15A NCAC 02D .0948. VOC EMISSIONS FROM TRANSFER OPERATIONS

(a)  This Rule applies to operations that transfer volatile organic compounds from a storage tank to tank‑trucks, trailers, or railroad tank cars that are not covered by Rule .0926, .0927, or .0928 of this Section.

(b)  The owner or operator of a facility to which this Rule applies shall not load in any one day more than 20,000 gallons of volatile organic compounds with a vapor pressure of 1.5 pounds per square inch or greater under actual conditions into any tank‑truck, trailer, or railroad tank car from any loading operation unless the loading uses submerged loading through boom loaders that extend down into the compartment being loaded or by other methods that are at least as efficient based on source testing or engineering calculations.

 

History Note:        Authority G.S. 143‑215.3(a)(1); 143‑215.107(a)(5);

Eff. July 1, 1994;

Amended Eff. July 1, 2000.