Section 096-134-3 - VOC RACT RequirementsUnless exempted from these standards pursuant to Section 1(A)(2) of this Chapter, the owner or operator of any facility subject to this Chapter that emits or has the potential to emit forty (40) tons or more per calendar year of VOC must comply with one of the four VOC emission standards options and to the requirements of Section 3(B) VOC Emission Reduction Plan.
A.VOC Emission Standards Options(1) Option A: VOC Capture and Control Systems.The owner or operator must install and operate a system to capture and control VOC emissions such that the total VOC emissions do not exceed, on a daily basis, fifteen (15) % of the uncontrolled daily VOC emissions.(2) Option B: VOC Emission Reduction Program. The owner or operator must implement a program to reduce VOC use and VOC emissions such that total VOC emissions do not exceed, on a daily basis, twenty (20)% of the total daily VOC emissions in calendar year 1990, calculated on either a mass of VOC per mass of solids applied basis if the VOC-emitting equipment or processes apply surface coating, or a mass of VOC per unit of production basis. If a facility was not in operation in 1990, the owner or operator must use the total VOC emissions in the next calendar year following 1990 in which the facility was in operation.(3) Option C: VOC Alternative Reduction Program (Source Specific RACT Determination).The owner or operator must submit to the Department within two (2) months from the applicable effective date of this Chapter, written notification that Alternative RACT options will be studied to examine the technical and economical feasibility of control device equipment and pollution prevention options capable of achieving VOC reductions equivalent to or greater than a VOC reduction achieved by Section 3(A)(1) Option A or 3(A)(2) Option B of this Chapter and must implement a program pursuant to Section 3(B)(3).(4) Option D: RACT Control for Pulp and Paper Processes. The owner or operator of the following pulp and paper processes shall submit written notification that RACT for the applicable processes is in place by May 31, 1995, as required by Section (B)(4) of this Chapter. RACT for the following sources, is as specified: (a) bleach plant emissions shall be controlled as required by Chapter 122.(b) waste water treatment plant air emissions shall be controlled through the operation of a waste water treatment system as required by effluent discharge license restrictions issued persuant to each facility's National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) discharge permit.(c) pulp stock washer system and pulp liquor storage tanks emissions shall be controlled in accordance with Best Practicable Treatment (BPT) pursuant to Chapters 115 or through a wet scrubber at sulfite mills.(d) digester system emissions, multiple evaporator systems, condensate stripper systems, smelt tanks and lime kilns shall be controlled through incineration or wet scrubber systems in accordance with BPT pursuant to Chapter 124 or through a wet scrubber at sulfite mills.(e) MgO recovery boilers at sulfite mills shall be controlled through a three-stage venturi scrubber system.B.VOC Emission Reduction Plan(1) Option A Plan Requirements (Capture and Control System). The owner or operator of any facility subject to Section 3(A)(1) Option A of this Chapter must submit to the Department, no later than six (6) months from the applicable effective date of this Chapter for the sources originally subject to this rule, and no later than two (2) months for sources subject to this Chapter as a result of the 1995 amendment; a VOC emission reduction plan that includes the following: (a) A complete application form.(b) An inventory including identification of all VOC-emitting equipment or processes at the facility, including equipment exempted under Section 1(C) of this Chapter;(c) The maximum potential to emit VOC for each identified VOC-emitting equipment or process not exempted under Section 1(C) of this Chapter;(d) The amount of VOC emitted each day from each identified VOC-emitting equipment or process at the facility not exempted under Section 1(C) of this Chapter, based on actual daily totals or calculated as a daily average based on annual consumption and production rates;(e) A description of the system to capture and control VOC emissions;(f) Testing procedures, monitoring procedures, and recordkeeping and reporting procedures to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Department and EPA compliance with this Chapter; and(g) A schedule for implementation of the system to capture and control VOC emissions which extends no later than May 31, 1995, including a demonstration of compliance.(2) Option B Plan Requirements (Emission Reduction Program) The owner or operator of any facility subject to Section 3(A)(2) Option B, of this Chapter must submit to the Department, no later than six (6) months from the applicable effective date of this Chapter for the sources originally subject to this rule, and no later than two (2) months from the applicable effective date for sources subject to this Chapter as a result of the 1995 amendment; a VOC emission reduction plan that includes items (a), (b), (c), (d), and (f), in Section 3(B)(1) of this Chapter, and the following: (a) A calculation of the average amount of VOC emitted to the atmosphere each day in which the VOC-emitting equipment or process operated in calendar year 1990 stated in terms of either the mass of VOC emitted per mass of solids applied basis, or the mass of VOC emitted per unit of production basis. If a facility was not in operation in 1990, the calculation should be based on the next calendar year following 1990 in which the facility was in operation.(b) A calculation of the average amount of VOC anticipated to be emitted to the atmosphere each day on which the VOC-emitting equipment or process operates upon implementation of the VOC emission reduction plan, stated in terms of either the mass of VOC emitted per mass of solids applied basis, or the mass of VOC emitted per unit of production basis;(c) A schedule for implementation which extends no later than May 31, 1995, including a demonstration of compliance.(3) Option C Plan Requirements (Alternative Feasibility Study) The owner or operator of any facility subject to Section 3(A)(3) Option C, of this Chapter must: (a) Submit to the Department for approval, no later than six (6) months from the applicable effective date of this Chapter for the sources originally subject to this rule, and no later than two (2) months from the applicable effective date for sources subject to this Chapter as a result of the 1995 amendment; a report detailing various options for the reduction of VOC emissions to the atmosphere. Each report must include at a minimum items (a), (b), (c), and (d), contained in Section 3(B)(1) of this Chapter and the following: (i) An examination of the technical and economic feasibility of available add-on VOC control device equipment and an examination of the technical and economic feasibility of changing to low VOC emitting processes (i.e. pollution prevention options) for all VOC emitting equipment;(ii) In the case of VOC emitting equipment which is also subject to a future MACT (Maximum Achievable Control Technology) compliance deadline pursuant to Section 112 of the Clean Air Act, a facility may annualize controls for that piece of equipment over the period of time between May 31, 1995 and the MACT compliance date, to the extent that it is shown that the controls installed to meet the May 31, 1995 RACT deadline have no usefulness in meeting MACT requirements.(iii) The control or pollution prevention option selected, stating emission limits, and test methods to demonstrate compliance;(iv) The amount of VOC that is proposed to be reduced from each affected VOC-emitting equipment or process identified in Section 3(B)(1)(b) of this Chapter;(v) A schedule for implementation which extends no longer than May 31, 1995, including a demonstration of compliance;(vi) A means of assessing continuous compliance, including test methods, monitoring devices, recordkeeping and reporting requirements;(b) Submit to the Department other information that is deemed by the Department to be required to determine RACT within thirty (30) days of receipt of such request, unless otherwise provided by the Department.(c) Complete installation of process and/or control equipment or implementation of the VOC reduction plan as required by the Department Order issued under Section 5. (d) In no case shall the complete implementation of RACT be delayed beyond May 31, 1995.(e) Within six (6) months of receipt of written notification from the Department of an owner's or operator's failure to submit all information required in Section 3(B)(3), the provisions of Section 3(A)(1) or 3(A)(2) shall apply.(4) Option D Plan Requirements (RACT Control for Pulp and Paper Processes)The owner or operator of any facility subject to Section 3(A)(4) Option D, of this Chapter must submit to the Department, by May 31, 1995, a written notification that the applicable processes are meeting RACT.06- 096 C.M.R. ch. 134, § 3