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Texas SIP: 30 TAC 115.010. Definitions; SIP effective 02/20/2001 TXd14

Regulatory Text: 
Chapter 115.  Control of Air Pollution from Volatile Organic Compounds.

SUBCHAPTER A: DEFINITIONS

§115.10.  Definitions. 
As adopted by TNRCC June 30, 1999, effective July 21, 1999.
Approved by EPA December 20, 2000 (65 FR 79745) effective February 20, 2001 (TXd14)


Unless specifically defined in the Texas Clean Air Act (TCAA) or in the rules of the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (commission), the terms used by the commission have the meanings commonly ascribed to them in the field of air pollution control.  In addition to the terms which are defined by the TCAA, the following terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.  Additional definitions for terms used in this chapter are found in §101.1 of this title (relating to Definitions) and §3.2 of this title (relating to Definitions).

     (1)  Bakery oven - An oven for baking bread or any other yeast-leavened products.

     (2)  Beaumont/Port Arthur area - Hardin, Jefferson, and Orange Counties.

     (3)  Capture efficiency - The amount of volatile organic compounds (VOC) collected by a capture system which is expressed as a percentage derived from the weight per unit time of VOC entering a capture system and delivered to a control device divided by the weight per unit time of total VOC generated by a source of VOC.

     (4)  Carbon adsorption system - A carbon adsorber with an inlet and outlet for exhaust gases and a system to regenerate the saturated adsorbent.

     (5)  Component - A piece of equipment, including, but not limited to pumps, valves, compressors, and pressure relief valves, which has the potential to leak VOC.

     (6)  Continuous monitoring - Any monitoring device used to comply with a continuous monitoring requirement of this chapter will be considered continuous if it can be demonstrated that at least 95% of the required data is captured.

     (7)  Covered attainment counties - Anderson, Angelina, Aransas, Atascosa, Austin, Bastrop, Bee, Bell, Bexar, Bosque, Bowie, Brazos, Burleson, Caldwell, Calhoun, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Colorado, Comal, Cooke, Coryell, De Witt, Delta, Ellis, Falls, Fannin, Fayette, Franklin, Freestone, Goliad, Gonzales, Grayson, Gregg, Grimes, Guadalupe, Harrison, Hays, Henderson, Hill, Hood, Hopkins, Houston, Hunt, Jackson, Jasper, Johnson, Karnes, Kaufman, Lamar, Lavaca, Lee, Leon, Limestone, Live Oak, Madison, Marion, Matagorda, McLennan, Milam, Morris, Nacogdoches, Navarro, Newton, Nueces, Panola, Parker, Polk, Rains, Red River, Refugio, Robertson, Rockwall, Rusk, Sabine, San Jacinto, San Patricio, San Augustine, Shelby, Smith, Somervell, Titus, Travis, Trinity, Tyler, Upshur, Van Zandt, Victoria, Walker, Washington, Wharton, Williamson, Wilson, Wise, and Wood Counties.

     (8)  Dallas/Fort Worth area - Collin, Dallas, Denton, and Tarrant Counties.

     (9)  El Paso area - El Paso County.

     (10)  External floating roof - A cover or roof in an open-top tank which rests upon or is floated upon the liquid being contained and is equipped with a single or double seal to close the space between the roof edge and tank shell.  A double seal consists of two complete and separate closure seals, one above the other, containing an enclosed space between them.  An external floating roof storage tank which is equipped with a self-supporting fixed roof (typically a bolted aluminum geodesic dome) shall be considered to be an internal floating roof storage tank.

     (11)  Flare - An open combustor without enclosure or shroud which is used as a control device.

     (12)  Flexographic printing process - A method of printing in which the image areas are raised above the non-image areas, and the image carrier is made of an elastomeric material.

     (13)  Fugitive emission - Any VOC entering the atmosphere which could not reasonably pass through a stack, chimney, vent, or other functionally equivalent opening designed to direct or control its flow.

     (14)  Gasoline bulk plant - A gasoline loading and/or unloading facility, excluding marine terminals, having a gasoline throughput less than 20,000 gallons (75,708 liters) per day, averaged over each consecutive 30-day period.  A motor vehicle fuel dispensing facility is not a gasoline bulk plant.

