Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Part V - Hazardous Wastes and Hazardous Materials
Subpart 1 - Department of Environmental Quality-Hazardous Waste
Chapter 17 - Air Emission Standards
Subchapter B - Equipment Leaks
Section V-1735 - Standards: Closed-Vent Systems and Control Devices

1. The owner or operator of an existing facility who cannot install a closed-vent system and control device to comply with the provisions of this Subchapter on the effective date that the facility becomes subject to the provisions of this Subchapter must prepare an implementation schedule that includes dates by which the closed-vent system and control device will be installed and in operation. The controls must be installed as soon as possible, but the implementation schedule may allow up to 30 months after the effective date that the facility becomes subject to this Subchapter for installation and start-up.

2. Any unit that begins operation after December 21, 1990, and is subject to the provisions of this Subchapter when operation begins, must comply with the rules immediately (i.e., must have control devices installed and operating on start-up of the affected unit); the 30-month implementation schedule does not apply.

3. The owner or operator of any facility in existence on the effective date of an EPA regulatory amendment that renders the facility subject to this Subchapter shall comply with all requirements of this Subchapter as soon as practicable, but no later than 30 months after the regulation's effective date. When control equipment required by this Subchapter can not be installed and begin operation by the effective date of the amendment, the facility owner or operator shall prepare an implementation schedule that includes the following information: specific calendar dates for award or contracts or issuance of purchase orders for the control equipment; initiation of on-site installation of the control equipment; completion of the control equipment installation; and performance of any testing to demonstrate that the installed equipment meets the applicable standards of this Subchapter. The owner or operator shall enter the implementation schedule in the operating record or in a permanent, readily available file located at the facility.

4. Owners and operators of facilities and units that become newly subject to the requirements of this Subchapter after December 8, 1997, due to an action other than those described in Paragraph B.3 of this Section must comply with all applicable requirements immediately (i.e., must have control devices installed and operating on the date the facility or unit becomes subject to this Subchapter; the 30-month implementation schedule does not apply).