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Louisiana SIP: LAC 33:III Ch. 15 Section 1509 - Reduced Sulfur Compounds

Regulatory Text: 
Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 33 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, Part III Air (LAC 33:III)

Chapter 15. Emission Standards for Sulfur Dioxide

Section 1509. Reduced Sulfur Compounds (New and existing sources)
As adopted in the Louisiana Register April 20, 1992 (LR 18:0375) (AQ057)
Approved by EPA July 15, 1993 (58 FR 38060) effective September 13, 1993 (LAc59)

   All refinery process gas streams or any other process gas stream that contains sulfur compounds measured as hydrogen sulfide shall be controlled by flaring or combustion. Units emitting less than 10 tons per year as hydrogen sulfide may be exempted from this Section by the administrative authority unless a more stringent Federal NSPS limitation is applicable.

   AUTHORITY NOTE:  Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:2054.
   HISTORICAL NOTE:  Promulgated by the Department of Environmental Quality, Office of Air Quality and Nuclear Energy, Air Quality Division in LR 13:741 (December 1987), amended by the Office of Air Quality and Radiation Protection, Air Quality Division in LR 18:374 (April 1992).