     (15)  Gasoline terminal - A gasoline loading and/or unloading facility, excluding marine terminals, having a gasoline throughput equal to or greater than 20,000 gallons (75,708 liters) per day, averaged over each consecutive 30-day period.

     (16)  Houston/Galveston area - Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, and Waller Counties.

     (17)  Independent small business marketer of gasoline - A person engaged in the marketing of gasoline who owns the dispensing equipment at a motor vehicle fuel dispensing facility and receives at least 50% of his annual income from the marketing of gasoline.  A person is not an independent small business marketer of gasoline if such person:
          (A)  is a refiner; or
          (B)  controls (i.e., owns more than 50% of a business or corporation's stock), is controlled by, or is under common control with, a refiner; or
          (C)  is otherwise directly or indirectly affiliated with a refiner or with a person who controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with a refiner (unless the sole affiliation is by means of a supply contract or an agreement or contract to use a trademark, trade name, service mark, or other identifying symbol or name owned by such refiner or any such person).

     (18)  Internal floating cover - A cover or floating roof in a fixed roof tank which rests upon or is floated upon the liquid being contained, and is equipped with a closure seal or seals to close the space between the cover edge and tank shell.  An external floating roof storage tank which is equipped with a self-supporting fixed roof (typically a bolted aluminum geodesic dome) shall be considered to be an internal floating roof storage tank.

     (19)  Leak-free marine vessel - A marine vessel whose cargo tank closures (hatch covers, expansion domes, ullage openings, butterworth covers and gauging covers) were inspected prior to cargo transfer operations and all such closures were properly secured such that no leaks of liquid or vapors can be detected by sight, sound, or smell.  Cargo tank closures shall meet the applicable rules or regulations of the marine vessel's classification society or flag state.  Cargo tank pressure/vacuum valves shall be operating within the range specified by the marine vessel's classification society or flag state and seated when tank pressure is less than 80% of set point pressure such that no vapor leaks can be detected by sight, sound, or smell.  As an alternative, a marine vessel operated at negative pressure is assumed to be leak-free for the purpose of this standard.

     (20)  Marine loading facility - The loading arm(s), pumps, meters, shutoff valves, relief valves, and other piping and valves that are part of a single system used to fill a marine vessel at a single geographic site.  Loading equipment that is physically separate (i.e., does not share common piping, valves, and other loading equipment) is considered to be a separate marine loading facility.

     (21)  Marine loading operation - The transfer of oil, gasoline, or other volatile organic liquids at any affected marine terminal, beginning with the connections made to a marine vessel and ending with the disconnection from the marine vessel.

     (22)  Marine terminal - Any marine facility or structure constructed to load oil, gasoline, or other volatile organic liquid bulk cargo into a marine vessel.  A marine terminal consists of one or more marine loading facilities.

     (23)  Natural gas/gasoline processing - A process that extracts condensate from gases obtained from natural gas production and/or fractionates natural gas liquids into component products, such as ethane, propane, butane, and natural gasoline.  The following facilities shall be included in this definition if, and only if, located on the same property as a natural gas/gasoline processing operation defined above:  compressor stations, dehydration units, sweetening units, field treatment, underground storage, liquified natural gas units, and field gas gathering systems.

     (24)  Owner or operator of a motor vehicle fuel dispensing facility (as used in §§115.241-115.249 of this title (relating to Control of Vehicle Refueling Emissions (Stage II) at Motor Vehicle Fuel Dispensing Facilities)) - Any person who owns, leases, operates, or controls the motor vehicle fuel dispensing facility.

     (25)  Packaging rotogravure printing - Any rotogravure printing upon paper, paper board, metal foil, plastic film, or any other substrate which is, in subsequent operations, formed into packaging products or labels.

     (26)  Petroleum refinery - Any facility engaged in producing gasoline, kerosene, distillate fuel oils, residual fuel oils, lubricants, or other products through distillation of crude oil, or through the redistillation, cracking, extraction, reforming, or other processing of unfinished petroleum derivatives.

     (27)  Polymer and resin manufacturing process - A process that produces any of the following polymers or resins:  polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, and styrenebutadiene latex.

