| Refineries or related
facilities subject to Rule 1118 requirements are required to notify AQMD of flare events expected to
exceed one or more of the following thresholds:
- 100 pounds of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC), or
- 500 pounds of sulfur dioxide, or
- 500,000 standard cubic feet of gas combusted.
A refinery or related source is not required to notify AQMD if its
planned or unplanned flare event falls below these limits.
Flare event notification requirements depend on whether a flare event is
planned or unplanned.
- Planned flare events
- Flare events which a refinery or related source can reasonably
anticipate as the result of certain activities like planned maintenance,
scheduled shut down of process units, scheduled start-up of process
units, etc.
- Sources are required to notify AQMD at least 24 hours in advance of
any planned flare event expected to exceed one or more of the thresholds
listed above.
- Unplanned flare events
- Flare events which a facility is not reasonably able to anticipate.
- Sources are required to notify AQMD within one hour after the start
of any unplanned flare event that exceeds one or more of the thresholds
listed above.
Notifications
reported to AQMD by refineries and other facilities
subject to Rule 1118 can be viewed by selecting the
view archive
notifications link on the appropriate facility
detail page.
This information is provided to the
public as part of AQMD's on-going commitment to increase public awareness of
AQMD programs and the facilities operating within their respective
communities.
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