N.D. Admin Code 33.1-15-14-01 - Designated air contaminant sources

Pursuant to subsection 1 of North Dakota Century Code section 23.1-06-08, stationary sources within the following source categories are designated as air contaminant sources capable of causing or contributing to air pollution, either directly or indirectly.

1. The following chemical process facilities:

a. Adipic acid.

b. Ammonia.

c. Ammonium nitrate.

d. Carbon black.

e. Charcoal.

f. Chlorine.

g. Chlor-alkali manufacturing.

h. Detergent and soap.

i. Explosives (trinitrotoluene and nitrocellulose).

j. Hydrochloric acid.

k. Hydrofluoric acid.

l. Nitric acid.

m. Paint and varnish manufacturing.

n. Phosphoric acid.

o. Phthalic anhydride.

p. Plastics manufacturing.

q. Printing ink manufacturing.

r. Sodium carbonate.

s. Sulfur production and recovery.

t. Sulfuric acid.

u. Synthetic fibers.

v. Synthetic rubber.

w. Terephthalic acid.

x. Alcohol.

y. Cresylic acids.

z. Phenol.

aa. Polymer manufacturing and coating operations.

2. The following food and agricultural facilities:

a. Agricultural drying and dehydrating operations.

b. Ammonium nitrate.

c. Cheese whey drying and processing.

d. Coffee roasting.

e. Cotton ginning.

f. Feed, grain, and seed handling and processing.

g. Fermentation processes.

h. Fertilizers.

i. Fishmeal processing.

j. Meat smokehouses.

k. Orchard heaters.

l. Potato processing.

m. Rendering plants.

n. Starch manufacturing.

o. Sugarbeet processing.

3. The following metallurgical facilities:

a. Primary metals facilities:

(1) Aluminum ore reduction.

(2) Copper smelters.

(3) Ferroalloy production.

(4) Iron and steel mills.

(5) Lead smelters.

(6) Metallurgical coke manufacturing.

(7) Zinc.

b. Secondary metals facilities:

(1) Aluminum operations.

(2) Brass and bronze smelting.

(3) Ferroalloys.

(4) Ferrous foundries.

(5) Gray iron foundries.

(6) Lead smelting.

(7) Magnesium smelting.

(8) Nonferrous foundries.

(9) Steel foundries.

(10) Zinc processes.

c. Electrolytic plating operations.

4. The following mineral products facilities:

a. Asphalt roofing.

b. Asphaltic concrete plants.

c. Bricks and related clay refractories.

d. Calcium carbide.

e. Ceramic and clay processes.

f. Clay and fly ash sintering.

g. Coal cleaning.

h. Coal drying.

i. Coal mining.

j. Coal handling and processing.

k. Concrete batching.

l. Fiberglass manufacturing.

m. Frit manufacturing.

n. Glass manufacturing.

o. Gypsum manufacturing.

p. Leonardite mining, drying, and processing.

q. Lime manufacturing.

r. Mineral wool manufacturing.

s. Paperboard manufacturing.

t. Perlite manufacturing.

u. Phosphate rock preparation.

v. Portland cement manufacturing, bulk handling, and storage.

w. Rock, stone, gravel, and sand quarrying and processing.

x. Uranium mining, milling, and enrichment.

y. Calciners and dryers.

5. The following energy and fuel facilities:

a. Coal gasification.

b. Coal liquefaction.

c. Crude oil and natural gas production.

d. Fossil fuel steam electric plants.

e. Fuel conversion plants.

f. Natural gas processing.

g. Petroleum refining and petrochemical operations.

h. Petroleum storage (storage tanks and bulk terminals).

6. The following wood processing facilities:

a. Plywood veneer and layout operations.

b. Pulpboard manufacturing.

c. Wood pulping.

d. Sawmills.

e. Wood products manufacturing.

7. The following waste management units or facilities:

a. Afterburners.

b. Automobile body incinerators.

c. Conical burners.

d. Flares.

e. Gaseous and liquid organic compounds incinerators.

f. Industrial waste incinerators.

g. Open burning.

h. Open pit incinerators.

i. Infectious waste incinerators.

j. Refuse incinerators.

k. Salvage incinerators.

l. Sewage sludge incinerators.

m. Wood waste incinerators.

n. Municipal waste combustors.

8. The following miscellaneous facilities:

a. Drycleaning and laundry operations.

b. Fuel burning equipment.

c. Internal combustion engines.

d. Surface coating operations.

e. Wastewater treatment plants.

f. Water cooling towers and water cooling ponds.

g. Stationary gas turbines.

h. Lead acid battery manufacturing.

i. Hydrocarbon contaminated soil remediation projects.

9. Any source for which an applicable federal standard of performance [ 40 CFR 60 ] has been adopted in chapter 33.1-15-12.

10. Any source for which an applicable national emission standard for hazardous air pollutants [ 40 CFR 61 ] has been adopted in 33.1-15-13.

11. Any source which is subject to review under federal prevention of significant deterioration of air quality regulations [ 40 CFR 51.166] .

12. Any source which is determined by the department to cause or contribute to a violation of any state ambient air quality standard or violates the other provisions of 33.1-15-02.

13. Any source subject to title V permitting requirements in section 33.1-15-14-06.

14. Any major source to which a national emission standard for hazardous air pollutants for source categories [ 40 CFR 63 ] would apply.

15. Other stationary sources subject to a standard or requirement under the federal Clean Air Act as amended.

Notes

N.D. Admin Code 33.1-15-14-01

Adopted by Administrative Rules Supplement 370, October 2018, effective 1/1/2019.

General Authority: NDCC 23.1-06-04, 23.1-06-08, 23.1-06-09; S.L. 2017, ch. 199, § 1

Law Implemented: NDCC 23.1-06-08; S.L. 2017, ch. 199, § 21