DFW 8-Hour Ozone SIP & Rules Update October 20, 2006 Theresa Pella Manager Air Quality Planning Section Texas Commission on Environmental Quality October 20, 2006 Air Quality Division • DFW SIP & Rule Stakeholder Meeting • T. Pella • October 20, 2006 • Page 1
DFW Regulatory Concepts • Focus is on what can be in place 2009 ozone season – 9 County Major Sources – 9 County Minor Sources – NCTCOG Local Programs – East Texas Stationary, gas-fired engines – VOC Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) Air Quality Division • DFW SIP & Rule Stakeholder Meeting • T. Pella • October 20, 2006 • Page 2
Concept: Major Sources (NO X ) • APPLIES TO: Institutional, Commercial, and Industrial (ICI) Sites with Potential To Emit (PTE) ≥ 50 tons/year NO X • CONCEPT: Apply current Houston area 1-hour emission limits to expanded 9- County DFW 8-hour nonattainment area (original 4-county area plus Ellis, Johnson, Kaufman, Parker, Rockwall), and apply EPA-BACT based emission limits on unit types no found in Houston. Air Quality Division • DFW SIP & Rule Stakeholder Meeting • T. Pella • October 20, 2006 • Page 3
Concept: Major Sources (NO X ) EMISSION LIMITS - Based on Current • Houston/Galveston 1-Hour NO X Emission Limits: – Gas-Fired ICI boilers Maximum Capacity Emission Limit ≥ 100 MMBtu/hr 0.020 lb/MMBtu ≥ 40 MMBtu, < 100 MMBtu/hr 0.030 lb/MMBtu < 40 MMBtu/hr 0.036 lb/MMBtu Air Quality Division • DFW SIP & Rule Stakeholder Meeting • T. Pella • October 20, 2006 • Page 4
Concept: Major Sources (NO X ) EMISSION LIMITS ( continued) – Liquid-fired ICI boilers 2.0 lb/1000 gallons fuel – Process heaters � max capacity ≥ 40 MMBtu/hr 0.025 lb/MMBtu � max capacity < 40 MMBtu/hr 0.036 lb/MMBtu Air Quality Division • DFW SIP & Rule Stakeholder Meeting • T. Pella • October 20, 2006 • Page 5
Concept: Major Sources (NO X ) • EMISSION LIMITS : ( continued) Stationary Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines – Gas-fired engines landfill gas-fired 0.60 gram/hp-hr � � All other gas-fired 0.50 gram/hp-hr – Diesel-fired engines placed into service before 1/1/07 11.0 gram/hp-hr � placed into service on or after 1/1/07 2.8 – 5.0 gram/hp-hr � (specific limit is size/date dependent) – Duel-fueled engines 0.5 gram/hp-hr Air Quality Division • DFW SIP & Rule Stakeholder Meeting • T. Pella • October 20, 2006 • Page 6
Concept: Major Sources (NO X ) • EMISSION LIMITS : ( continued) Metallurgical heat treat furnaces 0.087 lb/MMBtu heat input reheat furnaces 0.10 lb/MMBtu heat input Incinerators max cap ≥ 40 MMBtu/hr 0.030 lb/MMBtu heat input Stationary gas turbines Rating ≥ 10 MW 0.032 lb/MMBtu heat input 1.0 ≤ Rating < 10 MW 0.15 lb/MMBtu heat input <1.0 MW 0.26 lb/MMBtu heat input Lime kilns 3.1 lb/ton CaO Air Quality Division • DFW SIP & Rule Stakeholder Meeting • T. Pella • October 20, 2006 • Page 7
Concept: Major Sources (NO X ) NEW EMISSION SPECIFICATIONS FOR DFW (no current Houston emission limits for these unit types) ● Brick and ceramic kilns 0.175 lb/ton product ● Electric arc furnaces (steel) 0.30 lb/ton product ● Secondary lead smelting blast (cupola) and reverberatory 0.45 lb/ton product furnaces Air Quality Division • DFW SIP & Rule Stakeholder Meeting • T. Pella • October 20, 2006 • Page 8
Concept: Major Sources (NO X ) NEW EMISSION SPECIFICATIONS FOR DFW (no current Houston emission limits for these unit types) continued ● Container glass melting furnaces 1.30 lb/ton product ● Fiberglass/mineral wool melting furnaces 1.45 lb/ton product ● Natural gas-fired heaters, dryers, ovens, fiberglass/mineral wool curing & forming ovens 0.036 lb/MMBtu Air Quality Division • DFW SIP & Rule Stakeholder Meeting • T. Pella • October 20, 2006 • Page 9
Concept: Minor Sources (NO X ) • APPLIES TO: – ICI Sources with Potential To Emit (PTE) < 50 tons/year NO X – Nine-county DFW 8-Hour nonattainment area • BASED ON: Existing 1-hour emissions specifications for Houston area minor sources Air Quality Division • DFW SIP & Rule Stakeholder Meeting • T. Pella • October 20, 2006 • Page 10
