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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 §115.326Recordkeeping Requirements

For Gregg, Nueces, and Victoria Counties, the owner or operator of a petroleum refinery shall have the following recordkeeping requirements.

  (1) The owner or operator shall submit to the executive director a monitoring program plan. This plan must contain, at a minimum, a list of the refinery units and the quarter that the unit will be monitored, a copy of the log book format, and the make and model of the monitoring equipment to be used. If the owner or operator elects to use the alternative work practice in §115.358 of this title (relating to Alternative Work Practice), the owner or operator must update and resubmit the plan to the executive director. The updated plan must also:

    (A) identify which units are monitored according to the alternative work practice; and

    (B) include the frequency of monitoring under the alternative work practice.

  (2) The owner or operator shall maintain a leaking-components monitoring log for all leaks of more than 10,000 parts per million by volume (ppmv) of volatile organic compound detected by the monitoring program required by §115.324 of this title (relating to Inspection Requirements). If the owner or operator elects to use the alternative work practice in §115.358 of this title, the log must also be maintained for all leaks detected using the alternative work practice. This log must contain, at a minimum, the following data:

    (A) the name of the process unit where the component is located;

    (B) the type of component (e.g., valve or seal);

    (C) the tag number of the component;

    (D) the date the component was monitored;

    (E) the results of the monitoring (in ppmv), except for components monitored according to the alternative work practice in §115.358 of this title, which must be maintained according to paragraph (4) of this section;

    (F) a record of the calibration of the monitoring instrument, except for the daily instrument check specified in the alternative work practice in §115.358 of this title, which must be maintained according to paragraph (4) of this section;

    (G) if a component is found leaking:

      (i) the date that a leaking component is discovered;

      (ii) the date that a first attempt at repair was made to a leaking component;

      (iii) the date that a leaking component is repaired;

      (iv) the date and instrument reading of the recheck procedure after a leaking component is repaired; and

      (v) those leaks that cannot be repaired until turnaround and the date that the leaking component is placed on the shutdown list;

    (H) the total number of components checked and the total number of components found leaking; and

    (I) the test method used (Method 21, sight/sound/smell, or the alternative work practice in §115.358 of this title).

  (3) The owner or operator shall retain copies of the monitoring log for a minimum of five years after the date that the record was made or the report prepared.

  (4) If an owner or operator elects to use the alternative work practice in §115.358 of this title, the following records must be maintained in addition to the records required by paragraphs (1) - (3) of this section.

    (A) The owner or operator shall maintain a list of each component that is monitored according to the alternative work practice in §115.358 of this title.

    (B) The owner or operator shall maintain records of the detection sensitivity level selected from the table in §115.358(e)(1) of this title.

    (C) The owner or operator shall maintain records of the analysis to determine the component in contact with the lowest mass fraction of chemicals that are detectable, as required by the daily instrument check procedure referenced in §115.358(c)(2) of this title.

    (D) The owner or operator shall maintain records of the technical basis for the mass fraction of detectable chemicals used for the daily instrument check procedure referenced in §115.358(c)(2) of this title.

    (E) The owner or operator shall maintain records of each daily instrument check required by §115.358(c)(2) of this title. These records include:

      (i) the flow meter reading of the leak used in the daily instrument check and the distance from which the leak was imaged;

      (ii) a video record, with a date and time stamp, of the daily instrument check for each configuration and operator of the optical gas imaging instrument used during monitoring; and

      (iii) the name of each operator performing the daily instrument check.

    (F) The owner or operator shall maintain records of the leak survey results as follows for all components that the owner or operator monitors using the alternative work practice in §115.358 of this title.

      (i) A video record must be used to document the leak survey results and the results of the recheck to verify the leak has been repaired, if the alternative work practice in §115.358 of this title is used to perform the recheck. The video record must meet the following requirements.

        (I) The video record must include a time and date stamp for each monitoring event.

        (II) Each component must be identifiable in the video record.

      (ii) The records must include the name of each operator performing the leak survey for each monitoring event.

    (G) The owner or operator shall maintain records of the annual Method 21 screening required by §115.358(f) of this title, including:

      (i) the components screened according to Method 21;

      (ii) the concentration measured according to Method 21;

      (iii) the date and time of the Method 21 screening; and

      (iv) the calibrations required by Method 21.

    (H) The owner or operator shall maintain records of the training required by §115.358(h) of this title.

    (I) The owner or operator shall maintain records of the optical gas imaging instrument manufacturer's operating parameters.

  (5) The owner or operator shall maintain all monitoring records for at least five years and make them available for review upon request by authorized representatives of the executive director, United States Environmental Protection Agency, or local air pollution control agencies with jurisdiction.


Source Note: The provisions of this §115.326 adopted to be effective February 19, 1990, 15 TexReg 549; amended to be effective August 1, 1992, 17 TexReg 4683; amended to be effective May 22, 1997, 22 TexReg 4213; amended to be effective May 16, 2002, 27 TexReg 4113; amended to be effective January 17, 2003, 28 TexReg 113; amended to be effective June 24, 2010, 35 TexReg 5293

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