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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 1PROCESS UNIT TURNAROUND AND VACUUM-PRODUCING SYSTEMS IN PETROLEUM REFINERIES
RULE §115.316Monitoring and Recordkeeping Requirements

(a) For all affected persons in the Beaumont/Port Arthur, Dallas/Fort Worth, El Paso, and Houston/Galveston areas, the following recordkeeping requirements shall apply.

  (1) Any person who operates a vacuum-producing system affected by §115.311(a) of this title (relating to Emission Specifications) shall keep the following records:

    (A) continuous monitoring of the exhaust gas temperature immediately downstream of a direct-flame incinerator;

    (B) continuous monitoring of temperatures upstream and downstream of a catalytic incinerator or chiller; and

    (C) continuous monitoring of the exhaust gas volatile organic compound (VOC) concentration of any carbon adsorption system, as defined in §115.10 of this title (relating to Definitions), to determine breakthrough.

  (2) Any person who conducts a process unit turnaround affected by §115.312(a) of this title (relating to Control Requirements) shall keep the following records:

    (A) the date of process unit shutdown and subsequent start-up following turnaround;

    (B) the type of process unit involved in the turnaround; and

    (C) an estimation of the concentration and total emissions of VOC emissions released to the atmosphere during the process turnaround.

  (3) The results of any testing conducted in accordance with the provisions specified in §115.315(a) of this title (relating to Testing Requirements) shall be maintained at the affected facility.

  (4) All records shall be maintained for two years and be made available for review upon request by authorized representatives of the executive director, EPA, or local air pollution control agencies.

(b) For all affected persons in Victoria County, the following recordkeeping requirements shall apply.

  (1) Any person who operates a vacuum-producing system affected by §115.311(b) of this title shall keep the following records:

    (A) continuous monitoring of the exhaust gas temperature immediately downstream of a direct-flame incinerator;

    (B) continuous monitoring of temperatures upstream and downstream of a catalytic incinerator or chiller; and

    (C) continuous monitoring of the exhaust gas VOC concentration of any carbon adsorption system, as defined in §115.10 of this title, to determine breakthrough.

  (2) Any person who conducts a process unit turnaround affected by §115.312(b) of this title shall keep the following records:

    (A) the date of process unit shutdown and subsequent start-up following turnaround;

    (B) the type of process unit involved in the turnaround; and

    (C) an estimation of the concentration and total emissions of VOC emissions released to the atmosphere during the process turnaround.

  (3) The results of any testing conducted in accordance with the provisions specified in §115.315(b) of this title shall be maintained at the affected facility.

  (4) All records shall be maintained for two years and be made available for review upon request by authorized representatives of the executive director, EPA, or local air pollution control agencies.


Source Note: The provisions of this §115.316 adopted to be effective February 19, 1990, 15 TexReg 549; amended to be effective July 17, 1991, 16 TexReg 3721; amended to be effective August 1, 1992, 17 TexReg 4683; amended to be effective November 16, 1992, 17 TexReg 7782; amended to be effective May 16, 2002, 27 TexReg 4113

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