New Mexico Alert
Effective January 1, 2022 NMAC 20.2.50.118
- Applicability (1) All new and existing glycol dehydrators with a potential to emit equal to or greater than 2 tons of VOC.
- Minimum combined capture and control efficiency of 95% of VOC emissions from the still vent and flash tank, no later than one year after the effective date (January 1, 2023).
- The still vent and flash tank emissions shall be routed ALL TIMES to reboiler firebox, condenser, combustion control device, fuel cell.
- All air pollution control equipment shall be adequately designed and sized to achieve the control efficiency rates (95%) and TO HANDLE FLUCTUATIONS IN EMISSIONS OF VOC OR NOx.
- Any emission reduction technology or control device used to comply with emission standards shall AT ALL TIMES operate as a closed vent system that captures and routes ALL VOC emissions from equipment.
- ECD/TOs shall be equipped with a system to ensure they are operated with a flame present at ALL TIMES when gas is being sent to them.
- Standards for equipment leaks meet the requirements of NSPC Subpart 0000a (40 CFR 60.5416a).
- An owner or operator may submit for the department’s review and approval an equally effective, enforceable, and equivalent alternative monitoring strategy.
- Each monitoring event must include, date and time of testing, name of personnel conducting, ID of unit, maintenance record, results of testing, turned in within 3 days.
- Electronic record must be kept for a minimum of 5 years.
- Data must be available within 24 hours of request.
20.2.50.127 NMAC says it is now the responsibility of the operator to show they are in compliance with all environmental laws via accurate record keeping. An inability to show compliance is in violation and can be subject to a shutdown.
20.2.50.115 (6) c (ii) NMAC
The owner or operator shall provide the following certification, signed and dated by a qualified professional engineer or an in-house engineer: “I certify that the closed vent system design and capacity assessment was prepared under my direction or supervision.”