Fla. Admin. Code Ann. R. 62-296.320 - General Pollutant Emission Limiting Standards
(1) Volatile organic compounds emissions or
organic solvents emissions - No person shall store, pump, handle, process,
load, unload or use in any process or installation, volatile organic compounds
or organic solvents without applying known and existing vapor emission control
devices or systems deemed necessary and ordered by the Department.
(2) Objectionable Odor Prohibited - No person
shall cause, suffer, allow or permit the discharge of air pollutants which
cause or contribute to an objectionable odor.
(3) Permitted Open Burning. Open burning in
connection with industrial, commercial, institutional, or governmental
operations is allowed only as provided at Chapter 62-256, F.A.C., or when:
(a) Open burning is determined by the
Department to be the only available method of disposal and is authorized by an
air permit; and
(b) Such open
burning does not involve any material prohibited from being burned at Rule
62-256.300,
F.A.C.
(4) General
Particulate Emission Limiting Standards. The following emission limiting
standards shall apply to emissions units of particulate matter not subject to a
particulate emission limit or opacity limit set forth in or established
elsewhere in this chapter.
(a) Process Weight
Table.
1. Applicability. The emission
limitations set forth in subparagraph 62-296.320(4)(a) 2., F.A.C., below, shall
apply to any emissions unit which processes raw materials to produce a finished
product through a chemical or physical change, except emissions units which:
a. Burn fuel to produce heat or power by
indirect heating where the products of combustion do not come in contact with
the process materials.
b. Burn
refuse.
c. Salvage materials by
burning.
2. Particulate
Matter Emissions Standard - No person shall cause, let, permit, suffer or allow
the emission of particulate matter through a stack or vent, from any emissions
unit subject to this rule in total quantities in excess of the amount shown in
Table 296.320 -1. Interpolation of the data in Table 296.320 -1 for the process
weight rates up to 30 tons per hour shall be accomplished by use of the
equation: E = 3.59 P
0.62 , where P is less than or equal to
30 tons per hour. Interpolation and extrapolation of the data for process
weight rates in excess of 30 tons per hour shall be accomplished by use of the
equation: E = 17.31 P
0.16 , where P is greater than 30 tons
per hour. In both equations: E = emissions in pounds per hour and P = process
weight rate in tons per hour.
PROCESS WEIGHT TABLE TABLE 296.320 -1
Process Rate | Emission Rate |
(Tons Per Hour) | (Pounds Per Hour) |
.025 | 0.36 |
.050 | 0.56 |
.250 | 1.52 |
.50 | 2.34 |
2.50 | 6.34 |
5 | 9.74 |
10 | 14.97 |
30 | 29.57 |
40 | 31.23 |
60 | 33.33 |
80 | 34.90 |
100 | 36.17 |
200 | 40.41 |
500 | 46.79 |
3.
Particulate Matter Emissions Test Method and procedures. All particulate matter
emissions tests performed pursuant to the requirements of this rule shall
comply with the following provisions.
a.
Emissions units incorporating a scrubber for control of particulate matter
shall use the following test methods.
(i)
Citrus Plants. The test method for particulate emissions shall be EPA Method 5,
as described at 40 C.F.R. Part 60, Appendix A-3, adopted and incorporated by
reference at Rule
62-204.800,
F.A.C. An acetone wash shall be used. The minimum sample volume shall be 32 dry
standard cubic feet.
(ii) All
Others. The test method for particulate emissions shall be EPA Method 5, as
described at 40 C.F.R. Part 60, Appendix A-3, adopted and incorporated by
reference at Rule 62-204.800, F.A.C. An acetone wash shall be used.
b. Emissions units incorporating
dry controls for control of particulate matter shall use the following test
methods.
(i) Phosphate Processing. The test
method for particulate emissions shall be EPA Method 5, as described at 40
C.F.R. Part 60, Appendix A-3, adopted and incorporated by reference at Rule
62-204.800, F.A.C. An acetone wash shall be used. The minimum sample volume
shall be 30 dry standard cubic feet.
