Oregon Administrative Code

340-226-0300 Particulate Emissions from Process Equipment: Applicability OAR 340-226-0300 through 340-226-0320 apply to all non-fugitive emissions from the following process equipment: (1) Inertial separators without baghouses; (2) Calciners; (3) Material dryers; (4) Material cla…

340-226-0310 Particulate Emissions from Process Equipment: Emission Standard No person may cause, suffer, allow, or permit the emissions of particulate matter in any one hour from any process in excess of the amount shown in OAR 340-226-8010, for the process weight rate allocated…

340-226-0320 Particulate Emissions from Process Equipment: Determination of Process Weight (1) Process weight is the total weight of all materials introduced into a piece of process equipment. Solid fuels charged are considered part of the process weight, but liquid and gaseous f…

340-226-0400 Alternative Emission Controls (Bubble) (1) DEQ may approve alternative emission controls for VOC and NOx emissions in a Standard ACDP or Oregon Title V Operating Permit for use within a single source such that a specific emission limit is exceeded, provided that: (a)…

340-226-8010 Table-Particulate Matter Emissions Standards for Process Equipment [NOTE: This rule is included in the State of Oregon Clean Air Act Implementation Plan that EQC adopted under OAR 340-200-0040.] [ED. NOTE: To view attachments referenced in rule text, click here for P…

340-228-0010 Applicability and Jurisdiction (1) This division applies in all areas of the state. (2) Subject to the requirements in this division and OAR 340-200-0010(3), LRAPA is designated by the EQC to implement the rules in this division within its area of jurisdiction. NOTE:…

340-228-0020 Definitions The definitions in OAR 340-200-0020, 340-204-0010 and this rule apply to this division. If the same term is defined in this rule and 340-200-0020 or 340-204-0010, the definition in this rule applies to this division. (1) "Distillate fuel oil" means any oi…

340-228-0100 Sulfur Content of Fuels: Residual Fuel Oils No person may sell, distribute, use, or make available for use, any residual fuel oil containing more than 1.75 percent sulfur by weight. NOTE: This rule is included in the State of Oregon Clean Air Act Implementation Plan …

340-228-0110 Sulfur Content of Fuels: Distillate Fuel Oils No person shall sell, distribute, use, or make available for use, any distillate fuel oil containing more than the following percentages of sulfur: (1) ASTM Grade 1 fuel oil — 0.3 percent by weight. (2) ASTM Grade 2 fuel …

340-228-0120 Sulfur Content of Fuels: Coal (1) Except as provided in section (2), no person may sell, distribute, use, or make available for use, any coal containing greater than 1.0 percent sulfur by weight. (2) No person may sell, distribute, use or make available for use any c…

340-228-0130 Sulfur Content of Fuels: Exemptions Exempted from the requirements of OAR 340-228-0100 through 340-228-0120 are: (1) Fuels used exclusively for the propulsion and auxiliary power requirements of vessels, railroad locomotives, and diesel motor vehicles. (2) With prior…

340-228-0200 General Emission Standards for Fuel Burning Equipment: Sulfur Dioxide Standards The following emission standards are only applicable to sources installed, constructed, or modified after January 1, 1972 except recovery furnaces regulated in OAR 340 division 234: (1) F…

340-228-0210 General Emission Standards for Fuel Burning Equipment: Grain Loading Standards (1) This rule applies to fuel burning equipment, except solid fuel burning devices that have been certified under OAR 340-262-0500. (2) No person may cause, suffer, allow, or permit partic…

340-228-0300 Federal Acid Rain Program: Federal Regulations Adopted by Reference (1) 40 C.F.R. parts 72, 75, and 76 are by this reference adopted and incorporated herein, for purposes of implementing an acid rain program that meets the requirements of title IV of the FCAA. The te…

340-228-0600 Utility Mercury Rule, General Provisions: Purpose This rule establishes the mandatory reduction levels and monitoring provisions for the Utility Mercury Rule, as a means of reducing mercury (Hg) emissions in Oregon. Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 468.020 & 468A.310 S…

340-228-0601 Utility Mercury Rule, General Provisions: Applicability (1) Except as provided in section (2) of this rule: (a) The following units in the State shall be coal-fired electric generating units subject to the requirements of OAR 340-228-0600 through 0637: Any stationary…

