[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 5]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR57.203]
[Page 137-139]
TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
PART 57_PRIMARY NONFERROUS SMELTER ORDERS--Table of Contents
Subpart B_The Application and the NSO Process
Sec. 57.203 Contents of the application.
(a) Claim of confidentiality. The smelter owner may make a business
confidentiality claim covering all or part of the information in the NSO
application in accordance with 40 CFR part 2, subpart B (41 FR 36906 et
seq., Sept. 1, 1976 as amended by 43 FR 39997 et seq., Sept. 8, 1978). A
claim is effective only if it is made at the time the material is
submitted to the issuing agency or EPA. A claim shall be made by
attaching to the information a notice of confidentiality. Information
claimed as confidential will be handled by EPA under the provisions of
40 CFR part 2, subpart B. If no claim accompanies the information, it
may be made available to the public without further notice.
(b) Each smelter owner shall make the showing required by Sec.
57.102(a)(3) by completing and submitting appendix A to this part and
any necessary supplemental information to the issuing agency as a part
of its application. Each smelter shall also submit as part of its
application the information which, in conjunction with the information
required by appendix A, is necessary for the issuing agency to make
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the determination required by Sec. 57.201(d)(2). Any smelter owner or
State may, at its option, simultaneously submit this material to EPA for
an advance eligibility determination.
(c) Current operating information. A complete NSO application shall
also contain the following information:
(1) A process flow diagram of the smelter, including current process
and instrumentation diagrams for all processes or equipment which may
emit or affect the emission of sulfur dioxide; the characteristics of
all gas streams emitted from the smelter's process equipment (flow
rates, temperature, volumes, compositions, and variations over time);
and a list of all monitoring data and strip charts, including all data,
charts, logs or sheets kept with respect to the operation of any process
equipment which may emit or affect the emission of sulfur dioxide;
(2) The smelter's maximum daily production capacity (as defined in
Sec. 57.103(r)), the operational rate (in pounds of concentrate charged
to the smelting furnace per hour) of each major piece of process
equipment when the smelter is operating at that capacity; and the
smelter's average and maximum daily production rate for each product,
co-product, or by-product, by year, for the past four years;
(3) The optimal conversion efficiency (defined in terms of percent
of total SO2 removed from the input flow stream) of any acid
plant or other sulfur dioxide control system under the normal process
operating conditions (excluding malfunctions) most conducive to optimal
conversion efficiency;
(4) The average conversion efficiency of any acid plant or other
sulfur dioxide control system during normal process operations
(excluding malfunctions), by month, during the past four years.
(5) The percent of the time the acid plant or other control system
was available for service during each month for the past four years,
excluding downtime for scheduled maintenance, and a full explanation of
any major or recurring problems with the system during that time;
(6) The frequency and duration of times during the past four years
when the SO2 system was unavailable because of scheduled
maintenance of the system;
(7) A description of all scheduled, periodic, shutdowns of the
smelter during the past four years, including their purpose, frequency
and duration; and the same information with respect to unscheduled
shutdowns;
(8) The gas volume, rates, and SO2 concentration which
the control system was actually designed to accommodate, taking into
account any modifications made after its installation;
(9) The average monthly sulfur balance across the process and
control equipment, including fugitive emissions, for the past 4 years;
and
(10) A description of engineering techniques now in use at the
smelter to prevent the release of fugitive emissions into the atmosphere
at low elevations.
(d) The smelter owner's proposals. The smelter owner shall submit as
part of its application, draft NSO provisions which would implement the
requirements of subparts C through G of this part. The issuing agency
may use these proposals as the basis for any NSO that may be granted, or
may modify these proposals in any way it deems necessary in order to
comply with the requirements of this part.
(e) A smelter may submit as part of its application, information
necessary to determine any SIP compliance schedule which might be
required under Sec. 57.201(d)(2).
(f) Additional information. The smelter owner shall designate in its
application a corporate officer responsible and authorized to supply
supplemental technical and economic information and explanations as
required by the issuing agency during the formulation of the NSO.
Failure to supply such information and explanations shall constitute a
failure to submit a complete application.
(g) Request for a waiver of constant controls. Any request for a
waiver of the requirement interim constant control of all strpmg streams
of Sec. 57.301 shall be made in accordance with Sec. 57.802. The
criteria and procedures for granting the waiver are governed by subpart
H of this part.
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(h) Unless a smelter applies for a waiver in accordance with subpart
H, a smelter shall submit as part of its application a proposed schedule
for compliance with the interim constant control requirements of subpart
C which satisfies the requirements of Sec. 57.702.