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

SUBCHAPTER F : MISCELLANEOUS INDUSTRIAL SOURCES

[F:5]  PETROLEUM DRY CLEANING SYSTEMS 
As approved by EPA January 26, 1999 (64 FR 03841) effective March 29, 1999 (TXc105P).

Outline:
          §115.552.  Control Requirements.
          §115.553.  Alternate Control Requirements.
          §115.555.  Testing Methods and Procedures.
          §115.556.  Recordkeeping Requirements.
          §115.557.  Exemptions.
          §115.559.  Counties and Compliance Schedules.


§115.552.  Control Requirements.

104E  (a)  For the Dallas/Fort Worth, El Paso, and Houston/ Galveston areas as defined in §115.10 of this title (relating to Definitions), the owner or operator of any dry cleaning facility which uses petroleum-based solvents shall not operate the facility unless the following requirements are satisfied.

104E       (1)  Dryers.  The owner or operator of a dry cleaning facility shall either:

104E            (A)  install, maintain, and operate a solvent-recovery dryer that recovers at least 85% by weight of the used petroleum solvent;

104E            (B)  install, maintain, and operate a petroleum dry-to-dry dryer that recovers at least 85% by weight of the used petroleum solvent; or

104E            (C)  route the exhaust air stream from the standard dryer to any other properly functioning control device which reduces the total emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOC) to the atmosphere by at least 85% by weight.

104E       (2)  Filtration systems.   The owner or operator of a petroleum solvent filtration system shall either:

104E            (A)  install, maintain, and operate a cartridge filtration system according to the manufacturer's recommendations.  The owner or operator shall drain all filter cartridges in their closed housings for at least eight hours before their removal; or

104E            (B)  maintain and operate a regenerative filter or any other filtration medium according to the manufacturers' recommendations.  The owner or operator shall drain the filter medium in its closed housing for at least eight hours before its removal.  Upon removal, the owner or operator shall directly place the filter medium in disposable vapor tight containers or bags and shall keep these containers or bags vapor tight at all times until they are properly landfilled.

104E       (3)  Fugitive emissions.  The owner or operator shall ensure that:

104E            (A)  there are no visual, audible, or smellable leaks from any portion of the dry cleaning equipment.  Visual inspection of all equipment and system components shall be conducted at least weekly.

104E            (B)  all washer and dryer traps, access doors, and other parts of the equipment where solvent may be exposed to the atmosphere are kept closed at all times except when required for proper operation or maintenance.

104E            (C)  all solvent-contaminated waste materials are stored in closed containers prior to proper disposal.

104E            (D)  repair of any visual, audible, or olfactory leak in any portion of the equipment shall be completed within three working days from the time the leak is detected.  If necessary repair parts are not on hand, the owner or operator shall order the necessary parts within three working days and shall repair the leak no later than three working days after the parts arrive.


104E  (b)  Any petroleum solvent dry cleaning facility that becomes or is currently subject to the control requirements of subsection (a) of this section by exceeding the exemption limit of §115.157 of this title (relating to Exemptions) shall remain subject to the provisions of this section, even if its consumption of petroleum solvent later falls below the exemption level unless and until its uncontrolled solvent consumption is reduced to at or below its solvent consumption level prior to lifting controls and less than the applicable exemption levels in §115.557 and

105P       (1)  the project by which solvent consumption was reduced is authorized by any permit or permit amendment or standard permit or standard exemption required by Chapter 116 or Chapter 106 of this title (concerning Control of Air Pollution by Permits for New Construction or Modification; and Exemptions from Permitting).  If a standard exemption is available for the project, compliance with this subsection shall be maintained for 30 days after the filing of documentation of compliance with that standard exemption; or

105P       (2)  if authorization by permit, permit amendment, standard permit, or standard exemption is not required for the project, the owner/operator has given the executive director 30 days’ notice of the project in writing.

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§115.553.  Alternate Control Requirements.

105P  For all affected persons in the Dallas/Fort Worth, El Paso, and Houston/ Galveston areas as defined in §115.10 of this title (relating to Definitions), alternate methods of demonstrating and documenting continuous compliance with the applicable control requirements or exemption criteria in this undesignated head (relating to Petroleum Dry Cleaning systems) may be approved by the executive director in accordance with §115.910 of this title (relating to Availability of Alternate Means of Control) if emission reductions are demonstrated to be substantially equivalent.

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§115.555.  Testing Methods and Procedures.

