10 CSR 10-5.540
Control of Emissions From Batch Process Operations
PURPOSE: This rule limits the volatile
organic compound (VOC) emissions from
batch process operations by incorporating
reasonably available control technology
(RACT) in the St. Louis 1997 ozone nonattainment area as required by the Clean Air
Act Amendments (CAAA) of 1990.
PUBLISHER’S NOTE: The secretary of state
has determined that the publication of the
entire text of the material which is incorporated by reference as a portion of this rule
would be unduly cumbersome or expensive.
This material as incorporated by reference in
this rule shall be maintained by the agency at
its headquarters and shall be made available
to the public for inspection and copying at no
more than the actual cost of reproduction.
This note applies only to the reference material. The entire text of the rule is printed
here.
(1) Applicability.
(A) This rule applies throughout the City
of St. Louis and St. Charles, St. Louis,
Jefferson, and Franklin Counties.
(B) This rule applies to all batch process
operations that have the potential to emit one
hundred (100) tons or more per year of
volatile organic compounds (VOC) at facilities identified by any of the following four
(4)-digit standard industrial classification
(SIC) codes, as defined in the 1987 edition of
the Federal Standard Industrial Classification
Manual, which is hereby incorporated by reference in this rule, as published by the
Executive Office of the President, Office of
Management and Budget. Copies can be
obtained from the U.S. Publishing Office
Bookstore, 710 N. Capitol Street NW,
Washington, DC 20401. This rule does not
incorporate any subsequent amendments or
additions:
1. SIC 2821 Plastics Materials, Synthetic
Resins, and Nonvulcanizable Elastomers;
2. SIC 2833 Medicinal Chemicals and
Botanical Products;
3. SIC 2834 Pharmaceutical Preparations;
4. SIC 2861 Gum and Wood Chemicals;
5. SIC 2865 Cyclic Organic Crudes and
Intermediates, and Organic Dyes and
Pigments;
6. SIC 2869 Industrial Organic
Chemicals, Not Elsewhere Classified; or
7. SIC 2879 Pesticides and Agricultural
Chemicals, Not Elsewhere Classified.
(C) The following single unit operations
and batch process trains are exempt from the
control requirements of section (3) of this
rule. However, the record keeping and reporting requirements in section (4) of this rule
shall apply to such single unit operations and
batch process trains:
1. Within a batch process operation, any
single unit operation with uncontrolled total
annual mass emissions of less than or equal
to five hundred (500) pounds per year (lb/yr)
of VOC. These single unit operations are also
excluded from the calculation of the total
annual mass emissions for a batch process
train. If the uncontrolled total annual mass
emissions from an exempt single unit operation exceed five hundred (500) lb/yr of VOC
in any subsequent year, the owner or operator
shall calculate applicability in accordance
with subsection (1)(E) of this rule for both
the individual single unit operation and the
batch process train containing the single unit
operation; and
2. Any batch process train containing
process vents that have, in the aggregate,
uncontrolled total annual mass emissions, as
determined in accordance with paragraph
(3)(D)1. of this rule, of less than thirty thousand (30,000) lb/yr of VOC for all products
manufactured in that batch process train.
(D) The applicability equations in subsection (1)(E) of this rule, which require the calculation of uncontrolled total annual mass
emissions and flow rate value, shall be used
to determine whether a single unit operation
or a batch process train is subject to the control requirements in section (3) of this rule.
The applicability equations apply to the following:
1. Any single unit operation with uncontrolled total annual mass emissions that
exceed five hundred (500) lb/yr of VOC and
a VOC concentration greater than five hundred (500) parts per million by volume
(ppmv). In this individual determination, the
applicability analysis should not be performed for any single unit operation with a
VOC concentration less than or equal to five
hundred (500) ppmv; and
2. Any batch process train containing
process vents which, in the aggregate, have
uncontrolled total annual mass emissions of
thirty thousand (30,000) lb/yr or more of
VOC from all products manufactured in the
batch process train. Any single unit operation
with uncontrolled total annual mass emissions exceeding five hundred (500) lb/yr,
regardless of VOC concentration, shall be
included in the aggregate applicability analysis.
