Codified Ordinances of Cleveland § 273.01 Emission of Organic Materials from Stationary Sources
§ 273.01 Emission of Organic Materials from Stationary Sources
(a) Storage of Volatile Photochemically Reactive Materials.
(1) No person shall place, store, hold in any stationary tank, reservoir or other container of more than sixty-five thousand (65,000) gallons capacity, any volatile photochemically reactive material unless such tank, reservoir or other container is a pressure tank capable of maintaining working pressures sufficient at all times to prevent vapor or gas loss to the atmosphere or is designed and equipped with one (1) of the following vapor loss control devices:
A. A floating pontoon or double-deck- type cover equipped with closure seals to enclose any space between the cover’s edge and compartment wall. This control equipment shall not be permitted if the volatile photochemically reactive material has a vapor pressure of twelve and five-tenths (12.5) pounds per square inch absolute or greater under actual storage conditions. All tank gauging or sampling devices shall be gas-tight except when tank gauging or sampling is taking place;
B. A vapor recovery system which reduces the emission of organic materials into the atmosphere by at least ninety percent (90%) by weight. All tank gauging or sampling devices shall be gas-tight except when tank gauging or sampling is taking place;
C. Other equipment or means of air pollution control as may be approved by the Commissioner.
(2) No person shall place, store or hold in any stationary storage vessel of more than five hundred (500) gallon capacity any volatile photochemically reactive material unless such vessel is equipped with a permanent submerged fill pipe, is loaded through the use of a portable loading tube which can be inserted below the liquid level line during loading operations or is a pressure tank as described in subsection (a)(1) hereof or is fitted with a vapor recovery system as described in subsection (a)(1)B. hereof.
(b) Volatile Photochemically Reactive Materials Loading Facilities.
(1) No person shall load in any one day more than forty thousand (40,000) gallons of any volatile photochemically reactive material into any tank truck, trailer or railroad tank car from any loading facility unless the loading facility is equipped with a vapor collection and disposal system properly installed, in good working order, in operation and consisting of one (1) of the following:
A. An adsorber system or condensation system which processes and recovers at least ninety percent (90%) by weight of all vapors and gases from the equipment being controlled;
B. A vapor handling system which directs all vapors to a fuel gas system;
C. Other equipment or means for purposes of air pollution control as may be acceptable to and approved by the Commissioner.
(2) All loading from facilities subject to the provisions of subsections (b)(1)A. and B. hereof shall be accomplished in such a manner that all displaced vapors and gases shall be vented only to the vapor collection system. A means shall be provided to prevent liquid drainage from the loading device when it is not in use or to accomplish complete drainage before the loading device is discontinued.
(c) Volatile Photochemically Reactive Material/Water Separation.
(1) No person shall use any compartment of any vessel or device operated for the recovery of volatile photochemically reactive materials from an effluent water separator which recovers two hundred (200) gallons a day or more of any volatile photochemically reactive material unless such compartment is equipped with one (1) of the following vapor loss control devices properly installed, in good working order and in operation:
A. A solid cover with all openings sealed and totally enclosing the liquid contents of the compartment. All gauging and sampling devices shall be gas-tight except when gauging or sampling is taking place;
B. A floating pontoon or double-deck type cover equipped with closure seals to enclose any space between the cover’s edge and compartment wall. All gauging and sampling devices shall be gas-tight except when gauging or sampling is taking place;
C. A vapor recovery system which reduces the emission of organic materials into the atmosphere by at least ninety percent (90%) by weight. All gauging and sampling devices shall be gas-tight except when gauging or sampling is taking place;
D. Other equipment or means of air pollution control as may be approved by the Commissioner.
(d) Operations Using Liquid Organic Materials.
(1) A person shall not discharge more than fifteen (15) pounds of organic materials into the atmosphere in any one day, nor more than three (3) pounds in any one (1) hour, from any article, machine, equipment or other contrivance in which any liquid organic material or substance containing liquid organic material comes into contact with flame or is baked, heat-cured, or heat-polymerized, in the presence of oxygen, unless said discharge has been reduced by at least eighty-five percent (85%).
(2) A person shall not discharge more than forty (40) pounds of organic material into the atmosphere in any one (1) day, nor more than eight (8) pounds in any one (1) hour, from any article, machine, equipment or other contrivance used under conditions other than described in subsection (d)(1) hereof for employing, applying, evaporating or drying any photochemically reactive material or substance containing such photochemically reactive material, unless such discharge has been reduced by at least eighty-five percent (85%).
(3) Any series of articles, machines, equipment or other contrivances designed for processing a continuously moving sheet, web, strip or wire which is subjected to any combination of operations described in subsections (d)(1)(2) hereof involving any photochemically reactive material, or substance containing such photochemically reactive material, shall be subject to compliance with subsection (d)(2) hereof. Where only non-photochemically reactive materials or substances containing only non- photochemically reactive materials are employed or applied, and where any portion or portions of such series of articles, machines, equipment or other contrivances involves operations described in subsection (d)(1) hereof, such portions shall be collectively subject to compliance with subsection (d)(1) hereof.
