Utah Admin. Code R315-261-1086 - Air Emission Standards for Tanks and Containers - Standards: Containers
(a) Applicability.
The provisions of Section R315-261-1086 apply to the control of air pollutant
emissions from containers for which Subsection
R315-261-1082(b)
references the use Section R315-261-1086 for such air emission control.
(b) General requirements.
(1) The remanufacturer or other person that
stores or treats the hazardous secondary material shall control air pollutant
emissions from each container subject to Section R315-261-1086 in accordance
with the following requirements, as applicable to the container.
(i) For a container having a design capacity
greater than 0.1 m 3 and less than or equal to 0.46
m 3, the remanufacturer or other person that stores
or treats the hazardous secondary material shall control air pollutant
emissions from the container in accordance with the Container Level 1 standards
specified in Subsection R315-261-1086(c).
(ii) For a container having a design capacity
greater than 0.46 m 3 that is not in light material
service, the remanufacturer or other person that stores or treats the hazardous
secondary material shall control air pollutant emissions from the container in
accordance with the Container Level 1 standards specified in Subsection
R315-261-1086(c).
(iii) For a
container having a design capacity greater than 0.46 m
3 that is in light material service, the
remanufacturer or other person that stores or treats the hazardous secondary
material shall control air pollutant emissions from the container in accordance
with the Container Level 2 standards specified in Subsection R315-261-1086(d).
(c) Container
Level 1 standards.
(1) A container using
Container Level 1 controls is one of the following:
(i) A container that meets the applicable
U.S. Department of Transportation regulations on packaging hazardous materials
for transportation as specified in Subsection R315-261-1086(f).
(ii) A container equipped with a cover and
closure devices that form a continuous barrier over the container openings such
that when the cover and closure devices are secured in the closed position
there are no visible holes, gaps, or other open spaces into the interior of the
container. The cover may be a separate cover installed on the container, e.g.,
a lid on a drum or a suitably secured tarp on a roll-off box, or may be an
integral part of the container structural design, e.g., a "portable tank" or
bulk cargo container equipped with a screw-type cap.
(iii) An open-top container in which an
organic-vapor suppressing barrier is placed on or over the hazardous secondary
material in the container such that no hazardous secondary material is exposed
to the atmosphere. One example of such a barrier is application of a suitable
organic-vapor suppressing foam.
(2) A container used to meet the requirements
of Subsection R315-261-1086(c)(1)(ii) or (iii) shall be equipped with covers
and closure devices, as applicable to the container, that are composed of
suitable materials to minimize exposure of the hazardous secondary material to
the atmosphere and to maintain the equipment integrity, for as long as the
container is in service. Factors to be considered in selecting the materials of
construction and designing the cover and closure devices shall include: Organic
vapor permeability; the effects of contact with the hazardous secondary
material or its vapor managed in the container; the effects of outdoor exposure
of the closure device or cover material to wind, moisture, and sunlight; and
the operating practices for which the container is intended to be used.
(3) Whenever a hazardous secondary
material is in a container using Container Level 1 controls, the remanufacturer
or other person that stores or treats the hazardous secondary material shall
install all covers and closure devices for the container, as applicable to the
container, and secure and maintain each closure device in the closed position
except as follows:
(i) Opening of a closure
device or cover is allowed for the purpose of adding hazardous secondary
material or other material to the container as follows:
(A) In the case when the container is filled
to the intended final level in one continuous operation, the remanufacturer or
other person that stores or treats the hazardous secondary material shall
promptly secure the closure devices in the closed position and install the
covers, as applicable to the container, upon conclusion of the filling
operation.
(B) In the case when
discrete quantities or batches of material intermittently are added to the
container over a period of time, the remanufacturer or other person that stores
or treats the hazardous secondary material shall promptly secure the closure
devices in the closed position and install covers, as applicable to the
container, upon either the container being filled to the intended final level;
the completion of a batch loading after which no additional material will be
added to the container within 15 minutes; the person performing the loading
operation leaving the immediate vicinity of the container; or the shutdown of
the process generating the hazardous secondary material being added to the
container, whichever condition occurs first.