(E) Applicability Equations. The applicability equations in this rule subsection are
specific to volatility.
1. Weighted average volatility (WAV)
shall be calculated as follows:
n
∑ [(VPi) × (MVOCi)]
i=1 [(MWVOCi)]
WAV =
n
∑ [(MVOCi)]
i=1 [(MWVOCi)]
where:
WAV =weighted average volatility;
MVOCi =mass of VOC component i;
MWVOCi =molecular weight of VOC com-
ponent i; and
VPi =vapor pressure of VOC compo-
nent i.
2. For purposes of determining applicability, flow rate values shall be calculated as
follows:
A. For low WAV has a vapor pressure
less than or equal to seventy-five (75) millimeters of Mercury (mmHg) at twenty
degrees Celsius (20 °C), and shall use the
following equation:
FR = [0.07 (UTAME)] – 1,821
Where:
FR =Vent stream flow rate, expressed
as standard cubic feet per
minute (scfm);
UTAME =Uncontrolled total annual mass
emissions of VOC, expressed as
lb/yr;
B. Moderate WAV has a vapor pressure greater than seventy-five (75) mmHg but
less than or equal to one hundred fifty (150)
mmHg at twenty degrees Celsius (20 °C),
and shall use the following equation:
FR = [0.031 (UTAME)] – 494
C. High WAV has a vapor pressure
greater than one hundred fifty (150) mmHg
at twenty degrees Celsius (20 °C), and shall
use the following equation:
FR = [0.013 (UTAME)] – 301
3. To determine the vapor pressure of
VOC, the applicable methods and procedures
in section (5) of this rule shall apply.
(F) In the event that other rules in Title 10
Division 10 of the Code of State Regulations
are also applicable to batch process operations, the more stringent rule shall apply.
(2) Definitions.
(A) Batch—A discontinuous process involving the bulk movement of material
through sequential manufacturing steps, typically characterized as non-steady-state.
(B) Batch cycle—A manufacturing event of
an intermediate or product from start to finish in a batch process.
(C) Batch process operation—A discontinuous operation in which a discrete quantity or
batch of feed is charged into a chemical manufacturing process unit and distilled or reacted, or otherwise used at one time, and may
include, but is not limited to, reactors, filters,
dryers, distillation columns, extractors, crystallizers, blend tanks, neutralizer tanks,
digesters, surge tanks and product separators.
After each batch process operation, the
equipment is generally emptied before a fresh
batch is started.
(D) Batch process train—The collection of
equipment (e.g., reactors, filters, dryers, distillation columns, extractors, crystallizers,
blend tanks, neutralizer tanks, digesters,
surge tanks and product separators) configured to produce a product or intermediate by
a batch process operation. A batch process
train terminates at the point of storage of the
product or intermediate being produced in the
batch process train. Irrespective of the product being produced, a batch process train
which is independent of other processes shall
be considered a single batch process train for
purposes of this rule.
(E) Control devices—Air pollution abatement devices. For purposes of this rule, condensers operating under reflux conditions are
not considered control devices.
(F) Emission events—Discrete venting
episodes that may be associated with a single
unit of operation.
(G) Processes—Any equipment within a
contiguous area that are connected together
during the course of a year where connected
is defined as a link between equipment,
whether it is physical, such as a pipe, or
whether it is next in a series of steps from
which material is transferred from one unit
operation to another.
(H) Unit operations—Discrete processing
steps that occur within distinct equipment
that are used to prepare reactants, facilitate
reactions, separate and purify products, and
recycle materials.
(I) Vent—A point of emission from a unit
operation. Typical process vents from batch
processes include condenser vents, vacuum
pumps, steam ejectors, and atmospheric vents
from reactors and other process vessels.
