Texas Administrative Code
Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Chapter 115 - CONTROL OF AIR POLLUTION FROM VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
Subchapter F - MISCELLANEOUS INDUSTRIAL SOURCES
Division 2 - PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURING FACILITIES
Section 115.531 - Emission Specifications
Universal Citation: 30 TX Admin Code § 115.531
Current through Reg. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025
(a) For the Beaumont/Port Arthur, Dallas/Fort Worth, El Paso, and Houston/Galveston areas as defined in § 115.10 of this title (relating to Definitions), the owner or operator of a synthesized pharmaceutical manufacturing facility shall satisfy the following emission specifications.
(1) Reactors, distillation units, crystallizers, centrifuges, and vacuum dryers. The emission of volatile organic compounds (VOC) from these sources shall be controlled by means of surface condensers from which the condenser outlet gas temperature must not exceed the following.
(2) Air dryers and exhaust systems. VOC emissions from all air dryers and production equipment exhaust systems shall be reduced to not more than 33 lb/day (15 kg/day) or controlled in accordance with §
115.532(a)(4) of this title (relating to Control Requirements).
(3) Loading facilities. VOC emissions from truck or railcar deliveries to storage tanks at loading facilities shall be controlled in accordance with §
115.532(a)(4) of this title (relating to Control Requirements).
(b) For Gregg, Nueces, and Victoria Counties, the owner or operator of a synthesized pharmaceutical manufacturing facility shall satisfy the following emission specifications.
(1) Reactors, distillation units, crystallizers, centrifuges, and vacuum dryers. The emission of VOC from these sources shall be controlled by means of surface condensers from which the condenser outlet gas temperature must not exceed the following.
(2) Air dryers and exhaust systems. VOC emissions from all air dryers and production equipment exhaust systems shall be reduced to not more than 33 lb/day (15 kg/day) or controlled in accordance with 115.532(b)(4) of this title (relating to Control Requirements).
(3) Loading facilities. VOC emissions from truck or railcar deliveries to storage tanks at loading facilities shall be controlled in accordance with 115.532(b)(4) of this title (relating to be Control Requirements).
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