North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 15A - Environmental Quality
Chapter 02 - ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Subchapter D - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL REQUIREMENTS
Section .0900 - VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
Section 02D .0909 - COMPLIANCE SCHEDULES FOR SOURCES IN OZONE NONATTAINMENT AND MAINTENANCE AREAS
Universal Citation: 15A NC Admin Code 02D .0909
Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) Applicability. This Rule applies to sources located at any facility covered by Paragraphs (f) and (h) of 15A NCAC 02D .0902.
(b) Exceptions. This Rule does not apply to facilities subject to 15A NCAC 02D .0902(e). Facilities subject to 15A NCAC 02D .0902(e) shall comply with the provisions of those Rules rather than the schedule in Paragraphs (c) and (d) of this Rule.
(c) Maintenance area contingency plan. The owner or operator of any source subject to this Rule shall adhere to the following increments of progress and schedules:
(1) If compliance with applicable
rules in this Section is to be achieved by installing emission control
equipment, replacing process equipment, or modifying existing process
equipment:
(A) The owner or operator shall
submit a permit application and a compliance schedule within six months after
the Director notices the implementation of rules in the North Carolina Register
that resolves a violation of the ambient air quality standard for
ozone;
(B) The compliance schedule
shall contain the following increments of progress:
(i) a date by which contracts for the
emission control system and process equipment shall be awarded or orders shall
be issued for purchase of component parts;
(ii) a date by which on-site construction or
installation of the emission control and process equipment shall begin;
and
(iii) a date by which on-site
construction or installation of the emission control and process equipment
shall be completed; and
(C) Final compliance with applicable rules in
this Section shall be achieved within three years after the Director notices
the implementation of rules in the North Carolina Register that resolves a
violation of the ambient air quality standard for ozone.
(2) If compliance with applicable rules in
this Section is to be achieved by using low solvent coating technology:
(A) The owner or operator shall submit a
permit application and a compliance schedule within six months after the
Director notices the implementation of rules in the North Carolina Register
that resolves a violation of the ambient air quality standard for
ozone;
(B) The compliance schedule
shall contain the following increments of progress:
(i) a date by which purchase orders shall be
issued for low solvent coatings and process modifications;
(ii) a date by which process modifications
shall be initiated; and
(iii) a
date by which process modifications shall be completed and use of low solvent
coatings shall begin; and
(C) Final compliance with applicable rules in
this Section shall be achieved within two years after the Director notices the
implementation of rules in the North Carolina Register that resolves a
violation of the ambient air quality standard for ozone.
(3) The owner or operator shall certify to
the Director within five days after each increment deadline of progress defined
in this Paragraph, whether the required increment of progress has been
met.
(d) Moderate nonattainment areas. The owner or operator of any source subject to this Rule shall adhere to the following increments of progress and schedules:
(1) If compliance with applicable rules in
this Section is to be achieved by installing emission control equipment,
replacing process equipment, or modifying existing process equipment:
(A) The owner or operator shall submit a
permit application and a compliance schedule by August 1, 2007;
(B) The compliance schedule shall contain the
following increments of progress:
(i) a date
by which contracts for the emission control system and process equipment shall
be awarded or orders shall be issued for purchase of component parts;
(ii) a date by which on-site construction or
installation of the emission control and process equipment shall begin;
and
(iii) a date by which on-site
construction or installation of the emission control and process equipment
shall be completed; and
(C) For facilities with potential to emit 100
tons or more of volatile organic compounds per year, final compliance with
applicable rules in this Section shall be achieved no later than April 1,
2009.
(D) For facilities with
potential to emit less than 100 tons of volatile organic compounds per year,
final compliance with applicable rules in this Section shall be achieved no
later than May 1, 2016.
(2) If compliance with applicable rules in
this Section is to be achieved by using low solvent coating technology:
(A) The owner or operator shall submit a
permit application and a compliance schedule by August 1, 2007;
(B) The compliance schedule shall contain the
following increments of progress:
(i) a date
by which purchase orders shall be issued for low solvent coatings and process
modifications;
(ii) a date by which
process modifications shall be initiated; and
(iii) a date by which process modifications
shall be completed and use of low solvent coatings shall begin; and
(C) Final compliance with
applicable rules in this Section shall be achieved no later than April 1,
2009;
(D) For facilities with
potential to emit less than 100 tons of volatile organic compounds per year,
final compliance with applicable rules in this Section shall be achieved no
later than May 1, 2015.
(3) The owner or operator shall certify to
the Director within five days after the deadline, for each increment of
progress defined in this Paragraph, whether the required increment of progress
has been met.
(e) If the Director requires a test in accordance with 15A NCAC 02D .2600 to demonstrate that compliance has been achieved, the owner or operator of sources subject to this Rule shall conduct a test and submit a final test report within six months after the stated date of final compliance.
(f) Sources already in compliance.
(1) Maintenance area contingency plan.
Paragraph (c) of this Rule shall not apply to any source subject to this Rule
that is in compliance with applicable rules of this Section when the Director
notices the implementation of rules in the North Carolina Register that
resolves a violation of the ambient air quality standard for ozone and that
have determined and certified compliance by the Director within six months
after the Director notices the implementation of rules in the North Carolina
Register that resolves a violation of the ambient air quality standard for
ozone.
(2) Moderate nonattainment
areas. Paragraph (d) of this Rule does not apply to sources subject to this
Rule if they are in compliance with applicable rules of this Section on March
1, 2007.
(g) New sources.
(1) Maintenance area contingency
plan. The owner or operator of any source subject to this Rule not in existence
or under construction before the date that the Director notices in the North
Carolina Register pursuant to
15A NCAC
02D .0902(h) the
implementation of rules that resolves a violation of the ambient air quality
standard for ozone shall comply with all applicable rules in this Section upon
start-up of the source.
(2)
Moderate nonattainment areas. The owner or operator of any new source subject
to this Rule not in existence or under construction before March 1, 2007 in an
area identified in
15A NCAC
02D .0902(f) shall comply
with all applicable rules in this Section upon start-up of the
source.
Authority
G.S.
143-215.3(a)(1);
143-215.107(a)(5);
Eff. July 1, 1979;
Amended Eff. May 1, 2013; September 1, 2010;
January 1, 2009; July 1, 2007; March 1, 2007; July 1, 2000; April 1, 1997; July
1, 1995; July 1, 1994; July 1, 1988; January 1, 1985;
Readopted
Eff. November 1, 2020.
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