Draft Changes – 5 March 2003

 

22.2        Applicability and Exemptions

 

22.2.1    Applicability

 

The provisions of this regulation shall apply to any stationary source using or generating  that emits a listed toxic substance in any process air contaminant, unless exempted below.

 

22.2.2    Exemptions

 

The following shall be exempt from the provisions of this regulation:

 

(a)                The application of any pesticide or herbicide regulated under authority of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, Rodenticide Act (86 statute 973 et seq, as amended) or the Rhode Island Pesticide Control Act (23‑25‑1, et seq), with the exception of the use of ethylene oxide for fumigation or sterilization, shall be exempted from this regulation.  It shall be the responsibility of the owner or operator of a source claiming to be exempt from the provisions of this regulation to demonstrate that the facility's use of a listed substance is regulated under the above-mentioned laws,

 

(b)               Gasoline filling stations

 

(c)                Fuel burning equipment where the emissions of listed toxic air contaminants is solely from or as a result of the combustion of fuel oil, propane or natural gas.  This exemption shall not apply to facilities combusting fuel oil to produce electricity.  However, standby internal combustion engines are operated less than 500 hours in any twelve month period are exempt; and

 

(d)               Perchloroethylene emissions from perchloroethylene dry cleaning facilities;.

 

(e)                Asbestos abatement projects subject to the Rhode Island Department of Health “Rules and Regulations for Asbestos Control” (R23-24.5-ASB);

 

(f)                 Lead paint hazard reduction projects and lead paint hazard control projects subject to the Rhode Island Department of Health “Rules and Regulations for Lead Paint Poisoning Prevention” (R23-24.6-PB); and

 

(g)                Lead paint removal operations subject to Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management Air Pollution Control Regulation No. 24, “Removal of Lead Based Paint from Exterior Surfaces.”   

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22.4          Requirement for Registration

 

22.4.1       The owner or operator of a  stationary source which uses or generates  emits a listed toxic substance air contaminant in an amount greater than the any of the  Minimum Quantityies for that substance specified in Table III during a calendar year shall register in writing with the Department on or before 15 April of the following calendar year.  The rRegistrations shall be signed by the owner or operator of the stationary source.

 

22.4.2       Registrations shall include, at a minimum, the following information:

 

(a)                The name and address of the facility;

 

(b)               The name and telephone number of the owner or operator of the facility and of a technical contact person for the facility; and

 

(c)                For each of the listed toxic air contaminants substances used and/or generated emitted by at the facility during the previous calendar year:

 

(1)               The name of the substance;

 

(2)               The process that used or emitted the substance;

 

(3)               The amount of the substance used at the facility during the previous calendar year,

 

(4)               The amount of the substance emitted by the facility during the previous calendar year, and

 

(5)(1)If Table III lists a Minimum Quantity for the substance in units of pounds per hour, the maximum amount of the substance emitted by the facility in any hour during the previous calendar year,

 

(6)(1)If Table III lists a Minimum Quantity for the substance in units of pounds per 24-hours, the maximum amount of the substance emitted by the facility in any calendar day during the previous calendar year, and

 

(7)(5)      The method used to calculate emissions from the facility.

 

22.4.3       A listed toxic substance that is present in a mixture shall be included in the registration provided that the substance is listed on the Material Safety Data Sheet for that mixture prepared pursuant to the OSHA Hazard Communication Standard (29CRF1910.1200).

 

22.4.222.4.1Any stationary source which initiates use or generation of a listed toxic substance in an amount greater than any of the Minimum Quantities for that substance specified in Table III, must register in writing with the  Department prior to first use or generation of that substance.  Initial use or generation registrations shall include, at a minimum, the following information:

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(a)22.4.1The name and address of the facility;

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(b)22.4.1The name and telephone number of the owner or operator of the facility and of a technical contact person for the facility; and

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(c)22.4.1For each of the listed toxic substance which is being initiated at the facility:

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(1)22.4.1The name of the substance;

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(2)22.4.1The process in which the substance will be used or generated;

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(3)22.4.1The maximum amount of the substance that will be used at the facility in a calendar year;

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(4)22.4.1The maximum amount of the substance that will be emitted by the facility in a calendar year;

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(5)22.4.1If Table III lists a Minimum Quantity for the substance in units of pounds per hour, the maximum amount of the substance that will be emitted by the facility in any hour;

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(6)22.4.1If Table III lists a Minimum Quantity for the substance in units of pounds per 24-hours, the maximum amount of the substance that will be emitted by  the facility in any calendar day; and

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                        (7)The method used to calculate emissions from the facility.