NDAC 33.1-15-07-01
Requirements for construction of organic compounds facilities
Cite as N.D. Admin. Code ยง 33.1-15-07-01
1.
Scope. This section applies only to those facilities considered "new" as defined in section
33.1-15-01-04.
2.
Water separation from petroleum products. No person may build or install any single or
multiple compartment volatile organic compounds - water separator which normally receives
effluent water containing two hundred gallons [757.08 liters] per day or more of any volatile
organic liquid from any equipment processing, refining, treating, storing, or handling volatile
organic compounds unless such compartment is equipped with a closed-vent system and
control device as defined in 40 CFR, part 60, subpart QQQ, section 60.691, as adopted in
chapter 33.1-15-12, or a floating roof as described in 40 CFR, part 60, subpart QQQ, section
60.693-2, as adopted in chapter 33.1-15-12, which is properly installed and in good working
order. For the purposes of this section, a volatile organic compounds - water separator means
a device used to separate an oil water mixture into its separate components, which include
volatile organic compounds and water, by gravity separation and skimming.
3.
Submerged fill pipes required. No person may build or install or permit the building or
installation of a stationary volatile organic compounds storage tank with a capacity of one
thousand gallons [3,785.41 liters] or more unless such tank is equipped with a submerged fill
pipe during filling operations or is a pressure tank as described in 40 CFR, part 60, subpart K,
subparagraph 60.111(a)(1), as adopted in chapter 33.1-15-12, or fitted with a vapor recovery
system also defined in 40 CFR, part 60, subpart K, paragraph 60.111(k), as adopted in
chapter 33.1-15-12.
4.
Volatile organic compounds loading facilities. No person may build or install or permit the
building or installation of volatile organic compounds tank car or tank truck loading facilities
handling twenty thousand gallons [75,708.24 liters] per day or more unless such facilities are
operated with a submerged filling arm or other vapor emission control system. Any emissions
control system utilized must have a minimum control efficiency necessary to meet the
requirements of chapters 33.1-15-02 and 33.1-15-16.
5.
Pumps and compressors. All rotating pumps and compressors handling volatile organic
compounds must be equipped and operated with properly maintained seals designed for their
specific product service and operating conditions.