104E  (a)  To demonstrate initial compliance with the provisions of §115.552(a)(1)(A) of this title (relating to Control Requirements), the owner or operator of an affected facility shall perform an initial test to verify that the flow rate of recovered solvent from the recovery dryer is no greater than 1.7 fluid ounces per minute (50 milliliters per minute) at the termination of the recovery cycle.  The test shall be conducted for the duration of one week during which no less than 50% of the dryer loads shall be monitored for their final recovered solvent flow rate.  The location point for measuring the flow rate of recovered solvent shall be the outlet of the solvent-water separator.  Near the end of the recovery cycle the entire flow of recovered solvent shall be diverted to a graduated cylinder.  As the recovered solvent collects in the graduated cylinder the elapsed time is monitored and recorded in periods of greater than or equal to one minute.  At the same time, the volume of solvent in the graduated cylinder is monitored and recorded to determine the volume of recovered solvent that is collected during each time period.  The recovered solvent flow rate is calculated by dividing the volume of solvent collected per period by the length of time elapsed during the period and converting the results with appropriate factors into units of ounces or milliliters per minute.  The recovery cycle and the monitoring procedure should continue until the flow rate of solvent is less than or equal to 1.7 fluid ounces per minute (50 milliliters per minute).

104E  (b)  To demonstrate initial compliance with the provisions of §115.552(a)(1)(C) of this title (relating to Control Requirements), the owner or operator of an affected facility shall apply the following test methods, as appropriate:

104E       (1)  Test Methods 1-4 (40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 60, Appendix A) for determining flow rate, as necessary;

104E       (2)  Test Method 18 (40 CFR 60, Appendix A) for determining gaseous organic compound emissions by gas chromatography;

104E       (3)  Test Method 25 (40 CFR 60, Appendix A) for determining total gaseous non-methane organic emissions as carbon;

104E       (4)  Test Methods 25A (40 CFR 60, Appendix A) for determining total gaseous organic concentrations using flame ionization or nondispersive infrared analysis; or

104E       (5)  one of the above test methods with minor modifications as approved by the Executive Director.

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§115.556.  Recordkeeping Requirements.

104E  (a)  For the Dallas/Fort Worth, El Paso, and Houston/ Galveston areas as defined in §115.10 of this title (relating to Definitions), the owner or operator of any dry cleaning facility which uses petroleum-based solvent shall maintain records of monthly solvent consumption for at least two rolling years in a readily accessible location at the plant site.  Solvent consumption of the previous consecutive 12 months shall be calculated monthly and used for determining if the exemption threshold in §115.557 of this title (relating to Exemptions) has been exceeded.

104E  (b)  For the Dallas/Fort Worth, El Paso, and Houston/ Galveston areas as defined in §115.10 of this title, the owner or operator of a dry cleaning facility subject to the requirements of §115.552 of this title (relating to Control Requirements) shall maintain:

104E       (1)  records of the performance test required under the provisions of §115.555(a) of this title (relating to Test Methods and Procedures) if the facility elects to comply with the control requirements of §115.552(a)(1)(A) of this title;

104E       (2)  documentation which demonstrates compliance with the provisions of §115.555(b) of this title if the facility elects to comply with the control requirements of §115.552(a)(1)(C) of this title.

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§115.557.  Exemptions.

104E  For the Dallas/Fort Worth, El Paso, and Houston/Galveston areas as defined in §115.10 of this title (relating to Definitions), any petroleum solvent dry cleaning facility that consumes less than 2,000 gallons of petroleum solvent per year is exempted from the requirements of §115.552(a)(1) of this title (relating to Control Requirements.)

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§115.559.  Counties and Compliance Schedules.

105P  (a)  All affected petroleum solvent dry cleaning facilities in Collin, Dallas, Denton, and Tarrant Counties shall be in compliance with §§115.552, 115.553, and 115.555-115.557 of this title (relat-ing to Control Requirements; Alternate Control Requirements; Testing Methods and Procedures; Recordkeeping Requirements; and Exemptions) as soon as practicable, but no later than one year, after the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (commission) publishes notification in the Texas Register of its determination that this contingency rule is necessary as a result of failure to attain the National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for ozone by the attainment deadline or failure to demon-strate reason-able further progress as set forth in the 1990 Amend-ments to the Federal Clean Air Act, §172(c)(9).

105P  (b)  All affected petroleum solvent dry cleaning facilities in El Paso County shall be in compliance with §§115.552, 115.553, and 115.555-115.557 of this title as soon as practicable, but no later than one year, after the commission publishes notification in the Texas Register of its determination that this contingency rule is necessary as a result of failure to attain the NAAQS for ozone by the attainment deadline or failure to demonstrate reasonable further progress as set forth in the 1990 Amendments to the Federal Clean Air Act, §172(c)(9).

105P  (c)  All affected petroleum solvent dry cleaning facilities in Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Hardin, Harris, Jefferson, Liberty, Montgomery, Orange, and Waller Counties shall be in compliance with §§115.552, 115.553, and 115.555-115.557 of this title as soon as practicable, but no later than one year, after the commission publishes notification in the Texas Register of its determination that this contingency rule is necessary as a result of failure to attain the NAAQS for ozone by the attainment deadline or failure to demonstrate reasonable further progress as set forth in the 1990 Amendments to the Federal Clean Air Act, §172(c)(9).

105P  (d)  Any petroleum solvent dry cleaning facility that becomes subject to the control requirements of §115.552(a)(1) of this title by exceeding the exemption threshold as identified in §115.557 of this title shall be in compliance as soon as practicable, but no later than two years from the time the exemption level was exceeded.

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