Sources of Emissions.
2. The
following establishments, systems, equipment, and operations:
A. Office and commercial buildings, where
emissions result solely from space heating by natural or liquefied petroleum
gas with a heat input capacity of less than twenty (20) million Btus per hour.
Incinerators operated in conjunction with these sources are not exempt unless
the incinerator operations are exempt under another section of this
rule;
B. Comfort air conditioning
or comfort ventilating systems not designed or used to control air pollutant
emissions;
C. Equipment used for
any mode of transportation;
D.
Livestock markets and livestock operations, including animal feeding operations
and concentrated animal feeding operations as those terms are defined under
40
CFR
122.23 promulgated as of July 1, 2017,
and hereby incorporated by reference in this rule, as published by the Office
of the Federal Register. Copies can be obtained from the U.S. Publishing Office
Bookstore, 710 N. Capitol Street NW, Washington DC 20401. This rule does not
incorporate any subsequent amendments or additions. In addition, all manure
storage and application systems associated with livestock markets or livestock
operations, that were constructed on or before November 30, 2003. This
exemption includes any change, installation, construction, or reconstruction of
a process, process equipment, emission unit, or air cleaning device after
November 30, 2003, unless such change, installation, construction, or
reconstruction involves an increase in the operation's capacity to house or
grow animals;
E. Grain handling,
storage, and drying facility which
(I) Is in
noncommercial use only (used only to handle, dry, or store grain produced by
the owner) if
(a) The total storage capacity
does not exceed seven hundred fifty thousand (750,000) bushels;
(b) The grain handling capacity does not
exceed four thousand (4,000) bushels per hour; and
(c) The facility is located at least five
hundred feet (500') from any recreational area, residence, or business not
occupied or used solely by the owner;
(II) Is in commercial or noncommercial use
and-
(a) The total storage capacity of the new
and any existing facility(ies) does not exceed one hundred ninety thousand
(190,000) bushels;
(b) Has an
installation of additional grain storage capacity in which there is no increase
in hourly grain handling capacity and that utilizes existing grain receiving
and loadout equipment; or
(c) Is a
temporary installation used for temporary storage as a result of exceptional
events (e.g., natural disasters or abundant harvests exceeding available
storage capacity) that meets the following criteria:
I. Outside storage structures shall have a
crushed lime or concrete floor with retaining walls of either constructed metal
or concrete block. These structures may be either oval or round and must be
covered with tarps while storing grain. These structures may be filled by
portable conveyor or by spouts added from existing equipment;
II. Existing buildings may be filled by
portable conveyors directly or by overhead fill conveyors that are already in
the buildings;
III. The potential
to emit from the storage structures is less than one hundred (100) tons of each
pollutant;
IV. The attainment or
maintenance of ambient air quality standards is not threatened; and
V. There is no significant impact on any
Class I area;
F. Restaurants and other retail
establishments for the purpose of preparing food for employee and guest
consumption;
G. Wet sand and gravel
production facility that meets the following criteria:
(I) Processed materials are obtained from
subterranean and subaqueous beds where the deposits of sand and gravel are
consolidated granular materials resulting from natural disintegration of rock
and stone;
(II) Maximum production
rate is less than five hundred (500) tons per hour;
(III) All permanent roads within the facility
are paved and cleaned, or watered, or properly treated with dust-suppressant
chemicals as necessary to achieve good engineering control of dust emissions;
and
(IV) Only natural gas is used
as a fuel when drying;
H. Equipment solely installed for the purpose
of controlling fugitive dust;
I.
Equipment or control equipment which eliminates all emissions to the ambient
air;
J. Equipment, including air
pollution control equipment, but not including an anaerobic lagoon, that emits
odors but no regulated air pollutants;
K. Residential wood heaters, cookstoves, or
fireplaces;
L. Laboratory equipment
used exclusively for chemical and physical analysis or experimentation, except
equipment used for controlling radioactive air contaminants;
M. Recreational fireplaces;
N. Stacks or vents to prevent the escape of
sewer gases through plumbing traps for systems handling domestic sewage only.
