Regulatory Text:
SUBCHAPTER  37.  CONTROL OF EMISSIONS OF ORGANIC MATERIALS
PART  3.  CONTROL OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS

Outline:
252:100-37-15.  Storage of volatile organic compounds
252:100-37-16.  Loading of volatile organic compounds
252:100-37-17.  Effluent water separators
252:100-37-18.  Pumps and compressors


252:100-37-15.  Storage of volatile organic compounds

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

     (a)  No person shall build, sell, or install or permit the building or installation of any new stationary tank, reservoir or other container of more than 40,000 gallons (150,000 liters) capacity which will be used for storage of any organic materials, unless such tank, reservoir or other container is to be a pressure tank capable of maintaining working pressures sufficient at all times to prevent organic vapor or gas loss to the atmosphere or is designed, and will be built and equipped with one of the following vapor-loss control devices:
          (1)  A floating roof, consisting of pontoon type, internal floating cover or double-deck type roof, which will rest on the surface of the liquid contents and be equipped with a closure seal, or seals, to close the space between the roof edge and tank wall.  Such floating roofs are not appropriate control devices if the organic materials have a vapor pressure of 11 pounds per square inch absolute (568 mm Hg) or greater under actual conditions.  All gauging and sampling devices shall be gas-tight except when gauging or sampling is taking place.
          (2)  A vapor-recovery system consisting of a vapor-gathering system capable of collecting 85 percent or more of the uncontrolled organic material that would otherwise be emitted to the atmosphere; and vapor-disposal system capable of processing such organic material so as to prevent their emission to the atmosphere and with all tank gauging and sampling devices gas-tight except when gauging or sampling is taking place.
          (3)  Other equipment or means of equal efficiency for purposes of air pollution control as may be approved by the  Executive Director.

     (b)  No person shall build, sell, or install or permit the building or installation of a new stationary organic material storage tank with a capacity of 400 gallons (1520 liters) or more unless such tank is equipped with a permanent submerged fill pipe or is equipped with an organic material vapor-recovery system as required in 252:100-37-15(a).

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252:100-37-16.  Loading of volatile organic compounds

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

     (a)  Loading facilities with throughput greater than 40,000 gallons/day.
          (1)  No person shall build or install or permit the building or installation of a stationary organic material loading facility having a throughput greater than 40,000 gallons per day from its aggregate loading pipes unless such loading facility is equipped with a vapor-collection and disposal system or bottom loading with closed hatches, properly installed, in good working order and in operation.
          (2)  When loading in a vapor-collection and disposal system is effected through the hatches of a tank truck or trailer with a loading arm equipped with a vapor-collecting adaptor; pneumatic, hydraulic or other mechanical means shall be provided to force a vapor-tight seal between the adaptor and the hatch.
          (3)  A means shall be provided in either system to prevent organic material drainage from the loading device when it is removed from any tank truck or trailer, or to accomplish complete drainage before removal.
          (4)  When loading is effected through means other than hatches, all loading and vapor lines shall be equipped with fittings which make vapor-tight connections and which must be closed when disconnected or which close automatically when disconnected.
          (5)  The vapor-disposal portion of the system shall consist of one of the following:
               (A)  a vapor-liquid absorber system with a minimum recovery efficiency of 90 percent by weight of all the organic material vapors and gases entering such disposal system, or
               (B)  a variable-vapor space tank, compressor, and fuel-gas system of sufficient capacity to receive all organic material vapors and gases displaced from the tank trucks and trailers being loaded.

     (b)  Loading facilities with throughput equal to or less than 40,000 gallons per day.
          (1)  No person shall build or install or permit the building or installation of a stationary organic material loading facility having a throughput of 40,000 gallons (150,000 liters) per day or less from its aggregate loading pipes unless each is equipped with a system for submerged filling of tank trucks or trailers properly installed, in good working order and operating in such a manner that a 97 percent submergence factor is maintained.
          (2)  Paragraph 252:100-37-16(b)(1) apply to any facility which loads organic materials into any tank truck or trailer designed for transporting organic materials and having a capacity in excess of 200 gallons (760 liters).

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252:100-37-17.  Effluent water separators

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

     No person shall build or install or permit the building or installation of a single- or multiple-compartment organic material water separator which receives effluent water containing 200 gallons (760 liters) a day or more or any organic material from any equipment processing, refining, treating, storing or handling organic materials unless the compartment receiving said effluent water is equipped with one of the following vapor-loss control devices, properly installed, in good working order and in operation:
     (1)  A container having all openings sealed and totally enclosing the liquid  contents.  All gauging and sampling devices shall be gas-tight except when gauging or sampling is taking place.  The oil removal devices shall be gas-tight except when manual skimming, inspection and/or repair is in progress;
     (2)  A container equipped with a floating roof, consisting of a pontoon type, double-deck type roof, or internal floating cover, which will rest on the surface of the contents and is equipped with a closure seal, or seals, to close the space between the roof edge and container wall.  All gauging and sampling devices shall be gas-tight except when gauging or sampling is taking place.  The oil removal devices shall be gas-tight except when manual skimming, inspection and/or repair is in progress;
     (3)  A container equipped with a vapor-recovery system, consisting of a vapor-gathering system capable of collecting the organic material vapors and gases discharged and a vapor-disposal system capable of processing such organic material vapors and gases so as to prevent their emission to the atmosphere and with all tank gauging and sampling devices gas-tight except when gauging or sampling is taking place.  The organic material removal devices shall be gas-tight except when manual skimming, inspection and/or repair is in progress; or,
     (4)  Containers equipped with controls of equal efficiency provided such equipment is submitted to and approved by the  Executive Director.

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252:100-37-18.  Pumps and compressors

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

     No person shall build or install or permit the building or installation of any pump or compressor handling organic material compounds unless rotating type pumps and compressors are equipped with mechanical seals or other equipment of equal efficiency; or reciprocating type pumps and compressors are equipped with packing glands properly installed and in good working order such that the emissions from the drain recovery system are limited to two cubic inches of liquid organic material in any 15 minute period at standard conditions per pump or compressor.

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