La. Admin. Code tit. 33 § V-4723

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024

Section V-4723 - Schedule for Implementation of Air Emission Standards

A. Owners or operators of facilities existing on December 6, 1996, and subject to Subchapters H, I, and J of this Chapter shall meet the following requirements.

1. Install and begin operation of control equipment or waste management units required to comply with this Subchapter and complete modifications of production or treatment processes to satisfy exemption criteria in accordance with LAC 33:V.4725 by December 6, 1996, except as provided for in Paragraph A.2 of this Section.

2. When control equipment or waste management units required to comply with this Subchapter cannot be installed and in operation, or modifications of production or treatment processes to satisfy exemption criteria in accordance with LAC 33:V.4725, by December 6, 1996, the owner or operator shall:

a. install and begin operation of the control equipment and waste management units, and complete modifications of production or treatment processes as soon as possible, but no later than December 6, 1997;

b. prepare an implementation schedule that includes the following information: specific calendar dates for award of contracts or issuance of purchase orders for control equipment waste management units and production or treatment process modifications; initiation of on-site installation of control equipment, or waste management units, and modifications of production or treatment processes; completion of the control equipment or waste management unit installation, and production or treatment process modifications; and performance of testing to demonstrate that the installed equipment or waste management units and modified production or treatment processes meet the applicable standards of this Subchapter;

c. for facilities subject to the recordkeeping requirements of LAC 33:V.4357, the owner or operator shall enter the implementation schedule specified in Subparagraph A.2.b of this Section in the operating record no later than December 6, 1996; and

d. for facilities not subject to LAC 33:V.4357, the owner or operator shall enter the implementation schedule specified in Subparagraph A.2.b of this Section in a permanent, readily available file located at the facility no later than December 6, 1996.

B. Owners or operators of facilities and units in existence on the effective date of the statutory or regulatory amendment that renders the facility subject to Subchapters H, I, or J of this Chapter shall meet the following requirements.

1. Install and begin operation of all control equipment or waste management units required to comply with this Subchapter, and complete modifications of production or treatment processes to satisfy exemption criteria in accordance with LAC 33:V.4725, by the effective date of the amendment except as provided for in Paragraph B.2 of this Section.

2. When control equipment or waste management units required to comply with this Subchapter cannot be installed and begin operation, or when modifications of production or treatment processes to satisfy exemption criteria in accordance with LAC 33:V.4725 cannot be completed, by the effective date of the amendment, the owner or operator shall:

a. install and begin operation of the control equipment or waste management units, and complete modification of production or treatment processes as soon as possible, but no later than 30 months after the effective date of the amendment;

b. for facilities subject to the recordkeeping requirements of LAC 33:V.4357, enter and maintain the implementation schedule specified in Subparagraph A.2.b of this Section in the operating record no later than the effective date of the amendment; or

c. for facilities not subject to LAC 33:V.4357, the owner or operator shall enter and maintain the implementation schedule specified in Subparagraph A.2.b of this Section in a permanent, readily available file located at the facility site no later than the effective date of the amendment.

C. Owners and operators of facilities and units that become newly subject to the requirements of this Subchapter after December 8, 1997, due to an action other than those described in Subsection B of this Section must comply with all applicable requirements immediately (i.e., must have control devices installed and operating on the date the facility or unit becomes subject to this Subchapter; the 30-month implementation schedule does not apply).

D. The administrative authority may elect to extend the implementation date for control equipment at a facility, on a case-by-case basis, to a date later than December 8, 1997, when special circumstances that are beyond the facility owner's or operator's control delay installation or operation of control equipment, and the owner or operator has made all reasonable and prudent attempts to comply with the requirements of this Subchapter.

La. Admin. Code tit. 33, § V-4723

Promulgated by the Department of Environmental Quality, Office of Waste Services, Hazardous Waste Division, LR 24:1747 (September 1998), LR 25:487 (March 1999), repromulgated LR 25:856 (May 1999).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:2180 et seq.