OAR 340-240-0120
Medford-Ashland Air Quality Maintenance Area and Grants Pass Urban Growth Area: Veneer Dryer Emission Limitations


(1)

No person may operate any veneer dryer such that visible air contaminants emitted from any dryer stack or emission point exceed the opacity limits specified in subsections (a) and (b) or such that emissions of particulate matter exceed the mass emission limits of subsections (b) through (f):

(a)

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(A)

A daily average operating opacity of five percent on more than two days within any 12-month period, with the days separated from each other by at least 30 days, as measured by EPA Method 9; and

(B)

A maximum opacity of 10 percent at any time as measured by EPA Method 9, unless the permittee demonstrates by source test that it can achieve the emission limits in subsections (b) through (f) at higher visible emissions than specified in subsection (a), but in no case may emissions exceed the visible air contaminant limitations of OAR 340-234-0510 (Board Products Industries (Veneer, Plywood, Particleboard, Hardboard): Veneer and Plywood Manufacturing Operations)(1)(b). Specific opacity limits will be included in the permit for each affected source;

(b)

0.30 pounds per 1,000 square feet of veneer dried (38" basis) for direct natural gas or propane fired veneer dryers;

(c)

0.30 pounds per 1,000 square feet of veneer dried (38" basis) for steam heated veneer dryers;

(d)

0.40 pounds per 1,000 square feet of veneer dried (38" basis) for direct wood fired veneer dryers using fuel which has a moisture content equal to or less than 20 percent by weight on a wet basis as measured by ASTM D4442-84;

(e)

0.45 pounds per 1,000 square feet of veneer dried (38" basis) for direct wood fired veneer dryers using fuel which has a moisture content greater than 20 percent by weight on a wet basis as measured by ASTM D4442-84; or

(f)

In addition to subsections (d) and (e), 0.20 pounds per 1,000 pounds of steam generated in any boiler that exhausts its combustion gases to the veneer dryer.

(2)

Exhaust gases from fuel burning equipment vented to the veneer dryer are exempt from OAR 340-228-0210 (General Emission Standards for Fuel Burning Equipment: Grain Loading Standards).

(3)

No person may operate a veneer dryer unless:

(a)

The owner or operator has submitted a program and time schedule for installing an emission-control system which has been approved in writing by DEQ as being capable of complying with subsections (1)(a) through (f);

(b)

The veneer dryer is equipped with an emission-control system which has been approved in writing by DEQ and is capable of complying with subsections (1)(a) through (f); or

(c)

The owner or operator has demonstrated and DEQ has agreed in writing that the dryer is capable of being operated and is operated in continuous compliance with subsections (1)(a) through (f).

(4)

Each veneer dryer must be maintained and operated at all times such that air contaminant generating processes and all contaminant control devices are at full efficiency and effectiveness so that the emission of air contaminants is kept at the lowest practicable levels.

(5)

No person may willfully cause or permit the installation or use of any means, such as dilution, which, without resulting in a reduction in the total amount of air contaminants emitted, conceals an emission which would otherwise violate this rule.

(6)

Where effective measures are not taken to minimize fugitive emissions, DEQ may require that the equipment or structures in which processing, handling and storage are done, be tightly closed, modified, or operated in such a way that air contaminants are minimized, controlled, or removed before discharge to the open air.
[NOTE: These rules are included in the State of Oregon Clean Air Act Implementation Plan that EQC adopted under OAR 340-200-0040 (State of Oregon Clean Air Act Implementation Plan).]
[NOTE: View a PDF of referenced EPA Methods by clicking on “Tables” link below.]
[ED. NOTE: To view attachments referenced in rule text, click here to view rule.]

Source: Rule 340-240-0120 — Medford-Ashland Air Quality Maintenance Area and Grants Pass Urban Growth Area: Veneer Dryer Emission Limitations, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=340-240-0120.

