N.J. Admin. Code § 7:27-16.21
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
Section 7:27-16.21 - Natural gas pipelines(a) The owner or operator of any natural gas pipeline shall by October 26, 1994 prepare a Control Measure Plan that shall:1. Identify each control technology or procedure available to the owner or operator for achieving reductions in VOC emissions from a blowdown event. Such control technology or procedures may include, without limitation, pipeline pressure reductions, the use of mobile compressors for recompressing, and the use of control apparatus; and2. Identify in detail the criteria that the owner or operator will use to select the control technology or procedure, or combination thereof, that will achieve the greatest reductions in VOC reasonably achievable for each blowdown event.(b) The owner or operator of any natural gas pipeline shall by May 31, 1995 achieve some reduction in VOC emissions from each blowdown event and shall implement the control technologies or procedures that the Control Measure Plan indicates would be appropriate for each blowdown event.(c) On or before March 1 of each year beginning in 1996, the owner or operator of each natural gas pipeline shall submit a report to the Chief, Bureau Field Operations setting forth the location, date and duration of each blowdown event, a description of the emissions reduction procedures and technology used, and a quantification of the amount of VOC emission reductions achieved for each event.(d) The owner or operator of any natural gas pipeline subject to (a) above shall retain the Control Measure Plan at the office having operating responsibility for the section of pipeline for which the blowdown event will occur and shall provide a copy of such plan to the Department within three days of receipt of a written request from the Department.(e) If after reviewing a Control Measure Plan, the Department determines that it fails to satisfy the requirements set forth in (a) above, the Department shall notify the owner or operator that it has 30 days to submit to the Department appropriate amendments to its plan. Failure to do so shall constitute a violation of this section. However, an owner or operator may request an adjudicatory hearing regarding the Department's determination in accordance with the procedure at 7:27-1.32.(f) The Department may require amendments to a Control Measure Plan if:1. The Plan does not contain all of the information required under (a) above;2. The Plan does not consider all control technology and procedures used or considered for use by other persons in the owner or operator's industry, taking into account the potential for the creation of a safety hazard or the potential for unreasonable interference with enjoyment of life and property;3. The Plan would be ineffective in controlling VOC emissions during blowdown events;4. The emission reductions being achieved are not the greatest reductions which can be practicably achieved at reasonable costs; or5. Implementation of the plan results or would result in any violation of law or regulation; or6. EPA denies approval of the proposed Control Measure Plan as a revision to the State Implementation Plan.(g) After receipt of a written request from an owner or operator for an extension of the deadline set forth in (a) above, the Department may authorize a 60-day renewable extension upon showing of good cause. Such extension may be renewed by the Department upon the written request of the owner or operator. Approval of such an extension shall not constitute approval of extension of the May 31, 1995 deadline established in (b) above. Written requests for the extension of a deadline submitted pursuant to this subsection shall be addressed to: Assistant Director, Air & Environmental Quality Enforcement
Division of Enforcement Field Operations
Department of Environmental Protection
PO Box 422
401 East State Street, 4th Floor
Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0422
N.J. Admin. Code § 7:27-16.21
New Rule, R.1994 d.313, effective 6/20/1994 (operative July 26, 1994).
See: 25 New Jersey Register 3339(a), 26 New Jersey Register 2600(a).
Amended by R.1998 d.231, effective 5/4/1998 (operative June 12, 1998).
See: 29 New Jersey Register 3521(a), 30 New Jersey Register 1563(b).
In (e), changed N.J.A.C. reference.