Virginia Administrative Code
Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT
Agency 5 - STATE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
Chapter 40 - EXISTING STATIONARY SOURCES
Part I - Special Provisions
Section 9VAC5-40-21 - Compliance schedules
Universal Citation: 9 VA Admin Code 5-40-21
Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 3, September 23, 2024
A. The provisions of this section are a supplement to and shall be applied in context with the provisions of 9VAC5-40-20 H 2.
B. Compliance by process and emission control equipment installations.
1. Owners proposing
to comply with an emission standard by the installation and operation of
emission control equipment or replacement process equipment or both shall
adhere to the increments of progress contained in the following schedule:
a. Final plans for the installation and
operation of emission control equipment or process equipment or both shall be
submitted within six months of the effective date of the applicable emission
standard.
b. Contracts for the
installation of emission control equipment or process equipment shall be
awarded, or orders shall be issued for purchase of component parts to
accomplish installation, within 16 months of the effective date of the
applicable emission standard.
c.
Initiation of on-site construction for the installation of the emission control
equipment or process equipment or both shall begin within 22 months of the
effective date of the applicable emission standard.
d. On-site construction or installation of
the emission control equipment or process equipment or both shall be completed
within 30 months of the effective date of the applicable emission
standard.
e. Final compliance,
determined in accordance with test methods acceptable to the board, shall be
achieved within 32 months of the effective date of the applicable emission
standard.
2. Owners of
sources subject to the compliance schedule in subdivision 1 of this subsection
shall certify to the board within five days after deadline for each increment
of progress, whether the required increment of progress has been met.
C. Compliance by process equipment modification.
1. Owners proposing to comply
with an emission standard by the modification of existing processing equipment
shall adhere to the increments of progress contained in the following schedule.
a. Final plans for the process equipment
modification shall be submitted within six months of the effective date of the
applicable emission standard.
b.
Contracts for the process equipment modification shall be awarded, or orders
shall be issued for the purchase of component parts to accomplish the process
equipment modification, within 15 months of the effective date of the
applicable emission standard.
c.
Initiation of on-site construction for the modification of the process
equipment shall begin within 18 months of the effective date of the emission
standard.
d. On-site construction
or installation of process modifications shall be completed within 22 months of
the effective date of the applicable emission standard.
e. Final compliance, determined in accordance
with test methods acceptable to the board, shall be achieved within 24 months
of the effective date of the applicable emission standard.
2. Owners of sources subject to the
compliance schedule in subdivision 1 of the subsection shall certify to the
board within five days after the deadline for each increment of progress,
whether the required increment of progress has been met.
D. Compliance by use of process materials modification.
1. Except as provided under
subdivision D 3 of this section, owners proposing to comply with an emission
standard by the use of new process materials shall adhere to the increments of
progress contained in the following schedule:
a. Final plans for the use of new process
materials shall be submitted within six months of the effective date of the
applicable emission standard.
b.
Research and development of new process materials shall be completed within 18
months of the effective date of the applicable emission standard.
c. Evaluation of new process materials
product quality and commercial acceptance shall be completed within 24 months
of the effective date of the applicable emission standard.
d. Purchase orders shall be issued for new
process materials and process modifications within 26 months of the effective
date of the applicable emission standard.
e. Initiation of process modifications shall
begin within 28 months of the effective date of the applicable emission
standard.
f. Process modifications
shall be completed and use of new process materials shall begin within 34
months of the effective date of the applicable emission standard.
g. Final compliance, determined in accordance
with test methods acceptable to the board, shall be achieved within 36 months
of the effective date of the applicable emission standard.
2. Owners of sources subject to the
compliance schedule in subdivision D 1 of this section shall certify to the
board within five days after the deadline for each increment of progress,
whether the required increment of progress has been met.
3. Where the board determines that the use of
new process materials has been sufficiently researched and developed for a
particular application, owners proposing to comply with an emission standard by
the use of new process materials shall adhere to the increments of progress
contained in the following schedule:
a. Final
plans for the use of new process materials shall be submitted within six months
of the effective date of the applicable emission standard.
b. Evaluation of new process materials
product quality and commercial acceptance shall be completed within 16 months
of the effective date of the applicable emission standard.
c. Purchase orders shall be issued for new
process materials and process modifications within 18 months of the effective
date of the applicable emission standard.
d. Initiation of process modifications shall
begin within 22 months of the effective date of the applicable emission
standard.
e. Process modifications
shall be completed and use of new process materials shall begin within 30
months of the effective date of the applicable emission standard.
f. Final compliance, determined in accordance
with test methods acceptable to the board, shall be achieved within 32 months
of the effective date of the applicable emission standard.
4. Owners of sources subject to the
compliance schedule in subdivision D 3 of this section shall certify to the
board within five days after deadline for each increment of progress, whether
the required increment of progress has been met.
Statutory Authority
§ 10.1-1308 of the Code of Virginia.
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