Vents also include relief valve discharges.
Equipment exhaust systems that discharge
from unit operations also would be considered process vents.
(J) Volatile organic compound (VOC)—
The definition for this term can be found in
(K) Volatility—For purposes of this rule,
low volatility materials are defined as those
which have a vapor pressure less than or equal
to seventy-five (75) mmHg at twenty degrees
Celsius (20 °C), moderate volatility materials
have a vapor pressure greater than seventy-five
(75) and less than or equal to one hundred
fifty (150) mmHg at twenty degrees Celsius
(20 °C), and high volatility materials have a
vapor pressure greater than one hundred fifty
Specific to the St. Louis Metropolitan Area
(150) mmHg at twenty degrees Celsius (20
°C). To evaluate VOC volatility for single
unit operations that service numerous VOCs
or for processes handling multiple VOCs, the
weighted average volatility can be calculated
from knowing the total amount of each VOC
used in a year, and the individual component
vapor pressure, per the equation in paragraph
(1)(E)1. of this rule.
(3) General Provisions.
(A) Every owner or operator of a single
unit operation with an average flow rate, as
determined in accordance with paragraph
(3)(D)2. of this rule, below the flow rate
value calculated by the applicability equations
contained in subsection (1)(E) of this rule,
shall reduce uncontrolled VOC emissions
from that single unit operation by an overall
efficiency, on an annual average, of at least
ninety percent (90%), or twenty (20) ppmv,
per batch cycle.
(B) Every owner or operator of a batch
process train with an average flow rate, as
determined in accordance with subparagraph
(3)(D)2.B. of this rule, below the flow rate
value calculated by the applicability equations
contained in subsection (1)(E) of this rule,
shall reduce uncontrolled VOC emissions
from that batch process train by an overall
efficiency, on an annual average, of at least
ninety percent (90%), or twenty (20) ppmv,
per batch cycle. Any control device meeting
the criteria in subsection (3)(C) of this rule is
presumed to have a control efficiency of ninety percent (90%), or twenty (20) ppmv, per
batch cycle, as applicable.
(C) Control Equipment Specifications.
1. If a boiler or process heater is used to
comply with this rule section, the vent stream
shall be introduced into the flame zone of the
boiler or process heater. The boiler or process heater shall meet the control device
requirements for boilers and process heaters
included in 40 CFR 60.703, 60.704, and
60.705, as specified in 10 CSR 10-6.070
(3)(A)1.
2. If a flare is used to comply with this
rule section, it shall comply with the requirements of 40 CFR 60.18, as specified in 10
CSR 10-6.070 (3)(A)1. If a process not subject to this rule vents an emergency relief discharge into a common flare header and causes the flare servicing the process subject to
this rule to violate any of the provisions of 40
CFR 60.18, the flare will be temporarily
exempt from those provisions. This exemption from flare specification requirements is
only valid during the emergency relief venting discharge.
3. If an afterburner, scrubber, absorber,
condenser, or adsorber is used to comply
with this rule section, those equipment shall
meet the control device requirements included in 40 CFR 60.703, 60.704, and 60.705, as
specified in 10 CSR 10-6.070 (3)(A)1.
4. If an incinerator is used to comply
with this rule section, the incinerator shall
meet the control device requirements for
incinerators included in 40 CFR 60.703,
60.704, and 60.705, as specified in 10 CSR
10-6.070 (3)(A)1.
(D) Determination of uncontrolled total
annual mass emissions and actual weighted
average flow rate values for batch process
operations.
1. Uncontrolled total annual mass emissions shall be determined by the following
methods:
A. Direct process vent emissions
measurements taken prior to any release to
the atmosphere, following any recovery
device and prior to any control device, provided these measurements conform with the
requirements of measuring the mass flow rate
of VOC incoming to the control device as in
paragraph (5)(F)2. and subparagraphs
(5)(F)3.A. and (5)(F)3.B. of this rule; or
B. Engineering estimates of the
uncontrolled VOC emissions from a process
vent or process vents, in the aggregate, within a batch process train, using either the
potential or permitted number of batch cycles
per year or total production as represented in
the source’s operating permit.
