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

SUBCHAPTER C : VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND TRANSFER OPERATIONS

[C:4]  CONTROL OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND LEAKS FROM TRANSPORT VESSELS 

Outline:
          §115.234.  Inspection Requirements.
          §115.235.  Approved Test Methods.
          §115.236.  Recordkeeping Requirements.
          §115.237.  Exemptions.
          §115.239.  Counties and Compliance Schedules.


§115.234.  Inspection Requirements.

104B  No person in the Beaumont/Port Arthur, Dallas/Fort Worth, El Paso, and Houston/Galveston areas as defined in §115.10 of this title (relating to Definitions), shall allow a tank-truck tank to be filled with or emptied of volatile organic compounds having a true vapor pressure  greater than or equal to 0.5 pounds per square inch absolute under actual storage conditions at any facility affected by the undesignated head relating to Loading and Unloading of Volatile Organic Compounds, the undesignated head relating to Filling of Gasoline Storage Vessels (Stage I) for Motor Vehicle Fuel Dispensing Facilities, or the undesignated head relating to Control of Vehicle Refueling Emissions (Stage II) at Motor Vehicle Fuel Dispensing Facilities, unless, the tank being filled or emptied has passed a leak-tight test within the past year as evidenced by a prominently displayed certification affixed near the Department of Transportation certification plate which:

104B       (1)  shows the date the tank-truck tank last passed the leak-tight test required by §115.235 of this title (relating to Approved Test Methods); and

104B       (2)  shows the identification number of the tank-truck tank.

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§115.235.  Approved Test Methods.

88C   For all affected persons in the Beaumont/Port Arthur, Dallas/Fort Worth, El Paso, and Houston/Galveston Areas, the following testing requirements shall apply.

104B       (1)  The owner or operator of any tank-truck which loads or unloads at any gasoline terminal, gasoline bulk plant, or motor vehicle fuel dispensing facility, or other volatile organic compound loading or unloading facility shall cause each such tank to be tested annually to ensure that the tank is vapor-tight.

77A        (2)  Any tank failing to meet the testing criteria of paragraph (1) of this section shall be repaired and retested within 15 days.

77A        (3)  Testing required in paragraph (1) of this section shall be conducted in accordance with the following test methods, as appropriate:

77A             (A)  Test Method 27 (40 Code of Federal Regulations 60, Appendix A) for determining vapor tightness of gasoline delivery tank using pressure-vacuum test such that the pressure in the tank must change no more than 3 inches of water (0.75 kPa) in 5 minutes when pressurized to a gauge pressure of 18 inches of water (4.5 kPa) and when evacuated to a vacuum of 6 inches of water (1.5 kPa); or

77A             (B)  minor modifications to these test methods approved by the Executive Director.

104B       (4)  Where applicable, the test methods described in 49 CFR 180.407 for test and inspection of specification cargo tanks are acceptable alternatives to the test methods described in paragraph (3) of this section.

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§115.236.  Recordkeeping Requirements.

88C,104B   For all affected persons in the Beaumont/Port Arthur, Dallas/Fort Worth, El Paso, and Houston/Galveston Areas, the following recordkeeping requirements shall apply.

104B       (1)  The owner or operator of each gasoline tank-truck subject to this undesignated head (relating to Control of Volatile Organic Compound Leaks from Transport Vessels) shall maintain records of all certification testing and repairs.  The records must be maintained for at least two years after the date the testing or repair was completed.

77A        (2)  The record of each certification test required by paragraph (1) of this section shall, at a minimum, contain:

77A             (A)  company name;

77A             (B)  date and location of the test;

77A             (C)  name and title of person conducting the test;

77A             (D)  tank identification number;

77A             (E)  initial test pressure and the time of the
reading;

77A             (F)  final test pressure and the time of the reading;

77A             (G)  initial test vacuum and the time of the reading; and

77A             (H)  final test vacuum and the time of the reading.

77A        (3)  Copies of all records required by this section shall be made available for review upon request by personnel of the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, United States Environmental Protection Agency, or local air pollution control agency.

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§115.237.  Exemptions.

NOTE TO READER: Even though the introductory paragraph is not listed in the 104B IBR list and is struck out in the IBR material, it should probably have been included because it has not otherwise been approved.  Section 237 was added at 104B.

104B?  For all affected persons in the Beaumont/Port Arthur, Dallas/Fort Worth, El Paso, and Houston/Galveston areas, the following exemptions shall apply:

104B       (1)  Any tank-truck tank which is used exclusively to transport volatile organic compounds (VOC) with a true vapor pressure less than 0.5 pounds per square inch absolute under actual storage conditions is exempt from the requirements of this undesignated head (relating to Control of Volatile Organic Compound Leaks From Transport Vessels).

104B       (2)  Until May 31, 1995, any tank-truck tank which is used exclusively to transport VOC other than gasoline is exempt from the requirements of this undesignated head (relating to Control of Volatile Organic Compound Leaks From Transport Vessels).

104B       (3)  Transport vessels other than tank-trucks are exempt from the requirements of this undesignated head (relating to Control of Volatile Organic Compound Leaks From Transport Vessels).

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§115.239.  Counties and Compliance Schedules.

104B  (a)  All affected gasoline tank-trucks in Chambers, Collin, Denton, Fort Bend, Hardin, Liberty, Montgomery, and Waller Counties shall be in compliance with §§115.234, 115.235, 115.236, and 115.237 of this title (relating to Inspection Requirements, Approved Test Methods, Recordkeeping Requirements, and Exemptions), as soon as practicable, but no later than January 31, 1994.

104B  (b)  All affected tank-trucks which are used to transport volatile organic compounds other than gasoline in Brazoria, Chambers, Collin, Dallas, Denton, El Paso, Fort Bend, Galveston, Hardin, Harris, Jefferson, Liberty, Montgomery, Orange, Tarrant, and Waller Counties shall be in compliance with §§115.234, 115.235, 115.236, and 115.237 of this title as soon as practicable, but no later than May 31, 1995.

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