(ii) Opening of a closure device or cover is
allowed for the purpose of removing hazardous secondary material from the
container as follows:
(A) For the purpose of
meeting the requirements of Section R315-261-1086, an empty hazardous secondary
material container may be open to the atmosphere at any time, i.e., covers and
closure devices on such a container are not required to be secured in the
closed position.
(B) In the case
when discrete quantities or batches of material are removed from the container,
but the container is not an empty hazardous secondary material container, the
remanufacturer or other person that stores or treats the hazardous secondary
material shall promptly secure the closure devices in the closed position and
install covers, as applicable to the container, upon the completion of a batch
removal after which no additional material will be removed from the container
within 15 minutes or the person performing the unloading operation leaves the
immediate vicinity of the container, whichever condition occurs first.
(iii) Opening of a
closure device or cover is allowed when access inside the container is needed
to perform routine activities other than transfer of hazardous secondary
material. Examples of such activities include those times when a worker needs
to open a port to measure the depth of or sample the material in the container,
or when a worker needs to open a manhole hatch to access equipment inside the
container. Following completion of the activity , the remanufacturer or other
person that stores or treats the hazardous secondary material shall promptly
secure the closure device in the closed position or reinstall the cover, as
applicable to the container.
(iv)
Opening of a spring-loaded pressure-vacuum relief valve, conservation vent, or
similar type of pressure relief device which vents to the atmosphere is allowed
during normal operations for the purpose of maintaining the internal pressure
of the container in accordance with the container design specifications. The
device shall be designed to operate with no detectable organic emissions when
the device is secured in the closed position. The settings at which the device
opens shall be established such that the device remains in the closed position
whenever the internal pressure of the container is within the internal pressure
operating range determined by the remanufacturer or other persons that stores
or treats the hazardous secondary material based on container manufacturer
recommendations, applicable regulations, fire protection and prevention codes,
standard engineering codes and practices, or other requirements for the safe
handling of flammable, ignitable, explosive, reactive, or hazardous materials .
Examples of normal operating conditions that may require these devices to open
are during those times when the internal pressure of the container exceeds the
internal pressure operating range for the container as a result of loading
operations or diurnal ambient temperature fluctuations.
(v) Opening of a safety device, as defined in
40
CFR 261.1081, is allowed at any time
conditions require doing so to avoid an unsafe condition.
(4) The remanufacturer or other person that
stores or treats the hazardous secondary material using containers with
Container Level 1 controls shall inspect the containers and their covers and
closure devices as follows:
(i) In the case
when a hazardous secondary material already is in the container at the time the
remanufacturer or other person that stores or treats the hazardous secondary
material first accepts possession of the container at the facility and the
container is not emptied within 24 hours after the container is accepted at the
facility , i.e., is not an empty hazardous secondary material container, the
remanufacturer or other person that stores or treats the hazardous secondary
material shall visually inspect the container and its cover and closure devices
to check for visible cracks, holes, gaps, or other open spaces into the
interior of the container when the cover and closure devices are secured in the
closed position. The container visual inspection shall be conducted on or
before the date that the container is accepted at the facility , i.e., the date
the container becomes subject to the container standards of Section
R315-261-1086.
(ii) In the case
when a container used for managing hazardous secondary material remains at the
facility for a period of 1 year or more, the remanufacturer or other person
that stores or treats the hazardous secondary material shall visually inspect
the container and its cover and closure devices initially and thereafter, at
least once every 12 months, to check for visible cracks, holes, gaps, or other
open spaces into the interior of the container when the cover and closure
devices are secured in the closed position. If a defect is detected, the
remanufacturer or other person that stores or treats the hazardous secondary
material shall repair the defect in accordance with the requirements of
Subsection R315-261-1086(c)(4)(iii).
(iii) When a defect is detected for the
container, cover, or closure devices, the remanufacturer or other person that
stores or treats the hazardous secondary material shall make first efforts at
repair of the defect no later than 24 hours after detection and repair shall be
completed as soon as possible but no later than 5 calendar days after
detection. If repair of a defect cannot be completed within 5 calendar days,
then the hazardous secondary material shall be removed from the container and
the container shall not be used to manage hazardous secondary material until
the defect is repaired.
