(G) Infrared cure
equipment.
(H) Exposure chambers
(towers or columns), for curing of ultraviolet inks and ultraviolet coatings
where heat is the intended discharge.
(I) Any of the following structural steel and
bridge fabrication activities:
(i) Cutting two
hundred thousand (200,000) linear feet or less of one (1) inch plate or
equivalent per year.
(ii) Using
eighty (80) tons or less of welding consumables per year.
(11) New sources or modifications
of existing sources that consist of only activities associated with the
following recovery systems:
(A) Rolling oil
recovery systems.
(B) Ground water
oil recovery wells.
(12)
New sources or modifications of existing sources that consist of only solvent
recycling systems with batch capacity less than or equal to one hundred (100)
gallons.
(13) New sources or
modifications of existing sources that consist of only the following water
based activities:
(A) Activities associated
with the treatment of wastewater streams with an oil and grease content less
than or equal to one percent (1%) by volume.
(B) Water runoff ponds for petroleum
coke-cutting and coke storage piles.
(C) Activities associated with the
transportation and treatment of sanitary sewage, provided discharge to the
treatment plant is under the control of the owner or operator, of the on-site
sewage treatment facility. This does not include sanitary sludge
incineration.
(D) Any operation
using aqueous solutions containing less than or equal to one percent (1%) by
weight of VOCs excluding HAPs as defined under Section 112(b) of the
CAA.
(E) Water-based adhesives that
are less than or equal to five percent (5%) by volume of VOCs excluding HAPs as
defined under Section 112(b) of the CAA.
(F) Noncontact cooling tower systems with
either of the following:
(i) Natural draft
cooling towers not regulated under a National Emission Standard for Hazardous
Air Pollutants (NESHAP).
(ii)
Forced and induced draft cooling tower systems not regulated under a
NESHAP.
(G) Quenching
operations used with heat treating processes.
Oil, grease, or VOC content must be determined by a test
method acceptable to the commissioner and the U.S. EPA.
(14) New sources or modifications
of existing sources that consist of only trimmers that:
(A) do not produce fugitive emissions;
and
(B) are equipped with a dust
collection or trim material recovery device, such as a bag filter or
cyclone.
(15) New
sources or modifications of existing sources that consist of only stockpiled
soils from soil remediation activities that are covered and waiting transport
for disposal.
(16) New sources or
modifications of existing sources that consist of only paved and unpaved roads
and parking lots with public access.
(17) New sources or modifications of existing
sources that consist of only general construction activities not related to the
construction of an emissions unit.
(18) New sources or modifications of existing
sources that consist of only conveyors as follows:
(A) Covered conveyors for solid raw material,
including:
(i) coal or coke conveying less
than or equal to three hundred sixty (360) tons per day; or
(ii) limestone conveying less than or equal
to seven thousand two hundred (7,200) tons per day for sources other than
mineral processing plants constructed after August 31, 1983.
(B) Uncovered coal or coke
conveying less than or equal to one hundred twenty (120) tons per
day.
(C) Underground
conveyors.
(D) Enclosed systems for
conveying plastic raw material and plastic finished goods.
(19) New sources or modifications of existing
sources that consist of only coal bunker and coal scale exhausts and associated
dust collector vents.
(20) New
sources or modifications of existing sources that consist of only asbestos
abatement projects regulated by 326 IAC 14-10.
(21) New sources or modifications of existing
sources that consist of only routine maintenance and repair of buildings,
structures, or vehicles at the source where air emissions from those activities
would not be associated with any production process, as follows:
(A) Purging of gas lines.
(B) Purging of vessels.
(22) New sources or modifications of existing
sources that consist of only flue gas conditioning systems and associated
chemicals, as follows:
(A) Sodium
sulfate.
(B) Ammonia.
(C) Sulfur trioxide.
(23) New sources or modifications of existing
sources that consist of only equipment used to collect any material that might
be released during a malfunction, process upset, or spill cleanup, as follows:
(A) Catch tanks.
(B) Temporary liquid separators.
(C) Tanks.
(D) Fluid handling equipment.
(24) New sources or modifications
of existing sources that consist of only furnaces used for melting metals other
than beryllium with a brim full capacity less than or equal to four hundred
fifty (450) cubic inches by volume.
