Utah Admin. Code R307-203-1 - Commercial and Industrial Sources
(1) Any coal, oil, or mixture thereof, burned
in any fuel burning or process installation not covered by New Source
Performance Standards for sulfur emissions shall contain no more than 1.0 pound
sulfur per million gross BTU heat input for any mixture of coal nor .85 pounds
sulfur per million gross BTU heat input for any oil.
(a) In the case of fuel oil, it shall be
sufficient to record the following specifications for each purchase of fuel oil
from the vendor: weight percent sulfur, gross heating value (btu per unit
volume), and density. These parameters shall be ascertained in accordance with
the methods of the American Society for Testing and Materials.
(b) In the case of coal, it shall be
necessary to obtain a representative grab sample for every 24 hours of
operation and the sample shall be tested in accordance with the methods of the
American Society for Testing and Materials.
(c) All sources located in the
SO2 nonattainment area covered by Section IX, Part H of
the Utah State Implementation Plan which are required to comply with specific
fuel (oil or coal) sulfur content limitations must demonstrate compliance with
their limitations in accordance with (a) and (b) above.
(d) Records of fuel sulfur content shall be
kept for all periods when the plant is in operation and shall be made available
to the director upon request, and shall include a period of two years ending
with the date of the request.
(e)
If the owner/operator of the source can demonstrate to the director that the
inherent variability of the coal they are receiving from the vendor is low
enough such that the testing requirements outlined above may be deemed
excessive, then an alternative testing plan may be approved for use with the
same source of coal.
(f) Any person
may apply to the director for approval of an alternative test method, an
alternative method of control, an alternative compliance period, an alternative
emission limit, or an alternative monitoring schedule. The application must
include a demonstration that the proposed alternative produces an equal or
greater air quality benefit than that required by R307-203, or that the
alternative test method is equivalent to that required by R307-203. The
director shall obtain concurrence from EPA when approving an alternative test
method, an alternative method of control, an alternative compliance period, an
alternative emission limit, or an alternative monitoring schedule.
(2) Any person engaged in
operating fuel burning equipment using coal or fuel oil, which is not covered
by New Source Performance Standards for sulfur emissions, may apply for an
exemption from the sulfur content restrictions of (1) above. The applicant
shall furnish evidence, that the fuel burning equipment is operating in such a
manner as to prevent the emission of sulfur dioxide in amounts greater than
would be produced under the limitations of (1) above. Control apparatus to
continuously prevent the emission of sulfur greater than provided by (1) above
must be specified in the application for an exemption.
(3) In case an exemption is granted, the
operator shall install continuous emission monitoring devices approved by the
director. The operator shall provide the director with a monthly summary of the
data from such monitors. This summary shall be such as to show the degree of
compliance with (1) above. It shall be submitted no later than the calendar
month succeeding its recording. When exemptions from (1) above are granted, the
source's application for such exemption must specify the test method for
determining sulfur emissions. The test method must agree with the NSPS test
method for the same industrial category.
(4) Methods for determining sulfur content of
coal and fuel oil shall be those methods of the American Society for Testing
and Materials.
(a) For determining sulfur
content in coal, ASTM Methods D3177-75 or D4239-85 are to be used.
(b) For determining sulfur content in oil,
ASTM Methods D2880-71 or D4294-89 are to be used.
(c) For determining the gross calorific (or
BTU) content of coal, ASTM Methods D2015-77 or D3286-85 are to be
used.
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