(I) Engineering estimates of the
uncontrolled VOC emissions shall be based
upon accepted chemical engineering principles, measurable process parameters, or
physical or chemical laws and their properties. Examples of methods include, but are
not limited to, the following:
(a) Use of material balances
based on process stoichiometry to estimate
maximum VOC concentrations;
(b) Estimation of maximum flow
rate based on physical equipment design such
as pump or blower capacities; and
(c) Estimation of VOC concentrations based on saturation conditions.
(II) All data, assumptions, and procedures used in any engineering estimate
shall be documented.
2. Average flow rate shall be determined
by any of the following methods:
A. Direct process vent flow rate measurements taken prior to any release to the
atmosphere, following any recovery device
and prior to any control device, provided
such measurements conform with the requirements of measuring incoming volumetric
flow rate in paragraph (5)(F)2. of this rule;
B. Average flow rate for a single unit
operation having multiple emission events or
batch process trains shall be the weighted
average flow rate, calculated as follows:
where:
WAF =Actual weighted average flow rate for
a single unit operation or batch pro-
cess train;
AFRi =Average flow rate per emission
event;
ADEi =Annual duration of emission event;
and
n =Number of emission events.
For purposes of this formula, the term “emission event” shall be defined as a discrete
period of venting that is associated with a single unit operation. For example, a displacement of vapor resulting from the charging of
a single unit operation with VOC will result
in a discrete emission event that will last
through the duration of the charge and will
have an average flow rate equal to the rate of
the charge. The expulsion of expanded vapor
space when the single unit operation is heated
is also an emission event. Both of these examples of emission events and others may occur
in the same single unit operation during the
course of the batch cycle. If the flow rate
measurement for any emission event is zero,
according to paragraph (5)(F)2. of this rule,
then such event is not an emission event for
purposes of this rule section; or
C. Engineering estimates calculated
in accordance with the requirements in subparagraph (3)(E)1.B. of this rule.
3. For purposes of determining the average flow rate for steam vacuuming systems,
the steam flow shall be included in the average flow rate calculation.
4. In cases where two (2) or more single
unit operations share a process vent and
where flow measurement for such single unit
operations is difficult, alternate methods of
flow measurement may be used only when
approved by the department.
(4) Reporting and Record Keeping.
(A) Every owner or operator of a single
unit operation or batch process train exempt
under paragraph (1)(C)1. or (1)(C)2. of this
rule shall keep records of the uncontrolled
total annual mass emissions and documentation verifying these values or measurements.
The documentation shall include the engineering calculations, any measurements made
in accordance with section (5) of this rule,
i=1
n
∑ (AFRi × ADEi)
n
∑ (ADEi)
i=1
WAF =
and the potential or permitted number of
batch cycles per year, or, in the alternative,
total production as represented in the facility’s operating permit.
(B) Every owner or operator of a single
unit operation exempt under subsection
(1)(D) of this rule shall keep the following
records:
1. The uncontrolled total annual mass
emissions and documentation verifying these
values or measurements. The documentation
shall include any engineering calculations,
any measurements made in accordance with
section (5) of this rule, and the potential or
permitted number of batch cycles per year or,
in the alternative, total production as represented in the source’s operating permit; and
2. The average flow rate in standard
cubic feet per minute (scfm) and documentation verifying this value.
