New Mexico Administrative Code

No person owning or operating a coal briquet forming facility in conjunction with a gasification plant shall permit, cause, suffer or allow particulate matter emissions to the atmosphere in excess of 0.03 grains per standard cubic foot of exhaust gas. Within technical feasibility…

No person owning or operating a gasification plant shall permit, cause, suffer or allow any combination of hydrogen sulfide, carbon disulfide and carbon oxysulfide emissions to the atmosphere in excess of 100 ppm by volume in the effluent gas stream or streams. The hydrogen sulfi…

No person owning or operating a gasification plant shall permit, cause, suffer or allow hydrogen cyanide emissions to the atmosphere in excess of 10 ppm by volume in the effluent gas stream or streams.

No person owning or operating a gasification plant shall permit, cause, suffer or allow any combination of hydrogen chloride and hydrochloric acid emissions to the atmosphere in excess of 5 ppm by volume in the effluent gas stream or streams.

A. No person owning or operating a gasification plant shall permit, cause, suffer or allow particulate matter emissions to the atmosphere in excess of 0.03 grains per cubic foot of effluent gas at seventy degrees Fahrenheit and 14.7 pounds per square inch absolute. B. Particulate…

A. No person owning or operating a gasification plant shall place, store or hold in any stationary tank or other container any ammonia unless the tank or other container is: (1) A pressure tank capable of maintaining working pressures sufficient to prevent loss of ammonia to the …

A. No person owning or operating gas-burning boilers in conjunction with a gasification plant shall permit, cause, suffer or allow particulate matter emissions to the atmosphere in excess of 0.03 pounds per million British Thermal Units of heat input (lower heating value) to the …

No person owning or operating gas-burning boilers in conjunction with a gasification plant shall permit, cause, suffer or allow sulfur dioxide emissions to the atmosphere in excess of a total of 0.16 pounds per million British Thermal Units of heat input (lower heating value) fed…

No person owning or operating a gasification plant shall permit, cause, suffer or allow sulfur emissions to the atmosphere in excess of a total of 0.008 pounds per million British Thermal Units of heat input (higher heating value) contained in the feed introduced into the gasific…

No person owning or operating a gasification plant shall: A. Place, store or hold in any stationary tank or other container (except wastewater treatment basins, ponds, clarifiers, and settlers) any phenols or any organic compound having a Reid vapor pressure of l.5 pounds per squ…

In gasification plants, if more than one fuel is fired simultaneously in a boiler: A. The boiler shall be considered as two or more units, each firing the equivalent amount of fuel with the appropriate heat content separately but having a common stack for determination of allowab…

All geographic areas within the jurisdiction of the Environmental Improvement Board.

Environmental Improvement Act, NMSA 1978, section 74-1-8(A)(4) and (7), and Air Quality Control Act, NMSA 1978, sections 74-2-1 et seq., including specifically, section 74-2-5(A), (B) and (C).

Permanent.

November 23, 1998, except where a later date is cited at the end of a section or paragraph. [The latest effective date of any section in this Part is 10/31/02.]

The objective of this Part is to establish emission standards for gasification plants.

In addition to the terms defined in 20.2.2 NMAC (Definitions), as used in this Part: A. "Feed" means those materials which enter directly into the manufacture of synthetic natural gas, and includes, but is not limited to coal, tars, oils and naphtha. B. "Gasification plant" means…

This Part amends and supersedes Air Quality Control Regulations (AQCRs): 670, 671, 673, 674, 675, 676, 677, 678, 679, 680, 681, and 682. All references to these AQCRs in any other rule shall be understood as a reference to this Part. See 20.2.43.10 NMAC for detailed filing histor…

Documents incorporated and cited in this Part may be viewed at the New Mexico Environment Department, Air Quality Bureau, Harold Runnels Building, 1190 St. Francis Dr., or 2048 Galisteo St., Santa Fe, NM 87502 [87505].

Environmental Improvement Board.

The owner or operator of any stationary source of an air contaminant shall, upon notification by the Department, maintain records of the nature and amounts of emissions, to which an air quality control emission regulation applies, from the source and any other information as may …

The information recorded shall be summarized and reported to the Department, on forms furnished by the Department, and shall be submitted within forty-five days after the end of the reporting period. Reporting periods are November 1 through April 30 and May 1 through October 31 o…

Emission data obtained by the Department shall be correlated with applicable emission limitations and other control measures and be made available to the public during normal business hours.

