Part 212: General Process Emission Sources

(a) For the purpose of this Part, the general definitions in Part 200 of this Title apply.

(b) For the purpose of this Part, the following definitions also apply:

(a) No person will cause or allow emissions that violate the requirement specified in Table 2, Table 3 or Table 4 of this Part for the environmental rating issued by the commissioner; or

(b) In instances where determination of permissible emission rate using process weight is not applicable (see Table 5) and for an environmental rating of B or C, no person will cause or allow emissions of solid particulates that exceed 0.15 grains of particulates per cubic foot of exhaust gas, corrected for dilution air and expressed at standard conditions on a dry gas basis.

(a) except as required under section 201.8 of this Title, no person shall cause or allow emissions that exceed the applicable permissible emission rate as determined from Table 2, Table 3 or Table 4 of this Part for the environmental rating issued by the commissioner; or

(b) for gases and liquid particulates with an environmental rating of A, B, or C and for solid particulates with an environmental rating of A, where the emission rate potential is not shown in Table 2 the permissible emission rate shall be specified by the commissioner; or

(c) in instances where determination of permissible emission rate using process weight is not applicable (see Table 5) and for an environmental rating of B or C, no person will cause or allow emissions of solid particulates that exceed 0.050 grains of particulates per cubic foot of exhaust gas, expressed at standard conditions on a dry gas basis, except as provided in section 201.6 of this Title.

(a) Where air contaminants from two or more devices or contrivances are emitted to the outdoor atmosphere through a single emission point, the permissible emission rate or degree of air cleaning required is determined by using the sum of the process weights or emission rate potentials for all such devices or contrivances.

(b) Where air contaminants from a single device or contrivance are emitted to the outdoor atmosphere through more than one emission point, the sum of the emissions from all such emission points shall not exceed the quantity that would be permitted if said emissions were through a single emission point.

(c) Where air contaminants from two or more devices or contrivances are emitted to the outdoor atmosphere through a single emission point and the applicable emission standard for one or more of such devices or contrivances if vented separately to the outdoor atmosphere is a concentration standard (grains per standard cubic foot), the permissible emission rate through such emission point shall not exceed the quantity that would be allowed if said emissions were through separate emission points.

(d) Where a source owner can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the commissioner that he will apply best available control technology, the commissioner may specify a less restrictive permissible emission rate, emission standard or degree of air cleaning for such source than required under this Part provided that the less restrictive requirement is equivalent to that which can be achieved through the application of best available control technology.

(e) A process emission source, subject to the Federal new source performance standards in 40 CFR part 60, the national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants in 40 CFR part 61, or to the polychlorinated biphenyl disposal criteria in 40 CFR part 761 satisfies the requirements of this Part for the contaminant regulated by the Federal standard if the source owner can demonstrate that the source is in compliance with the respective Federal regulation.

(f) Owners and/or operators of facilities which have limited the facility's annual potential to emit nitrogen oxides or volatile organic compounds below applicability levels through federally and state enforceable special conditions in permits to construct and/or certificates to operate under the provisions of subdivision 212.10(d) of this Part must maintain annual actual emissions below these limitations. Nitrogen oxide and volatile organic compound emission points at these facilities are not subject to the control requirements in subdivision 212.9(b) if the emissions are not given an A rating.

(a) No person will cause or allow emissions having an average opacity during any six consecutive minutes of 20 percent or greater from any process emission source, except only the emission of uncombined water.

(b) Upon written application by a source owner or operator, the commissioner, at his discretion may accept for an emission source an equivalent opacity standard exceeding the opacity standard of subdivision (a) of this section, if the source owner can demonstrate through acceptable tests for such source that he is in compliance with all applicable emission requirements other than the opacity standard and that the source and any associated emission control equipment is being operated and maintained in a manner acceptable to the commissioner. An equivalent opacity standard for an emission source will only be granted where reasonably available control technology, as determined by the commissioner, has been utilized. In such cases, the source owner or operator will not cause or allow emissions to exceed the equivalent opacity.