(25) New sources or modifications of existing
sources that consist of only activities associated with emergencies, as
follows:
(A) On-site fire training approved by
the commissioner.
(B) Emergency
generators as follows:
(i) Gasoline generators
not exceeding one hundred ten (110) horsepower.
(ii) Diesel generators not exceeding one
thousand six hundred (1,600) horsepower.
(iii) Natural gas turbines or reciprocating
engines not exceeding sixteen thousand (16,000) horsepower.
(C) Stationary fire pump
engines.
(26) New
sources or modifications of existing sources that consist of only grinding and
machining operations controlled with fabric filters, scrubbers, mist
collectors, wet collectors, and electrostatic precipitators with a design
outlet grain loading of less than or equal to three-hundredths (0.03) grain per
actual cubic foot and a gas flow rate less than or equal to four thousand
(4,000) actual cubic feet per minute, including the following:
(A) Deburring.
(B) Buffing.
(C) Polishing.
(D) Abrasive blasting.
(E) Pneumatic conveying.
(F) Woodworking operations.
(27) New sources or modifications
of existing sources that consist of only purge double block and bleed
valves.
(28) New sources or
modifications of existing sources that consist of only filter or coalescer
media changeout.
(29) New sources
or modifications of existing sources that consist of only vents from ash
transport systems not operated at positive pressure.
(30) New sources or modifications of existing
sources that consist of only mold release agents using low volatile products
with a vapor pressure less than or equal to two (2.0) kilo Pascals measured at
thirty-eight (38) degrees Centigrade.
(31) New sources or modifications of existing
sources that consist of only farm operations, except concentrated animal
feeding operations as defined in
40
CFR 122.23.
(32) New sources or modifications of existing
sources that consist of only water-related activities, as follows:
(A) Production of hot water for on-site
personal use not related to any industrial or production process.
(B) Water treatment activities used to
provide potable and process water for the plant, excluding any activities
associated with wastewater treatment.
(C) Steam traps, vents, leaks, and safety
relief valves.
(D) Cooling
ponds.
(E) Laundry operations using
only water solutions of bleach or detergents.
(F) Demineralized water tanks and
demineralizer vents.
(G) Boiler
water treatment operations, not including cooling towers.
(H) Oxygen scavenging (deaeration) of
water.
(I) Steam cleaning
operations and steam sterilizers.
(J) Pressure washing of equipment.
(K) Water jet cutting operations.
(33) New sources or modifications
of existing sources that consist of only ventilation, venting equipment, and
refrigeration, as follows:
(A) Ventilation
exhaust, central chiller water systems, refrigeration, and air conditioning
equipment not related to any industrial or production process, including
natural draft hoods or ventilating systems that do not remove air
pollutants.
(B) Stack and vents
from plumbing traps used to prevent the discharge of sewer gases, handling
domestic sewage only, excluding those at wastewater treatment plants or those
handling any industrial waste.
(C)
Vents from continuous emissions monitors and other analyzers.
(D) Natural gas pressure regulator vents,
excluding venting at oil and gas production facilities.
(E) Air vents from air compressors.
(F) Vents for air cooling of electric motors
provided the air does not commingle with regulated air pollutants.
(G) Vents from equipment used to air blow
water from cooled plastics strands or sheets.
(34) New sources or modifications of existing
sources that consist of only activities related to routine fabrication,
maintenance, and repair of buildings, structures, equipment, or vehicles at the
source where air emissions from those activities would not be associated with
any commercial production process, as follows:
(A) Activities associated with the repair and
maintenance of paved and unpaved roads, including paving or sealing, or both,
of parking lots and roadways.
(B)
Painting, including interior and exterior painting of buildings, and solvent
use excluding degreasing operations utilizing halogenated organic
solvents.
(C) Brazing, soldering,
or welding operations and associated equipment.
(D) Portable blast-cleaning equipment with
enclosures.
(E) Blast-cleaning
equipment using water as the suspension agent and associated
equipment.
(F) Batteries and
battery charging stations, except at battery manufacturing plants.
(G) Lubrication, including:
(i) hand-held spray can
lubrication;
(ii) dipping metal
parts into lubricating oil; or
(iii) manual or automated addition of cutting
oil in machining operations.
(H) Nonasbestos insulation installation or
removal.
(I) Tarring, retarring,
and repair of building roofs.
(J)
Bead blasting of heater tubes.
(K)
Instrument air dryer and filter maintenance.
(L) Manual tank gauging.
(M) Open tumblers associated with deburring
operations in maintenance shops.
(35) New sources or modifications of existing
sources that consist of only activities performed using hand-held equipment, as
follows:
(A) Application of hot melt adhesives
with no VOC in the adhesive formulation.
(B) Buffing.
(C) Carving.
(D) Cutting, excluding cutting
torches.
(E) Drilling.
(F) Grinding.
(G) Machining wood, metal, or
plastic.
(H) Polishing.
(I) Routing.
(J) Sanding.
(K) Sawing.
(L) Surface grinding.
(M) Turning wood, metal, or
plastic.
(36) New
sources or modifications of existing sources that consist of only housekeeping
and janitorial activities and supplies, as follows:
(A) Vacuum cleaning systems used exclusively
for housekeeping or custodial activities, or both.
(B) Steam cleaning activities.
(C) Restrooms and associated cleanup
operations and supplies.
(D)
Alkaline or phosphate cleaners and associated equipment.
(E) Mobile floor sweepers and floor
scrubbers.
(F) Pest control
fumigation.
(37) New
sources or modifications of existing sources that consist of only
office-related activities, as follows:
(A)
Office supplies and equipment.
(B)
Photocopying equipment and associated supplies.
(C) Paper shredding.
(D) Blueprint machines, photographic
equipment, and associated supplies.
(38) New sources or modifications of existing
sources that consist of only lawn care and landscape maintenance activities and
equipment, including the storage, spraying, or application of insecticides,
pesticides, and herbicides.
(39)
New sources or modifications of existing sources that consist of only storage
equipment and activities, as follows:
(A)
Pressurized storage tanks and associated piping for the following:
(i) Acetylene.
(ii) Anhydrous ammonia.
(iii) Carbon monoxide.
(iv) Chlorine.
(v) Inorganic compounds.
(vi) Liquid petroleum gas (LPG).
(vii) Liquid natural gas (LNG).
(viii) Natural gas.
(ix) Nitrogen dioxide.
(x) Sulfur dioxide.
(B) Storage tanks, vessels, and containers
holding or storing liquid substances that do not contain any VOC or HAP as
defined under Section 112(b) of the CAA.
(C) Storage tanks, reservoirs, and pumping
and handling equipment of any size that:
(i)
contain:
(AA) soap;
(BB) vegetable oil;
(CC) grease;
(DD) wax;
(EE) animal fat; or
(FF) nonvolatile aqueous salt solutions; and
(ii) use appropriate
lids and covers.
(D)
Storage of drums containing maintenance raw materials.
(E) Storage of:
(i) castings;
(ii) lance rods; or
(iii) any non-HAP containing material in
solid form stored in a sealed or covered container.
(F) Portable containers used for the
collection, storage, or disposal of materials provided the:
(i) container capacity is less than or equal
to forty-six hundredths (0.46) cubic meter; and
(ii) container is closed, except when the
material is added or removed.
(40) New sources or modifications of existing
sources that consist of only emergency and standby equipment, as follows:
(A) Emergency (backup) electrical generators
at residential locations, such as dormitories, prisons, and
hospitals.
(B) Safety and emergency
equipment except engine driven fire pumps, including fire suppression systems
and emergency road flares.
(C)
Process safety relief devices installed solely for the purpose of minimizing
injury to persons or damage to equipment that could result from abnormal
process operating conditions, as follows:
(i)
Explosion relief vents, diaphragms, or panels.
(ii) Rupture discs.
(iii) Safety relief valves.
(D) Activities and equipment
associated with on-site medical care not otherwise specifically
regulated.
(E) Vacuum producing
devices for the purpose of removing potential accidental releases.
(41) New sources or modifications
of existing sources that consist of only sampling and testing equipment and
activities, as follows:
(A) Equipment used for
quality control or quality assurance or inspection purposes, including sampling
equipment used to withdraw materials for analysis.
