2014-05-30-fa30-s21-industry-input-04-2009-e34ad37457dc488a.pdf

This document is an industry submission from April 2009 regarding a draft notice and schedule for Section 21 of the Air Quality Act (AQA). It proposes minimum emission standards, transitional arrangements, and reporting requirements for various industrial activities, including combustion, petroleum, metallurgical, and chemical industries.

• The document outlines specific transitional and special arrangements for various industrial processes. For example, units with a heat input capacity larger than 300 MW are required to have continuous on-line stack measurement of particulate matter (PM) and gaseous emissions, with electronic calibration performed annually.
• For the petroleum industry, the submission proposes that allowable SO2 emissions from a refinery be calculated as the combined sum of emissions from catalytic cracking units, flares, sulphur recovery units, and combustion. It also specifies that no continuous flaring of gases rich in hydrogen sulphide is permitted.
• The submission details strict reduction measures for coke oven batteries due to the difficulty of quantifying their emissions. These include requiring charging to be carried out "on the main" with high-pressure water jets in goosenecks, limiting visible emissions to 12 seconds per charge, and ensuring no more than 4% of doors show visible leaks.
• Facility owners or operators must submit an annual electronic emission report to the licensing authority. This report must be submitted within one year of the first license issue and subsequently no longer than 13 months after the previous report. It must include data on volumetric flow, pollutant concentration, and the measurement methods used.
• The document establishes a tiered compliance timeframe for emission limits. Existing plants are expected to comply with existing plant limits within 5 years and new plant limits within 10 years. For electricity generation, the timeframe for new plant limits may be extended to 15 years if an economic analysis proves it is feasible.
• The proposed standards do not apply to plants during upset conditions or scheduled maintenance periods, such as start-up and shutdown. However, operators must implement a management plan to address upset conditions that could significantly exceed emission limit values.

APA

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Chicago

Centre for Environmental Rights. 2014-05-30-fa30-s21-industry-input-04-2009-e34ad37457dc488a.pdf. n.d. https://cer.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/2014-05-30-FA30-S21-Industry-input-04-2009.pdf?x21779.

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@techreport{centreforenvironmentalrightsnd20140530fa30s21industryinput042009e34ad37457dc488apdf, author = {{Centre for Environmental Rights}}, title = {{2014-05-30-fa30-s21-industry-input-04-2009-e34ad37457dc488a.pdf}}, institution = {Centre for Environmental Rights}, url = {https://cer.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/2014-05-30-FA30-S21-Industry-input-04-2009.pdf?x21779}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }