Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, March 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS Chapter 224
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
KRS
224.10-100 requires the Environmental and
Public Protection Cabinet to prescribe administrative regulations for the
prevention, abatement, and control of air pollution. This administrative
regulation provides for the control of emissions from existing process gas
streams.
Section 1. Applicability. The
provisions of this administrative regulation shall apply to each affected
facility which means any process gas stream which:
(1) Is not elsewhere subject to a standard of
performance within this chapter with respect to hydrogen sulfide, sulfur
dioxide, or carbon monoxide; and
(2) Commenced before the classification date
defined below.
(3) The provisions
of this administrative regulation shall apply to each affected facility which
emits hydrogen sulfide or sulfur dioxide and is located in a county classified
as Class I or VA with respect to sulfur dioxide in
401 KAR
50:025; or
(4) Has a potential to emit more than 1,000
tons per year of carbon monoxide generated during the operation of any grey
iron cupola, blast furnace, basic oxygen steel furnace, coal conversion plants,
catalyst regeneration of a petroleum cracking system, or other petroleum
process and is located in an area classified nonattainment with respect to
carbon monoxide in
401 KAR
51:010.
Section 2. Definitions. As used in this
administrative regulation, all terms not defined herein shall have the meaning
given them in
401 KAR
50:010 or
401 KAR
50:025.
(1)
"Classification date" June 6, 1979.
(2) "Process gas stream" means any gas stream
emitted from any process, including, but not limited to, petroleum refineries,
by-product coke plants, grey iron cupolas, blast furnaces, coal conversion
plants and basic oxygen steel furnaces, except process upset gas as defined in
this section and the combustion products of purchased coke oven gas.
(3) "Process upset gas" means any gas
generated by a process unit as a result of start-up, shutdown, upset, or
malfunction.
(4) "Process unit"
means any segment of the plant in which a specific processing operation is
conducted.
Section 3.
Standard for Hydrogen Sulfide. No person shall cause, suffer, allow or permit
the emission of hydrogen sulfide in a process gas stream to exceed ten (10)
grains per 100 dscf (165 ppm by volume) at zero percent oxygen.
Section 4. Standard for Sulfur Dioxide. No
person shall cause, suffer, allow or permit the emission of sulfur dioxide in a
process gas stream to exceed 239 grains per 100 dscf (2,000 ppm by volume) at
zero percent oxygen.
Section 5.
Standard for Carbon Monoxide. No person shall cause, suffer, allow, or permit
the emission of carbon monoxide in a process gas stream or a waste gas stream,
unless the gases are burned at 1,300°F for five-tenths (0.5) second or
greater in a direct flame afterburner or equivalent device equipped with an
indicating pyrometer which is positioned in the working area at the operator's
eye level.
Section 6. Test Methods
and Procedures. Except as provided in
401 KAR 50:045,
performance tests used to demonstrate compliance with Sections 3 and 4 of this
administrative regulation shall be conducted according to the following methods
(filed by reference in
401 KAR
50:015) :
(1)
Reference Method 11 for hydrogen sulfide. The sample shall be drawn from a
point near the centroid of the gas line. The minimum sampling time shall be ten
(10) minutes and the minimum sample volume 0.01 dscm (0.35 dscf) for each
sample. The arithmetic average of two (2) samples shall constitute one (1) run.
Samples shall be taken at approximately one (1) hour intervals.
(2) Reference Method 6 for sulfur dioxide.
Reference Method 1 shall be used for velocity traverses and Reference Method 2
for determining velocity and volumetric flow rate. The sampling site for
determining SO2 concentration by Reference Method 6
shall be the same as for determining the volumetric flow rate by Reference
Method 2. The sampling point in the duct for determining
SO2 concentration by Reference Method 6 shall be at the
centroid of the cross section or at a point no closer to the walls than one (1)
m (thirty-nine (39) inches) if the cross-sectional area is five (5) square
meters or more and the centroid is more than one (1) meter from the wall. The
sample shall be extracted at a rate proportional to the gas velocity at the
sampling point. The minimum sampling time shall be ten (10) minutes and the
minimum sampling volume 0.01 dscm (0.35 dscf) for each sample. The arithmetic
average of two (2) samples shall constitute one (1) run. Three (3) runs will
constitute compliance test. Samples shall be taken at approximately one (1)
hour intervals.
Section
7. Compliance Timetable. Those affected facilities subject to the
standards in this administrative regulation shall achieve compliance with those
standards within eighteen (18) months of June 6, 1979.
(1) Hydrogen sulfide and sulfur dioxide. The
provisions of Sections 3 and 4 of this administrative regulation are applicable
on June 6, 1979 with respect to affected facilities located in counties
classified as Class I with respect to sulfur dioxide. The owner or operator of
an affected facility located in a Class VA county with respect to sulfur
dioxide shall be required to complete the following:
(a) Submit a final control plan for achieving
compliance with Sections 3 and 4 of this administrative regulation no later
than September 1, 1979.
(b) Award
the control system contract no later than October 1, 1979.
(c) Initiate on-site construction or
installation of emission control equipment no later than September 1,
1980.
(d) On-site construction or
installation of emission control equipment shall be completed no later than
December 1, 1980.
(e) Final
compliance shall be achieved no later than February 1, 1981.
(2) Carbon monoxide. The owner or
operator of an affected facility shall be required to complete the following:
(a) Submit a final control plan for achieving
compliance with Section 5 of this administrative regulation no later than
September 1, 1979.
(b) Award the
control system contract no later than October 1, 1979.
(c) Initiate on-site construction or
installation of emission control equipment no later than July 1,
1980.
(d) On-site construction or
installation of emission control equipment shall be completed no later than
October 1, 1980.
(e) Final
compliance shall be achieved no later than December 1, 1980.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY:
KRS
224.10-100