[Title 40 CFR 60.103a]
[Code of Federal Regulations (annual edition) - July 1, 2009 Edition]
[Title 40 - PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT]
[Chapter I - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)]
[Subchapter C - AIR PROGRAMS (CONTINUED)]
[Part 60 - STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE FOR NEW STATIONARY SOURCES--]
[Subpart Ja - Standards of Performance for Petroleum Refineries for Which]
[Sec. 60.103a - Work practice standards.]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]


40PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT62009-07-012009-07-01false60.103aSec. 60.103aPROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENTENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)AIR PROGRAMS (CONTINUED)STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE FOR NEW STATIONARY SOURCES--Standards of Performance for Petroleum Refineries for Which
Sec. 60.103a  Work practice standards.

    (a) Each owner or operator that operates a flare that is subject to 
this subpart shall develop and implement a written flare management 
plan. The owner or operator of a newly constructed or reconstructed 
flare must

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develop and implement the flare management plan by no later than the 
date that flare becomes an affected flare subject to this subpart. The 
owner or operator of a modified flare must develop and implement the 
flare management plan by no later than 1 year after the flare becomes an 
affected flare subject to this subpart. The plan must include:
    (1) A diagram illustrating all connections to the flare;
    (2) Methods for monitoring flow rate to the flare, including a 
detailed description of the manufacturer's specifications, including but 
not limited to, make, model, type, range, precision, accuracy, 
calibration, maintenance, and quality assurance procedures for flare gas 
monitoring devices;
    (3) Procedures to minimize discharges to the flare gas system during 
the planned start-up and shutdown of the refinery process units that are 
connected to the affected flare;
    (4) Procedures to conduct a root cause analysis of any process upset 
or malfunction that causes a discharge to the flare in excess of 14,160 
m\3\/day (500,000 scfd);
    (5) Procedures to reduce flaring in cases of fuel gas imbalance 
(i.e., excess fuel gas for the refinery's energy needs); and
    (6) Explanation of procedures to follow during times that the flare 
must exceed the limit in Sec. 60.102a(g)(3) (e.g., keep records of 
natural gas purchases to support assertion that the refinery is 
producing more fuel gas than needed to operate the processes).
    (b) Each owner or operator that operates a fuel gas combustion 
device or sulfur recovery plant subject to this subpart shall conduct a 
root cause analysis of any emission limit exceedance or process start-
up, shutdown, upset, or malfunction that causes a discharge to the 
atmosphere in excess of 227 kilograms per day (kg/day) (500 lb per day 
(lb/day)) of SO2. For any root cause analysis performed, the owner or 
operator shall record the identification of the affected facility, the 
date and duration of the discharge, the results of the root cause 
analysis, and the action taken as a result of the root cause analysis. 
The first root cause analysis for a modified flare must be conducted no 
later than the first discharge that occurs after the flare has been an 
affected flare subject to this subpart for 1 year.
    (c) Each owner or operator of a delayed coking unit shall depressure 
to 5 lb per square inch gauge (psig) during reactor vessel depressuring 
and vent the exhaust gases to the fuel gas system for combustion in a 
fuel gas combustion device.