(4) Emissions of organic materials to the atmosphere from the cleanup with photochemically reactive materials of any article, machine, equipment or other contrivance described in subsections (d)(1), (2) or (3) hereof, shall be included with the other emissions of organic materials from that article, machine, equipment or other contrivance for determining compliance with this section.
(5) Emissions of organic materials to the atmosphere resulting from air or heated drying of products for the first twelve (12) hours after their removal from any article, machine, equipment or other contrivance described in subsections (e)(1), (2) or (3) hereof, shall be included with other emissions of organic materials from that article, machine, equipment or other contrivance for determining compliance with this section.
(6) Emissions of organic materials into the atmosphere required to be controlled by subsections (d)(1), (2) or (3) hereof shall be reduced by:
A. Incineration, provided that ninety percent (90%) or more of the carbon in the organic material being incinerated is oxidized to carbon dioxide; or
B. Adsorption; or
C. Processing in a manner determined by the Commissioner to be not less effective than subsection (d)(6)A. or B. above.
(7) A person incinerating, adsorbing or otherwise processing liquid organic materials pursuant to this rule shall provide, properly install, and maintain in calibration, in good working order and in operation, devices as specified in the authority to construct or the permit to operate, or as specified by the Commissioner for indicating temperatures, pressures, rates of flow or other operating conditions necessary to determine the degree and effectiveness of air pollution control.
(8) Any person using liquid organic materials or substances containing liquid organic materials shall supply the Commissioner upon request and in the manner and the form prescribed by the Commissioner, written evidence of the chemical composition, physical properties and amount consumed for each organic solvent used.
(9) The provisions of subsection (d) hereof shall not apply to:
A. The use of equipment for which other requirements are specified by (a), (b) and (c) hereof, or which are exempt from air pollution control requirements by such provisions;
B. The spraying or other employment of insecticides, pesticides or herbicides;
C. The use of any material, in any article, machine, equipment or other contrivance described in subsections (d)(1), (2), (3) or (4) hereof if:
1. The volatile content of such material consists only of water and liquid organic material; and
2. The liquid organic material comprises not more than twenty percent (20%) of such volatile content; and
3. The volatile content is not a photochemically reactive material.
D. The use of any material, in any article, machine, equipment or other contrivance described in subsections (d)(1), (2), (3) or (4) hereof if:
1. The volatile content of such material does not exceed twenty percent (20%) by volume of such material; and
2. The volatile content is not a photochemically reactive material.
E. The use, in any article, machine, equipment or other contrivance described in subsections (d)(1), (2), (3) or (4) hereof, of liquid organic materials which exhibit a boiling point higher than two hundred twenty degrees Fahrenheit (220°F) at five-tenths (0.5) millimeter mercury absolute pressure, or having an equivalent vapor pressure, unless such liquid organic material is exposed to temperatures exceeding two hundred twenty degrees Fahrenheit (220°F).
F. The use of any material, in any article, machine, equipment or other contrivance described in subsections (d)(1), (2), (3) or (4) hereof if it can be demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Commissioner that the emissions of organic materials into the atmosphere from such article, machine, equipment or other contrivance are not photochemically reactive. In case of conflict in the interpretation of this subsection, the definition of “not photochemically reactive” mentioned in this subsection, or the results of the test made to show compliance, the determination made by the Commissioner shall govern.
(e) Architectural Coatings.
(1) A person shall not sell or offer for sale for use in containers of greater than one (1) gallon capacity, any architectural coating containing a photochemically reactive material.
(2) A person shall not employ, apply, evaporate or dry any architectural coating, purchased in containers of greater than one (1) gallon capacity, containing a photochemically reactive material.
(3) A person shall not thin or dilute for application any architectural coating with a photochemically reactive material.
(f) Disposal and Evaporation of Solvents.
(1) A person shall not, during any one day, dispose of a total of more than one and one-half (1.5) gallons of any volatile photochemically reactive material, or dispose of any substance containing more than one and one-half (1.5) gallons of any volatile photochemically reactive material, by any means which will permit the evaporation of such volatile photochemical reactive material into the atmosphere.
(f) Waste Gas Disposal.
(1) No person shall emit a waste gas stream from any ethylene producing plant or other ethylene emission source into the atmosphere unless the waste gas stream is properly burned at one thousand three hundred degrees Fahrenheit (1,300°F) for three-tenths (0.3) seconds or greater in a direct-flame afterburner or an equally effective device as may be approved by the Commissioner
(2) No person shall emit organic materials to the atmosphere from a waste gas flare system unless such materials are burned by smokeless flares or an equally effective control device as approved by the Commissioner.
(3) The provisions of subsections (g)(1) and (2) hereof shall not apply to emissions from emergency relief and vapor blowdown systems. Emissions from emergency relief and vapor blowdown systems shall be controlled upon special order of the Commissioner by burning smokeless flare or equally effective device as may be approved by the Commissioner.
(Ord. No. 857-A-76. Passed 6-27-77, eff. 6-30-77)