Concept: Minor Sources (NO X ) • Emission Limits: – Gas-fired boilers & process heaters (> 2MMBtu/hr) 0.036 lb/MMBtu – Liquid-fired boilers & process heaters (> 2MMBtu/hr) 0.072 lb/MMBtu – Stationary gas turbines (in. duct burners) 0.15 lb/MMBtu – Stationary Internal Combustion (IC) Engines ( ≥ 50 horse-power) � Gas-fired IC engines 0.50 g/hp-hr � Land fill gas-fired engines 0.60 g/hp-hr � Dual-fueled engines 5.83 g/hp-hr � Diesel-fired IC engines (pre 1/1/07) 11.0 g/hp-hr � Diesel-fired IC engines (post 1/1/07) 2.8 – 5.0 g/hp-hr* * depending on size and date installed Air Quality Division • DFW SIP & Rule Stakeholder Meeting • T. Pella • October 20, 2006 • Page 11
Concept: Electric Generating Facilities • APPLIES TO: – All boilers, auxiliary steam boilers, and stationary gas turbines at electric generating facilities that generate electricity for compensation � 10 sites in 9-county area • CONCEPT EMISSION SPECIFICATIONS � For “large DFW systems” provide option of input based limit of 0.033 lb/MMBtu with no system cap or an output/efficiency based limit in lb NOx/MW-Hr. � For “small DFW systems” provide similar option at 0.060 lb/MMBtu input based limit. Air Quality Division • DFW SIP & Rule Stakeholder Meeting • T. Pella • October 20, 2006 • Page 12
Concept: Cement kilns • APPLIES TO: – 10 kilns at 3 locations in Ellis County • Source cap consistent with sensitive modeling and the cement kiln report. Air Quality Division • DFW SIP & Rule Stakeholder Meeting • T. Pella • October 20, 2006 • Page 13
Concept: VOC Reasonably Available Control Technology • Required by FCAA in moderate+ ozone nonattainment areas • Sources of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) – Examples of affected categories include petroleum refining, natural gas processing, petrochemical, solvent-using processes, flexographic and rotogravure printing • Currently covers 1-hour ozone counties: – Collin, Dallas, Denton, and Tarrant • State must extend requirements to the other five counties – Ellis, Johnson, Kaufman, Parker, and Rockwall Air Quality Division • DFW SIP & Rule Stakeholder Meeting • T. Pella • October 20, 2006 • Page 14
Concept: VOC RACT (continued) • Certain VOC sources in five counties would have same control, monitoring, testing, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements as in the four 1-hour counties • Proposed compliance date: March 1, 2009 Air Quality Division • DFW SIP & Rule Stakeholder Meeting • T. Pella • October 20, 2006 • Page 15
Concept: VOC RACT • Does not include: – units already covered by 5% IOP SIP adopted on April 27, 2005, compliance date: June 15, 2007 � Stage I (gasoline tanks) � Surface Coating Processes – Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (none affected) – Stage II (motor vehicle refueling) due to ORVR • Proposed at Commissioners’ Agenda on June 28, 2006 • Adoption Agenda scheduled for November 15, 2006 Air Quality Division • DFW SIP & Rule Stakeholder Meeting • T. Pella • October 20, 2006 • Page 16
Concept: East Texas Combustion Applies to: Any stationary, gas-fired reciprocating internal combustion engines at any stationary source of nitrogen oxides in the following affected counties: Anderson, Bosque, Brazos, Burleson, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Cooke, Freestone, Franklin, Grayson, Gregg, Grimes, Harrison, Henderson, Hill, Hood, Hopkins, Hunt, Lee, Leon, Limestone, Madison, Marion, Morris, Nacogdoches, Navarro, Panola, Rains, Robertson, Rusk, Shelby, Smith, Somervell, Titus, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wise, and Wood. Air Quality Division • DFW SIP & Rule Stakeholder Meeting • T. Pella • October 20, 2006 • Page 17
STATIONARY SOURCE ENGINE DEFINITION A reciprocating engine that remains or will remain at a location (a single site at a building, structure, facility, or installation) for more than 12 consecutive months §117.10 (46) Air Quality Division • DFW SIP & Rule Stakeholder Meeting • T. Pella • October 20, 2006 • Page 18
Concept: Gas-Fired Stationary Engines NOx Emission Specifications: • Rich-burn engines: – engines with maximum rated capacity greater than or equal to 50 horsepower (hp), but less than 500 hp, 1.00 gram per horsepower-hour (g/hp-hr); – Engines with maximum rated capacity greater than or equal to 500 hp, 0.50 g/hp-hr • Lean-burn engines: – 2.00 g/hp-hr for engines placed into service before 06/01/07; – 1.50 g/hp-hr for engines placed into service after 06/01/07 Air Quality Division • DFW SIP & Rule Stakeholder Meeting • T. Pella • October 20, 2006 • Page 19
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