9VAC5-40-1660: Applicability and designation of affected facilities

Article 13

Emission Standards for Pulp and Paper Mills (Rule 4-13)

A. The affected facilities in pulp and paper mills to which the provisions of this article apply are: each recovery furnace, each smelt dissolving tank, each lime kiln, each slaker tank, and each kraft wood pulping operation. For the purpose of this article, a kraft wood pulping operation is comprised only of any combination of the following units: recovery furnaces, lime kilns, digester systems, multiple-effect evaporator systems, condensate stripper systems and smelt dissolving tanks.

B. The provisions of this article apply throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia.

C. The provisions of this article do not apply to affected facilities subject to Article 5 (9VAC5-50-400 et seq.) of Part II of 9VAC5 Chapter 50, except to the extent such pollutants are emitted which are not subject to standards of performance in Article 5 (9VAC5-50-400 et seq.) of Part II of 9VAC5 Chapter 50.