N.D. Admin Code 33.1-15-20-04 - Requirements for control of production facility emissions
1. The emissions from all treaters,
separators, engines, incinerators, flares, tanks, and other onsite equipment
must comply with the requirements of subsection 5.
2. Each flare used for combusting gas at a
production facility must be equipped and operated with an automatic ignitor or
a continuous burning pilot which must be maintained and operated in good
working order. This is required even if the flare is used for emergency
purposes only. A continuous burning pilot is required if this department
determines that an automatic ignition system is ineffective due to production
characteristics. The flare stack must be of sufficient height to allow for
adequate dispersion of air contaminants as necessary to meet the requirements
of this article.
3. Any organic
compound gases and vapors may be subject to controls as specified in chapter
33.1-15-07.
4. Routine inspections
and maintenance of tanks, hatches, compressors, vent lines, pressure relief
valves, packing elements, and couplings must be conducted to minimize emissions
from equipment at a production facility. Tank hatches must hold a positive
working pressure or must be repaired or replaced.
5. The owner or operator of any oil or gas
well production facility shall install equipment necessary to ensure that
emissions comply with the ambient air quality standards of chapter 33.1-15-02,
including hydrogen sulfide and sulfur dioxide; the class I and class II
increments for sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, and particulate matter of
chapter 33.1-15-15, if applicable; the odor concentration limits of chapter
33.1-15-16; and any other applicable chapter of this article. For the purpose
of this chapter, compliance must be determined outside the surface boundary of
the production facility.
6. When a
malfunction, the correction of a malfunction, or maintenance at any oil and gas
well production facility occurs that can be expected to cause the emission of
air contaminants in violation of this article for longer than twenty-four
hours, the person responsible for such installation shall notify the department
of such malfunction or maintenance as set forth in section 33.1-15-01-13. This
subsection pertains only to the reporting of malfunctions and maintenance and
does not obviate the source's responsibility to comply with the remainder of
this chapter or article.
7. The
owner or operator of any oil and gas well production facility completed prior
to the effective date of section 33.1-15-20-04 shall comply with the
requirements of this chapter within six months of the effective date of these
revisions. The owner or operator of any oil and gas well production facility
completed after the effective date of the revisions to section 33.1-15-20-04
shall comply with the requirements of this chapter within ninety days of the
completion of the well.
Notes
General Authority: NDCC 23.1-06-04;
S.L.
Law Implemented: NDCC 23.1-06-04;
S.L.
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