25 Pa. Code § 129.304 - Emission requirements
(a) Except
as specified in §§
129.303,
129.304(c),
129.305,
129.306 and
129.307, the owner or operator of
a glass melting furnace may not operate the glass melting furnace in a manner
that results in NOx emissions in excess of the following allowable limits or
NOx emission limits contained in the plan approval or operating permit,
whichever are lower:
(1) 4.0 pounds of NOx
per ton of glass pulled for container glass furnaces.
(2) 7.0 pounds of NOx per ton of glass pulled
for pressed or blown glass furnaces.
(3) 4.0 pounds of NOx per ton of glass pulled
for fiberglass furnaces.
(4) 7.0
pounds of NOx per ton of glass pulled for flat glass furnaces.
(5) 6.0 pounds of NOx per ton of glass pulled
for all other glass melting furnaces.
(b) The owner or operator of a glass melting
furnace shall comply with subsection (a) by January 1, 2012, unless a petition
for an alternative emission limitation or compliance schedule is submitted, in
writing, to the Department and appropriate approved local air pollution control
agency by January 1, 2012, in accordance with subsection (c) and approved, in
writing, by the Department or appropriate approved local air pollution control
agency.
(c) An owner or operator of
a glass melting furnace that does not meet the NOx emission limits specified
under this section by January 1, 2012, may petition the Department and
appropriate approved local air pollution control agency for an alternative
emission limitation or compliance schedule as follows:
(1) The owner or operator of a glass melting
furnace subject to this section may submit, in writing, a petition requesting
an alternative emission limitation. The petition must demonstrate to the
satisfaction of the Department and appropriate approved local air pollution
control agency that it is economically or technologically infeasible to meet
the emission limitation under this section. The alternative emission limitation
must be included in either a plan approval or an operating permit issued by the
Department or a permit issued by the appropriate approved local air pollution
control agency.
(2) The owner or
operator of a glass melting furnace for which the schedule for cold shutdown
does not allow compliance by January 1, 2012 may submit a petition, in writing,
requesting an alternative compliance schedule. The alternative compliance
schedule for a cold shutdown which occurs after June 19, 2010, may not be
extended beyond 180 days from the start-up of the furnace after the cold
shutdown, unless approved, in writing, by the Department.
(3) A petition must include the following:
(i) A brief description, including make,
model and location, of each affected glass melting furnace.
(ii) A list of all air pollution control
technologies and measures that have been installed on each affected glass
melting furnace and are operating to control emissions of NOx.
(iii) The date of installation and original
commencement of operation for each of the technologies and measures listed in
accordance with subparagraph (ii).
(iv) An explanation of how the NOx control
technology or measure installed has been optimized for the maximum NOx emission
reduction for each of the technologies and measures listed in accordance with
subparagraph (ii).
(v) The results
of each stack test and other emissions measurements for the affected glass
melting furnace following the installation and commencement of operation of the
air pollution control technologies and measures listed in accordance with
subparagraph (ii).
(vi) The date of
last scheduled cold shutdown for each affected furnace.
(vii) The date of next scheduled cold
shutdown of each affected furnace.
(viii) Other relevant information requested,
in writing, by the Department or appropriate approved local air pollution
control agency.
(4) If an
alternative compliance schedule is sought to meet the requirements of this
section, the owner or operator shall submit a proposed schedule containing
proposed interim milestone dates for completing each phase of the required work
and a proposed final compliance date. The petition must also include a proposed
interim emission limitation until compliance is achieved with the requirements
specified in this section.
(5) If
an alternative emission limitation is sought to meet the requirements of this
section, the conditions or special circumstances which demonstrate that the
applicable requirements are technologically or economically
infeasible.
(6) If an alternative
emission limitation is sought to meet the requirements of this section, the
owner or operator shall propose emission limitations in the petition.
(7) Approved interim milestone dates or
emission limitations determined to be necessary for effective monitoring of
progress toward full compliance with the requirements of this section,
§§
129.301-129.303 and
129.305-129.310 shall be specified in a
plan approval or operating permit issued by the Department or a permit issued
by the appropriate approved local air pollution control
agency.
(d) During routine
maintenance of an add-on emission control system or systems, or maintenance or
repair measures on furnace components, the owner or operator of a glass melting
furnace subject to the emission limits specified under subsection (a) is exempt
from these limits if:
(1) All routine
maintenance of an add-on emission control system or maintenance or repair
measures on furnace components, or both, combined, in each calendar year does
not exceed 144 hours total.
(2) The
routine maintenance or maintenance or repair measure, or both, is conducted in
a manner consistent with good air pollution control practices for minimizing
emissions.
Notes
The provisions of this § 129.304 issued under section 5(a)(1) of the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P.S. § 4005(a)(1)).
This section cited in 25 Pa. Code § 121.1 (relating to definitions); 25 Pa. Code § 129.96 (relating to applicablity); 25 Pa. Code § 129.112 (relating to presumptive RACT requirements, RACT emission limitations and petition for alternative compliance schedule); 25 Pa. Code § 129.301 (relating to purpose); 25 Pa. Code § 129.302 (relating to applicability); 25 Pa. Code § 129.303 (relating to exemptions); 25 Pa. Code § 129.307 (relating to idling requirements); 25 Pa. Code § 129.308 (relating to compliance determination); 25 Pa. Code § 129.309 (relating to compliance demonstration); and 25 Pa. Code § 129.310 (relating to recordkeeping).
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