Systems which include any industrial waste do not qualify for this
exemption;
O. Noncommercial
incineration of dead animals, the on-site incineration of resident animals for
which no consideration is received or commercial profit is realized as
authorized in section 269.020.6, RSMo;
P. The following miscellaneous activities:
(I) Use of office equipment and products, not
including printing establishments or businesses primarily involved in
photographic reproduction. This exemption is solely for office equipment that
is not part of the manufacturing or production process at the
installation;
(II) Tobacco smoking
rooms and areas;
(III) Hand-held
applicator equipment for hot melt adhesives with no volatile organic compound
(VOC) in the adhesive formula;
(IV)
Paper trimmers and binders;
(V)
Blacksmith forges, drop hammers, and hydraulic presses;
(VI) Hydraulic and hydrostatic testing
equipment; and
(VII) Environmental
chambers, shock chambers, humidity chambers, and solar simulators provided no
hazardous air pollutants are emitted by the process;
Q. The following internal combustion engines:
(I) Portable electrical generators that can
be moved by hand without the assistance of any motorized or non-motorized
vehicle, conveyance, or device;
(II) Spark ignition or diesel fired internal
combustion engines used in conjunction with pumps, compressors, pile drivers,
welding, cranes, and wood chippers or internal combustion engines or gas
turbines of less than two hundred fifty (250) horsepower rating; and
(III) Laboratory engines used in research,
testing, or teaching;
R.
The following quarries, mineral processing, and biomass facilities:
(I) Drilling or blasting
activities;
(II) Concrete or
aggregate product mixers or pug mills with a maximum rated capacity of less
than fifteen (15) cubic yards per hour;
(III) Riprap production processes consisting
only of a grizzly feeder, conveyors, and storage, not including additional
hauling activities associated with riprap production;
(IV) Sources at biomass recycling,
composting, landfill, publicly owned treatment works (POTW), or related
facilities specializing in the operation of, but not limited to, tub grinders
powered by a motor with a maximum output rating of ten (10) horsepower;
hoggers, shredders, and similar equipment powered by a motor with a maximum
output rating of twenty-five (25) horsepower; and other sources at such
facilities with a total throughput less than five hundred (500) tons per year;
and
(V) Land farming of soils
contaminated only with petroleum fuel products where the farming beds are
located a minimum of three hundred feet (300') from the property
boundary;
S. The
following kilns and ovens:
(I) Kilns with a
firing capacity of less than ten (10) million Btus per hour used for firing
ceramic ware, heated exclusively by natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas,
electricity, or any combination thereof; and
(II) Electric ovens or kilns used exclusively
for curing or heat-treating provided no hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) or VOCs
are emitted;
T. The
following food and agricultural equipment:
(I)
Equipment used in agricultural operations to grow crops;
(II) Equipment used exclusively to slaughter
animals. This exemption does not apply to other slaughterhouse equipment such
as rendering cookers, boilers, heating plants, incinerators, and electrical
power generating equipment;
(III)
Commercial smokehouses or barbecue units in which the maximum horizontal inside
cross-sectional area does not exceed twenty (20) square feet;
(IV) Equipment used exclusively to grind,
blend, package, or store tea, cocoa, spices, or coffee;
(V) Equipment with the potential to dry,
mill, blend, grind, or package less than one thousand (1,000) pounds per year
of dry food products such as seeds, grains, corn, meal, flour, sugar, and
starch;
(VI) Equipment with the
potential to convey, transfer, clean, or separate less than one thousand
(1,000) tons per year of dry food products or waste from food production
operations;
(VII) Storage equipment
or facilities containing dry food products that are not vented to the outside
atmosphere or which have the potential to handle less than one thousand (1,000)
tons per year;
(VIII) Coffee,
cocoa, and nut roasters with a roasting capacity of less than fifteen (15)
pounds of beans or nuts per hour, and stoners or coolers operated with these
roasters;