     (28)  Printing line - An operation consisting of a series of one or more printing processes and including associated drying areas.

     (29)  Publication rotogravure printing - Any rotogravure printing upon paper which is subsequently formed into books, magazines, catalogues, brochures, directories, newspaper supplements, or other types of printed materials.

     (30)  Rotogravure printing - The application of words, designs, and/or pictures to any substrate by means of a roll printing technique which involves a recessed image area.  The recessed area is loaded with ink and pressed directly to the substrate for image transfer.

     (31)  Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry (SOCMI) batch distillation operation - A SOCMI noncontinuous distillation operation in which a discrete quantity or batch of liquid feed is charged into a distillation unit and distilled at one time.  After the initial charging of the liquid feed, no additional liquid is added during the distillation operation.

     (32)  Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry (SOCMI) batch process - Any SOCMI noncontinuous reactor process which is not characterized by steady-state conditions, and in which reactants are not added and products are not removed simultaneously.

     (33)  Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry (SOCMI) distillation operation - A SOCMI operation separating one or more feed stream(s) into two or more exit streams, each exit stream having component concentrations different from those in the feed stream(s).  The separation is achieved by the redistribution of the components between the liquid and vapor-phase as they approach equilibrium within the distillation unit.

     (34)  Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry (SOCMI) distillation unit - A SOCMI device or vessel in which distillation operations occur, including all associated internals (including, but not limited to, trays and packing), accessories (including, but not limited to, reboilers, condensers, vacuum pumps, and steam jets), and recovery devices (such as absorbers, carbon adsorbers, and condensers) which are capable of, and used for, recovering chemicals for use, reuse, or sale.

     (35)  Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry (SOCMI) reactor process - A SOCMI unit operation in which one or more chemicals, or reactants other than air, are combined or decomposed in such a way, that their molecular structures are altered and one or more new organic compounds are formed.

     (36)  Synthetic organic chemical manufacturing process - A process that produces, as intermediates or final products, one or more of the chemicals listed in Table I of this section.

     (37)  Tank-truck tank - Any storage tank having a capacity greater than 1,000 gallons, mounted on a tank-truck or trailer.  Vacuum trucks used exclusively for maintenance and spill response are not considered to be tank-truck tanks.

     (38)  Transport vessel - Any land-based mode of transportation (truck or rail) that is equipped with a storage tank having a capacity greater than 1,000 gallons which is used primarily to transport oil, gasoline, or other volatile organic liquid bulk cargo.  Vacuum trucks used exclusively for maintenance and spill response are not considered to be transport vessels.

     (39)  True partial pressure - The absolute aggregate partial pressure (psia) of all VOC in a gas stream.

     (40)  Vapor balance system - A system which provides for containment of hydrocarbon vapors by returning displaced vapors from the receiving vessel back to the originating vessel.

     (41)  Vapor combustor - A partially enclosed combustion device, where the combustion flame may be partially visible, but at no time does the device operate with a fully visible flame.  A vapor combustor is used to destroy VOCs to the destruction requirements defined in the applicable emission specifications and control requirements sections of this chapter by smokeless combustion without extracting energy in the form of process heat or steam.  Auxiliary fuel and/or a flame air control damping system, which can operate at all times to control the air/fuel mixture to the combustor's flame zone, may be required to ensure smokeless combustion during operation.

     (42)  Vapor control system - Any control system which utilizes vapor collection equipment to route VOC to a control device that reduces VOC emissions.

     (43)  Vapor recovery system - Any control system which utilizes vapor collection equipment to route VOC to a control device that reduces VOC emissions.

     (44)  Vapor-tight - Not capable of allowing the passage of gases at the pressures encountered except where other acceptable leak-tight conditions are prescribed in the Regulations.

     (45)  Waxy, high pour point crude oil - A crude oil with a pour point of 50 degrees Fahrenheit (10 degrees Celsius) or higher as determined by the American Society for Testing and Materials Standard D97-66, "Test for Pour Point of Petroleum Oils."


77A       TABLE I. SYNTHETIC ORGANIC CHEMICALS

As adopted by the Texas Air Control Board December 8, 1989, effective  February 19, 1990 (5-37).
Approved by EPA September 24, 1992 (57 FR 44126), effective October 26, 1992, at 52.2270(c)(77)(i)(A) [TXc77A].

OCPDB
No.*     Chemical

  20       Acetal
  30       Acetaldehyde
  40       Acetaldol
  50       Acetamide
  65       Acetanilide
  70       Acetic acid
  80       Acetic anhydride
  90       Acetone
 100       Acetone cyanohydrin
 110       Acetonitrile
 120       Acetophenone
 125       Acetyl chloride
 130       Acetylene
 140       Acrolein
 150       Acrylamide
 160       Acrylic acid and esters
 170       Acrylonitrile
 180       Adipic acid
 185       Adiponitrile
 190       Alkyl naphthalenes
 200       Allyl alcohol
 210       Allyl chloride
 220       Aminobenzoic acid
 230       Aminoethylethanolamine
 235       p-Aminophenol
 240       Amyl acetates
 250       Amyl alcohols
 260       Amyl amine
 270       Amyl chloride
 280       Amyl mercaptans
 290       Amyl phenol
 300       Aniline
 310       Aniline hydrochloride
 320       Anisidine
 330       Anisole
 340       Anthranilic acid
 350       Anthraquinone
 360       Benzaldehyde
 370       Benzamide
 380       Benzene
 390       Benzenedisulfonic acid
 400       Benzenesulfonic acid
 410       Benzil
 420       Benzilic acid
 430       Benzoic acid
 440       Benzoin
 450       Benzonitrile
 460       Benzophenone
 480       Benzotrichloride
 490       Benzoyl chloride
 500       Benzyl alcohol
 510       Benzyl amine
 520       Benzyl benzoate
 530       Benzyl chloride
 540       Benzyl dichloride
 550       Biphenyl
 560       Bisphenol A
 570       Bromobenzene
 580       Bromonaphthalene
 590       Butadiene
 592       1-butene
 600       n-butyl acetate
 630       n-butyl acrylate
 640       n-butyl alcohol
 650       s-butyl alcohol
 660       t-butyl alcohol
 670       n-butylamine
 680       s-butylamine
 690       t-butylamine
 700       p-tert-butyl benzoic acid
 710       1,3-butylene glycol
 750       n-butyraldehyde
 760       Butyric acid
 770       Butyric anhydride
 780       Butyronitrile
 785       Caprolactam
 790       Carbon disulfide
 800       Carbon tetrabromide
 810       Carbon tetrachloride
 820       Cellulose acetate
 840       Chloroacetic acid
 850       m-chloroaniline
 860       o-chloroaniline
 870       p-chloroaniline
 880       Chlorobenzaldehyde
 890       Chlorobenzene
 900       Chlorobenzoic acid
 905       Chlorobenzotrichloride
 910       Chlorobenzoyl chloride
 920       Chlorodifluoroethane
 921       Chlorodifluoromethane
 930       Chloroform
 940       Chloronapthalene
 950       o-chloronitrobenzene
 951       p-chloronitrobenzene
 960       Chlorophenols
 964       Chloroprene
 965       Chlorosulfonic acid
 970       m-chlorotoluene
 980       o-chlorotoluene
 990       p-chlorotoluene
 992       Chlorotrifluoromethane
1000       m-cresol
1010       o-cresol
1020       p-cresol
1021       Mixed cresols
1030       Cresylic acid
1040       Crotonaldehyde
1050       Crotonic acid
1060       Cumene
1070       Cumene hydroperoxide
1080       Cyanoacetic acid
1090       Cyanogen chloride
1100       Cyanuric acid
1110       Cyanuric chloride
1120       Cyclohexane
1130       Cyclohexanol
1140       Cyclohexanone
1150       Cyclohexene
1160       Cyclohexylamine
1170       Cyclooctadiene
1180       Decanol
1190       Diacetone alcohol
1200       Diaminobenzoic acid
1210       Dichloroaniline
1215       m-dichlorobenzene
1216       o-dichlorobenzene
1220       p-dichlorobenzene
1221       Dichlorodifluoromethane
1240       Dichloroethyl ether
1244       1,2-dichloroethane (EDC)
1250       Dichlorohydrin
1270       Dichloropropene
1280       Dicyclohexylamine
1290       Diethylamine
1300       Diethylene glycol
1304       Diethylene glycol diethyl ether
1305       Diethylene glycol dimethyl ether
1310       Diethylene glycol monobutyl ether
1320       Diethylene glycol monobutyl ether acetate
1330       Diethylene glycol monoethyl ether
1340       Diethylene glycol monoethyl ether acetate
1360       Diethylene glycol monomethyl ether
1420       Diethyl sulfate
1430       Difluoroethane
1440       Diisobutylene
1442       Diisodecyl phthalate
1444       Diisooctyl phthalate
1450       Dikethene
1460       Dimethylamine
1470       N,N-dimethylaniline
1480       N,N-dimethyl ether
1490       N,N-dimethylformamide
1495       Dimethylhydrazine
1500       Dimethyl sulfate
1510       Dimethyl sulfide
1520       Dimethyl sulfoxide
1530       Dimethyl terephthalate
1540       3,5-dinitrobenzoic acid
1545       Dinitrophenol
1550       Dinitrotoluene
1560       Dioxane
1570       Dioxolane
1580       Diphenylamine
1590       Diphenyl oxide
1600       Diphenyl thiourea
1610       Dipropylene glycol
1620       Dodecene
1630       Dodecylaniline
1640       Dodecylphenol
1650       Epichlorohydrin
1660       Ethanol
1661       Ethanolamines
1670       Ethyl acetate
1680       Ethyl acetoacetate
1690       Ethyl acrylate
1700       Ethylamine
1710       Ethylbenzene
1720       Ethyl bromide
1730       Ethylcellulose
1740       Ethyl chloride
1750       Ethyl chloroacetate
1760       Ethylcyanoacetate
1770       Ethylene
1780       Ethylene carbonate
1790       Ethylene chlorohydrin
1800       Ethylenediamine
1810       Ethylene dibromide
1830       Ethylene glycol
1840       Ethylene glycol diacetate
1870       Ethylene glycol dimethyl ether
1890       Ethylene glycol monobutyl ether
1900       Ethylene glycol monobutyl ether acetate
1910       Ethylene glycol monoethyl ether
1920       Ethylene glycol monoethyl ether acetate
1930       Ethylene glycol monomethyl ether
1940       Ethylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate
1960       Ethylene glycol monophenyl ether
1970       Ethylene glycol monopropyl ether
1980       Ethylene oxide
1990       Ethyl ether
2000       2-ethylhexanol
2010       Ethyl orthoformate
2020       Ethyl oxalate
2030       Ethyl sodium oxalacetate
2040       Formaldehyde
2050       Formamide
2060       Formic acid
2070       Fumaric acid
2073       Furfural
2090       Glycerol (Synthetic)
2091       Glycerol dichlorohydrin
2100       Glycerol triether
2110       Glycine
2120       Glyoxal
2145       Hexachlorobenzene
2150       Hexachloroethane
2160       Hexadecyl alcohol
2165       Hexamethylenediamine
2170       Hexamethylene glycol
2180       Hexamethylenetetramine
2190       Hydrogen cyanide
2200       Hydroquinone
2210       p-hydroxybenzoic acid
2240       Isoamylene
2250       Isobutanol
2260       Isobutyl acetate
2261       Isobutylene
2270       Isobutyraldehyde
2280       Isobutyric acid
2300       Isodecanol
2320       Isooctyl alcohol
2321       Isopentane
2330       Isophorone
2340       Isophthalic acid
2350       Isoprene
2360       Isopropanol
2370       Isopropyl acetate
2380       Isopropylamine
2390       Isopropyl chloride
2400       Isopropylphenol
2410       Ketene
2414       Linear alkyl sulfonate
2417       Linear alkylbenzene
2420       Maleic acid
2430       Maleic anhydride
2440       Malic acid
2450       Mesityl oxide
2455       Metanilic acid
2460       Methacrylic acid
2490       Methallyl chloride
2500       Methanol
2510       Methyl acetate
2520       Methyl acetoacetate
2530       Methylamine
2540       n-methylaniline
2545       Methyl bromide
2550       Methyl butynol
2560       Methyl chloride
2570       Methyl cyclohexane
2590       Methyl cyclohexanone
2620       Methylene chloride
2630       Methylene dianiline
2635       Methylene diphenyl diisocyanate
2640       Methyl ethyl ketone
2645       Methyl formate
2650       Methyl isobutyl carbinol
2660       Methyl isobutyl ketone
2665       Methyl methacrylate
2670       Methyl pentynol
2690       a-methylstyrene
2700       Morpholine
2710       a-naphthalene sulfonic acid
2720       B-naphthalene sulfonic acid
2730       a-naphthol
2740       B-naphthol
2750       Neopentanoic acid
2756       o-nitroaniline
2757       p-nitroaniline
2760       o-nitroanisole
2762       p-nitroanisole
2770       Nitrobenzene
2780       Nitrobenzoic acid (o, m, and p)
2790       Nitroethane
2791       Nitromethane
2792       Nitrophenol
2795       Nitropropane
2800       Nitrotoluene
2810       Nonene
2820       Nonyl phenol
2830       Octyl phenol
2840       Paraldehyde
2850       Pentaerythritol
2851       n-pentane
2855       l-pentene
2860       Perchloroethylene
2882       Perchloromethyl mercaptan
2890       o-phenetidine
2900       p-phenetidine
2910       Phenol
2920       Phenolsulfonic acids
2930       Phenyl anthranilic acid
2940       Phenylenediamine
2950       Phosgene
2960       Phthalic anhydride
2970       Phthalimide
2973       B-picoline
2976       Piperazine
3000       Polybutenes
3010       Polyethylene glycol
3025       Polypropylene glycol
3063       Propionaldehyde
3066       Propionic acid
3070       n-propyl alcohol
3075       Propylamine
3080       Propyl chloride
3090       Propylene
3100       Propylene chlorohydrin
3110       Propylene dichloride
3111       Propylene glycol
3120       Propylene oxide
3130       Pyridine
3140       Quinone
3150       Resorcinol
3160       Resorcylic acid
3170       Salicylic acid
3180       Sodium acetate
3181       Sodium benzoate
3190       Sodium carboxymethyl cellulose
3191       Sodium chloracetate
3200       Sodium formate
3210       Sodium phenate
3220       Sorbic acid
3230       Styrene
3240       Succinic acid
3250       Succinonitrile
3251       Sulfanilic acid
3260       Sulfolane
3270       Tannic acid
3280       Terephthalic acid
3290
 and
3291       Tetrachloroethanes
3300       Tetrachlorophthalic
           anhydride
3310       Tetraethyllead
3320       Tetrahydronaphthalene
3330       Tetrahydrophthalic anhydride
3335       Tetramethyllead
3340       Tetramethylenediamine
3341       Tetramethylethylenediamine
3350       Toluene-2,4-diamine
3354       Toluene-2,4-diisocyanate
3355       Toluene diisocyanates (mixture)
3360       Toluene sulfonamide
3370       Toluene sulfonic acids
3380       Toluene sulfonyl chloride
3381       Toluidines
3390,
3391,
 and
3393       Trichlorobenzenes
3395       1,1,1-trichloroethane
3400       1,1,2-trichloroethane
3410       Trichloroethylene
3411       Trichlorofluoromethane
3420       1,2,3-trichloropropane
3430       1,1,2-trichloro-1,2,2-trifluoroethane
3450       Triethylamine
3460       Triethylene glycol
3470       Triethylene glycol dimethyl ether
3480       Triisobutylene
3490       Trimethylamine
3500       Urea
3510       Vinyl acetate

3520       Vinyl chloride
3530       Vinylidene chloride
3540       Vinyl toluene
3541       Xylenes (mixed)
3560       o-xylene
3570       p-xylene
3580       Xylenol
3590       Xylidine

*The OCPDB Numbers are reference indices assigned to the various chemicals in the Organic Chemical Producers Data Base developed by EPA.

As adopted by TNRCC June 30, 1999, effective July 21, 1999 (5-62).
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