Or. Admin. Code § 340-244-0249 - Gasoline Dispensing Facilities: Testing and Monitoring Requirements
(1) Effective March
23, 2024, the testing listed in this rule must be conducted and passed for each
Stage I vapor balance system, Enhanced Vapor Recovery system, and Stage II
vapor recovery system, as applicable. Initial tests must be completed no later
than July 1, 2025. For owners or operators assigned to or issued an Air
Contaminant Discharge Permit which requires testing, the testing requirements
of both the Air Contaminant Discharge Permit and this rule must be met for the
initial and subsequent tests.
(2)
All subsequent tests must be conducted at the frequency required by this rule
and no later than the end of the calendar month during which the initial test
was conducted.
(3)
Stage I
Vapor Balance and Stage II vapor recovery. The following test
requirements apply to Stage I vapor balance and Stage II vapor recovery
systems:
(a) An owner or operator of a GDF
installing a complete Stage I vapor balance or Stage II vapor recovery system
must conduct and pass a "Pressure test", "PV Vent Valve test", and "Leak Rate
of Drop Tube test" under section (6) prior to placing the equipment into
gasoline service. If necessary for testing purposes, enough gasoline to conduct
the performance test may be loaded into the gasoline storage tank(s) at the
GDF;
(b) A GDF that has only
conducted initial testing upon installation of the Stage I vapor balance system
for "Pressure test" and "PV Vent Valve test", as listed under section (6), must
conduct and pass a test for both of these and a "Leak Rate of Drop Tube test"
before July 1, 2025;
(c) A GDF with
a Stage I vapor balance system must conduct and pass a "Pressure test" and "PV
Vent Valve test" under section (6) at least once every 24 months.
(4)
Enhanced Vapor
Recovery. The following test requirements apply to Enhanced Vapor
Recovery systems:
(a) An owner or operator of
a GDF installing an Enhanced Vapor Recovery system must conducted and pass the
following tests, as listed under section (6) prior to placing the equipment
into gasoline service. If necessary for testing purposes, enough gasoline to
conduct the performance test may be loaded into the gasoline storage tank(s) at
the GDF:
(A) "Pressure test";
(B) "PV Vent Valve test";
(C) "Static Torque test" if the EVR system
has rotatable adapters; and
(D)
"Leak Rate of Drop Tube test".
(b) An owner or operator of a GDF that is
equipped with an Enhanced Vapor Recovery system must conduct the tests listed
in paragraph (4)(a)(A) through (D) at least once every 24 months.
(5) A failed test completed timely
and a passing test completed after the required frequency is not compliant with
this rule. Frequency requirements established in section (6) of this rule
pertain to test results which demonstrate the vapor control equipment is
functioning properly according to the applicable test method.
(6) Compliance tests for gasoline vapor
control equipment are as follows:
(a) Stage I
vapor balance and Stage I EVR systems must:
(A) Conduct a Pressure test every 24 months.
A pressure test is either CARB Vapor Recovery Test Procedure 201.3 (TP-201.3)
'Determination of 2-Inch WC Static Pressure Performance of Vapor Recovery
Systems of Dispensing Facilities' or Bay Area Air Quality Management District
Source Test Procedure ST-30 'Static Pressure Integrity Test - Underground
Storage Tanks'.
(B) Conduct a Leak
Rate of Drop Tube test every 24 months. A Leak Rate of Drop Tube test is either
Test Procedure 201.1C (TP-201.1C) 'Leak Rate of Drop Tube/Drain Valve Assembly'
or Test Procedure 201.1D (TP-201.1D) 'Leak Rate of Drop Tube Overfill
Prevention Devices and Spill Container Drain Valves' depending on the system
configuration.
(C) Conduct a PV
Vent Valve test every 24 months. A PV Vent Valve test is either CARB Vapor
Recovery Test Procedure 201.1E (TP-201.1E) 'Leak Rate and Cracking Pressure of
Pressure/Vacuum Vent Valves' or CARB Vapor Recovery Test Procedure 201.1E
(TP-201.1E) Alternate version (August 5, 2005).
(b) Stage I EVR systems with rotatable
adapters must conduct a Static Torque test every 24 months. A static torque
test is CARB test procedure 201.1B (TP-201.1B) 'Static Torque of Rotatable
Phase I Adaptors'.
(7)
Each owner or operator of a GDF choosing to use a Stage I vapor balance system
other than that described in this division, must comply with the procedures
specified in the provisions of
40 C.F.R.
63.6(g) before placing the
alternative system into gasoline service.
(a)
The owner or operator must retain documentation of EPA's approval of the
alternative for as long as the alternative system is in use at the site;
and
(b) The owner or operator must
comply with all conditions and stipulations included with the alternative
approval from EPA.
(8)
Conduct of performance tests. All performance tests must be conducted under
conditions based on representative performance, i.e., performance based on
normal operating conditions, of the affected source. Upon request by DEQ, the
owner or operator of a GDF must make available such records as may be necessary
to determine the conditions of performance tests and representative
performance.
(9) Owners and
operators of gasoline cargo tanks subject to the provisions of OAR
340-244-0248(3)
must conduct annual certification testing according to the vapor tightness
testing requirements found in
40 C.F.R.
63.11092(f). EPA Method 27
as in effect on July 1, 2023 is hereby incorporated by reference. 40 C.F.R.
part 60 Appendix A-8.
(10) Owners
or operators of a gasoline storage tank that has a drop tube replaced not in
association with the installation of a Stage I Vapor Balance system or Enhanced
Vapor Recovery system must conduct and pass a 'Pressure Test' as described in
section (6) within 45 days of the date a drop tube was installed.
[NOTE: This rule, excluding section (7), is included in the State of Oregon Clean Air Act Implementation Plan that EQC adopted under OAR 340-200-0040 only for affected sources in the Portland-Vancouver, Medford-Ashland, and Salem-Keizer Area Transportation Study air quality management areas and all of Clackamas, Multnomah, and Washington counties.]
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Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 468.020, 468A.025 & 468A.070
Statutes/Other Implemented: 468A.070 & ORS 468A.025
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