(IX) Containers,
reservoirs, tanks, or loading equipment used exclusively for the storage or
loading of beer, wine, or other alcoholic beverages produced for human
consumption;
(X) Brewing operations
at facilities with the potential to produce less than three (3) million gallons
of beer per year; and
(XI) Fruit
sulfuring operations at facilities with the potential to produce less than ten
(10) tons per year of sulfured fruits and vegetables;
U. Batch solvent recycling equipment provided
the recovered solvent is used primarily on-site, the maximum heat input is less
than one (1) million Btus per hour, the batch capacity is less than one hundred
fifty (150) gallons, and there are no solvent vapor leaks from the equipment
which exceed five hundred (500) parts per million;
V. The following surface coating and printing
operations:
(I) Batch mixing of inks,
coatings, or paints provided -
(a) The
operations do not occur at an ink, coatings, or paint manufacturing
facility;
(b) Good housekeeping is
practiced, spills are cleaned up as soon as possible, equipment is maintained
according to manufacturer's instruction, and property is kept clean;
(c) All waste inks, coating, and paints are
disposed of properly; and
(d) Prior
to disposal, all liquid waste is stored in covered containers;
(II) Any powder coating operation,
or radiation cured coating operation where ultraviolet or electron beam energy
is used to initiate a reaction to form a polymer network;
(III) Any surface-coating source that employs
solely non-refillable hand-held aerosol cans; and
(IV) Surface coating operations utilizing
powder coating materials with the powder applied by an electrostatic powder
spray gun or an electrostatic fluidized bed;
W. The following metal working and handling
equipment:
(I) Carbon dioxide
(CO2) lasers, used only on metals and other materials
that do not emit a HAP or VOC in the process;
(II) Laser trimmers equipped with dust
collection attachments;
(III)
Equipment used for pressing or storing sawdust, wood chips, or wood
shavings;
(IV) Equipment used
exclusively to mill or grind coatings and molding compounds in a paste form
provided the solution contains less than one percent (1%) VOC by
weight;
(V) Tumblers used for
cleaning or deburring metal products without abrasive blasting;
(VI) Batch mixers with a rated capacity of
fifty-five (55) gallons or less provided the process will not emit hazardous
air pollutants;
(VII) Equipment
used exclusively for the mixing and blending of materials at ambient
temperature to make water-based adhesives provided the process will not emit
hazardous air pollutants;
(VIII)
Equipment used exclusively for the packaging of lubricants or
greases;
(IX) Platen presses used
for laminating provided the process will not emit hazardous air
pollutants;
(X) Roll mills or
calendars for rubber or plastics provided the process will not emit hazardous
air pollutants;
(XI) Equipment used
exclusively for the melting and applying of wax containing less than one
percent (1%) VOC by weight;
(XII)
Equipment used exclusively for the conveying and storing of plastic pellets;
and
(XIII) Solid waste transfer
stations that receive or load out less than fifty (50) tons per day of
nonhazardous solid waste;
X. The following liquid storage and loading
equipment:
(I) Storage tanks and vessels
having a capacity of less than five hundred (500) gallons; and
(II) Tanks, vessels, and pumping equipment
used exclusively for the storage and dispensing of any aqueous solution which
contains less than one percent (1%) by weight of organic compounds. Tanks and
vessels storing the following materials are not exempt:
(a) Sulfuric or phosphoric acid with an acid
strength of more than ninety-nine percent (99.0%) by weight;
(b) Nitric acid with an acid strength of more
than seventy percent (70.0%) by weight;
(c) Hydrochloric or hydrofluoric acid with an
acid strength of more than thirty percent (30.0%) by weight; or
(d) More than one (1) liquid phase, where the
top phase contains more than one percent (1%) VOC by weight;
Y. The following
chemical processing equipment or operations:
(I) Storage tanks, reservoirs, pumping, and
handling equipment, and mixing and packaging equipment containing or processing
soaps, vegetable oil, grease, animal fat, and nonvolatile aqueous salt
solutions, provided appropriate lids and covers are utilized; and
(II) Batch loading and unloading of solid
phase catalysts;
Z.
