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

(a)  This Rule applies to operations transferring volatile organic compounds from a storage tank to cargo tanks or railroad tank cars not specified by 15A NCAC 02D .0926, .0927, or .0928.

(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 cargo tank or railroad tank car from any loading operation unless the loading uses submerged loading through boom loaders extending down into the compartment being loaded or by other methods 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;

Readopted Eff. November 1, 2020.