(a) process emission sources which are exempt under section 201.6 of this Title;

(b) kilns and clinker coolers in portland cement plants subject to Part 220 of this Title with respect to emissions which are not given an A rating;

(c) ferrous jobbing foundry melting furnaces in operation on or prior to February 6, 1968 with respect to particulate emissions only;

(d) by-product coke oven batteries subject to Part 214 of this Title with respect to emissions which are not given an A rating;

(e) gasoline, petroleum, and volatile organic liquid storage and transfer facilities subject to Part 229 or Part 230 of this Title, with respect to volatile organic compound emissions which are not given an A rating;

(f) process emission sources other than kilns and clinker coolers in a portland cement plant with respect to opacity of emissions only;

(g) process emission sources in a sulfuric or nitric acid plant which are regulated by Part 224 of this Title with respect to emissions of nitrogen oxides, oxides of sulfur, sulfuric acid mist and smoke;

(h) process emission sources in a petroleum refinery subject to Part 223 of this Title with respect to sulfur compound emissions and emissions of volatile organic compounds which are not given an A rating;

(i) process emission sources from which emissions of oxides of sulfur are attributable only to sulfur in fuel with respect to emissions of oxides of sulfur;

(j) solvent metal cleaning processes subject to Part 226 of this Title with respect to emissions of volatile organic compounds which are not given an A rating;

(k) iron and/or steel processes subject to Part 216 of this Title;

(l) surface coating operations subject to Part 228 of this Title or coatings exempt from Part 228 pursuant to section 228.1(h) of this Title with respect to emissions of volatile organic compounds which are not given an A rating;

(m) process emission sources with respect to emissions of carbon monoxide and volatile organic compounds produced solely by incomplete combustion of any fuel, except where material is heated, burned, combusted or otherwise chemically changed under oxygen-deficient conditions by design;

(n) perchloroethylene dry cleaning facilities subject to Part 232 of this Title;

(o) pharmaceutical and cosmetic manufacturing processes subject to Part 233 of this Title or processes exempt from Part 233 pursuant to section 233.1(g) of this Title with respect to emissions of volatile organic compounds which are not given an A rating;

(p) graphic arts processes subject to Part 234 of this Title or inks exempt from Part 234 pursuant to section 234.1(h) of this Title with respect to emissions of volatile organic compounds which are not given an A rating;

(q) primary aluminum reduction plant processes subject to Part 209 of this Title with respect to opacity and emissions of total fluorides; and

(r) process emission sources with respect to emissions of nitrogen oxides produced by catalytic oxidizers used as air pollution control equipment.

(a) Process emission sources which commence construction before November 16, 1985 in the New York City metropolitan area which are subject to Table 3 of this section are required to comply with the applicable emission standard within six months after the expiration date of the last certificate to operate issued prior to November 15, 1985. Process emission sources which commence construction after November 15, 1985 in the New York City metropolitan area which are subject to Table 3 (section 212.9[c]) of this Part must comply with the applicable standard upon start-up.

(b) An application for a certificate to operate for process emission sources at bakeries subject to this Part must be submitted to the department by October 20, 1994.

(a) Table 1.

The following items will be considered in making a determination of the environmental rating to be applied to an air contaminant:

1. toxic and other properties and emission rate potential of the air contaminant;
2. location of the source with respect to residences or other sensitive environmental receptors, including a consideration of the area's anticipated growth;
3. emission dispersion characteristics at or near the source, taking into account the physical location of the source relative to surrounding buildings and terrain; and
4. the projected maximum cumulative impact of taking into account emissions from all sources in the facility under review and the pre-existing ambient concentration of the air contaminant under review.

(b) Table 2.

(c) Table 3.

(d) Table 4.

(e) Table 5.

