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Table 1 of this section shows which parts of the General Provisions in §§63.1 through 63.15 apply to you. Table 1 of §63.2870 follows:
General provisions citation | Subject of citation | Brief description of requirement | Applies to subpart | Explanation |
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§63.1 | Applicability | Initial applicability determination; applicability after standard established; permit requirements; extensions; notifications | Yes | |
§63.2 | Definitions | Definitions for part 63 standards | Yes | Except as specifically provided in this subpart. |
§63.3 | Units and abbreviations | Units and abbreviations for part 63 standards | Yes | |
§63.4 | Prohibited activities and circumvention | Prohibited activities; compliance date; circumvention; severability | Yes | |
§63.5 | Construction/reconstruction | Applicability; applications; approvals | Yes | Except for subsections of §63.5 as listed below. |
§63.5(c) | [Reserved] | |||
§63.5(d)(1)(ii)(H) | Application for approval | Type and quantity of HAP, operating parameters | No | All sources emit HAP. Subpart GGGG does not require control from specific emission points. |
§63.5(d)(1)(ii)(I) | [Reserved] | |||
§63.5(d)(1)(iii), (d)(2), (d)(3)(ii) | Application for approval | No | The requirements of the application for approval for new, reconstructed and significantly modified sources are described in §63.2860(b) and (c) of subpart GGGG. General provision requirements for identification of HAP emission points or estimates of actual emissions are not required. Descriptions of control and methods, and the estimated and actual control efficiency of such do not apply. Requirements for describing control equipment and the estimated and actual control efficiency of such equipment apply only to control equipment to which the subpart GGGG requirements for quantifying. | |
§63.6 | Applicability of General Provisions | Applicability | Yes | Except for subsections of §63.6 as listed below. |
§63.6(b)(1)-(3) | Compliance dates, new and reconstructed sources | No | Section 63.2834 of subpart GGGG specifies the compliance dates for new and reconstructed sources. | |
§63.6(b)(6) | [Reserved] | |||
§63.6(c)(3)-(4) | [Reserved] | |||
§63.6(d) | [Reserved] | |||
§63.6(e)(1)(i) | Operation and Maintenance | Yes, before September 15, 2020. No, on or after September 15, 2020 | See §63.2840(g) for general duty requirement | |
§63.6(e)(1)(ii) | Operation and Maintenance | Requirement to correct malfunctions as soon as practicable | Yes, before September 15, 2020]. No, on or after September 15, 2020 | See §63.2840(g) for general duty requirement. |
§63.6(e)(3)(i) through (e)(3)(ii) and §63.6(e)(3)(v) through (vii) | Operation and maintenance requirements | Yes, before September 15, 2020 | Minimize emissions to the extent practicable. On or after September 15, 2020, see §63.2840(g) for general duty requirement. | |
§63.6(e)(3)(iii) | Operation and maintenance requirements | No | Minimize emissions to the extent practicable. On or after September 15, 2020, see §63.2840(g) for general duty requirement. | |
§63.6(e)(3)(iv) | Operation and maintenance requirements | No | Report SSM and in accordance with §63.2861(c) and (d). | |
§63.6(e)(3)(viii) | Operation and maintenance requirements | Yes, before September 15, 2020. No, on or after September 15, 2020 | Except, before September 15, 2020, report each revision to your SSM plan in accordance with §63.2861(c) rather than §63.10(d)(5) as required under §63.6(e)(3)(viii). | |
§63.6(e)(3)(ix) | Title V permit | Yes, before September 15, 2020. No, on or after September 15, 2020 | ||
§63.6(f)(1) | Compliance with nonopacity emission standards except during SSM | Comply with emission standards at all times except during SSM | Yes, before September 15, 2020. No, on or after September 15, 2020 | |
§63.6(f)(2)-(3) | Methods for Determining Compliance | Yes | ||
§63.6(g) | Use of an Alternative Standard | Yes | ||
§63.6(h) | Opacity/Visible emission (VE) standards | No | Subpart GGGG has no opacity or VE standards. | |
