Or. Admin. Code § 340-220-0150 - Determining VOC Emissions Using Material Balance

The owner or operator may determine the amount of VOC emissions for emissions of a regulated pollutant by using material balance. The owner or operator using material balance to calculate VOC emissions must determine the amount of VOC added to the process, the amount of VOC consumed in the process, and the amount of VOC recovered in the process, if any, by testing using 40 CFR part 60 Appendix A EPA Method 18, 24, 25, a material balance method, or an equivalent plant specific method specified in the Oregon Title V Operating Permit using the following equation:

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Or. Admin. Code § 340-220-0150

DEQ 20-1993(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 11-4-93; DEQ 13-1994, f. & cert. ef. 5-19-94; DEQ 22-1995, f. & cert. ef. 10-6-95; DEQ 2-1996, f. & cert. ef. 1-29-96; DEQ 14-1999, f. & cert. ef. 10-14-99, Renumbered from 340-028-2700; DEQ 6-2001, f. 6-18-01, cert. ef. 7-1-01; DEQ 6-2007(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 8-17-07 thru 2-12-08; Administrative correction 2-22-08; DEQ 10-2008, f. & cert. ef. 8-25-08; DEQ 7-2015, f. & cert. ef. 4/16/2015; DEQ 61-2017, minor correction filed 12/20/2017, effective 12/20/2017; DEQ 10-2018, minor correction filed 02/28/2018, effective 2/28/2018; DEQ 13-2019, amend filed 05/16/2019, effective 5/16/2019

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Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 468.020, 468.065, 468A.070, 468A.310 & 468A.315

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 468 & 468A