Joe Janecka – Central Office Susan Thompson – Region 1 Amarillo

Presentation Outline  Two Parts:  (1) What you do and  (2) What we do

What You Do  Regulatory knowledge, process or plant knowledge,  Reporting: Reportable Quantities (RQ)  Reporting: STEERS  Reporting: Affirmative Defense

Reg Knowledge  Emissions events is an upset or unscheduled maintenance, start-up, or shutdown.  Regulated Entity must report an emission event meeting an RQ within 24 hours of the discovery of the event.

Reg Knowledge  A Regulated Entity: All regulated units, facilities, equipment, structures, or sources at one street address or location that are owned or operated by the same person. The term includes any property under common ownership or control identified in a permit or used in conjunction with the regulated activity at the same street address or location. Owners or operators of pipelines, gathering lines, and flowlines under common ownership or control in a particular county may be treated as a single regulated entity for purposes of assessment and regulation of emissions events.

Process/Plant Knowledge  What is contained in or flowing through your systems that may be emitted during an emissions event.  Why? So you can quickly determine RQ  Emission Points and their respective “allowables.”  Why? So you can determine unauthorized quantity

Reporting: RQ  Refer to definition (88) in section of 30 TAC Chapter 101. It will be the lowest of:  40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 302, Table  40 CFR Part 355, Appendix A  (III) individual contaminants listed in the definition  RQ = 100 pounds when the contaminant cannot be found in the three references above

Reporting: RQ  §101.1(88)(B) describes RQ for mixtures  §101.1(88)(C) describes “OPACITY” as the only RQ for boilers and combustion turbines with narrow fuel specs. The RQ for opacity is 15% above the standard or limit at the emission point.

Reporting: RQ  §101.1(88)(D) describes RQ can be a ground level concentration for sources with CEMs and an approved “conditions and screening model.” This is rare. I have not seen this approach… usually this type of assessment would take much longer than the initial 24 hour reporting period to determine.

Case Examples: RQs  Ammonia (gaseous)  Gasoline (spill)  Produced (unprocessed) natural gas

Case Examples: RQs § CFR Ch. I (7–1–04 Edition) TABLE 302.4—LIST OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES AND REPORTABLE QUANTITIES—Continued [Note: All Comments/Notes Are Located at the End of This Table] Hazardous substance CASRN Statutory Codedagger RCRA waste NoFinal RQ pounds (Kg) Ammonia 7664–41– (45.4)

Case Examples: RQs  Gasoline: 4% by volume Benzene  200 gal spill reported under 30 TAC Chapter 327, §327.3  Estimated 50% volatilized

Case Examples: RQs  100 gallons evaporated at.04 Benzene, 6.15 lb/gal  24.6 lbs Benzene  Same formula gasoline to reach RQ Benzene? 100 lbs/6.15 = 16.3 gal/.04 = about 408 gallons (evaporated)

Case Examples: RQs  Natural gas - RQ definition (88)(B)(iv):  5000 lbs excluding carbon dioxide, water, nitrogen, methane, ethane, noble gases, hydrogen, and oxygen or air emissions from crude oil, (usually sweet gas) or  100 lbs hydrogen sulfide and mercaptans (sour gas)

Reporting: STEERS  Electronic reporting through STEERS required except:  Small businesses (may fax, but STEERS is encouraged)  When STEERS is down for any reason (at the agency)  When reported under the Spill Rules (30 TAC Chapter 327)

Reporting: STEERS  Set-up account and STEERS Participation Agreement  The SPA, and the STEERS account, and the reporting is a personally certified process  Rules for “probationary” account  Initial 24 hour report can be done through probationary account. Final report requires a fully activated account with a completed SPA

Reporting: STEERS  Initial report, best information you have, within 24 hours of your discovery of the event.  As 24 th hour approaches, RQ not met but emissions are still on-going and you are not sure, many people report out of abundance of caution  Why? Because a timely report is needed for affirmative defense.

Reporting: Affirmative Defense  A demonstration by the regulated entity for defense against enforcement  Reports must be timely  The event must not be deemed “excessive”  RE must provide information addressing eleven factors listed in 30 TAC Chapter 101, § (b)

Reporting: Affirmative Defense  Enter your information supporting the eleven demonstration criteria in the STEERS reporting form in the field labeled: “Basis Used to Determine Quantities and Any Additional Information Necessary to Evaluate the Event:”

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