Processes for which Permissible Emission Rate is Based on Process Weight

1. Stone dryers (asphalt concrete plants)
2. Expanded aggregate kilns (lightweight aggregate plants)
3. Continuous process material dryers emitting solid particulates and water only
4. Brass and bronze melting furnaces
5. Ferro alloy production furnaces
6. Lime kilns
7. Glass production furnaces
8. Graphitizing and silicon carbide furnaces
9. Gypsum dryers
10. Primary aluminum reduction furnaces

(a) (1) Owners and/or operators of facilities located in the lower Orange County or New York City metropolitan areas with an annual potential to emit of 25 tons or more of nitrogen oxides or 25 tons or more of volatile organic compounds must comply with the requirements of this section.

(b) Owners and/or operators of emission points subject to this Part which emit nitrogen oxides or volatile organic compounds located at facilities described in subdivision (a) of this section must submit a compliance plan to the Department by October 20, 1994. The compliance plan must either include the reasonably available control technology (RACT) analysis required by subdivision (c) of this section or a plan to limit the annual potential to emit below the applicability levels pursuant to subdivision (d) of this section.

(c) (1) The compliance plan must identify reasonably available control technology (RACT) for each emission point which emits nitrogen oxides for major nitrogen oxide facilities or volatile organic compounds for major volatile organic compound facilities. The compliance plan must identify the emission points which do not employ reasonably available control technology (RACT), and a schedule for implementation of RACT must be included in the plan. A RACT analysis is not required for emission points with nitrogen oxide and volatile organic compound emission rate potentials less than 3.0 pounds per hour and actual emissions in the absence of control equipment less than 15.0 pounds per day at facilities located in the lower Orange County and New York City metropolitan areas. A RACT analysis is not required for emission points with nitrogen oxide and volatile organic compound emission rate potentials less than 3.0 pounds per hour at facilities located outside of the lower Orange County and New York City metropolitan areas. Reasonably available control technology as approved by the department must be implemented on each emission point subject to this section by May 31, 1995.

(d) The owner or operator of any facility with federally and state enforceable conditions in certificates to operate which limit its annual potential to emit nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds below the applicability levels of subdivision (a) of this section by May 31, 1995 is exempt from the RACT analysis and implementation requirements of this section. Records must be maintained by the owner or operator at the facility on a monthly basis which verify the facility's annual actual emissions. Upon reasonable request, these records must be submitted to the department in a format acceptable to the department. An exceedance of the annual potential to emit conditions for any calendar year must be reported by the owner or operator to the department within thirty days of the end of that calendar year.

(e) Any facility that is subject to this section after May 31, 1995 will remain subject to these provisions even if the annual potential to emit nitrogen oxides or volatile organic compounds later fall below the applicability threshold.

(f) Owners and/or operators of emission points located at facilities described in subdivision (a) of this section which commence construction after August 15, 1994 must submit a RACT demonstration for nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compound emissions with each application for a permit to construct. Reasonably available control technology must be implemented on these emission points when operation commences. A RACT analysis is not required for new emission points with nitrogen oxide and volatile organic compound emission rate potentials less than 3.0 pounds per hour and actual emissions in the absence of control equipment less than 15.0 pounds per day at facilities located outside of the lower Orange County and New York City metropolitan areas.

(a) Owners and/or operators of any source which is required by the Department to demonstrate compliance with this Part must comply with the notification requirements and must conduct capture efficiency and/or stack emissions testing using acceptable procedures pursuant to Part 202 of this Title.

(b) Owners and/or operators of any source equipped with the following emissions control equipment must install continuous monitors and data recorders for the required parameter by June 1, 1995. Continuous monitors must be operated at all times when the associated process equipment is operating except during any quality assurance and routine maintenance activities. Each monitor must be operated according to a quality assurance program approved by the department. Alternative monitoring methods may be employed subject to department approval.

(c) For the purpose of ascertaining compliance with this Part, the department may obtain or require the owner or operator of a process emission source to provide a sample of any type 5 or 6 refuse (see Table 1 of Appendix 2 of Part 219 for classifications of refuse) where such refuse is an input material of the process.