All persons who own or operate a source.

Environmental Improvement Act, NMSA 1978, section 74-1-8(A) (4) and Air Quality Control Act, NMSA 1978, sections 74-2-1 et seq., including specifically, section 74-2-5(C) (5).

Permanent.

November 30, 1995. [The latest effective date of any section in this Part is 10/31/02.]

The objective of this Part is to establish general requirements for maintaining and reporting records on emissions.

In addition to the terms defined in 20.2.2 NMAC (Definitions), as used in this Part: "Part" means an air quality control regulation under Title 20, Chapter 2 of the New Mexico Administrative Code, unless otherwise noted; as adopted or amended by the Board.

This Part amends and supersedes Air Quality Control Regulation 704 - Source Surveillance, filed July 31, 1972, as amended (AQCR 704). A. All references to AQCR 704 in any other rule shall be construed as a reference to this Part. B. The amendment and supersession of AQCR 704 shal…

Environmental Improvement Board.

Repeal or supersession of prior versions of this Part shall not affect administrative or judicial action initiated under those prior versions.

Compliance with this Part does not relieve a person from the responsibility to comply with other applicable federal, state, or local laws, rules or regulations, including more stringent controls.

A. This Part applies to certain crude oil and natural gas production and processing equipment associated with operations that extract, collect, separate, dehydrate, store, process, transport, transmit, or handle hydrocarbon liquids or produced water in the areas specified in 20.2…

A. General requirements: (1) Sources subject to emissions standards and requirements under this Part shall be operated and maintained consistent with manufacturer specifications, or good engineering and maintenance practices. When used in this Part, the term manufacturer specific…

A. Applicability: Portable and stationary natural gas-fired spark ignition engines, compression ignition engines, and natural gas-fired combustion turbines located at well sites, tank batteries, gathering and boosting stations, natural gas processing plants, and transmission comp…

A. Applicability: (1) Centrifugal compressors using wet seals and located at tank batteries, gathering and boosting stations, and natural gas processing plants are subject to the requirements of 20.2.50.114 NMAC. Centrifugal compressors located at well sites and transmission comp…

A. Applicability: These requirements apply to control devices and closed vent systems as defined in 20.2.50.7 NMAC and used to comply with the emission standards and emission reduction requirements in this Part. B. General requirements: (1) Control devices used to demonstrate com…

A. Applicability: Well sites, tank batteries, gathering and boosting stations, natural gas processing plants, transmission compressor stations, and associated piping and components are subject to the requirements of 20.2.50.116 NMAC. Components in water or air service are not sub…

A. Applicability: Liquid unloading operations resulting in the venting of natural gas at natural gas wells are subject to the requirements of 20.2.50.117 NMAC. Liquid unloading operations that do not result in the venting of any natural gas are not subject to this Part. Owners an…

A. Applicability: Glycol dehydrators with a PTE equal to or greater than two tpy of VOC and located at well sites, tank batteries, gathering and boosting stations, natural gas processing plants, and transmission compressor stations are subject to the requirements of 20.2.50.118 N…

A. Applicability: Natural gas-fired heaters with a rated heat input equal to or greater than 20 MMBtu/hour including heater treaters, heated flash separators, evaporator units, fractionation column heaters, and glycol dehydrator reboilers in use at well sites, tank batteries, gat…

Documents incorporated and cited in this Part may be viewed at the New Mexico environment department, air quality bureau.

A. Applicability: Hydrocarbon liquid transfers located at existing well sites, standalone tank batteries, gathering and boosting stations with one or more controlled storage vessels, natural gas processing plants, or transmission compressor stations are subject to the requirement…

A. Applicability: Individual pipeline pig launcher and receiver operations with a PTE equal to or greater than one tpy VOC located within the property boundary of, and under common ownership or control with, well sites, tank batteries, gathering and boosting stations, natural gas…

A. Applicability: Natural gas-driven pneumatic controllers and pumps located at well sites, tank batteries, gathering and boosting stations, natural gas processing plants, and transmission compressor stations are subject to the requirements of 20.2.50.122 NMAC. B. Emission standa…

A. Applicability: New storage vessels with a PTE equal to or greater than two tpy of VOC, existing storage vessels with a PTE equal to or greater than three tpy of VOC in multi-tank batteries, and existing storage vessels with a PTE equal to or greater than four tpy of VOC in sin…