(5) The remanufacturer or other person that
stores or treats the hazardous secondary material shall maintain at the
facility a copy of the procedure used to determine that containers with
capacity of 0.46 m 3 or greater, which do not meet
applicable U.S. Department of Transportation regulations as specified in
Subsection R315-261-1086(f), are not managing hazardous secondary material in
light material service.
(d) Container Level 2 standards.
(1) A container using Container Level 2
controls is one of the following:
(i) A
container that meets the applicable U.S. Department of Transportation
regulations on packaging hazardous materials for transportation as specified in
Subsection R315-261-1086(f).
(ii) A
container that operates with no detectable organic emissions as defined in
Section
R315-261-1081
and determined in accordance with the procedure specified in Subsection
R315-261-1086(g).
(iii) A container
that has been demonstrated within the preceding 12 months to be vapor-tight by
using 40 CFR part 60, appendix A, Method 27 in accordance with the procedure
specified in Subsection R315-261-1086(h).
(2) Transfer of hazardous secondary material
in or out of a container using Container Level 2 controls shall be conducted in
such a manner as to minimize exposure of the hazardous secondary material to
the atmosphere, to the extent practical, considering the physical properties of
the hazardous secondary material and good engineering and safety practices for
handling flammable, ignitable, explosive, reactive, or other hazardous
materials . Examples of container loading procedures that the Director considers
to meet the requirements of Subsection R315-261-1086(d) include using any one
of the following: a submerged-fill pipe or other submerged-fill method to load
liquids into the container; a vapor-balancing system or a vapor-recovery system
to collect and control the vapors displaced from the container during filling
operations; or a fitted opening in the top of a container through which the
hazardous secondary material is filled and subsequently purging the transfer
line before removing it from the container opening.
(3) Whenever a hazardous secondary material
is in a container using Container Level 2 controls, the remanufacturer or other
person that stores or treats the hazardous secondary material shall install all
covers and closure devices for the container, and secure and maintain each
closure device in the closed position except as follows:
(i) Opening of a closure device or cover is
allowed for the purpose of adding hazardous secondary material or other
material to the container as follows:
(A) In
the case when the container is filled to the intended final level in one
continuous operation, the remanufacture or other person that stores or treats
the hazardous secondary material shall promptly secure the closure devices in
the closed position and install the covers, as applicable to the container,
upon conclusion of the filling operation.
(B) In the case when discrete quantities or
batches of material intermittently are added to the container over a period of
time, the remanufacturer or other person that stores or treats the hazardous
secondary material shall promptly secure the closure devices in the closed
position and install covers, as applicable to the container, upon either the
container being filled to the intended final level; the completion of a batch
loading after which no additional material will be added to the container
within 15 minutes; the person performing the loading operation leaving the
immediate vicinity of the container; or the shutdown of the process generating
the material being added to the container, whichever condition occurs first.
(ii) Opening of a
closure device or cover is allowed for the purpose of removing hazardous
secondary material from the container as follows:
(A) For the purpose of meeting the
requirements of Section R315-261-1086, an empty hazardous secondary material
container may be open to the atmosphere at any time, i.e., covers and closure
devices are not required to be secured in the closed position on an empty
container.
(B) In the case when
discrete quantities or batches of material are removed from the container, but
the container is not an empty hazardous secondary materials container, the
remanufacturer or other person that stores or treats the hazardous secondary
material shall promptly secure the closure devices in the closed position and
install covers, as applicable to the container, upon the completion of a batch
removal after which no additional material will be removed from the container
within 15 minutes or the person performing the unloading operation leaves the
immediate vicinity of the container, whichever condition occurs first.
(iii) Opening of a
closure device or cover is allowed when access inside the container is needed
to perform routine activities other than transfer of hazardous secondary
material. Examples of such activities include those times when a worker needs
to open a port to measure the depth of or sample the material in the container,
or when a worker needs to open a manhole hatch to access equipment inside the
container. Following completion of the activity , the remanufacturer or other
person that stores or treats the hazardous secondary material shall promptly
secure the closure device in the closed position or reinstall the cover, as
applicable to the container.
