NESHAP for Marine Tank Vessel Loading Operations (40 CFR part 63, subpart Y) (Renewal)

The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Marine Tank Vessel Loading Operations (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart Y) establishes Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) standards for existing facilities and new facilities that load marine tank vessels with petroleum or gasoline. These facilities have aggregate actual hazardous air pollutants (HAP) emissions of 10 tons or more of each individual HAP, or 25 tons or more of all HAP combined. This NESHAP regulation also established reasonably-available control technology (RACT) standards to such facilities with an annual throughput of 10 million or more barrels of gasoline or 200 million or more barrels of crude oil. The NESHAP regulation was amended in 2011 to include emission standards for two marine tank vessel loading operation (MTVLO) subcategories not included in the original rule. These subcategories are facilities with MTVLO that emit less than 10 tons per year of each individual HAP and less than 25 tons per year of all HAP combined, and that are located at major sources of HAP loading more than 1 million barrels per year of gasoline, and facilities located more than 0.5 miles from shore. The 2011 amendment also added a provision to require electronic submittal of performance test results. This ICR has been updated to reflect the additional industry burden associated with the amended standards. The 2015 amendments did not add information collection requirements beyond those currently required under the applicable regulations. In general, all NESHAP standards require initial notifications, performance tests, and periodic reports by the owners/operators of the affected facilities. They are also required to maintain records of the occurrence and duration of any startup, shutdown, or malfunction in the operation of an affected facility or any period during which the monitoring system is inoperative. These notifications, reports, and records are essential in determining compliance, and are required of all affected facilities subject to NESHAP. Any owner/operator subject to the provisions of this part shall maintain a file of these measurements, and retain the file for at least five years following the date of such measurements, maintenance reports, and records. All reports are sent to the delegated state or local authority. If there is no such delegated authority, the reports are sent directly to the EPA regional office.

The latest form for NESHAP for Marine Tank Vessel Loading Operations (40 CFR part 63, subpart Y) (Renewal) expires 2021-05-31 and can be found here.