New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 11 - ALBUQUERQUE - BERNALILLO COUNTY AIR QUALITY CONTROL BOARD
Part 65 - VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
Section 20.11.65.19 - CONTAMINATED SOILS AND GROUNDWATER TREATMENT
Universal Citation: 20 NM Admin Code 20.11.65.19
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. Applicability:
(1) Existing decontamination facilities;
shall comply with the provisions of this subsection no later than June 1,
1991.
(2) New decontamination
facilities; which are authorized by an authority-to-construct permit issued by
the department, shall comply with the provisions of this subsection immediately
upon startup.
B. VOC emission controls required: No person shall strip or extract VOC's from contaminated soils or water or regenerate or reactivate a VOC collecting material used within a pollution control device such that emissions to the ambient air be in excess of Albuquerque - Bernalillo County Air Quality Control Board, Ambient Air Quality Standards.
C. VOC emission controls - exceptions: Site excavation to examine tanks and other underground conditions shall be exempt from this provision. Aeration of wastewater at sewage treatment facilities shall be exempt from this subsection.
D. Testing and reporting:
(1) Emission testing shall be performed by
the operator of the stripper/extracting operation to insure pollution control
device efficiency. Performance testing shall be performed and reported within
30 days from startup and quarterly thereafter throughout the active life of the
project. This provision may be suspended, with the director's approval, upon
receipt of the operator's petition demonstrating emissions have declined to
negligible quantities. Testing shall quantify the emissions of VOC from each
emission point of the pollution control device using EPA Method 25 -
Determination of Total Gaseous Non-methane Organic Emissions as Carbon as
published in 40 CFR 60 Appendix A, or an equivalent method approved by the
director. In addition, testing shall quantify all hazardous air pollutants as
listed in
40 CFR
61.01(a) and (b). This
emissions testing shall be performed by EPA Method 18 - Measurement of Gaseous
Organic Compound Emissions By Gas Chromatography as published in 40 CFR 60
Appendix A or equivalent. After the initial report, the emissions shall be
tested no less frequently than annually to monitor any change in the emissions
of hazardous air pollutants.
(2)
All test reports shall be submitted to the department within 45 days of the
test date.
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