Regulatory Text:
SUBCHAPTER 27.  PARTICULATE MATTER EMISSIONS FROM INDUSTRIAL AND OTHER PROCESSES AND OPERATIONS

(As approved by EPA 11/03/1999 (64 FR 59629) at 52.1920(c)(48) effective 01/03/2000.)

Outline
252:100-27-1.  Purpose
252:100-27-2.  Process emission limitations
252:100-27-3.  Exception to emission limits
252:100-27-4.  Sampling and testing
252:100-27-5.  Allowable rate of emission


252:100-27-1.  Purpose

     The purpose of this Subchapter is to control the emission of particulate matter from any operation, process or activity except fuel-burning equipment or refuse-burning equipment.

252:100-27-2.  Process emission limitations

     (a)  Existing installations.  Eighteen (18) months from and after the effective date of this Subchapter all existing installations must comply with the rates of emissions as specified in 252:100-27-5.

     (b)  New installations.  From and after the effective date of this Subchapter, all new installations must comply with the rates of emission as specified in 252:100-27-5.

     (c)  General provision.  No person shall cause, let, permit, suffer, or allow the emission from any general operation or general combustion operation of particulate matter from any emission point at a rate in excess of that specified in 252:100-27-5 for the process weight rate allocated to such emission point.

252:100-27-3.  Exception to emission limits

     Emission of particulate matter during periods of cleaning or adjusting process equipment shall not exceed 150 percent of the limits as set forth in the 252:100-27-2 for a period or periods aggregating not more than six (6) minutes in any sixty (60) consecutive minutes.  In those operations utilizing control devices which require regular intermittent cleaning, compliance with this Subchapter will be determined on the basis of the average hourly emission.

252:100-27-4.  Sampling and testing

     (a)  Testing.  A person responsible for the emission of particulates from any source shall, upon written request of the Director, make or have made at his own expense, tests to determine the quantity or quality or both.  Alternatively, said person shall be reasonably cooperative with the Director in securing such tests.

     (b)  Methods.  Emission tests relating to this Subchapter shall be undertaken by generally recognized standards or methods of measurements.  Methods found in the current ASME Test Code for Dust Separating Apparatus, the ASME Power Test Code, the Code for Determining Dust Concentrations in Gas Streams and the Los Angeles County Source Testing Manual may be used, but these may be modified or adjusted by the Director, in cooperation with the operator of the source, to suit specific sampling conditions or needs based upon good judgment and experience.  Other methods found to produce reliable results and approved by the Director may be used.

     (c)  Monitoring.  All tests shall be conducted, supervised or approved by a registered professional engineer.

252:100-27-5.  Allowable rate of emission

     Allowable rate of emissions based on actual process weight rate shall be as tabulated in Appendix G of this Chapter.