(iv)
Opening of a spring-loaded, pressure-vacuum relief valve, conservation vent, or
similar type of pressure relief device which vents to the atmosphere is allowed
during normal operations for the purpose of maintaining the internal pressure
of the container in accordance with the container design specifications. The
device shall be designed to operate with no detectable organic emission when
the device is secured in the closed position. The settings at which the device
opens shall be established such that the device remains in the closed position
whenever the internal pressure of the container is within the internal pressure
operating range determined by the remanufacturer or other person that stores or
treats the hazardous secondary material based on container manufacturer
recommendations, applicable regulations, fire protection and prevention codes,
standard engineering codes and practices, or other requirements for the safe
handling of flammable, ignitable, explosive, reactive, or hazardous materials .
Examples of normal operating conditions that may require these devices to open
are during those times when the internal pressure of the container exceeds the
internal pressure operating range for the container as a result of loading
operations or diurnal ambient temperature fluctuations.
(v) Opening of a safety device, as defined in
Section
R315-261-1081,
is allowed at any time conditions require doing so to avoid an unsafe
condition.
(4) The
remanufacture or other person that stores or treats the hazardous secondary
material using containers with Container Level 2 controls shall inspect the
containers and their covers and closure devices as follows:
(i) In the case when a hazardous secondary
material already is in the container at the time the remanufacturer or other
person that stores or treats the hazardous secondary material first accepts
possession of the container at the facility and the container is not emptied
within 24 hours after the container is accepted at the facility , i.e., is not
an empty hazardous secondary material container, the remanufacturer or other
person that stores or treats the hazardous secondary material shall visually
inspect the container and its cover and closure devices to check for visible
cracks, holes, gaps, or other open spaces into the interior of the container
when the cover and closure devices are secured in the closed position. The
container visual inspection shall be conducted on or before the date that the
container is accepted at the facility , i.e., the date the container becomes
subject to the container standards of Section R315-261-1086.
(ii) In the case when a container used for
managing hazardous secondary material remains at the facility for a period of 1
year or more, the remanufacturer or other person that stores or treats the
hazardous secondary material shall visually inspect the container and its cover
and closure devices initially and thereafter, at least once every 12 months, to
check for visible cracks, holes, gaps, or other open spaces into the interior
of the container when the cover and closure devices are secured in the closed
position. If a defect is detected, the remanufacturer or other person that
stores or treats the hazardous secondary material shall repair the defect in
accordance with the requirements of Subsection
R315-261-1086(d)(4)(iii).
(iii)
When a defect is detected for the container, cover, or closure devices, the
remanufacturer or other person that stores or treats the hazardous secondary
material shall make first efforts at repair of the defect no later than 24
hours after detection, and repair shall be completed as soon as possible but no
later than 5 calendar days after detection. If repair of a defect cannot be
completed within 5 calendar days, then the hazardous secondary material shall
be removed from the container and the container shall not be used to manage
hazardous secondary material until the defect is
repaired.
(e)
Container Level 3 standards.
(1) A container
using Container Level 3 controls is one of the following:
(i) A container that is vented directly
through a closed-vent system to a control device in accordance with the
requirements of Subsection R315-261-1086(e)(2)(ii).
(ii) A container that is vented inside an
enclosure which is exhausted through a closed-vent system to a control device
in accordance with the requirements of Subsections R315-261-1086(e)(2)(i) and
(ii).
(2) The
remanufacturer or other person that stores or treats the hazardous secondary
material shall meet the following requirements, as applicable to the type of
air emission control equipment selected by the remanufacturer or other person
that stores or treats the hazardous secondary material:
(i) The container enclosure shall be designed
and operated in accordance with the criteria for a permanent total enclosure as
specified in "Procedure T - Criteria for and Verification of a Permanent or
Temporary Total Enclosure" under
40
CFR 52.741, appendix B. The enclosure may
have permanent or temporary openings to allow worker access; passage of
containers through the enclosure by conveyor or other mechanical means; entry
of permanent mechanical or electrical equipment; or direct airflow into the
enclosure. The remanufacturer or other person that stores or treats the
hazardous secondary material shall perform the verification procedure for the
enclosure as specified in Section 5.0 to "Procedure T - Criteria for and
Verification of a Permanent or Temporary Total Enclosure" initially when the
enclosure is first installed and, thereafter, annually.
