Equipment Leaks for Organic HAPs from SOCMI
Air Toxics Notebook
Equipment Leaks for Organic HAPs from SOCMI
eCFR Subpart H [ecfr.gov]
This subpart applies to:
- Any of the following that are intended to operate in organic HAP service at least 300 hours/year at a Major Source of HAPs* subject to any NESHAP in 40 CFR Part 63:
- Pumps;
- Compressors;
- Agitators;
- Pressure relief devices;
- Sampling connection systems;
- Open-ended valves or lines;
- Valves;
- Connectors;
- Surge control vessels;
- Bottoms receivers;
- Instrumentation systems;
- Control devices or closed vent systems required by this subpart.
*Major Sources of HAPs emit or have the potential to emit:
- ≥ 10 tons/year of any single HAP; or
- ≥ 25 tons/year of total HAPs.
- Area Sources emit less than Major Sources.
Exemptions from this subpart:
- Except as provided in any subpart that references this subpart, lines and equipment not containing process fluids are not subject to the provisions of this subpart.
- Utilities, and other non-process lines, such as heating and cooling systems which do not combine their materials with those in the processes they serve, are not considered to be part of a process unit.
- Research and development facilities or bench-scale batch processes.
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12/21/2006 - Final Rule
06/23/2003 - Final Rule
01/22/2001 - Amendments
12/14/2000 - Amendments
04/26/1999 - Amendments
01/17/1997 - Amendments
06/20/1996 - Amendments
12/12/1995 - Amendments
04/10/1995 - Direct Final Rule & Amendments
01/27/1995 - Extension of Compliance
10/24/1994 - Amendments
09/20/1994 - Corrections
September 28, 2022: Title 129, Chapter 13, Section 002.04
Previously: Chapter 28, Section 001.22.
Sources are also responsible for ensuring they are in compliance with current federal requirements found for this subpart in the CFR.
NSPS - 40 CFR Part 60
Subpart Kb – Volatile Organic Liquid Storage Vessels
Subparts T, U, V, W, X & PP – Fertilizer Production
Subparts VV, VVa, III, NNN, & RRR – SOCMI Facilities
Subpart GGG - Equipment Leaks of VOC in Petroleum Refineries
Subpart KKK - Equipment Leaks of VOC from Onshore Natural Gas Processing Plants
NESHAP - 40 CFR Part 63
Subpart F – Organic Hazardous Air Pollutants from the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry (SOCMI)
Subpart G - Equipment Specific Organic Hazardous Air pollutants from SOCMI
Subpart I - Equipment Leaks of Hazardous Organics from Non-SOCMI Sources
eCFR Subpart H [ecfr.gov]
Texas CEQ - Rule Flowchart [tceq.texas.gov]
EPA's HON Website [epa.gov]- Contains federal register notices and implementation tools