(C) Every owner or operator of a batch
process operation subject to the control
requirements of section (3) of this rule shall
keep records of the following parameters
required to be monitored under subsection
(4)(H) of this rule:
1. If using a thermal or catalytic afterburner to comply with section (3) of this rule,
records indicating the average combustion
chamber temperature of the afterburner or
the average temperature upstream and downstream of the catalyst bed for a catalytic afterburner, measured continuously and averaged
over the same time period as the performance
test;
2. If using a flare to comply with section
(3) of this rule, continuous records of the
flare pilot flame monitoring and records of all
periods of operations during which the pilot
flame is absent; or
3. If using any of the following as a control device, the following records:
A. Where a scrubber is used, the exit
specific gravity or alternative parameter
which is a measure of the degree of absorbing
liquid saturation, if approved by the department, and the average exit temperature of the
absorbing liquid, measured continuously and
averaged over the same time period as the
performance test both measured while the
vent stream is routed normally;
B. Where a condenser is used, the
average exit or product side temperature measured continuously and averaged over the
same time period as the performance test
while the vent stream is routed normally;
C. Where a carbon adsorber is used,
the total steam mass flow measured continuously and averaged over the same time period
as the performance test full carbon bed cycle,
temperature of the carbon bed after regeneration and within fifteen (15) minutes after
completion of any cooling cycle(s), and duration of the carbon bed steaming cycle all measured while the vent stream is routed normally; or
D. As an alternative to subparagraphs
(4)(C)3.A., (4)(C)3.B., or (4)(C)3.C. of this
rule, at a minimum, records indicating the
concentration level or reading indicated by
the VOC monitoring device at the outlet of
the scrubber, condenser, or carbon adsorber,
measured continuously and averaged over the
same time period as the performance test
while the vent stream is routed normally.
(D) Every owner or operator of a single
unit operation claiming a vent stream concentration exemption level shall maintain records
to indicate the vent stream concentration is
less than or equal to five hundred (500)
ppmv, and shall notify the department in
writing if the vent stream concentration at
any time equals or exceeds five hundred
(500) ppmv, within sixty (60) days after such
event. Such notification shall include a copy
of all records of such event.
(E) An owner or operator of a batch process operation subject to the control requirements of section (3) of this rule may maintain
alternative records other than those listed in
subsection (4)(C) of this rule. Any alternative
record keeping shall be approved by the
department and shall be contained in the
source’s operating permit as federally
enforceable permit conditions.
(F) The owner or operator of a single unit
operation or batch process train exempt from
the control requirements of section (3) of this
rule shall notify the department in writing if
the uncontrolled total annual mass emissions
exceed the threshold in paragraph (1)(C)1. or
(1)(C)2. of this rule, respectively, within
sixty (60) days after the event occurs. This
notification shall include a copy of all records
of the event.
(G) All records required under this rule
section shall be maintained on-site for at least
five (5) years and made available to the
department immediately upon request.
(H) Monitoring Requirements.
1. Every owner or operator using an
afterburner to comply with section (3) of this
rule shall install, calibrate, maintain, and
operate, according to manufacturer’s specifications, temperature monitoring devices with
an accuracy of plus or minus one percent (±
1%) of the temperature being measured
expressed in degrees Celsius, equipped with
continuous recorders.
A. Where a catalytic afterburner is
used, temperature monitoring devices shall
be installed in the gas stream immediately
before and after the catalyst bed.
B. Where an afterburner other than a
catalytic afterburner is used, a temperature
monitoring device shall be installed in the
combustion chamber.
2. Every owner or operator using a flare
to comply with section (3) of this rule, shall
install, calibrate, maintain, and operate,
according to manufacturer’s specifications, a
heat sensing device, such as an ultraviolet
beam sensor or thermocouple, at the pilot
light to indicate continuous presence of a
flame.
3. Every owner or operator using a
scrubber to comply with section (3) of this
rule shall install, calibrate, maintain, and
operate, according to manufacturer’s specifications, the following:
A. A temperature monitoring device
for scrubbant liquid having an accuracy of
plus or minus one percent (± 1%) of the
temperature being monitored expressed in
degrees Celsius and a specific gravity device
for scrubbant liquid, each equipped with a
continuous recorder; or
B. A VOC monitoring device used to
indicate the concentration of VOC exiting the
control device based on a detection principle
such as infrared, photoionization, or thermal
conductivity, each equipped with a continuous recorder.
