1. (a) This section applies to a facility which has surface active agent manufacturing sources with a potential to emit greater than 100 tons of VOCs per year.
2. (b) A person may not cause or permit the emission into the outdoor atmosphere of VOCs from solvent wash tanks, reaction vessels, separaters, distillation processes, solvent strippers and solvent storage tanks unless the emissions are exhausted through an emission reduction system which is designed and operated to recover or destroy at least 90% by weight of the VOC emissions exhausted to the emission reduction system.

Authority

The provisions of this § 129.72 issued under section 5 of the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P.S. § 4005).

Source

The provisions of this § 129.72 adopted May 6, 1988, effective May 7, 1988, 18 Pa.B. 2098; amended May 22, 1992, effective May 23, 1992, 22 Pa. B. 2720. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (162532).

Cross References

This section cited in 25 Pa. Code § 129.51 (relating to general); 25 Pa. Code § 129.71 (relating to synthetic organic chemical and polymer manufacturing—fugitive sources); 25 Pa. Code § 129.91 (relating to control of major sources of NO_x and VOCs); 25 Pa. Code § 129.96 (relating to applicability); and 25 Pa. Code § 129.111 (relating to applicability).