§63.6(i) | Compliance extension | Procedures and criteria for responsible agency to grant compliance extension | Yes. | |
§63.6(j) | Presidential compliance exemption | President may exempt source category from requirement to comply with subpart | Yes. | |
§63.7(e)(1) | Performance testing requirements | Representative conditions for performance test | Yes, before September 15, 2020. No, on or after September 15, 2020 | See §63.2853(a)(5)(i)(A) for performance testing requirements. |
§63.7(e)(2)-(4), (f), (g), and (h) | Performance testing requirements | Schedule, conditions, notifications and procedures | Yes | Subpart GGGG requires performance testing only if the source applies additional control that destroys solvent. Section 63.2850(a)(6) requires sources to follow the performance testing guidelines of the General Provisions if a control is added. |
§63.8 | Monitoring requirements | No | Subpart GGGG does not require monitoring other than as specified therein. | |
§63.9 | Notification requirements | Applicability and state delegation | Yes | Except for subsections of §63.9 as listed below. |
§63.9(b)(2) | Notification requirements | Initial notification requirements for existing sources | No | Section 63.2860(a) of subpart GGGG specifies the requirements of the initial notification for existing sources. |
§63.9(b)(3)-(5) | Notification requirements | Notification requirement for certain new/reconstructed sources | Yes | Except the information requirements differ as described in §63.2860(b) of subpart GGGG. |
§63.9(e) | Notification of performance test | Notify responsible agency 60 days ahead | Yes | Applies only if performance testing is performed. |
§63.9(f) | Notification of VE/opacity observations | Notify responsible agency 30 days ahead | No | Subpart GGGG has no opacity or VE standards. |
§63.9(g) | Additional notifications when using a continuous monitoring system (CMS) | Notification of performance evaluation; Notification using COMS data; notification that exceeded criterion for relative accuracy | No | Subpart GGGG has no CMS requirements. |
§63.9(h) | Notification of compliance status | Contents | No | Section 63.2860(d) of subpart GGGG specifies requirements for the notification of compliance status. |
§63.9(j) | Notification requirements | Change in previous information | Yes | |
§63.9(k) | Notification requirements | Electronic reporting procedures | Yes | Only as specified in §63.9(j). |
§63.10 | Recordkeeping/reporting | Schedule for reporting, record storage | Yes | Except for subsections of §63.10 as listed below. |
§63.10(b)(2)(i) | Recordkeeping | Record SSM event | Yes, before September 15, 2020. No, on or after September 15, 2020 | Before September 15, 2020, applicable to periods when sources must implement their SSM plan as specified in subpart GGGG. On or after September 15, 2020, meet the requirements of §63.2862(f). |
§63.10(b)(2)(ii)-(iii) | Recordkeeping | Malfunction of air pollution equipment | No | Before September 15, 2020, applies only if air pollution control equipment has been added to the process and is necessary for the source to meet the emission limit. On or after September 15, 2020, meet the requirements of §63.2862(g). |
§63.10(b)(2)(iv)-(v) | Recordkeeping | SSM recordkeeping | Yes, before September 15, 2020. No, on or after September 15, 2020 | |
§63.10(b)(2)(vi) | Recordkeeping | CMS recordkeeping | No | Subpart GGGG has no CMS requirements. |
§63.10(b)(2)(viii)-(ix) | Recordkeeping | Conditions of performance test | Yes | Applies only if performance tests are performed. Subpart GGGG does not have any CMS opacity or VE observation requirements. |
§63.10(b)(2)(x)-(xii) | Recordkeeping | CMS, performance testing, and opacity and VE observations recordkeeping | No | Subpart GGGG does not require CMS. |
§63.10(c) | Recordkeeping | Additional CMS recordkeeping | No | Subpart GGGG does not require CMS. |
§63.10(d)(2) | Reporting | Reporting performance test results | Yes | Applies only if performance testing is performed. |
