N.M. Admin. Code § 20.11.65.13

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 23, December 10, 2024

Section 20.11.65.13 - LOADING OF GASOLINE FROM A LOADING RACK WITH A 30-DAY THROUGHPUT GREATER THAN 600,000 GALLONS

No person shall load gasoline from a loading rack having a 30-day throughput greater than 600,000 gallons of gasoline into any tank truck, trailer, or railroad tank car unless the loading rack is equipped with a vapor collection and disposal system or its equivalent approved by the director.

A. Loading shall be accomplished in such a manner that displaced vapor and air will be vented only to the vapor collection system. Measures shall be taken to prevent fluid drainage from the loading device when it is not in use or to accomplish complete drainage before the loading device is disconnected.

B. The vapor disposal portion of the vapor collection and disposal system shall consist of one of the following.

(1) A vapor recovery or disposal system which will recover or dispose of all the organic vapors and gases vented to it in such a manner that the emissions to the atmosphere do not exceed 1.24 pounds of VOC's per 1,000 gallons of organic fluids transferred by the equipment being controlled.

(2) A continuously operating smokeless flare or waste heat boiler operated at a continuous combustion efficiency sufficient to meet the following smoke opacity criteria. No person, in operating a smokeless flare for the purposes of 20.11.65 NMAC, shall cause, suffer, or allow visible emissions greater than 5% opacity.

(3) Other equipment which is equivalent approved by the director.

N.M. Admin. Code § 20.11.65.13

12/1/95; 20.11.65.13 NMAC - Rn, 20 NMAC 11.65.II.2, 10/1/02