| (a) For the Beaumont/Port Arthur, Dallas/Fort Worth, El Paso,
and Houston/Galveston areas, the owner or operator of a synthesized pharmaceutical
manufacturing facility shall provide the following specified controls.
(1) Tanks.
(A) All in-process tanks that contain volatile organic compounds
(VOC) at any time shall be kept covered, except when production, sampling,
maintenance, or inspection procedures require operator access.
(B) All storage tanks that store VOC shall have pressure vacuum
conservation vents installed which are set at plus or minus 0.8 inches of
water (plus or minus 0.2 kPa), unless a more effective control system is used.
(2) Centrifuges and filters. Centrifuges, rotary vacuum filters,
and other filters having an exposed liquid surface which process liquids containing
VOC shall be enclosed.
(3) Leaks.
(A) All liquid leaks containing VOC from a process unit or
storage tank shall be repaired the first time the equipment is off-line long
enough to complete the repair.
(B) All liquid or gaseous leaks of VOC observed during loading
operations shall be repaired immediately. Loading operations shall be discontinued
until the leak is repaired.
(4) Air dryers, production equipment exhaust systems, and loading
facilities. Sources affected by §115.531(a) of this title (relating to
Emission Specifications) shall be controlled by a system with a reduction
efficiency of at least 90% of the uncontrolled emissions.
(5) Pharmaceutical manufacturing facility. Any pharmaceutical
manufacturing facility that becomes subject to the provisions of paragraphs
(1) - (4) of this subsection by exceeding provisions of §115.537(a) of
this title (relating to Exemptions) will remain subject to the provisions
of this subsection, even if throughput or emissions later fall below exemption
limits, unless and until emissions are reduced to no more than the controlled
emissions level existing before implementation of the project by which throughput
or emission rate was reduced to less than the applicable exemption limits
in §115.537(a) of this title; and:
(A) the project by which throughput or emission rate was reduced
is authorized by any permit or permit amendment or standard permit or permit
by rule required by Chapter 116 or Chapter 106 of this title (relating to
Control of Air Pollution by Permit for New Construction or Modification; and
Permits by Rule). If a permit by rule is available for the project, compliance
with this subsection must be maintained for 30 days after the filing of documentation
of compliance with that permit by rule; or
(B) if authorization by permit, permit amendment, standard
permit, or permit by rule is not required for the project, the owner/operator
has given the executive director 30 days' notice of the project in writing.
(b) For Gregg, Nueces, and Victoria Counties, the owner or
operator of a synthesized pharmaceutical manufacturing facility shall provide
the following specified controls.
(1) Tanks.
(A) All in-process tanks that contain VOC at any time shall
be kept covered, except when production, sampling, maintenance, or inspection
procedures require operator access.
(B) All storage tanks that store VOC shall have pressure vacuum
conservation vents installed which are set at plus or minus 0.8 inches of
water (plus or minus 0.2 kPa), unless a more effective control system is used.
(2) Centrifuges and filters. Centrifuges, rotary vacuum filters,
and other filters having an exposed liquid surface which process liquids containing
VOC shall be enclosed.
(3) Leaks.
(A) All liquid leaks containing VOC from a process unit or
storage tank shall be repaired the first time the equipment is off-line long
enough to complete the repair.
(B) All liquid or gaseous leaks of VOC observed during loading
operations shall be repaired immediately. Loading operations shall be discontinued
until the leak is repaired.
(4) Air dryers, production equipment exhaust systems, and loading
facilities. Sources affected by §115.531(b) of this title shall be controlled
by a system with a reduction efficiency of at least 90% of the uncontrolled
emissions.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §115.532 adopted to be effective February 19, 1990, 15 TexReg 549; amended to be effective July 17, 1991, 16 TexReg 3729; amended to be effective August 1, 1992, 17 TexReg 4683; amended to be effective May 27, 1994, 19 TexReg 3703; amended to be effective May 22, 1997, 22 TexReg 4213; amended to be effective May 16, 2002, 27 TexReg 4113 |
