Code of Maine Rules
06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL
Chapter 134 - REASONABLY AVAILABLE CONTROL TECHNOLOGY FOR FACILITIES THAT EMIT VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (VOC-RACT)
Section 096-134-3 - VOC RACT Requirements
Universal Citation: 06 ME Code Rules ยง 096-134-3
Current through 2024-38, September 18, 2024
Unless exempted from these standards pursuant to Section 1(A)(2) of this Chapter, the owner or operator of any facility subject to this Chapter that emits or has the potential to emit forty (40) tons or more per calendar year of VOC must comply with one of the four VOC emission standards options and to the requirements of Section 3(B) VOC Emission Reduction Plan.
A. VOC Emission Standards Options
(1) Option A: VOC
Capture and Control Systems.The owner or operator must install and operate a
system to capture and control VOC emissions such that the total VOC emissions
do not exceed, on a daily basis, fifteen (15) % of the uncontrolled daily VOC
emissions.
(2) Option B: VOC
Emission Reduction Program. The owner or operator must implement a program to
reduce VOC use and VOC emissions such that total VOC emissions do not exceed,
on a daily basis, twenty (20)% of the total daily VOC emissions in calendar
year 1990, calculated on either a mass of VOC per mass of solids applied basis
if the VOC-emitting equipment or processes apply surface coating, or a mass of
VOC per unit of production basis. If a facility was not in operation in 1990,
the owner or operator must use the total VOC emissions in the next calendar
year following 1990 in which the facility was in operation.
(3) Option C: VOC Alternative Reduction
Program (Source Specific RACT Determination).The owner or operator must submit
to the Department within two (2) months from the applicable effective date of
this Chapter, written notification that Alternative RACT options will be
studied to examine the technical and economical feasibility of control device
equipment and pollution prevention options capable of achieving VOC reductions
equivalent to or greater than a VOC reduction achieved by Section 3(A)(1)
Option A or 3(A)(2) Option B of this Chapter and must implement a program
pursuant to Section 3(B)(3).
(4)
Option D: RACT Control for Pulp and Paper Processes. The owner or operator of
the following pulp and paper processes shall submit written notification that
RACT for the applicable processes is in place by May 31, 1995, as required by
Section (B)(4) of this Chapter. RACT for the following sources, is as
specified:
(a) bleach plant emissions shall
be controlled as required by Chapter 122.
(b) waste water treatment plant air emissions
shall be controlled through the operation of a waste water treatment system as
required by effluent discharge license restrictions issued persuant to each
facility's National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) discharge
permit.
(c) pulp stock washer
system and pulp liquor storage tanks emissions shall be controlled in
accordance with Best Practicable Treatment (BPT) pursuant to Chapters 115 or
through a wet scrubber at sulfite mills.
(d) digester system emissions, multiple
evaporator systems, condensate stripper systems, smelt tanks and lime kilns
shall be controlled through incineration or wet scrubber systems in accordance
with BPT pursuant to Chapter 124 or through a wet scrubber at sulfite
mills.
(e) MgO recovery boilers at
sulfite mills shall be controlled through a three-stage venturi scrubber
system.
B. VOC Emission Reduction Plan
(1)
Option A Plan Requirements (Capture and Control System). The owner or operator
of any facility subject to Section 3(A)(1) Option A of this Chapter must submit
to the Department, no later than six (6) months from the applicable effective
date of this Chapter for the sources originally subject to this rule, and no
later than two (2) months for sources subject to this Chapter as a result of
the 1995 amendment; a VOC emission reduction plan that includes the following:
(a) A complete application form.
(b) An inventory including identification of
all VOC-emitting equipment or processes at the facility, including equipment
exempted under Section 1(C) of this Chapter;
(c) The maximum potential to emit VOC for
each identified VOC-emitting equipment or process not exempted under Section
1(C) of this Chapter;
(d) The
amount of VOC emitted each day from each identified VOC-emitting equipment or
process at the facility not exempted under Section 1(C) of this Chapter, based
on actual daily totals or calculated as a daily average based on annual
consumption and production rates;
(e) A description of the system to capture
and control VOC emissions;
(f)
Testing procedures, monitoring procedures, and recordkeeping and reporting
procedures to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Department and EPA
compliance with this Chapter; and
(g) A schedule for implementation of the
system to capture and control VOC emissions which extends no later than May 31,
1995, including a demonstration of compliance.