340-228-0602 Utility Mercury Rule, General Provisions: Definitions The terms used in OAR 340-228-0606 through 0639 are defined as follows, in 40 CFR 63.10042, and in Appendix A to 40 CFR part 63 subpart UUUUU: (1) "Boiler" means an enclosed fossil-or other fuel-fired combustion d…

340-228-0603 Utility Mercury Rule, General Provisions: Measurements, Abbreviations, and Acronyms Measurements, abbreviations, and acronyms used in this part are defined as follows: (1) Btu-British thermal unit. (2) CO2-carbon dioxide. (3) dscm-dry standard cubic meter. (4) H2O-wa…

340-228-0606 Utility Mercury Rule, General Provisions: Hg Emission Standards (1) Mercury emission standards. On and after July 1, 2012 or at commencement of commercial operation, whichever is later, except as allowed under section (2) of this rule, each coal-fired electric utilit…

340-228-0609 Utility Mercury Rule, Monitoring Requirements: General Requirements The owners and operators of a coal-fired electric utility steam generating unit must comply with the monitoring requirements as provided in this rule, 40 CFR part 63 subpart UUUUU, and OAR 340-228-06…

340-228-0635 Utility Mercury Rule: Recordkeeping The owner or operator of any coal-fired electric utility steam generating unit must maintain a file of all measurements, data, reports, and other information required in OAR 340-228-0606, 0609, 0637 and 0639 and 40 CFR part 63 subp…

340-228-0637 Utility Mercury Rule: Reporting (1) General reporting provisions. The owner or operator of an affected unit must comply with all reporting requirements in this rule and 40 CFR part 63 subpart UUUUU. (2) Monitoring plans. The owner or operator of a coal-fired electric…

340-228-0639 Utility Mercury Rule: Fuel Analyses and Procedures (1) The owner or operator must conduct fuel analyses according to the procedures in sections (2) through (5) of this rule and Table 4 to this division, as applicable. (2) The owner or operator must develop and submit…

340-230-0010 Purpose The purpose of this division is to establish state of the art emission standards, design requirements, and performance standards for solid and infectious waste incinerators, hospital/medical/infectious waste incinerators, crematory incinerators, municipal was…

340-230-0020 Applicability and Jurisdiction (1) OAR 340-230-0100 through 340-230-0150 apply to all solid and infectious waste incinerators other than: (a) Municipal waste combustors, including those municipal waste combustors that burn some medical waste, that are subject to eith…

340-230-0030 Definitions The definitions in OAR 340-200-0020, 340-238-0040 and this rule apply to this division, except for 340-230-0415 and 340-230-0500. If the same term is defined in this rule and 340-200-0020 or 340-238-0040, the definition in this rule applies to this divisi…

340-230-0100 Solid and Infectious Waste Incinerators: Best Available Control Technology (1) Notwithstanding the specific emission limits set forth in OAR 340-230-0110, in order to maintain overall air quality at the highest possible levels, all solid waste facilities and infectio…

340-230-0110 Solid and Infectious Waste Incinerators: Emissions Limitations No person shall cause, suffer, allow, or permit the operation of any solid waste facility or infectious waste facility in a manner which violates the following emission limits and requirements: (1) Partic…

340-230-0120 Solid and Infectious Waste Incinerators: Design and Operation (1) Temperature and Residence Time. Each incinerator must be designed and operated to maintain combustion gases at a minimum temperature of 1,800° F. for at least one second residence time. For a multi-cha…

340-230-0130 Solid and Infectious Waste Incinerators: Continuous Emission Monitoring (1) All solid waste incinerators shall operate and maintain continuous monitoring for the following: (a) Sulfur dioxide; (b) Carbon monoxide; (c) Opacity; (d) Final Combustion Chamber Exit Temper…

340-230-0140 Solid and Infectious Waste Incinerators: Reporting and Testing (1) Reporting: (a) Stack test results shall be reported to the Department within 60 days of completion; (b) All records associated with continuous monitoring data including, but not limited to, original d…

340-230-0150 Solid and Infectious Waste Incinerators: Compliance (1) All waste incinerators constructed or modified before March 13, 1990 must demonstrate compliance with the applicable provisions of OAR 340-230-0100 through 340-230-0150 by March 13, 1995, or by the date required…

340-230-0200 Crematory Incinerators: Emission Limitations (1) No person may cause to be emitted particulate matter from any crematory incinerator in excess of 0.080 grains per dry standard cubic foot of exhaust gases corrected to 7 percent O2 at standard conditions. (2) Opacity. …