§63.10(d)(3) | Reporting | Reporting opacity or VE observations | No | Subpart GGGG has no opacity or VE standards. |
§63.10(d)(4) | Reporting | Progress reports | Yes | Applies only if a condition of compliance extension exists. |
§63.10(d)(5) | Reporting | SSM reporting | No | Section 63.2861(c) and (d) specify SSM reporting requirements. |
§63.10(e) | Reporting | Additional CMS reports | No | Subpart GGGG does not require CMS. |
§63.11 | Control device requirements | Requirements for flares | Yes | Applies only if your source uses a flare to control solvent emissions. Subpart GGGG does not require flares. |
§63.12 | State authority and delegations | State authority to enforce standards | Yes | |
§63.13 | State/regional addresses | Addresses where reports, notifications, and requests are sent | Yes | |
§63.14 | Incorporation by reference | Test methods incorporated by reference | Yes | |
§63.15 | Availability of information and confidentiality | Public and confidential information | Yes |
[66 FR 19011, Apr. 12, 2001, as amended at 67 FR 16321, Apr. 5, 2002; 71 FR 20463, Apr. 20, 2006; 85 FR 15632, March 18, 2020; 85 FR 73904, Nov. 19, 2020]
(a) This subpart can be implemented by us, the U.S. EPA, or a delegated authority such as your State, local, or tribal agency. If the U.S. EPA Administrator has delegated authority to your State, local, or tribal agency, then that agency, as well as the U.S. EPA, has the authority to implement and enforce this subpart. You should contact your U.S. EPA Regional Office to find out if this subpart is delegated to your State, local, or tribal agency.
(b) In delegating implementation and enforcement authority of this subpart to a State, local, or tribal agency under section 40 CFR part 63, subpart E, the authorities contained in paragraph (c) of this section are retained by the Administrator of the U.S. EPA and are not transferred to the State, local, or tribal agency.
(c) The authorities that will not be delegated to State, local, or tribal agencies are as follows:
(1) Approval of alternative nonopacity emissions standards under §63.6(g).
(2) Approval of alternative opacity standards under §63.6(h)(9).
(3) Approval of major alternatives to test methods under §63.7(e)(2)(ii) and (f) and as defined in §63.90.
(4) Approval of major alternatives to monitoring under §63.8(f) and as defined in §63.90.
(5) Approval of major alternatives to recordkeeping and reporting under §63.10(f) and as defined in §63.90.
Terms used in this subpart are defined in the sources listed:
(a) The Clean Air Act, section 112(a).
(b) In 40 CFR 63.2, the NESHAP General Provisions.
(c) In this section as follows:
Accounting month means a time interval defined by a business firm during which corporate economic and financial factors are determined on a consistent and regular basis. An accounting month will consist of approximately 4 to 5 calendar weeks and each accounting month will be of approximate equal duration. An accounting month may not correspond exactly to a calendar month, but 12 accounting months will correspond exactly to a calendar year.
Actual solvent loss means the gallons of solvent lost from a source during 12 operating months as determined in accordance with §63.2853.
Agricultural product means any commercially grown plant or plant product.
Allowable HAP loss means the gallons of HAP that would have been lost from a source if the source was operating at the solvent loss factor for each listed oilseed type. The allowable HAP loss in gallons is determined by multiplying the tons of each oilseed type processed during the previous 12 operating months, as determined in accordance with §63.2855, by the corresponding oilseed solvent loss factor (gal/ton) listed in Table 1 of §63.2840, and by the dimensionless constant 0.64, and summing the result for all oilseed types processed.
Area source means any source that does not meet the major source definition.
As received is the basis upon which all oilseed measurements must be determined and refers to the oilseed chemical and physical characteristics as initially received by the source and prior to any oilseed handling and processing.
