Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 167 - Pollution Control Agency
Chapter 7011 - STANDARDS FOR STATIONARY SOURCES
NITRIC ACID PLANTS
Part 7011.1705 - STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE FOR EXISTING NITRIC ACID PRODUCTION UNITS

Universal Citation: MN Rules 7011.1705
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 13, September 23, 2024

Prior to July 1, 1977, no owner or operator of an existing nitric acid production unit shall cause to be discharged into the atmosphere from any nitric acid production unit any gases which contain nitrogen oxides, expressed as NO2, in excess of 50 pounds per ton of acid produced (25 kg per metric ton), the production being expressed as 100 percent nitric acid.

After July 1, 1977, no owner or operator of an existing nitric acid production unit shall cause to be discharged into the atmosphere from any nitric acid production unit any gases which contain nitrogen oxides, expressed as NO2, in excess of 40 pounds per ton of acid produced (20 kg per metric ton), the production being expressed as 100 percent nitric acid.

No owner or operator of an existing nitric acid production unit shall cause to be discharged into the atmosphere from any nitric acid production unit any gases which exhibit greater than ten percent opacity.

For the purposes of this part, "existing nitric acid production unit" means a nitric acid production unit on which construction, modification, or reconstruction did not commence after August 17, 1971.

Statutory Authority: MS s 116.07

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