4. Every owner or operator using a condenser to comply with section (3) of this rule
shall install, calibrate, maintain, and operate,
according to manufacturer’s specifications,
the following:
A. A condenser exit temperature
monitoring device equipped with a continuous recorder and having an accuracy of plus
or minus one percent (± 1%) of the temperature being monitored expressed in degrees
Celsius; or
B. A VOC monitoring device used to
indicate the concentration of VOC such as
infrared, photoionization, or thermal conductivity, each equipped with a continuous
recorder.
5. Every owner or operator using a carbon adsorber to comply with this rule shall
install, calibrate, maintain, and operate,
according to the manufacturer’s specifications, the following equipment:
A. An integrating regeneration stream
flow monitoring device having an accuracy of
plus or minus ten percent (± 10%), and a
carbon bed temperature monitoring device
having an accuracy of plus or minus one percent (± 1%) of the temperature being monitored expressed in degrees Celsius, both
equipped with a continuous recorder; or
B. A VOC monitoring device used to
indicate the concentration level of VOC exiting the device based on a detection principle
such as infrared, photoionization, or thermal
Specific to the St. Louis Metropolitan Area
conductivity, each equipped with a continuous recorder.
6. Every owner or operator using a boiler or process heater with a design heat input
capacity less than forty-four (44) megawatts
to comply with section (3) of this rule shall
install, calibrate, maintain, and operate,
according to the manufacturer’s specifications, a temperature monitoring device in the
firebox with an accuracy of plus or minus one
percent (± 1%) of the temperature being
measured expressed in degrees Celsius,
equipped with a continuous recorder. Any
boiler or process heater in which all process
vent streams are introduced with primary fuel
is exempt from this requirement.
7. The owner or operator of a process
vent shall be permitted to monitor by an alternative method or may monitor parameters
other than those listed in paragraphs (4)(I)1.
through (4)(I)6. of this rule, if approved by
the department. The alternative method or
parameters shall be contained in the source’s
operating permit as federally enforceable permit conditions.
(5) Test Methods.
(A) Upon the department’s request, the
owner or operator of a batch process operation shall conduct testing to demonstrate
compliance with section (3) of this rule. The
owner or operator shall, at its own expense,
conduct these tests in accordance with the
applicable test methods and procedures specified in subsections (5)(D), (5)(E), and (5)(F)
of this rule.
(B) Notwithstanding subsection (5)(A) of
this rule, flares and process boilers used to
comply with control requirements of section
(3) of this rule shall be exempt from performance testing requirements.
(C) When a flare is used to comply with
the control requirements of section (3) of this
rule, the flare shall comply with the requirements of 40 CFR 60.18, as specified in 10
CSR 10-6.070(3)(A)1.
(D) The owner or operator of a batch process operation that is exempt from the control
requirements of section (3) of this rule shall
demonstrate, upon the department’s request,
the absence of oversized gas moving equipment in any manifold. Gas moving equipment shall be considered oversized if it
exceeds the maximum requirements of the
exhaust flow rate by more than thirty percent
(30%).
(E) For the purpose of demonstrating compliance with the control requirements in section (3) of this rule, the batch process operation shall be run at representative operating
conditions and flow rates during any performance test.
