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TITLE 30ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
PART 1TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
CHAPTER 115CONTROL OF AIR POLLUTION FROM VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
SUBCHAPTER DPETROLEUM REFINING, NATURAL GAS PROCESSING, AND PETROCHEMICAL PROCESSES
DIVISION 2FUGITIVE EMISSION CONTROL IN PETROLEUM REFINERIES IN GREGG, NUECES, AND VICTORIA COUNTIES
RULE §115.325Testing Requirements

For all affected persons in Gregg, Nueces, and Victoria Counties, compliance with this division (relating to Fugitive Emission Control in Petroleum Refineries in Gregg, Nueces, and Victoria Counties) must be determined by applying the following test methods, as appropriate:

  (1) Method 21 in 40 Code of Federal Regulations Part 60, Appendix A-7 (October 17, 2000) for determining volatile organic compound (VOC) leaks, with the provision that the leak detection equipment can be calibrated with methane, propane, or hexane, but the meter readout must be as parts per million by volume hexane;

  (2) determination of true vapor pressure using American Society for Testing and Materials Test Method D323 for the measurement of Reid vapor pressure, adjusted for 68 degrees Fahrenheit (20 degrees Celsius) in accordance with American Petroleum Institute Publication 2517, Third Edition, 1989;

  (3) the alternative work practice in §115.358 of this title (relating to Alternative Work Practice); or

  (4) minor modifications to these test methods approved by the executive director.


Source Note: The provisions of this §115.325 adopted to be effective February 19, 1990, 15 TexReg 549; amended to be effective July 17, 1991, 16 TexReg 3722; amended to be effective August 1, 1992, 17 TexReg 4683; amended to be effective May 22, 1997, 22 TexReg 4213; amended to be effective August 29, 2001, 26 TexReg 6303; amended to be effective May 16, 2002, 27 TexReg 4113; amended to be effective June 24, 2010, 35 TexReg 5293

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