340‑240‑0010
Purpose
340‑240‑0020
Emission Limitations
340‑240‑0030
Definitions
340‑240‑0050
Compliance Testing Requirements
340‑240‑0100
Medford-Ashland Air Quality Maintenance Area and Grants Pass Urban Growth Area: Applicability
340‑240‑0110
Medford-Ashland Air Quality Maintenance Area and Grants Pass Urban Growth Area: Wood Waste Boilers
340‑240‑0120
Medford-Ashland Air Quality Maintenance Area and Grants Pass Urban Growth Area: Veneer Dryer Emission Limitations
340‑240‑0130
Medford-Ashland Air Quality Maintenance Area and Grants Pass Urban Growth Area: Air Conveying Systems (Medford-Ashland AQMA Only)
340‑240‑0140
Medford-Ashland Air Quality Maintenance Area and Grants Pass Urban Growth Area: Wood Particle Dryers at Particleboard Plants
340‑240‑0150
Hardboard Manufacturing Plants
340‑240‑0160
Medford-Ashland Air Quality Maintenance Area and Grants Pass Urban Growth Area: Wigwam Waste Burners
340‑240‑0180
Medford-Ashland Air Quality Maintenance Area and Grants Pass Urban Growth Area: Control of Fugitive Emissions (Medford-Ashland AQMA Only)
340‑240‑0190
Medford-Ashland Air Quality Maintenance Area and Grants Pass Urban Growth Area: Requirement for Operation and Maintenance Plans (Medford-Ashland AQMA Only)
340‑240‑0210
Medford-Ashland Air Quality Maintenance Area and Grants Pass Urban Growth Area: Continuous Monitoring
340‑240‑0220
Medford-Ashland Air Quality Maintenance Area and Grants Pass Urban Growth Area: Source Testing
340‑240‑0250
Medford-Ashland Air Quality Maintenance Area and Grants Pass Urban Growth Area: Open Burning
340‑240‑0300
La Grande Urban Growth Area: Applicability
340‑240‑0320
La Grande Urban Growth Area: Wood-Waste Boilers
340‑240‑0330
La Grande Urban Growth Area: Wood Particle Dryers at Particleboard Plants
340‑240‑0340
La Grande Urban Growth Area: Hardboard Manufacturing Plants
340‑240‑0350
La Grande Urban Growth Area: Air Conveying Systems
340‑240‑0360
La Grande Urban Growth Area: Fugitive Emissions
340‑240‑0400
Lakeview Urban Growth Area: Applicability
340‑240‑0410
Lakeview Urban Growth Area: Control of Fugitive Emissions
340‑240‑0420
Lakeview Urban Growth Area: Requirement for Operation and Maintenance Plans
340‑240‑0430
Lakeview Urban Growth Area: Source Testing
340‑240‑0440
Lakeview Urban Growth Area: Open Burning
340‑240‑0500
Klamath Falls Nonattainment Area: Applicability
340‑240‑0510
Klamath Falls Nonattainment Area: Opacity Standard
340‑240‑0520
Klamath Falls Nonattainment Area: Control of Fugitive Emissions
340‑240‑0530
Klamath Falls Nonattainment Area: Requirement for Operation and Maintenance Plans
340‑240‑0540
Klamath Falls Nonattainment Area: Compliance Schedule for Existing Industrial Sources
340‑240‑0550
Klamath Falls Nonattainment Area: Requirements for New Sources When Using Residential Wood Fuel-Fired Device Offsets
340‑240‑0560
Klamath Falls Nonattainment Area: Real and Permanent PM2.5 and PM10 Offsets
340‑240‑0570
Klamath Falls Nonattainment Area Contingency Measures: Applicability
340‑240‑0580
Klamath Falls Nonattainment Area Contingency Measures: Existing Industrial Sources Control Efficiency
340‑240‑0610
Klamath Falls Nonattainment Area Contingency Measures: Continuous Monitoring for Industrial Sources
340‑240‑0620
Klamath Falls Nonattainment Area Contingency Measures: Contingency Measures: New Industrial Sources
340‑240‑0630
Klamath Falls Nonattainment Area Contingency Measures: Contingency Enhanced Curtailment of Use of Solid Fuel Burning Devices and Fireplaces
Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

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