(F) The following methods in 40 CFR 60,
Appendix A, as specified in 10 CSR 106.030(22), shall be used to demonstrate compliance with the reduction efficiency requirement in section (3) of this rule:
1. Method 1 or 1A, as appropriate, for
selection of the sampling sites if the flow
measuring device is not a rotameter. The control device inlet sampling site for determination of vent stream VOC composition reduction efficiency shall be prior to the control
device and after the control device;
2. Method 2, 2A, 2C, 2D, 2F, 2G, or
2H as appropriate, for determination of gas
stream volumetric flow rate flow measurements, which shall be taken continuously. No
traverse is necessary when the flow measuring device is an ultrasonic probe; and
3. Method 25A or Method 18, if applicable, to determine the concentration of VOC
in the control device inlet and outlet, where—
A. The sampling time for each run
shall be as follows:
(I) For batch cycles less than eight
(8) hours in length, appropriate operating
parameters shall be recorded at a minimum of
fifteen (15)-minute intervals during the
batched period;
(II) For batch cycles of eight (8)
hours and greater in length, the owner or
operator may either test in accordance with
the test procedures defined in part
(5)(F)3.A.(I) of this rule or the owner or
operator may elect to perform tests, pursuant
to either Method 25A or Method 18, only
during those portions of each emission event
which profiles a representative sample occurring within the batch cycle. For each emission
event of less than four (4) hours in duration,
the owner or operator shall test continuously
over the entire emission event as in part
(5)(F)3.A.(I) of this rule. For each emission
event of greater than four (4) hours in duration, the owner or operator shall elect either
to perform a minimum of three (3) one-hour
test runs during the emission event or shall
test continuously over the entire emission
event within each single unit operation in the
batch process train. The owner or operator
shall define the total batch process by all its
intrinsic emission events. To demonstrate that
the portion of the emission event to be tested
profiles a representative sample occurring
within the batch cycle, the owner or operator
electing to rely on this option shall develop an
emission profile for each entire emission
event. These emission profiles shall be based
upon either process knowledge or test data
collected. Examples of information that could
constitute process knowledge include, but are
not limited to, calculations based on material
balances, duration, emission levels, constituents, reactants, byproducts, and process
stoichiometry. Previous test results may be
used provided the results are still relevant to
the current process vent stream conditions; or
(III) For purposes of paragraph
(5)(F)3. of this rule, the term “emission
event” means a discrete period of venting that
is associated with a single unit operation. For
example, a displacement of vapor resulting
from the charging of a single unit operation
with VOC will result in a discrete emission
event that will last through the duration of the
charge and will have an average flow rate
equal to the rate of the charge. The expulsion
of expanded single unit operation vapor space
when the vessel is heated is also an emission
event. Both of these examples of emission
events and others may occur in the same single unit operation during the course of the
batch cycle. If the flow rate measurement for
any emission event is zero (0), in accordance
with paragraph (5)(F)2. of this rule, then this
event is not an emission event for purposes of
this rule section;
B. Calculate the mass emission rate
(MERi) into the control device as follows:
MERi = CiQi
where:
Ci =concentration into the control
device; and
Qi =flow rate into the control device;
C. Calculate the mass emission rate
(MERo) out of the control device as follows:
MERo= CoQo
where:
Co=concentration out of the control
device; and
Qo=flow rate out of the control device;
and
D. Calculate the total overall control
device efficiency (η) as follows:
η=(MERi – MERo)/MERi
(G) Upon request by the department to
conduct testing, an owner or operator of a
batch process operation which has installed a
scrubber, a shell and tube condenser using a
nonrefrigerated cooling media, or any other
control device which meets the criteria of
subsection (3)(C) of this rule, shall demonstrate that the device achieves the control efficiency applicable within section (3) of this
rule.
(H) The owner or operator of a batch process operation may propose an alternative test
method or procedures to demonstrate compliance with the control requirements in section
(3) of this rule. Alternative methods or procedures may only be used after they are
approved by the department.
(I) In the absence of a request by the
department to conduct performance testing in
accordance with the provisions of this rule
section, a source may demonstrate compliance by the use of engineering estimates or
process stoichiometry.
AUTHORITY: section 643.050, RSMo 2016.*
Original rule filed July 15, 1999, effective
Feb. 29, 2000. Amended: Filed May 9, 2018,
effective Feb. 28, 2019. Amended: Filed Nov.
12, 2019, effective July 30, 2020.
*Original authority: 643.050, RSMo 1965, amended
1972, 1992, 1993, 1995, 2011.