Regulatory Text: 
      NEW MEXICO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT BOARD
        P. O. BOX 26110/1190 ST. FRANCIS DRIVE
               SANTA FE, NM  87502-0110

TITLE 20       ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
CHAPTER 2      AIR QUALITY (STATEWIDE)

PART 30        KRAFT MILLS

(Approved by EPA 09/26/97 (62 FR 50518) at 52.1620(c)(66) effective 11/25/97. Dates in brackets within this Part are State effective dates.)


100. ISSUING AGENCY:  Environmental Improvement Board.       [11-30-95]

101. SCOPE:  All geographic areas within the jurisdiction of the Environmental Improvement Board.  [11-30-95]

102. STATUTORY AUTHORITY:  Environmental Improvement Act, NMSA 1978, Section 74-1-8(A)(4)and (7), and Air Quality Control Act, NMSA 1978, Sections 74-2-1 et seq., including specifically, Section 74-2-5 (A), (B) and (C).  [11-30-95]

103. DURATION:  Permanent.  [11-30-95]

104. EFFECTIVE DATE: November 30, 1995.  [11-30-95]

105. OBJECTIVE:  The objective of this Part is to regulate emissions from kraft mills.  [11-30-95]

106. AMENDMENT AND SUPERSESSION OF PRIOR REGULATIONS:  This Part amends and supersedes Air Quality Control Regulation ("AQCR") 601 - Regulation Governing Emission from Kraft Mills last filed January 27, 1970.  [11-30-95]

     A. All references to AQCR 601 in any other rule shall be construed as a reference to this Part.  [11-30-95]

     B.  The amendment and supersession of AQCR 601 shall not affect any administrative or judicial enforcement action pending on the effective date of such amendment nor the validity of any permit issued pursuant to AQCR 601. [11-30-95]
                                 
107.  DEFINITIONS: In addition to the terms defined in Part 2 - Definitions, as used in this Part:

     A.   "Kraft mill" means any industrial operation which uses for a cooking liquor an alkaline solution containing sulfur compounds in its pulping process.  [11-30-95]

     B.   "Part" means an air quality control regulation under Title 20, Chapter 2 of the New Mexico Administrative Code, unless otherwise noted; as adopted or amended by the Board. [11-30-95]
     
     C.   "Recovery furnace stack" means the stack from which the products of combustion are emitted to the ambient air from the recovery furnace.

108. EMISSIONS LIMITATIONS:

     A.   The owner or operator of a Kraft Mill shall not permit, cause, suffer or allow the daily average emission of Total Reduced Sulfur from a recovery furnace stack to exceed 0.1 pounds of sulfur per ton of equivalent air-dried kraft pulp expressed as H2S on a dry gas basis, or 4.0 pounds of particulate matter per ton of pulp on the same basis.  [11-30-95]

     B.   The owner or operator of a Kraft Mill shall not permit, cause, suffer or allow the daily average emission of particulate matter from lime kilns to exceed one pound per ton of equivalent air-dried kraft pump. [11-30-95]

     C.   The owner or operator of a Kraft Mill shall not permit, cause, suffer or allow the daily average emission of particulate matter from smelt tanks to exceed one-half pound per ton of air-dried kraft pulp.  [11-30-95]

     D.   The owner or operator of a Kraft Mill shall not permit, cause, suffer or allow the daily average emission of Total Reduced Sulfur from any and all operations of a kraft mill to exceed 0.2 pounds per ton of air-dried kraft pulp.  [11-30-95]