(ii) All Others. The test method for
particulate emissions shall be EPA Method 17, with an acetone wash and an
average stack temperature below 275 degrees Fahrenheit, or EPA Method 5 with an
acetone wash. EPA Method 17 is described at 40 C.F.R. Part 60, Appendix A-6;
and EPA Method 5 is described at 40 C.F.R. Part 60, Appendix A-3. These test
methods are adopted and incorporated by reference at Rule
62-204.800,
F.A.C.
c. Test
procedures shall meet all applicable requirements of Chapter 62-297,
F.A.C.
(b)
General Visible Emissions Standard.
1. No
person shall cause, let, permit, suffer or allow to be discharged into the
atmosphere the emissions of air pollutants from any activity, the density of
which is equal to or greater than 20 percent opacity.
2. Notwithstanding subparagraph
62-296.320(4)(b) 1., F.A.C., above, the owner or operator of an emissions unit
subject to the general visible emission standard may request the Department to
establish a higher visible emissions standard for that emissions unit. The
owner or operator may request that a visible emissions standard be established
at that level at which the emissions unit will be able, as indicated by
compliance tests, to meet the opacity standard at all times during which the
emissions unit is meeting the applicable particulate matter standard. The
Department shall establish such a standard, through the permitting process, if
it finds that:
a. The emissions unit was in
compliance with the applicable particulate emission standard while a compliance
test was being conducted but failed to comply with the general visible
emissions standard during the test;
b. The emissions unit and associated air
pollution control equipment were operated and maintained in a manner to
minimize the opacity emissions during the compliance test; and
c. The emissions unit and associated air
pollution control equipment were incapable of being adjusted or operated in
such a manner as to meet the opacity standard.
3. If the presence of uncombined water is the
only reason for failure to meet visible emission standards given in this rule,
such failure shall not be a violation of this rule.
4. All visible emissions tests performed
pursuant to the requirements of this rule shall comply with the following
provisions.
a. The test method for visible
emissions shall be EPA Method 9, as described at 40 C.F.R. Part 60, Appendix
A-4, adopted and incorporated by reference at Rule
62-204.800,
F.A.C.
b. Test procedures shall
meet all applicable requirements of Chapter 62-297, F.A.C.
(c) Unconfined Emissions of
Particulate Matter.
1. No person shall cause,
let, permit, suffer or allow the emissions of unconfined particulate matter
from any activity, including vehicular movement; transportation of materials;
construction, alteration, demolition or wrecking; or industrially related
activities such as loading, unloading, storing or handling; without taking
reasonable precautions to prevent such emissions.
2. Any permit issued to a facility with
emissions of unconfined particulate matter shall specify the reasonable
precautions to be taken by that facility to control the emissions of unconfined
particulate matter.
3. Reasonable
precautions include the following:
a. Paving
and maintenance of roads, parking areas and yards.
b. Application of water or chemicals to
control emissions from such activities as demolition of buildings, grading
roads, construction, and land clearing.
c. Application of asphalt, water, oil,
chemicals or other dust suppressants to unpaved roads, yards, open stock piles
and similar activities.
d. Removal
of particulate matter from roads and other paved areas under the control of the
owner or operator of the facility to prevent reentrainment, and from buildings
or work areas to prevent particulate from becoming airborne.
e. Landscaping or planting of
vegetation.
f. Use of hoods, fans,
filters, and similar equipment to contain, capture and/or vent particulate
matter.
g. Confining abrasive
blasting where possible.
h.
Enclosure or covering of conveyor systems.
4. In determining what constitutes reasonable
precautions for a particular facility, the Department shall consider the cost
of the control technique or work practice, the environmental impacts of the
technique or practice, and the degree of reduction of emissions expected from a
particular technique or practice.
Notes
Rulemaking Authority 403.061 FS. Law Implemented 403.031, 403.061, 403.087 FS.
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