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TITLE 30ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
PART 1TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
CHAPTER 101GENERAL AIR QUALITY RULES
SUBCHAPTER FEMISSIONS EVENTS AND SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE, STARTUP, AND SHUTDOWN ACTIVITIES
DIVISION 2MAINTENANCE, STARTUP, AND SHUTDOWN ACTIVITIES
RULE §101.211Scheduled Maintenance, Startup, and Shutdown Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements

(a) The owner or operator of a regulated entity conducting a scheduled maintenance, startup, or shutdown activity shall notify the commission office for the region in which the regulated entity is located and all appropriate local air pollution control agencies with jurisdiction at least ten days prior to any scheduled maintenance, startup, or shutdown activity that is expected to cause an unauthorized emission that equals or exceeds the reportable quantity (RQ) as defined in §101.1 of this title (relating to Definitions), by emissions point in any 24-hour period and/or an activity where the owner or operator expects only an excess opacity event as defined in §101.1 of this title. If notice cannot be given ten days prior to a scheduled maintenance, startup, or shutdown activity, notification must be given as soon as practicable prior to the scheduled activity. Maintenance, startup, or shutdown activities where the actual emissions exceed the emissions in the notification by more than an RQ or for which a notification was not submitted prior to the activity are either upsets or unplanned maintenance, startup, or shutdown activities, depending upon the reason for exceeding the estimate. Excess opacity events where unauthorized emissions result are emissions events. Owners and operators of a regulated entity with emissions events shall report such events as emissions events in accordance with the requirements in §101.201 of this title (relating to Emissions Event Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements), or this section as applicable and §101.222 of this title (relating to Demonstrations).

  (1) The notification for a scheduled maintenance, startup, or shutdown activity, except for boilers and combustion turbines referenced in the definition of RQ in §101.1 of this title, must identify:

    (A) the name of the owner or operator;

    (B) the commission Regulated Entity Number of the regulated entity, if a Regulated Entity Number and air account number exist(s), or if there is not a Regulated Entity Number, the air number of the regulated entity. If a Regulated Entity Number and air account number do not exist, then identify the location of the release and a contact telephone number;

    (C) the physical location of the points at which emissions from the scheduled maintenance, startup, or shutdown activity will occur;

    (D) the type of scheduled maintenance, startup, or shutdown activity and the reason for the scheduled activity;

    (E) the expected date and time of the scheduled maintenance, startup, or shutdown activity, and expected duration of any maintenance activity;

    (F) the common name of the process units or areas, the common name and the agency-established facility identification number of the facilities that will be involved in the emissions activity, and the common name and the agency-established emission point numbers where the unauthorized emissions may be released to the atmosphere. Owners or operators of those facilities and emission points that the agency has not established facility identification numbers or emission point numbers for are not required to provide the facility identification numbers and emission point numbers in the report, but are required to provide the common names in the report;

    (G) the expected duration of the emissions from the scheduled maintenance, startup, or shutdown activity;

    (H) the compound descriptive type of the individually listed compounds or mixtures of air contaminants, in the definition of RQ in §101.1 of this title, for all emission points involved in the emissions activity, that through common process knowledge or past engineering analysis or testing are expected to equal or exceed the RQ. Compounds or mixtures of air contaminants, that have an RQ greater than or equal to 100 pounds and the amount released is less than ten pounds in a 24-hour period, are not required to be specifically listed in the report, instead these compounds or mixtures of air contaminants may be identified together as "other";

    (I) the estimated total quantities for those compounds or mixtures described in subparagraph (H) of this paragraph; the preconstruction authorization number or rule citation of the standard permit, permit by rule, or rule, if any, governing the facilities involved in the activity; authorized emissions limits, if any, for the facilities involved in the emissions activity, and, if applicable, the estimated opacity and the authorized opacity limit. Good engineering practice and methods must be used to provide reasonably accurate representations for emissions and opacity. Estimated emissions from compounds or mixtures of air contaminants that are identified as "other" under subparagraph (H) of this paragraph, are not required for each individual compound or mixture of air contaminants, however, a total estimate of emissions must be provided for the category identified as "other";

    (J) the basis used for determining the quantity of air contaminants to be emitted; and

    (K) the actions taken to minimize the emissions from the scheduled maintenance, startup, or shutdown activity.

  (2) The notification for a scheduled maintenance, startup, or shutdown activity involving a boiler or combustion turbine referenced in the definition of RQ in §101.1 of this title, or where the owner or operator expects only an excess opacity event and the owner or operator was not already required to provide a notification under paragraph (1) of this subsection, must identify:

    (A) the name of the owner or operator;

    (B) the commission Regulated Entity Number of the regulated entity, if a Regulated Entity Number and air account number exist(s), or if there is not a Regulated Entity Number, the air account number of the regulated entity. If a Regulated Entity Number and air account number do not exist, then identify the location of the release and a contact telephone number;

    (C) the physical location of the scheduled maintenance, startup, or shutdown activity;

    (D) the type of scheduled maintenance, startup, or shutdown activity and the reason for the scheduled activity;

    (E) the common name of the process units or areas, the common name and the agency-established facility identification numbers of the facility that experienced the excess opacity event, and the common name and the agency-established emission point numbers where the excess opacity event occurred. Owners or operators of those facilities and emission points that the agency has not established facility identification numbers or emission point numbers for are not required to provide the facility identification numbers and emission point numbers in the report, but are required to provide the common names in the report;

    (F) the expected date and time of the scheduled maintenance, startup, or shutdown activity, and expected duration of any maintenance activity;

    (G) the estimated duration of the emissions from the scheduled maintenance, startup, or shutdown activity;

    (H) the estimated opacity and the authorized opacity limit for those emission points that unauthorized opacity is expected; and

    (I) the actions taken, or being taken, to minimize the emissions from the scheduled maintenance, startup, or shutdown activity.

(b) The owner or operator of a regulated entity conducting a scheduled maintenance, startup, or shutdown activity shall create a final record of all scheduled maintenance, startup, and shutdown activities with unauthorized emissions, or with opacity exceedances from boilers and combustion turbines referenced in the definition of RQ in §101.1 of this title. The final record must be created as soon as practicable, but no later than two weeks after the end of each scheduled activity. Final records must be maintained on-site for a minimum of five years and be made readily available upon request to commission staff or personnel of any air pollution program with jurisdiction. If a regulated entity is not normally staffed, records of scheduled maintenance, startup, and shutdown activities may be maintained at the staffed location within Texas that is responsible for day-to-day operations of the regulated entity. Such scheduled activity records must identify:

  (1) for owners and operators of regulated entities that were required to notify under subsection (a) of this section:

    (A) the name of the owner or operator;

    (B) the commission Regulated Entity Number of the regulated entity, if a Regulated Entity Number and air account number exist(s), or if there is not a Regulated Entity Number, the air account number of the regulated entity. If a Regulated Entity Number and air account number do not exist, then identify the location of the regulated entity and a contact telephone number;

    (C) the physical location of the scheduled points at which emissions from the maintenance, startup, or shutdown activity occurred;

    (D) the type of scheduled maintenance, startup, or shutdown activity and the reason for the scheduled activity;

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