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TITLE 30ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
PART 1TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
CHAPTER 106PERMITS BY RULE
SUBCHAPTER OOIL AND GAS
RULE §106.352Oil and Gas Handling and Production Facilities

  (2) Total emissions, including process fugitives, combustion unit stacks, separator, or other process vents, tank vents, and loading emissions from all such facilities constructed at a site under this subsection shall not exceed 25 tpy each of SO2, all other sulfur compounds combined, or all VOCs combined; and 250 tpy each of NOX and CO. Emissions of VOC and sulfur compounds other than SO2 must include gas lost by equilibrium flash as well as gas lost by conventional evaporation.

  (3) Any facility handling sour gas shall be located at least one-quarter mile from any recreational area or residence or other structure not occupied or used solely by the owner or operator of the facility or the owner of the property upon which the facility is located.

  (4) Total emissions of sulfur compounds, excluding sulfur oxides, from all vents shall not exceed 4.0 pounds per hour (lb/hr) and the height of each vent emitting sulfur compounds shall meet the following requirements, except in no case shall the height be less than 20 feet, where the total emission rate as H2S, lb/hr, and minimum vent height (feet), and other values may be interpolated:

    (A) 0.27 lb/hr at 20 feet;

    (B) 0.60 lb/hr at 30 feet;

    (C) 1.94 lb/hr at 50 feet;

    (D) 3.00 lb/hr at 60 feet; and

    (E) 4.00 lb/hr at 68 feet.

  (5) Before operation begins, facilities handling sour gas shall be registered with the executive director in Austin using Form PI-7 along with supporting documentation that all requirements of this subsection will be met. For facilities constructed under §106.353 of this title (relating to Temporary Oil and Gas Facilities), the registration is required before operation under this subsection can begin. If the facilities cannot meet this subsection, a permit under Chapter 116 of this title (relating to Control of Air Pollution by Permits for New Construction or Modification) is required prior to continuing operation of the facilities.

(m) The following tables shall be used as required in this section.

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Source Note: The provisions of this §106.352 adopted to be effective February 27, 2011, 36 TexReg 943; amended to be effective February 2, 2012, 37 TexReg 333; amended to be effective November 22, 2012, 37 TexReg 9100

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