Body repair and refinishing of motorcycles, passenger cars, vans, light trucks,
heavy trucks, and other vehicle body parts, bodies, and cabs, provided-
(I) Good housekeeping is practiced; spills
are cleaned up as soon as possible, equipment is maintained according to
manufacturers' instructions, and property is kept clean. All waste coatings,
solvents, and spent automotive fluids including, but not limited to, fuels,
engine oil, gear oil, transmission fluid, brake fluid, antifreeze, fresh or
waste fuels, and spray booth filters or water wash sludge are disposed of
properly. Prior to disposal, all liquid waste shall be stored in covered
containers. In addition, all solvents and cleaning materials shall be stored in
closed containers;
(II) All spray
coating operations shall be performed in a totally enclosed filtered spray
booth or totally enclosed filtered spray area with an air intake area of less
than one hundred (100) square feet. All spray areas shall be equipped with a
running fan during spraying, and the exhaust air shall either be vented through
a stack to the atmosphere or recirculated back into the shop through a carbon
adsorption system. All carbon adsorption systems shall be properly maintained
according to the manufacturer's operating instructions, and the carbon shall be
replaced at the manufacturer's recommended intervals to minimize solvent
emissions; and
(III) Spray booth,
spray area, and preparation area stacks shall be located at least eighty feet
(80') away from any residence, recreation area, church, school, child care
facility, or medical or dental facility;
AA. Sawmills processing no more than
twenty-five (25) million board feet, green lumber tally of wood per year, in
which no mechanical drying of lumber is performed, in which fine particle
emissions are controlled through the use of properly engineered bag-houses or
cyclones, and which meet all of the following provisions:
(I) The mill shall be located at least five
hundred feet (500') from any recreational area, school, residence, or other
structure not occupied or used solely by the owner of the facility or the owner
of the property upon which the installation is located;
(II) All sawmill residues (sawdust, shavings,
chips, bark) from debarking, planning, saw areas, etc., shall be removed or
contained to minimize fugitive particulate emissions. Spillage of wood residues
shall be cleaned up as soon as possible and contained such that dust emissions
from wind erosion and/or vehicle traffic are minimized. Disposal of collected
sawmill residues must be accomplished in a manner that minimizes residues
becoming airborne. Disposal by means of burning is prohibited unless it is
conducted in a permitted incinerator; and
(III) All open-bodied vehicles transporting
sawmill residues (sawdust, shavings, chips, bark) shall be covered with a tarp
to achieve maximum control of particulate emissions;
BB. Internal combustion engines and gas
turbine driven compressors, electric generator sets, and water pumps, used only
for portable or emergency services, provided that the maximum annual operating
hours shall not exceed five hundred (500) hours. Emergency generators are
exempt only if their sole function is to provide back-up power when electric
power from the local utility is interrupted. This exemption only applies if the
emergency generators are equipped with a non-resettable meter, and operated
only during emergency situations and for short periods of time to perform
maintenance and operational readiness testing;
CC. Commercial dry cleaners; and
DD. Carving, cutting, routing, turning,
drilling, machining, sawing, sanding, planning, buffing, or polishing solid
materials, other than materials containing any asbestos, beryllium, or lead
greater than one percent (1%) by weight as determined by Material Safety Data
Sheets (MSDS), vendor material specifications and/or purchase order
specifications, where equipment-
(I) Directs
a stream of liquid at the point where material is processed;
(II) Is used only for maintenance or support
activity not conducted as part of the installation's primary business
activity;
(III) Is exhausted inside
a building; or
(IV) Is ventilated
externally to an operating cyclonic inertial separator (cyclone), baghouse, or
dry media filter. Other particulate control devices such as electrostatic
precipitators or scrubbers are subject to construction permitting or a
permit-by-rule, unless otherwise exempted.