340-230-0210 Crematory Incinerators: Design and Operation (1) Temperature and Residence Time: (a) For a crematory incinerator installed on or after March 13, 1993, the temperature at the final combustion chamber must be equal to or greater than 1800º F with a residence time of at…

340-230-0220 Crematory Incinerators: Monitoring and Reporting (1) All crematory incinerators shall operate and maintain continuous monitoring for final combustion chamber exit temperature. The monitoring device shall be installed and operated in accordance with the manufacturer's…

340-230-0230 Crematory Incinerators: Compliance A crematory incinerator installed on or after March 13, 1993, must demonstrate within 180 days of startup compliance with OAR 340-230-0200(1) by: (1) Conducting a source test for particulate matter emissions in accordance with OAR 3…

340-230-0300 Municipal Waste Combustors: Applicability (1) Applicability: OAR 340-230-0310 through 340-230-0359 apply to each municipal waste combustor unit with a combustion capacity greater than 250 tons per day of municipal solid waste for which construction was commenced on o…

340-230-0310 Municipal Waste Combustors: Emissions Limitations No person may cause, suffer, allow, or permit the operation of any affected municipal waste combustor unit in a manner that violates the following emission limits and requirements: (1) Before April 28, 2009, particula…

340-230-0320 Municipal Waste Combustors: Operating Practices (1) Emissions of carbon monoxide from each unit must not exceed 100 parts per million by volume on a dry basis corrected to 7 percent oxygen as a 4-hour block arithmetic average. (2) No owner or operator of an affected …

340-230-0330 Municipal Waste Combustors: Operator Training and Certification (1) Each chief facility operator and shift supervisor must have completed full certification with either the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) (QRO-1-1994 — see 40 CFR 60.17) or other State…

340-230-0335 Municipal Waste Combustors: Standards for Municipal Waste Combustor Fugitive Ash Emissions (1) No owner or operator of an affected facility shall cause to be discharged to the atmosphere visible emissions of combustion ash from an ash conveying system (including conv…

340-230-0340 Municipal Waste Combustors: Monitoring and Testing (1) The standards under OAR 340-230-0300 through 0359 apply at all times except during periods of startup, shutdown, and malfunction. Duration of startup, shutdown, or malfunction periods are limited to 3 hours per o…

340-230-0350 Municipal Waste Combustors: Recordkeeping and Reporting (1) The owner or operator of an affected facility subject to the standards contained in OAR 340-230-0310 through 340-230-0335 must maintain records of the information specified in subsections (1)(a) through (l) …

340-230-0359 Municipal Waste Combustors: Compliance Schedule (1) Compliance with the revised April 28, 2009 emission limits in OAR 340-230-0310 is required as expeditiously as practicable, but not later than April 28, 2009, except as provided in section (2) of the rule. (2) The o…

340-230-0365 Municipal Waste Combustors: Small Municipal Waste Combustion Unit (1) Applicability: (a) OAR 340-230-0365 through 340-230-0395 apply to each municipal waste combustion unit that has the capacity to combust at least 35 tons per day of municipal solid waste but no more…

340-230-0370 Municipal Waste Combustors, Small Municipal Waste Combustion Unit: Increments of Progress (1) Increments of Progress (a) For Class I units, if the owner or operator plans to achieve compliance more than 1 year following December 31, 2003 and a permit modification is …

340-230-0373 Municipal Waste Combustors, Small Municipal Waste Combustion Unit: Operator Training (1) Who must complete the operator training course: (a) Chief facility operators, shift supervisors, and control room operators must complete the EPA or State-approved operator train…

340-230-0375 Municipal Waste Combustors, Small Municipal Waste Combustion Unit: Operator Certification (1) Types of operator certification: (a) Each chief facility operator and shift supervisor must obtain and keep a current provisional operator certification from the American So…

340-230-0377 Municipal Waste Combustors, Small Municipal Waste Combustion Unit: Operating Requirements (1) No person may operate the municipal waste combustor unit at loads greater than 110 percent of the maximum demonstrated load of the municipal waste combustion unit (4-hour bl…

340-230-0380 Municipal Waste Combustors, Small Municipal Waste Combustion Unit: Emission Limits No person may cause, allow, or permit the operation of any affected municipal waste combustion unit in a manner that violates the following emission limits and requirements. (1) Class …