Texas Administrative Code

Texas Administrative Code

TITLE 30	ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
PART 1	TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
CHAPTER 115	CONTROL OF AIR POLLUTION FROM VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
SUBCHAPTER B	GENERAL VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND SOURCES
DIVISION 2	VENT GAS CONTROL
RULE §115.127	Exemptions

(C) a vent gas stream having a concentration of the VOC specified in §115.121(c)(1)(B) and (C) of this title less than 30,000 ppmv.

(2) A vent gas stream specified in §115.121(c)(2) of this title which emits less than or equal to five tons of total uncontrolled VOC in any one calendar year is exempt from the requirements of §115.121(c)(2) of this title.

(3) A vent gas stream is exempt from this division if all of the VOCs in the vent gas stream originate from a source(s) for which another division within Chapter 115 (for example, Storage of Volatile Organic Compounds) has established a control requirement(s), emission specification(s), or exemption(s) which applies to that VOC source category in that county.

(4) A combustion unit exhaust stream is exempt from this division provided that the unit is not being used as a control device for any vent gas stream which is subject to this division and which originates from a non-combustion source.

Source Note: The provisions of this §115.127 adopted to be effective February 19, 1990, 15 TexReg 549; amended to be effective August 1, 1992, 17 TexReg 4683; amended to be effective November 16, 1992, 17 TexReg 7782; amended to be effective December 3, 1993, 18 TexReg 8538; amended to be effective May 27, 1994, 19 TexReg 3703; amended to be effective January 27, 1995, 20 TexReg 221; amended to be effective March 7, 1996, 21 TexReg 1548; amended to be effective May 22, 1997, 22 TexReg 4213; amended to be effective November 16, 1999, 24 TexReg 10555; amended to be effective January 18, 2001, 26TexReg 493; amended to be effective January 17, 2003, 28 TexReg 113; amended to be effective June 25, 2015, 40 TexReg 3907; amended to be effective May 16, 2024, 49 TexReg 3292