Requirements for control of production facility emissions

1. The emissions from all treaters, separators, engines, incinerators, flares, tanks, and other onsite equipment must comply with the requirements of subsection 5. 2. Each flare used for combusting gas at a production facility must be equipped and operated with an automatic ignitor or a continuous burning pilot which must be maintained and operated in good working order. This is required even if the flare is used for emergency purposes only. A continuous burning pilot is required if this department determines that an automatic ignition system is ineffective due to production characteristics. The flare stack must be of sufficient height to allow for adequate dispersion of air contaminants as necessary to meet the requirements of this article. 3. Any organic compound gases and vapors may be subject to controls as specified in chapter 33.1-15-07. 4. Routine inspections and maintenance of tanks, hatches, compressors, vent lines, pressure relief valves, packing elements, and couplings must be conducted to minimize emissions from equipment at a production facility. Tank hatches must hold a positive working pressure or must be repaired or replaced. 5. The owner or operator of any oil or gas well production facility shall install equipment necessary to ensure that emissions comply with the ambient air quality standards of chapter 33.1-15-02, including hydrogen sulfide and sulfur dioxide; the class I and class II increments for sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, and particulate matter of chapter 33.1-15-15, if applicable; the odor concentration limits of chapter 33.1-15-16; and any other applicable chapter of this article. For the purpose of this chapter, compliance must be determined outside the surface boundary of the production facility. 6. When a malfunction, the correction of a malfunction, or maintenance at any oil and gas well production facility occurs that can be expected to cause the emission of air contaminants in violation of this article for longer than twenty-four hours, the person responsible for such installation shall notify the department of such malfunction or maintenance as set forth in section 33.1-15-01-13. This subsection pertains only to the reporting of malfunctions and maintenance and does not obviate the source's responsibility to comply with the remainder of this chapter or article. 7. The owner or operator of any oil and gas well production facility completed prior to the effective date of section 33.1-15-20-04 shall comply with the requirements of this chapter within six months of the effective date of these revisions. The owner or operator of any oil and gas well production facility completed after the effective date of the revisions to section 33.1-15-20-04 shall comply with the requirements of this chapter within ninety days of the completion of the well.