R307. Environmental Quality, Air Quality.

R307-327. Ozone Nonattainment and Maintenance Areas: Petroleum

Liquid Storage.
R307-327-1. Purpose.
The purpose of R307-327 is to establish Reasonably Available
Control Technology (RACT), as required by section 182(2)(A) of the
Clean Air Act, for petroleum refineries and petroleum liquid
storage facilities that are located in any ozone nonattainment or
maintenance area. The rule is based on federal control technique
guidance documents.
R307-327-2. Applicability.
R307-327 applies to the owner or operator of any petroleum
refinery or petroleum liquid storage facility located in any ozone
nonattainment or maintenance area.
R307-327-3. Definitions.
The following additional definitions apply to R307-327:
"Average Monthly Storage Temperature" means the average daily
storage temperature measured over a period of one month.
"Waxy, Heavy Pour Crude Oil" means a crude oil with a pour
point of 50 degrees F or higher as determined by the American
Society for Testing and Materials Standard D97-66, "Test for
pourpoint of petroleum oils."
R307-327-4. General Requirements.
(1) Any existing stationary storage tank, reservoir or other
container with a capacity greater than 40,000 gallons (150,000
liters) that is used to store volatile petroleum liquids with a
true vapor pressure greater than 10.5 kilo pascals (kPa) (1.52
psia) at storage temperature shall be fitted with control
equipment that will minimize vapor loss to the atmosphere.
Storage tanks, except those erected before January 1, 1979, which
are equipped with external floating roofs, shall be fitted with an
internal floating roof that shall rest on the surface of the
liquid contents and shall be equipped with a closure seal or seals
to close the space between the roof edge and the tank wall, or
alternative equivalent controls, provided the design and
effectiveness of such equipment is documented and submitted to and
approved by the director. The owner or operator shall maintain a
record of the type and maximum true vapor pressure of stored
liquid.
(2) The owner or operator of a petroleum liquid storage tank
not subject to (1) above, but containing a petroleum liquid with a
true vapor pressure greater than 7.0 kPa (1.0 psia), shall
maintain records of the average monthly storage temperature, the
type of liquid, throughput quantities, and the maximum true vapor
pressure.
R307-327-5. Installation and Maintenance.
(1) The owner or operator shall ensure that all control
equipment on storage vessels is properly installed and maintained.
(a) There shall be no visible holes, tears or other openings
in any seal or seal fabric and all openings, except stub drains,
shall be equipped with covers, lids, or seals.
(b) All openings in floating roof tanks, except for
automatic bleeder vents, rim space vents, and leg sleeves, shall
provide a projection below the liquid surface.
(c) The openings shall be equipped with a cover, seal, or
lid.
(d) The cover, seal, or lid is to be in a closed position at
all times except when the device is in actual use.
(e) Automatic bleeder vents shall be closed at all times
except when the roof is floated off or landed on the roof leg
supports. Rim vents shall be set to open when the roof is being
floated off the leg supports or at the manufacturer's recommended
setting.
(f) Any emergency roof drain shall be provided with a
slotted membrane fabric cover or equivalent cover that covers at
least 90 percent of the area of the opening.
(2) The owner or operator shall conduct routine inspections
from the top of the tank for external floating roofs or through
roof hatches for internal floating roofs at six month or shorter
intervals to insure there are no holes, tears, or other openings
in the seal or seal fabric.
(a) The cover must be uniformly floating on or above the
liquid and there must be no visible defects in the surface of the
cover or petroleum liquid accumulated on the cover.
(b) The seal(s) must be intact and uniformly in place around
the circumference of the cover between the cover and tank wall.
(3) A close visible inspection of the primary seal of an
external floating roof is to be conducted at least once per year
from the roof top unless such inspection requires detaching the
secondary seal, which would result in damage to the seal system.
(4) Whenever a tank is emptied and degassed for maintenance,
an emergency, or any other similar purpose, a close visible
inspection of the cover and seals shall be made.
(5) The director must be notified 7 days prior to the
refilling of a tank that has been emptied, degassed for
maintenance, an emergency, or any other similar purpose. Any non-
compliance with this rule must be corrected before the tank is
refilled.
R307-327-6. Retrofits for Floating Roof Tanks.