Batch operation means any process that operates in a manner where the addition of raw material and withdrawal of product do not occur simultaneously. Typically, raw material is added to a process, operational steps occur, and a product is removed from the process. More raw material is then added to the process and the cycle repeats.
Calendar month means 1 month as specified in a calendar.
Compliance date means the date on which monthly compliance recordkeeping begins. For existing sources, recordkeeping typically begins 3 years after the effective date of the subpart. For new and reconstructed sources, recordkeeping typically begins upon initial startup, except as noted in §63.2834.
Compliance ratio means a ratio of the actual HAP loss in gallons from the previous 12 operating months to an allowable HAP loss in gallons, which is determined by using oilseed solvent loss factors in Table 1 of §63.2840, the weighted average volume fraction of HAP in solvent received for the previous 12 operating months, and the tons of each type of listed oilseed processed in the previous 12 operating months. Months during which no listed oilseed is processed, or months during which the §63.2850(c)(2) or (d)(2) initial startup period or, before September 15, 2020, the §63.2850(e)(2) malfunction period applies, are excluded from this calculation. Equation 2 of §63.2840 is used to calculate this value. If the value is less than or equal to 1.00, the source is in compliance. If the value is greater than 1.00, the source is deviating from compliance.
Continuous operation means any process that adds raw material and withdraws product simultaneously. Mass, temperature, concentration and other properties typically approach steady-state conditions.
Conventional desolventizer means a desolventizer toaster that operates with indirect and direct-contact steam to remove solvent from the extracted meal. Oilseeds processed in a conventional desolventizer produce crude vegetable oil and crude meal products, such as animal feed.
Corn germ dry milling means a source that processes corn germ that has been separated from the other corn components using a “dry” process of mechanical chafing and air sifting.
Corn germ wet milling means a source that processes corn germ that has been separated from other corn components using a “wet” process of centrifuging a slurry steeped in a dilute sulfurous acid solution.
Exempt period means a period of time during which a source processes agricultural products not defined as listed oilseed.
Extraction solvent means an organic chemical medium used to remove oil from an oilseed. Typically, the extraction solvent is a commercial grade of hexane isomers which have an approximate HAP content of 64 percent by volume.
Hazardous air pollutant (HAP) means any substance or mixture of substances listed as a hazardous air pollutant under section 112(b) of the Clean Air Act.
Initial startup date means the first calendar day that a new, reconstructed or significantly modified source processes any listed oilseed.
Initial startup period means a period of time from the initial startup date of a new, reconstructed, or significantly modified source, for which you choose to operate the source under an initial startup period subject to §63.2850(c)(2) or (d)(2), until the date your source operates for 15 consecutive days at or above 90 percent of the nominal design rate of the extractor or at or above 90 percent of the permitted production rate for your source. The initial startup period following initial startup of a new or reconstructed source may not exceed 6 calendar months. The initial startup period following a significant modification may not exceed 3 calendar months. Solvent and oilseed inventory information recorded during the initial startup period is excluded from use in any compliance ratio determinations.
Large cottonseed plant means a vegetable oil production process that processes 120,000 tons or more of cottonseed and other listed oilseed during all normal operating periods in a 12 operating months period used to determine compliance.
Malfunction period means a period of time between the beginning and end of a process malfunction and the time reasonably necessary for a source to correct the malfunction for which you choose to operate the source under a malfunction period subject to §63.2850(e)(2). This period may include the duration of an unscheduled process shutdown, continued operation during a malfunction, or the subsequent process startup after a shutdown resulting from a malfunction. During a malfunction period, a source complies with the standards by minimizing HAP emissions to the extent practicable. Therefore, solvent and oilseed inventory information recorded during a malfunction period is excluded from use in any compliance ratio determinations.
Mechanical extraction means removing vegetable oil from oilseeds using only mechanical devices such as presses or screws that physically force the oil from the oilseed. Mechanical extraction techniques use no organic solvents to remove oil from an oilseed.
Nonoperating month means any entire calendar or accounting month in which a source processes no agricultural product.