(B) Hydraulic and hydrostatic testing
equipment.
(C) Ground water
monitoring wells and associated sample collection equipment.
(D) Environmental chambers not using HAP
gases.
(E) Shock
chambers.
(F) Humidity
chambers.
(G) Solar
simulators.
(H) Sampling
activities, including:
(i) sampling of waste;
or
(ii) glove box sampling,
charging, and packaging.
(I) Instrument air dryers and
distribution.
(J) VOC sampling
activities associated with soil remediation projects.
(42) New sources or modifications of existing
sources that consist of only use of consumer products and equipment where the
product or equipment is:
(A) used at a source
in the same manner as normal consumer use; and
(B) not associated with any production
process.
(43) New
sources or modifications of existing sources that consist of only equipment and
activities related to the handling, treating, and processing of animals, as
follows:
(A) Equipment used exclusively to
slaughter animals, but not including the following:
(i) Rendering cookers.
(ii) Boilers.
(iii) Heating plants.
(iv) Incinerators.
(v) Electrical power generating
equipment.
(B)
Veterinary operating rooms and laboratories.
(44) New sources or modifications of existing
sources that consist of only activities generating limited amounts of fugitive
dust, as follows:
(A) Fugitive emissions
related to movement of passenger vehicles, provided:
(i) the emissions are not counted for
applicability purposes as a major source under
326 IAC
2-7-1(22)(B); and
(ii) any required fugitive dust control plan
or its equivalent is submitted.
(B) Soil boring.
(C) Road salting and sanding.
(45) New sources or modifications
of existing sources that consist of only activities associated with production,
as follows:
(A) Closed, nonvented tumblers
used for cleaning or deburring metal products without abrasive
blasting.
(B) Electrical resistance
welding.
(C) Carbon dioxide
(CO2) lasers, used only on metals and other materials
that do not emit HAPs as defined under Section 112(b) of the CAA in the
process.
(D) Laser trimmers that:
(i) do not produce fugitive emissions;
and
(ii) are equipped with a dust
collection device, such as a bag filter, cyclone, or equivalent
device.
(E) Application
equipment for hot melt adhesives with no VOC in the adhesive
formulation.
(F) Drop hammers or
hydraulic presses for forging or metalworking.
(G) Air compressors and pneumatically
operated equipment, including hand tools.
(H) Compressor or pump lubrication and seal
oil systems.
(I) Equipment used:
(i) to mix and package:
(AA) soaps;
(BB) vegetable oil;
(CC) grease;
(DD) animal fat; or
(EE) nonvolatile aqueous salt solutions; and
(ii) with appropriate
lids and covers.
(J)
Equipment for washing or drying fabricated glass or metal products, if no:
(i) VOCs or HAPs as defined under Section
112(b) of the CAA are used in the process; and
(ii) gas, oil, or solid fuel is
burned.
(K) Handling of
solid steel, including coils and slabs, excluding scrap burning, scarfing, and
charging into steel making furnaces and vessels.
(46) The following types of miscellaneous
equipment and activities:
(A) Equipment used
for surface coating, painting, dipping, or spraying operation, except those
that will emit VOCs or HAPs as defined under Section 112(b) of the
CAA.
(B) Condensate drains for
natural gas and landfill gas.
(C)
Electric or steam heated drying ovens and autoclaves, including only the
heating emissions and not any associated process emissions.
(D) Salt baths using nonvolatile salts,
including caustic solutions that do not result in emissions of any regulated
air pollutants.
(E) Ozone
generators.
(F) Portable dust
collectors.
(G) Scrubber systems
circulating water based solutions of inorganic salts or bases that are
installed to be available for response to emergency situations.
(H) Soil borrow pits.
(I) Manual loading and unloading
operations.
(J) Purging of
refrigeration devices using a combination of nitrogen and CFC-22 (R-22) as
pressure test media.
(K)
Construction and demolition operations.
(L) Mechanical equipment gear boxes and vents
that are isolated from process materials.
(M) Nonvolatile mold release waxes and
agents.
This subdivision is not meant to describe emission units or
activities associated with the miscellaneous equipment and activities that
would otherwise require approval under this article.