(ii) The closed-vent system and control
device shall be designed and operated in accordance with the requirements of
Section
R315-261-1087.
(3) Safety devices, as defined in Section
R315-261-1081,
may be installed and operated as necessary on any container, enclosure,
closed-vent system, or control device used to comply with the requirements of
Subsection R315-261-1086(e)(1).
(4)
Remanufacturers or other persons that store or treat the hazardous secondary
material using Container Level 3 controls in accordance with the provisions of
Sections
R315-261-1080
through 1089 shall inspect and monitor the closed-vent systems and control
devices as specified in Section
R315-261-1087.
(5) Remanufacturers or other persons that
store or treat the hazardous secondary material that use Container Level 3
controls in accordance with the provisions of Sections
R315-261-1080
through 1089 shall prepare and maintain the records specified in Subsection
R315-261-1089(d).
(6) Transfer of hazardous secondary material
in or out of a container using Container Level 3 controls shall be conducted in
such a manner as to minimize exposure of the hazardous secondary material to
the atmosphere, to the extent practical, considering the physical properties of
the hazardous secondary material and good engineering and safety practices for
handling flammable, ignitable, explosive, reactive, or other hazardous
materials . Examples of container loading procedures that the Director considers
to meet the requirements of Subsection R315-261-1086(e) include using any one
of the following: a submerged-fill pipe or other submerged-fill method to load
liquids into the container; a vapor-balancing system or a vapor-recovery system
to collect and control the vapors displaced from the container during filling
operations; or a fitted opening in the top of a container through which the
hazardous secondary material is filled and subsequently purging the transfer
line before removing it from the container opening.
(f) For the purpose of compliance with
Subsection R315-261-1086(c)(1)(i) or (d)(1)(i), containers shall be used that
meet the applicable U.S. Department of Transportation regulations on packaging
hazardous materials for transportation as follows:
(1) The container meets the applicable
requirements specified in 49 CFR part 178 or part 179.
(2) Hazardous secondary material is managed
in the container in accordance with the applicable requirements specified in 49
CFR part 107, subpart B and 49 CFR parts 172, 173, and 180.
(3) For the purpose of complying with
Sections
R315-261-1080
through 1089, no exceptions to the 49 CFR part 178 or part 179 regulations are
allowed.
(g) To determine
compliance with the no detectable organic emissions requirement of Subsection
R315-261-1086(d)(1)(ii), the procedure specified in Subsection
R315-261-1083(d)
shall be used.
(1) Each potential leak
interface, i.e., a location where organic vapor leakage could occur, on the
container, its cover, and associated closure devices, as applicable to the
container, shall be checked. Potential leak interfaces that are associated with
containers include, but are not limited to: the interface of the cover rim and
the container wall; the periphery of any opening on the container or container
cover and its associated closure device; and the sealing seat interface on a
spring-loaded pressure-relief valve.
(2) The test shall be performed when the
container is filled with a material having a volatile organic concentration
representative of the range of volatile organic concentrations for the
hazardous secondary materials expected to be managed in this type of container.
During the test , the container cover and closure devices shall be secured in
the closed position.
(h)
Procedure for determining a container to be vapor-tight using Method 27 of 40
CFR part 60, appendix A for the purpose of complying with Subsection
R315-261-1086(d)(1)(iii).
(2) A pressure measurement
device shall be used that has a precision of ±2.5 mm water and that is
capable of measuring above the pressure at which the container is to be tested
for vapor tightness.
(3) If the
test results determined by Method 27 indicate that the container sustains a
pressure change less than or equal to 750 Pascals within 5 minutes after it is
pressurized to a minimum of 4,500 Pascals, then the container is determined to
be vapor-tight.
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