Nonoperating period means any period of time in which a source processes no agricultural product. This operating status does not apply during any period in which the source operates under an initial startup period as described in §63.2850(c)(2) or (d)(2), or, before September 15, 2020, a malfunction period as described in §63.2850(e)(2)
Normal operating period or normal operation means any period of time in which a source processes a listed oilseed that is not categorized as an initial startup period as described in §63.2850(c)(2) or (d)(2), or, before September 15, 2020, a malfunction period as described in §63.2850(e)(2). At the beginning and ending dates of a normal operating period, solvent and oilseed inventory information is recorded and included in the compliance ratio determination.
Oilseed or listed oilseed means the following agricultural products: corn germ, cottonseed, flax, peanut, rapeseed (for example, canola), safflower, soybean, and sunflower.
Oilseed solvent loss factor means a ratio expressed as gallons of solvent loss per ton of oilseed processed. The solvent loss factors are presented in Table 1 of §63.2840 and are used to determine the allowable HAP loss.
Operating month means any calendar or accounting month in which a source processes any quantity of listed oilseed, excluding any entire calendar or accounting month in which the source operated under an initial startup period as described in §63.2850(c)(2) or (d)(2), or, before September 15, 2020, a malfunction period as described in §63.2850(e)(2). An operating month may include time intervals characterized by several types of operating status. However, an operating month must have at least one normal operating period.
Significant modification means the addition of new equipment or the modification of existing equipment that:
(1) Significantly affects solvent losses from your vegetable oil production process;
(2) The fixed capital cost of the new components represents a significant percentage of the fixed capital cost of building a comparable new vegetable oil production process;
(3) The fixed capital cost of the new equipment does not constitute reconstruction as defined in §63.2; and
(4) Examples of significant modifications include replacement of or major changes to solvent recovery equipment such as extractors, desolventizer-toasters/dryer-coolers, flash desolventizers, and distillation equipment associated with the mineral oil system, and equipment affecting desolventizing efficiency and steady-state operation of your vegetable oil production process such as flaking mills, oilseed heating and conditioning equipment, and cracking mills.
Small cottonseed plant means a vegetable oil production process that processes less than 120,000 tons of cottonseed and other listed oilseed during all normal operating periods in a 12 operating months period used to determine compliance.
Solvent extraction means removing vegetable oil from listed oilseed using an organic solvent in a direct-contact system.
Solvent working capacity means the volume of extraction solvent normally retained in solvent recovery equipment. Examples include components such as the solvent extractor, desolventizer-toaster, solvent storage and working tanks, mineral oil absorption system, condensers, and oil/solvent distillation system.
Specialty desolventizer means a desolventizer that removes excess solvent from soybean meal using vacuum conditions, energy from superheated solvent vapors, or reduced operating conditions (e.g., temperature) as compared to the typical operation of a conventional desolventizer. Soybeans processed in a specialty desolventizer result in high-protein vegetable meal products for human and animal consumption, such as calf milk replacement products and meat extender products.
Vegetable oil production process means the equipment comprising a continuous process for producing crude vegetable oil and meal products, including specialty soybean products, in which oil is removed from listed oilseeds through direct contact with an organic solvent. Process equipment typically includes the following components: oilseed preparation operations (including conditioning, drying, dehulling, and cracking), solvent extractors, desolventizer-toasters, meal dryers, meal coolers, meal conveyor systems, oil distillation units, solvent evaporators and condensers, solvent recovery system (also referred to as a mineral oil absorption system), vessels storing solvent-laden materials, and crude meal packaging and storage vessels. A vegetable oil production process does not include vegetable oil refining operations (including operations such as bleaching, hydrogenation, and deodorizing) and operations that engage in additional chemical treatment of crude soybean meals produced in specialty desolventizer units (including operations such as soybean isolate production).
[66 FR 19011, Apr. 12, 2001, as amended at 71 FR 20464, Apr. 20, 2006; 85 FR 15635]