(a) The provisions of §§115.162 - 115.167 of this title (relating to Control Requirements; Alternate Control Requirements; Determination of Emissions and Flow Rates; Approved Test Methods and Testing Requirements; Monitoring and Recordkeeping Requirements; and Exemptions) apply to vent gas streams at batch process operations in the Beaumont/Port Arthur and Houston/Galveston areas, as defined in §115.10 of this title (relating to Definitions), under the following Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes: (1) 2821 (plastic resins and materials); (2) 2833 (medicinals and botanicals); (3) 2834 (pharmaceutical preparations); (4) 2861 (gum and wood chemicals); (5) 2865 (cyclic crudes and intermediates); (6) 2869 (industrial organic chemicals, not elsewhere classified); and (7) 2879 (agricultural chemicals, not elsewhere classified). (b) Any batch process operation that is exempt under §115.167(1) or (2)(A) of this title is subject to the requirements of Division 2 of this subchapter (relating to Vent Gas Control). (c) Any batch process in the Houston/Galveston area in which a highly-reactive volatile organic compound, as defined in §115.10 of this title, is a raw material, intermediate, final product, or in a waste stream is subject to the requirements of Subchapter H of this chapter (relating to Highly-Reactive Volatile Organic Compounds) in addition to the applicable requirements of either this division (relating to Batch Processes) or Division 2 of this subchapter, whichever of these two divisions applies. |
Source Note: The provisions of this §115.161 adopted to be effective November 18, 1999, 24 TexReg 10095; amended to be effective January 18, 2001, 26 TexReg 493; amended to be effective May 16, 2002, 27 TexReg 4113; amended to be effective January 17, 2003, 28 TexReg 113 |