(1) Except where specifically exempted in (3) below, all
existing external floating roof tanks with capacities greater than
950 barrels (40,000 gals) shall be retrofitted with a continuous
secondary seal extending from the floating roof to the tank wall
(a rim-mounted secondary seal) if:
(a) The tank is a welded tank, the true vapor pressure of
the contained liquid is 27.6 kPa (4.0 psia) or greater and the
primary seal is one of the following:
(i) A metallic type shoe seal, a liquid-mounted foam seal, a
liquid-mounted liquid-filled seal, or
(ii) Any other primary seals that can be demonstrated
equivalent to the above primary seals.
(b) The tank is a riveted tank, the true vapor pressure of
the contained liquid is 10.5 kPa (1.5 psia) or greater, and the
primary seal is as described in (a) above.
(c) The tank is a welded or riveted tank, the true vapor
pressure of the contained liquid is 10.5 kPa (1.5 psia) or greater
and the primary seal is vapor-mounted. When such primary seal
closure device can be demonstrated equivalent to the primary seals
described in (a) above, these processes apply.
(2) The owner or operator of a storage tank subject to this
rule shall ensure that all the seal closure devices meet the
following requirements:
(a) There shall be no visible holes, tears, or other
openings in the seals or seal fabric.
(b) The seals must be intact and uniformly in place around
the circumference of the floating roof between the floating roof
and the tank wall.
(c) For vapor mounted primary seals, the accumulated area of
gaps between the secondary seal and the tank wall shall not exceed
21.2 cm
2
per meter of tank diameter (1.0 in
2
per ft. of tank
diameter) and the width of any gap shall not exceed 1.27 cm (1/2
in.). The owner or operator shall measure the secondary seal gap
annually and make a record of the measurement.
(3) The following are specifically exempted from the
requirements of (1) above:
(a) External floating roof tanks having capacities less than
10,000 barrels (420,000 gals) used to store produced crude oil and
condensate prior to custody transfer.
(b) A metallic type shoe seal in a welded tank that has a
secondary seal from the top of the shoe seal to the tank wall (a
shoe mounted secondary seal).
(c) External floating roof tanks storing waxy, heavy pour
crudes.
(d) External floating roof tanks with a closure seal device
or other devices installed that will control volatile organic
compounds (VOC) emissions with an effectiveness equal to or
greater than the seals required in (1) above. It shall be the
responsibility of the owner or operator of the source to
demonstrate the effectiveness of the alternative seals or devices
to the director. No exemption under (3) shall be granted until
the alternative seals or devices are approved by the director.
R307-327-7. Alternate Methods of Control.
(1) Any person may apply to the director for approval of an
alternate test method, an alternate method of control, an
alternate compliance period, an alternate emission limit, or an
alternate monitoring schedule. The application must include a
demonstration that the proposed alternate produces an equal or
greater air quality benefit than that required by R307-327, or
that the alternate test method is equivalent to that required by
these rules. The director shall obtain concurrence from EPA when
approving an alternate test method, an alternate method of
control, an alternate compliance period, an alternate emission
limit, or an alternate monitoring schedule.
(2) Manufacturer's operational specifications, records, and
testings of any control system shall use the applicable EPA
Reference Methods of 40 CFR Part 60, the most recent EPA test
methods, or EPA-approved state methods, to determine the
efficiency of the control device. In addition, the owner or
operator must meet the applicable requirements of record keeping
for any control device. A record of all tests, monitoring, and
inspections required by R307-327 shall be maintained by the owner
or operator for a minimum of 2 years and shall be made available
to the director or the director's representative upon request.
Any malfunctioning control device shall be repaired within 15
calendar days after it is found by the owner or operator to be
malfunctioning, unless otherwise approved by the director.
(3) For purposes of determining compliance with emission
limits, VOCs and nitrogen oxides will be measured by the test
methods identified in federal regulation or approved by the
director. Where such a method also inadvertently measures
compounds with negligible photochemical reactivity, an owner or
operator may exclude these negligibly reactive compounds when
determining compliance with an emissions standard.
R307-327-8. Compliance Schedule.
All sources within any newly designated nonattainment area
for ozone shall be in compliance with this rule within 180 days of
the effective date of designation to nonattainment.
KEY: air pollution, petroleum, gasoline, ozone
Date of Enactment or Last Substantive Amendment: March 9, 2007
Notice of Continuation: February 1, 2012
Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 19-2-104(1)(a)