(2) Option B Plan Requirements (Emission
Reduction Program) The owner or operator of any facility subject to Section
3(A)(2) Option B, of this Chapter must submit to the Department, no later than
six (6) months from the applicable effective date of this Chapter for the
sources originally subject to this rule, and no later than two (2) months from
the applicable effective date for sources subject to this Chapter as a result
of the 1995 amendment; a VOC emission reduction plan that includes items (a),
(b), (c), (d), and (f), in Section 3(B)(1) of this Chapter, and the following:
(a) A calculation of the average amount of
VOC emitted to the atmosphere each day in which the VOC-emitting equipment or
process operated in calendar year 1990 stated in terms of either the mass of
VOC emitted per mass of solids applied basis, or the mass of VOC emitted per
unit of production basis. If a facility was not in operation in 1990, the
calculation should be based on the next calendar year following 1990 in which
the facility was in operation.
(b)
A calculation of the average amount of VOC anticipated to be emitted to the
atmosphere each day on which the VOC-emitting equipment or process operates
upon implementation of the VOC emission reduction plan, stated in terms of
either the mass of VOC emitted per mass of solids applied basis, or the mass of
VOC emitted per unit of production basis;
(c) A schedule for implementation which
extends no later than May 31, 1995, including a demonstration of
compliance.
(3) Option C
Plan Requirements (Alternative Feasibility Study) The owner or operator of any
facility subject to Section 3(A)(3) Option C, of this Chapter must:
(a) Submit to the Department for approval, no
later than six (6) months from the applicable effective date of this Chapter
for the sources originally subject to this rule, and no later than two (2)
months from the applicable effective date for sources subject to this Chapter
as a result of the 1995 amendment; a report detailing various options for the
reduction of VOC emissions to the atmosphere. Each report must include at a
minimum items (a), (b), (c), and (d), contained in Section 3(B)(1) of this
Chapter and the following:
(i) An examination
of the technical and economic feasibility of available add-on VOC control
device equipment and an examination of the technical and economic feasibility
of changing to low VOC emitting processes (i.e. pollution prevention options)
for all VOC emitting equipment;
(ii) In the case of VOC emitting equipment
which is also subject to a future MACT (Maximum Achievable Control Technology)
compliance deadline pursuant to Section 112 of the Clean Air Act, a facility
may annualize controls for that piece of equipment over the period of time
between May 31, 1995 and the MACT compliance date, to the extent that it is
shown that the controls installed to meet the May 31, 1995 RACT deadline have
no usefulness in meeting MACT requirements.
(iii) The control or pollution prevention
option selected, stating emission limits, and test methods to demonstrate
compliance;
(iv) The amount of VOC
that is proposed to be reduced from each affected VOC-emitting equipment or
process identified in Section 3(B)(1)(b) of this Chapter;
(v) A schedule for implementation which
extends no longer than May 31, 1995, including a demonstration of
compliance;
(vi) A means of
assessing continuous compliance, including test methods, monitoring devices,
recordkeeping and reporting requirements;
(b) Submit to the Department other
information that is deemed by the Department to be required to determine RACT
within thirty (30) days of receipt of such request, unless otherwise provided
by the Department.
(c) Complete
installation of process and/or control equipment or implementation of the VOC
reduction plan as required by the Department Order issued under Section 5.
(d) In no case shall the complete
implementation of RACT be delayed beyond May 31, 1995.
(e) Within six (6) months of receipt of
written notification from the Department of an owner's or operator's failure to
submit all information required in Section 3(B)(3), the provisions of Section
3(A)(1) or 3(A)(2) shall apply.
(4) Option D Plan Requirements (RACT Control
for Pulp and Paper Processes)The owner or operator of any facility subject to
Section 3(A)(4) Option D, of this Chapter must submit to the Department, by May
31, 1995, a written notification that the applicable processes are meeting
RACT.
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